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A princess is cursed with weightlessness and unable to stay physically or emotionally grounded. The Light Princess, by George MacDonald, is a beloved short story loosely inspired by the French fable, Sleeping Beauty. This fantasy follows a young woman as she attempts to find peace in the midst of chaos.

A Bulgarian woman's delusions about romance and war are quickly dismantled by a disgruntled Swiss mercenary. Arms and the Man, by George Bernard Shaw, is a humorous examination of one person's perception versus reality. The young heroine gradually discovers the truth about love, honor and the unexpected casualties of war.

Principles of Human Knowledge is one of George Berkley's most famous works. The philosopher uses the text to explore realism, idealism and metaphysics as well as immaterialism. Initially, his interpretation was poorly received. But years later, Berkley's writings would be revered as an essential philosophical work.

Pygmalion (1914), unquestionably George Bernard Shaw's most popular play, is a comedic masterpiece of love and the British class system. It tells the story of the transformation of a young cockney girl's life, and the entanglements that follow. The play is the basis for the immensely popular musical, My Fair Lady.

Best friends and college classmates find their friendship strained at the onset of the Civil War. While Ned is commissioned an officer, Tom faces opposition from his parents, who encourage him to complete his Harvard education. After a year of torturous silence, they reunite in a vastly different world. Two College Friends is a novel by Frederick W. Loring.

Sitting down for dinner, Mr. Listwell is interrupted by a knock at the door. He finds Madison Washington, a local slave, standing on his threshold. Missing for years, Madison had been presumed to have made his way North or at least died trying. Hungry and desperate, he asks Mr. Listwell for help. The Heroic Slave is a novella by Frederick Douglass.

When a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, is transformed into a giant insect his existential alienation with his transformation is profoundly harrowing. In Frank Kafka's deeply moving classic The Metamorphosis (1915) the predicament of mankind is illuminated through a macabre and though-provoking tale of metaphysical anxiety.

John Anderson and Paul Clifford may be friends, but their moral and religious outlooks-uniquely influenced by their identities as businessman-tend to differ, especially where temperance is concerned. Paul, whose father died an alcoholic, opposes drinking, while John, who hopes to open a saloon, is himself a joyful imbiber. Sowing and Reaping is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

Before treaties were made and broken, before the United States overtook the American West in the name of progress, Omaha City was known as Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah. In this collection of historical documents, letters, biographies, and folk tales, Susette La Flesche and Fannie Reed Griffen provide an invaluable record of the Omaha people, their history, culture, and traditions.

On a plantation in the South, a slave named Miriam mourns the death of her only daughter. Forced to give birth in their cabin, Agnes succumbed moments after her son entered the world. When Camilla, the master's daughter, discovers the light-skinned, blue-eyed boy, she convinces her father to send him north. Minnie's Sacrifice is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

A man and woman in love. Something about progress. Lives are described and made and unmade. Advertisements appear to merge with a world which appears to be made of words. Concerned with the concern over crafting the "Great American Novel," the poet-doctor Williams crafts his own. The Great American Novel is a novel by William Carlos Williams.

"The beautiful part about the colored race in America, is the future. As a mixed race we are undeveloped. We may become whatever we WILL to become." In The Colored Girl Beautiful, Emma Azalia Hackley envisions the future as an opportunity for African American girls to grow into intelligent, independent young women for whom nothing is impossible.

When Perley Kelso, a mill owner, and Sip, a mill worker, cross paths, they begin an unlikely friendship, changing their lives forever. The Silent Partner by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps is a historical drama that realistic portrays the industrial life and social injustice of the 19th century. With themes of feminism, friendship, and romance, The Silent Partner is riveting and thought-provoking.

Vida Levering, a militant activist and advocate for the women's suffrage movement, struggles against the oppressive political order while defending her beliefs against friends and acquaintances who reject, judge, and condemn her. Set against the backdrop of the Suffragette movement in England, Votes for Women! is a testament to the power of art to envision and enact political resistance.

Keoua, father of Kamehameha I, was a legendary chief whose kapu, or sacred power, allowed him to distinguish signs of safety and danger in the formation of rain clouds. Descended from the ancient Hawaiian kings, he was known for his generosity and wisdom. History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-kalani-nui: Father of Hawaiian Kings is a book by Elizabeth Kekäaniau La'anui Pratt.

