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    • 1984

      George Orwell

      Fictie en literatuur Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg 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 authoritarian state in the novel on Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within societies and the ways in which they can be manipulated. The story takes place in an imagined future in the year 1984, when much of the world is in perpetual war. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, has become a province of the totalitarian superstate Oceania, which is led by Big Brother, a dictatorial leader supported by an intense cult of personality manufactured by the Party's Thought Police

    • Pride and Prejudice

      Jane Austen

      Fictie en literatuur An Apple Books Classic edition. Jane Austen’s beloved classic opens with this witty and very memorable line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” With all the twists and turns of a soap opera, Pride and Prejudice chronicles the drama that ensues when the wealthy bachelor Mr. Darcy moves close to the Bennet family home in the English countryside. The news of his arrival sends the socially ambitious Mrs. Bennet-whose main concern is finding suitable matches for her five daughters-into overdrive. The book’s main character, the high-spirited Elizabeth Bennet, is a strikingly modern heroine: a woman who refuses to lower her expectations or transform herself to suit society’s norms. Austen’s novel achieves a remarkable balance, serving up barbed criticism of the obsession with money, status, and matrimony even as it draws us into a swoon-worthy love story. At its heart, Pride and Prejudice is a ro

    • Great Expectations

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Charles Dickens’ classic explores potent themes like good versus evil, crime, repentance, love and betrayal. At the center of the story is Pip, an impoverished orphan who dreams of a better life. When a mysterious benefactor gifts Pip a substantial fortune, he’s rescued from a life of deprivation and abuse-and introduced to a memorable host of characters: the bizarre Miss Havisham, a wealthy heiress who was spurned at the altar; her cold, austere ward Estella, who eventually breaks Pip’s heart; and an escaped convict who teaches Pip that people aren’t always what they seem. Dickens’ novel-which was originally serialized in a weekly newspaper-contains major plot twists at every turn, which accounts for its enduring popularity. It’s a gripping read and a thrilling portrait of Victorian England.

    • Wuthering Heights

      Emily Brontë

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. If you’ve only ever seen Wuthering Heights on screen, you may have an image of Catherine and Heathcliff as the ultimate star-crossed lovers. But that’s just scratching the surface of this iconic Gothic romance. Emily Brontë’s only novel is an unabashedly dark tale of passion and revenge that created shockwaves upon its publication in 1847. Without spoiling too much, the original Heathcliff is breathtakingly vengeful, cruel, and possessive, not the deeply misunderstood romantic hero of some adaptations. And Brontë’s story does not end happily ever after. After tragedy strikes, Heathcliff haunts the swirling mists of the Yorkshire moors, consumed with possessing a ghost. A must-read for fans of Gothic literature, this novel will appeal to anyone who loves a creepy story.

    • Little Women

      Louisa May Alcott

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Meet the Marches! Louisa May Alcott’s classic introduces us to four unforgettable sisters: beautiful Meg, tomboyish Jo, delicate Beth, and Amy, the indulged youngest of the lot. With their father serving as a Union chaplain, the Marches help their devoted mother, Marmee, make ends meet as their fortunes dwindle. The book starts with the family performing a small act of kindness for a family even less fortunate than they are and expands from there, drawing us in as the March girls grow up-and experience joy, hardship, failure, heartbreak, success, and love. Alcott’s novel draws from her own life story. She herself was one of four sisters who all struck out on different paths. Open the pages of >Little Women and fall into a world of innocence and generosity-one that you’ll want to return to again and again.

    • The Idiot

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers The Idiot (Russian: Идио́т, Idiot) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868–9. The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness and open-hearted simplicity lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In the character of Prince Myshkin, Dostoevsky set himself the task of depicting "the positively good and beautiful man".

    • Anna Karenina

      Leo Tolstoy

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Thus begins what many consider the world’s greatest novel. Leo Tolstoy originally published this sweeping saga in serial form beginning in 1875, portraying a vast swath of Russian life, from the fields worked by starving peasant farmers to the sitting rooms (and bedrooms) of privileged aristocrats. Despite its epic nature, Anna Karenina is an intricate, intimate study of one woman’s downward spiral into tragedy. As Anna’s husband becomes increasingly absorbed in philosophical and political introspection, Tolstoy’s heroine grows weary of her life as a mother and wealthy man’s wife. Increasingly unsettled by the stark class differences she observes, Anna finds passion again in a forbidden affair with Count Vronsky. But can she overcome her obsessive concern with societal norms to find a measure of happiness? Passion. Betrayal. Love. Revenge. Tolstoy’s classic h

