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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Walter Hartright is on his way to London when he has a midnight encounter with a mysterious woman dressed in white. When he reaches his destination, where he is to serve as a drawing instructor to Laura and her sister Marion, he tells them of his meeting with the woman on the road, and the… Continue reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

     Told by German soldier Paul Bäumer, All Quiet on the Western Front is the story of a group of schoolmates who enlisted in the German army during World War I. We watch as these young men fight at the front lines, and entertain themselves between battles. We see the losses, and the hardness that… Continue reading All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

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Night by Elie Wiesel

     The picture to the left is the cover of a 3-in-1 collection of Elie Wiesel's Night Trilogy. Night, the first of the trilogy, is a memoir. Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, tells of his time at Auschwitz. From his home, to the ghetto, to the camps and the separation of his family... he and his… Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

     In what is probably Charles Dickens' best known work we meet Ebenezer Scrooge, a rich old miser who loves money more than anything else. One Christmas Eve night he is visited by the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, who has been dead for seven years. Marley tells Scrooge that he will be… Continue reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

     To Kill a Mockingbird is a tale about a small southern town during the 1930's, told from the perspective of a young girl called Scout. Her world of innocent play and school are suddenly changed when her father is appointed by the court to defend a black man who has been accused of raping… Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

     The story of Oliver Twist tells of the struggles of a young orphan boy in the streets of London. It follows him from his birth, to his labeling as a trouble-maker when he dares to ask for more food, being sold as an apprentice, accused of attempted murder, running away and getting caught up… Continue reading Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

     A nameless narrator tells us about his life. "I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man. An unattractive man. I think that my liver hurts." As he continues we find that he is cynical and bitter. Today he might be diagnosed as bipolar. In the first part of the novel we find… Continue reading Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky