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This is a collection of M.R. James's ghost stories. James redefined the ghost story by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings.

The Sun Also Rises is a love story between Jake Barnes-a man whose war wound has made him unable to have sex-and the promiscuous divorcée Lady Brett Ashley.

Scrooge is visited by three spirits. The Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge's youth, the Ghost of Christmas Present reveals the Cratchits' struggle, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come harrows Scrooge with dire visions of the future.

Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard and soon finds himself at a secret underground anarchist meeting place. The central council consists of seven men, each using the name of a day of the week as a cover.

The Turn of the Screw is a horror novella by Henry James. Classified as gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novella focuses on a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted.

Pensees is a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy written by 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal, and is in many ways his life's work.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, also known as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 short stories written by Washington Irving. The collection includes two of Irving's best-known stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."

Newland Archer's life changes when he meets Ellen Olenska. He begins questioning the values on which he was raised and sees the sexual inequality of New York society, struggling to balance his commitment to his bride-to-be with love for Ellen.

The Germania describes the lands, laws, and customs of individual Germanic tribes. The Agricola, recounts the life of Tacitus' father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general and Governor of Britain.

Aristotle views the city to be a natural community, considering the city to precede the family which in turn precedes the individual. He also argues that humanity's defining factor among others in the animal kingdom is its rationality.

My Ántonia tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska near the end of the 19th century.

Hard Times is set in the imaginary industrial town of Coketown, the soulless domain of the strict Gradgind and the heartless factory owner Bounderby. The practical Mr. Gradgrind, teaches nothing but facts, eradicating any imaginative.

Far from the Madding Crowd follows the life of Bathsheba Everdene as she experiences love, honour and betrayal, against a backdrop of the seemingly idyllic, but often harsh, realities of a Victorian farming community.

Mark Twain's humorously chronicles his voyage through Europe with a group of American travelers in 1867. It was the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime, as well as one of the best-selling travel books of all time.

As the Napoleonic Wars come to an end, Anne Elliot meets her old love, Captain Frederick Wentworth, after seven years absence. The relationship that blossoms symbolises for Anne the possibility of a more outgoing, engaged, and fulfilling life.

Solomon Northup was kidnapped and spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton picker. This narrative reveals how Northup survived the harsh conditions of slavery, including smallpox, lashings, and an attempted hanging.

The rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator, the first part of the story attacks emerging Western philosophy. The second part of the book describes certain events that appear to be destroying and renewing the underground man.

Utopia is a socio-political satire depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social, and political customs. Since publication, Utopia has become one of the most talked about works both in defense and against socialism.

White Fang is a wolfdog who was born wild but becomes more dog-like after being domesticated by a Native American chief named Gray Beaver. Traveling through Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush, White Fang struggles for survival.

As Mary is exploring her uncle's gardens, a robin draws her attention to an area of turned-over soil. Mary finds the key to a locked garden, and begins an adventure that will change her life forever.

The Social Contract theorizes that there is no rightful duty to submit to a state that enslaves its people. In a desired social contract, everyone is free because they all forfeit the same number of rights and impose the same duties on all.

The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born woman belonging to New York City's high society. She is a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well, her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited.

The Nature of Things presents the principles of atomism, the nature of the mind and soul, explanations of sensation and thought, the development of the world and its phenomena, and explains a variety of celestial and terrestrial phenomena.

The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a socialite and heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes post-war partying in New York, and the hardships of a selfish relationships.

The reference to the Antichrist is an attack on the "slave morality" and apathy of Western Christianity. Nietzsche's basic claim is that Christianity is a poisoner of western culture and perversion of the words of and practice of Jesus.

On Liberty applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state, including three basic liberties, three legitimate objections to government intervention, and two maxims regarding the relationship of the individual to society.

The Athenian Constitution describes the political system of ancient Athens. The work deals with the many forms of the constitution, to the city's institutions, including the terms of access to citizenship, magistrates, and the courts.

Emma Woodhouse is a strong, independent woman, who is perfectly happy to remain single. When Emma takes on a fancy to matchmaking, she sparks unintended results that send shock waves throughout the countryside.

In How to Grow Old Cicero shows that old age is not only tolerable, but comfortable by finding happiness. In A Guide to Friendship, Cicero explains how to discover, maintain, and enjoy friendships.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl documents Jacobs' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for her family. She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that slaves faced on plantations and their efforts to protect their families.