    • The Invisible Man

      H.G. Wells

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. “Alone-it is wonderful how little a man can do alone! To rob a little, to hurt a little, and there is the end.” What would you do if you were became invisible? Would you use that power for good, or would you become consumed with the freedom it afforded you? Griffin, the antihero of H.G. Wells’ classic novel, definitely belongs to the latter school of thought. A misunderstood genius with albinism, Griffin has suffered taunts and isolation his whole life. As he descends into madness, his plans become far darker than simple revenge on those who have wronged him. In addition to this creepy novel, H.G. Wells-who is widely seen as the father of science fiction-also wrote The War of the Worlds , The Time Machine , and The Island of Doctor Moreau ;. Besides killer plots, his work provides chilling insight on human nature. The Invisible Man is a story about cruelty, curiosity, and unfettered power. Read it-and you’ll immediately notice its inescapable in

    • The Brothers Karamazov

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha? The search reveals the divisions which rack the brothers, yet paradoxically unite them.

    • The Great Gatsby

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classics edition. The Roaring Twenties are in full effect in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s riveting classic. Man-about-town Jay Gatsby seems to have it all, including loads of money and a massive mansion where he hosts wild, extravagant parties every Saturday. But Gatsby’s missing one thing: Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life, the one who got away. The Great Gatsby explores the impossible, but uniquely human, longing to return to the past and the costs associated with chasing the American Dream. It’s a beautifully written, entertaining read with timeless emotional appeal.

    • The Iliad of Homer

      Homer

      Klassiekers The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' looming death and the sack of Troy, prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, so that when it reaches an end, the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War.

    • A Tale of Two Cities

      Charles Dickens

      Fictie en literatuur The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralised by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several characters through these events.

    • Animal Farm

      George Orwell

      Klassiekers Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

    • And Then There Were None

      Agatha Christie

      Klassiekers The world's best-selling mystery with over 100 million copies sold! Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die. The Spectator (London): ‘Agatha Christie's masterpiece.’ The New York Times: ‘The whole thing is utterly impossible and utterly fascinating. It is the most baffling mystery Agatha Christie has ever written.’

    • Moby Dick

      Herman Melville

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Herman Melville’s classic begins with one of the most famous opening lines in world literature: “Call me Ishmael.” Moby Dick was a commercial failure when it was first published in 1851, but during the 20th century, the book’s reputation grew and grew. The novel features a memorable cast of characters, in particular the ivory-legged Captain Ahab, who lost a limb to the gargantuan white whale named Moby Dick. Now, Ahab’s sole obsession is hunting down the sea creature to exact his revenge. Heedless of warnings, Ahab risks ship and crew in his maniacal pursuit, bearing out Melville’s observation that ”there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.”

    • Dracula

      Bram Stoker

      Klassiekers Dracula is a Gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, considered to be one of the most enduring and skillful examples of the modern vampire genre. It tells the story of Count Dracula, and of Professor Abraham Van Helsing, who attempts to thwart the vampire in his attempt to move from Transylvania to London, in order to find new blood and spread the undead curse. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, Ph.D. in literature and modern studies from Yale University. Bram Stoker was a 19th-century Irish writer best known for Dracula. During his lifetime, Stoker was also the business manager of the Lyceum Theater in London. In order to write Dracula, Stoker spent years researching European folklore and vampire mythology, and the product was the book that would become a classic of horror fiction. Vivian Heller received her Ph.D. in English Literature and Modern Studies from Yale University. She is author of Joyce, Decadence, and Emancipation(Universi

    • Moby Dick

      Herman Melville

      Klassiekers In the 18th century a young man named Ishmael volunteers to work on-board the Pequod, a whaling ship. Under the command of Captain Ahab the crew pursue Moby Dick, a great white whale, who took his leg. Ishmael recounts the events of the voyage.

    • The Haunting of Hill House

      Shirley Jackson

      Klassiekers Dr Montague, a scientific investigator of ghostly phenomena, has chosen to live for several weeks at Hill House, by repute a place of horror that will brook no human habitation. To check and contribute to his observations, he selects three companions previously unknown to him; two girls, Theo and Eleanor, and Luke, a young man, who is heir to Hill House. What happens cannot, in fairness, be told. But Dr Montague’s words were prophetic: ‘A ghost cannot hurt anyone; only the fear of ghosts can be dangerous.’ Whether the ghosts at Hill House caused the fear, or the fear created the ghosts, there were such manifestations as to produce, finally, an ultimate terror that was all too palpable and down-to-earth.

