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The plot centers on Nina Leeds, the daughter of a classics professor at a college in New England, who is devastated when her adored fiancé is killed in World War I, before they have a chance to consummate their passion. Ignoring the unconditional love of the novelist Charles Marsden, Nina embarks on a series of sordid affairs before determining to marry an amiable fool, Sam Evans. While Nina is pregnant with Sam's child, she learns a horrifying secret known only to Sam's mother: insanity runs i

A Christmas Carol is a book by Charles Dickens. The story follows the protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge after he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. The spirits show him what life will be like if he continues to be a greedy and curmudgeonly person.

North and South is a social novel by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. Nineteen-year-old Margaret Hale has lived for almost 10 years in London with her cousin Edith and her wealthy Aunt Shaw, but when Edith marries Captain Lennox, Margaret happily returns home to the southern village of Helstone. Margaret has refused an offer of marriage from the captain's brother Henry, an up-and-coming barrister. Her life is turned upside down when her father, the local pastor, leaves the Church of England and the rectory of Helstone as a matter of conscience; his intellectual honesty has made him a dissenter. At the suggestion of Mr. Bell, his old friend from Oxford, he settles with his wife and daughter in Milton-Northern (where Mr. Bell was born and owns the property). The industrial town in Darkshire (a textile-producing region) manufactures cotton and is in the middle of the Industrial Revolution; masters and workers are clashing in the first organized strikes.

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale written by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society. Orwell, a democratic socialist, modelled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.

The book is about Rohtasgarh Fort which is a significant historical and social site of Bihar situated in the present Rohtas district. The book has its set of experiences associated with the old, medieval, and current history of Bihar. The spot in ancient India is related to the endeavors of Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra who is well known for his affection for truth and noble cause. An absolute read book for those who have an interest in history.

American Indian Fairy Tales' is a collection of short stories illustrated by John Rae in 1921. All tales in this book are extracted from the legends collected by Henry R. Schoolcraft during his 30 years of living among Indians. It's a collection of adventure, love, quest for glory, and so on.