Through the thoughtful narration of her cousin, an intelligent young woman named Phillis who doesn't seem to fit in, comes of age during the Industrial Revolution. Set on a farm in Northern England during the 19th century, Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a sentimental drama that follows a young woman as she navigates love and adulthood during the rise of industrialization.

Inspired by Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days, Nellie Bly embarked on a 24,899-mile journey. Not to be outdone by crosstown rival the New York World, Cosmopolitan sent one of its young reporters to race Bly across the globe. In Seven Stages: A Flying Trap Around the World is a travel memoir by Elizabeth Bisland.

In eighteenth century Paris, status is everything. Anadea, though poor, has used her family's noble status to secure a marriage to a wealthy cavalier. One night, she meets the roguish Count Blessure, who causes her to question everything. Witty and tragic, The Fatal Secret: Or, Constancy in Distress is a story of identity and desire by Eliza Haywood.

A fictional account of the loves and lies surrounding Queen Elizabeth I and her royal court. Merrie England, by Edward German and Basil Hood, follows the secret romances among the key members of the monarchy. A misplaced love letter leads to deception and intrigue during the popular May Day festival.

This is not a story of love at first sight. It is, however, a story of friendship that leads to an unlikely romance between two professional men. When Oswald, an aristocrat from Britain, meets Imre, a Hungarian military officer, in a Budapest café, they connect over their shared interest in art. Imre: A Memorandum is a novel by Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson.

In 1906, a teacher takes flight in an experimental airship. As his friend attempts to control the unruly machine, a broken instrument sets the dirigible on an uncontrollable ascent. Passing out, he wakes up a century later in a strange new world, a utopian society where anti-Blackness has been eradicated entirely. Light Ahead for the Negro is a novel by Edward A. Johnson.

A mischievous fairy stokes the flames of jealousy between a fairy prince and the object of his desire. A Princess of Kensington, by Edward German and Basil Hood, centers a lover's quarrel pitting supernatural creatures against humans. The troublemaking Puck uses lies and deceit to quell a prince's greatest fear.

The titular character of Ethan Frome, the novella by Edith Wharton, is a ruin of a man. For twenty-four years Frome has held a secret: he loved not his waspish wife Zeena, but her cousin and nursemaid Mattie. Now aged, Frome is hired by a newcomer to desolate Starkfield, and the tragic twist of Frome's desire is set to be revealed.

A down and out journalist unexpectedly inherits his aunt's fortune and home in London, where he discovers a mysterious set of portraits-one of himself, and the other of a strangely familiar woman. A man promises his fiancé that, if necessary, he would return from the dead to marry her. Grim Tales is a collection of horror stories by Edith Nesbit.

An unsuspecting hero leads a rescue mission to find his missing friend. The People That Time Forgot, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is a sequel to the popular novel, The Land That Time Forgot. The story centers new hero, Tom Billings, as he searches for Bowen Tyler on the elusive island.

While playing in her aunt's toy store, a young girl discovers a Marionette with the ability to speak with humans. For the next few weeks, she enjoys stories of romance and adventure the world of toys. Heartfelt and highly original, Adventures in Toyland is an underappreciated classic of Victorian children's literature by Edith King Hall.

After surviving a shipwreck, young hero, Bowen Tyler must lead a group with mismatched national allegiances to safety on a mysterious island. The Land that Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs is the first of his Caspak trilogy. Set during World War ¿, this pulp fiction fantasy follows the fight for survival on a prehistoric island.

On Christmas Eve, brother and sister Fritz and Marie anxiously await their gifts. When her brother accidentally breaks a nutcracker, Marie takes it upon herself to bandage him. That night, as the grandfather clock begins to chime, a spell descends on the house and the toys come to life. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story by E.T.A. Hoffman.

In Maroon Medicine, the first collection of short stories published by a Caribbean writer, Mr. Watson, an unsuspecting peasant, uses his wit to outsmart his more physically capable neighbors. Inspired by West African folklore about the spider-trickster spirit Anansi, Maroon Medicine is a brilliant and frequently funny collection of tales by Jamaican author E. A. Dodd.

"Om Moni Padme Om! / A singer that sings of sorrow; / Whose night knows no tomorrow; / My song finds its source / in its moonless immensity." In his debut collection, Mukerji infuses English meter with the sights and sounds of his native Bengal. Rajani: Songs of the Night is a poetry collection by Dhan Gopal Mukerji.