    • The Idiot

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky's own views, afflictions and manners.

    • For Whom the Bell Tolls

      Ernest Hemingway

      Klassiekers In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. In his portrayal of Jordan's love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of El Sordo's last stand, in his brilliant travesty of La Pasionaria and his unwillingness to believe in blind faith, Hemingway surpasses his achievement in The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms to create a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving and wise. "If the function of a writer is to reveal reality," Maxwell Perkins wrote to Hemingway after reading the manuscript, "no one ever so completely performed it." Greater in pow

    • The Scarlet Letter

      Nathaniel Hawthorne

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Hester Prynne lives in infamy. After committing adultery and bearing a child with a man whose name she refuses to divulge, the heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel is forced to wear a scarlet A to mark her shame for all to see. Hawthorne’s American classic reflects the Puritan mindset of Boston in the 1600s, where public humiliation was acceptable punishment for a woman who bucked the norms. Never mind that Hester’s husband was widely believed to have died at sea and that Hester and her daughter are living a quiet life of good deeds in their little cottage outside town. Someone wants revenge-and will stop at nothing to get it. The Scarlet Letter incorporates supernatural elements with historical fiction. It’s a dark tale of sin and redemption with an unforgettable heroine whose story continues to fascinate readers and inspire film adaptations.

    • The Metamorphosis

      Franz Kafka

      Klassiekers "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes." With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influent

    • We Have Always Lived in the Castle

      Shirley Jackson

      Klassiekers Shirley Jackson’s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family’s dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.

    • Oblomov

      Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov

      Klassiekers Extraits de la préface de Jacques Catteau (Éditions L'Âge d'homme): Avec Oblomov (du russe «oblom», «cassure», ou «oblomok », «tesson», «débris»), Ivan Alexandrovitch Gontcharov (1812-1891), l'un des fondateurs du roman réaliste russe, façonne un personnage mythique de la littérature et un caractère connu de tous les écoliers depuis le début du siècle. À l'opposé de l'Onéguine de Pouchkine ou du Petchorine de Lermontov, Oblomov ne se bat pas, ne voyage pas, ne monte pas et ne séduit pas. Son arme c'est la robe de chambre douillette. Ses péchés? L'alcool et surtout la gourmandise. Paru en 1859, deux ans avant que le tsar n'abolisse le servage en Russie, Oblomov est un roman délicieusement moderne, nous narrant avec humour la disparition des petits propriétaires terriens dépassés par la nouvelle élite des hommes d'affaire. Le personnage d'Oblomov est drôle et terrifiant. Cet homme qui n'a pas quarante ans est un propriétaire terrien installé à Saint-P

    • Jude the Obscure

      Thomas Hardy

      Klassiekers Jude Fawley is a rural stone mason with intellectual aspirations. Frustrated by poverty and the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster, his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unconventional cousin, Sue Bridehead. But life as social outcasts proves undermining, and when tragedy occurs, Sue has no resilience and Jude is left in despair

    • Romeo & Juliet

      William Shakespeare

      Klassiekers In Romeo and Juliet , Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud. In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers’ final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.

    • A Farewell to Arms

      Ernest Hemingway

      Klassiekers A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield - the weary, demoralized men marching in the rain during the German attack on Caporetto; the profound struggle between loyalty and desertion—this gripping, semiautobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep. Ernest Hemingway famously said that he rewrote his ending to A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times to get the words right.

    • Men Without Women

      Ernest Hemingway

      Klassiekers Men Without Women (1927) is the second collection of short stories written by American author Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899—July 2, 1961). The volume consists of fourteen stories, ten of which had been previously published in magazines. It was published in October 1927, with a first print-run of approximately 7600 copies at $2. The subject matter of the stories in the collection includes bullfighting, prizefighting, infidelity, divorce, and death. "The Killers", "Hills Like White Elephants", and "In Another Country" are considered to be among Hemingway's best work.

    • LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY

      Frances Hodgson Burnett

      Klassiekers This an amazing collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works. Download it now!

    • Notes from Underground

      Fyodor Dostoevsky

      Klassiekers Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In complete retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate, obsessive, self-contradictory narrative that serves as a devastating attack on social utopianism and an assertion of man’s essentially irrational nature. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, whose Dostoevsky translations have become the standard, give us a brilliantly faithful edition of this classic novel, conveying all the tragedy and tormented comedy of the original.

    • In Our Time

      Ernest Hemingway

      Klassiekers Before Hemingway nobody wrote in this lean, tough manner. Hemingway, who worked as a journalist and war correspondent, completely changed the landscape of American fiction, and In Our Time is a good introduction to his works—a way of finding out whether his style is for you. In Our Time contains the thoroughly enjoyable Nick Adams stories—‘Indian Camp,’ ‘The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife,’ ‘The Three Day Blow’, and ‘The Battler’—amongst other classic Hemingway tales such as the wonderful ‘Cat in the Rain’—a carefully constructed narrative in which not a single word is wasted. However, for me the real gems of this collection are the vignettes interspersed between the stories—short, violent paragraphs of war and death. This is Hemingway’s writing at its finest. This is the 1930 edition including "On the Quai at Smyrna".

    • The Crocodile

      Fyodor Dostoevsky

      Klassiekers Usually interpreted as a diatribe against the Chernyshevsky generation, it is a work that is often referred to, but rarely read. Cioran's translation is not only readable, but is evocative of the wit and satire of the original; it is both accurate and fluid.

    • Winner Take Nothing

      Ernest Hemingway

      Klassiekers Ernest Hemingway's first new book of fiction since the publication of "A Farewell to Arms" in 1929 contains fourteen stories of varying length. Some of them have appeared in magazines but the majority have not been published before. The characters and backgrounds are widely varied. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is about an old Spanish Beggar. "Homage to Switzerland" concerns various conversations at a Swiss railway-station restaurant. "The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio" is laid in the accident ward of a hospital in Western United States, and so on. Ernest Hemingway made his literary start as a short-story writer. He has always excelled in that medium, and this volume reveals him at his best.

    • Tales of Hoffmann

      E.T.A. Hoffmann

      Klassiekers This selection of Hoffmann's finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of both surrealism and the modern horror genre. Suspense dominates tales such as "Mademoiselle de Scudery", in which an apprentice goldsmith and a female novelist find themselves caught up in a series of jewel thefts and murders. In the sinister "Sandman", a young man's sanity is tormented by fears about a mysterious chemist, while in "The Choosing of a Bride" a greedy father preys on the weaknesses of his daughter's suitors. Master of the bizarre, Hoffman creates a sinister and unsettling world combining love and madness, black humour and bewildering illusion.

    • A Moveable Feast

      Ernest Hemingway

      Klassiekers Among these small, reflective sketches are unforgettable encounters with the members of Hemingway’s slightly rag-tag circle of artists and writers, some also fated to achieve fame and glory, others to fall into obscurity. Here, too, is an evocation of the Paris that Hemingway knew as a young man - a map drawn in his distinct prose of the streets and cafes and bookshops that comprised the city in which he, as a young writer, sometimes struggling against the cold and hunger of near poverty, honed the skills of his craft. A Moveable Feast is at once an elegy to the remarkable group for expatriates that gathered in Paris during the twenties and a testament to the risks and rewards of the writerly life.

    • Persuasion

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Persuasion may

    • Suç ve Ceza

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers Merdivende ev sahibesiyle karşılaşmaktan başarıyla kaçınmıştı. Çatı katı beş katlı yüksek bir evin çatısı altındaydı ve bir odadan çok bir dolaba benziyordu. Ona çatı katı, yemekler ve bakıcılık sağlayan ev sahibesi alt katta oturuyordu ve ne zaman dışarı çıksa, kapısı her zaman açık olan mutfağının önünden geçmek zorunda kalıyordu. Ve her yanından geçtiğinde genç adam, kaşlarını çatmasına ve utanmasına neden olan hastalıklı, korkmuş bir duyguya kapıldı. Ev sahibesine umutsuzca borçluydu ve onunla tanışmaktan korkuyordu.

    • The Stranger

      Albert Camus

      Klassiekers The Stranger is a 1942 novella by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as examples of Camus' philosophy, absurdism, coupled with existentialism; though Camus personally rejected the latter label. Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. Translated four times into English, and also into numerous other languages, the novel has long been considered a classic of 20th-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its 100 Books of the Century. The novel was twice adapted as films: Lo Straniero (1967) (Italian) by Luchino Visconti and Yazgı (2001, Fate) by Zeki Demirkubuz (Turkish).

    • The Time Machine

      H.G. Wells

      Klassiekers The Time Machine cemented author H.G. Wells as the father of modern science fiction. In it, the Time Traveller embarks on a staggering journey 800,000 years into the future, where he is propelled to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he encounters the highly evolved Eloi, as well as the brutish Morlocks who lurk beneath in tunnels. The Time Machine offers a harrowing and penetrating look into a proposed future for mankind, and illuminates its roots in the present. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, Ph.D. in literature and modern studies from Yale University. H.G. Wells was an English writer who pioneered the science fiction genre and wrote more than 100 books during his career. The Time Machine, his first novel, brought him instant fame. Wells is known also as a futurist, his works foretelling the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, and nuclear weapons. Vivian Heller received her Ph.D. in English Literature and Modern

    • Les Misérables

      Victor Hugo

      Klassiekers Edition complète des 5 tomes des misérables ! Ce roman, un des plus populaires de la littérature française, a donné lieu à de nombreuses adaptations au cinéma. Victor Hugo y décrit la vie de misérables dans Paris et la France provinciale du xixe siècle et s'attache plus particulièrement aux pas du bagnard Jean Valjean qui n'est pas sans rappeler le condamné à mort du Dernier Jour d'un condamné ou Claude Gueux. C'est un roman historique, social et philosophique dans lequel on retrouve les idéaux du romantisme et ceux de Victor Hugo concernant la nature humaine. L'auteur lui-même accorde une grande importance à ce roman et écrit en mars 1862, à son éditeur Lacroix : « Ma conviction est que ce livre sera un des principaux sommets, sinon le principal, de mon œuvre ». Jean Valjean, un ancien forçat condamné en 1796, trouve asile, après avoir été libéré du bagne et avoir longtemps erré, chez Mgr Myriel, évêque de Digne. Il se laisse tenter par les couverts d

    • The Count of Monte Cristo

      Alexandre Dumas

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Alexandre Dumas’ classic paints a portrait of Edmond Dantès, a dark and calculating man who is willing to wait years to exact his perfect plan for revenge. After his so-called friends frame him for treason, Dantès is sentenced to life imprisonment in a grim island fortress on what was supposed to be his wedding day. After 14 years, he manages to escape prison, but he is unable to free himself from an all-consuming fury. Instead, Dantès spends a decade carrying out the plan for revenge he conceived while behind bars, bringing nightmarish ruination to those who once betrayed him-and second chances to those who tried to save him. When it was first published in 1844, The Count of Monte Cristo quickly became the best-selling book in all of Europe. Dumas’ novel was ahead of its time, an exciting tale of adventure, treasure, secret identities, and daring escapes. It also reads like an early psychological thriller, leaving readers uneasy as they cheer Da

    • The Mysteries of Udolpho

      Ann Radcliffe

      Klassiekers The Novel The Mysteries of Udolpho is a quintessential Gothic romance, replete with incidents of physical and psychological terror; remote, crumbling castles; seemingly supernatural events; a brooding, scheming villain; and a persecuted heroine. Radcliffe also added extensive descriptions of exotic landscapes in the Pyrenees and Apennines. Set in 1584 in southern France and northern Italy, the novel focuses on the plight of Emily St. Aubert, a young French woman who is orphaned after the death of her father. Emily suffers imprisonment in the castle Udolpho at the hands of Signor Montoni, an Italian brigand who has married her aunt and guardian Madame Cheron..  The author Ann Radcliffe (9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English author, and a pioneer of the Gothic novel. Her style is romantic in its vivid descriptions of landscapes, and long travel scenes, yet the Gothic element is obvious through her use of the supernatural. It was her technique of explained Gothicism, the f

    • The Great Gatsby

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

      Klassiekers The story takes place in the summer of 1922 in the fictional town of West Egg on Long Island, New York. It follows the life of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and wealthy man who throws extravagant parties in the hopes of attracting the attention of his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. Narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man who has just moved to West Egg, the novel explores themes of love, wealth, class, and the American Dream. As Nick becomes more involved in Gatsby's life, he learns about the man's past and the lengths he has gone to in order to achieve his goals. The novel is known for its vivid portrayal of the excesses and decadence of the Jazz Age, a term coined by Fitzgerald himself. It also offers a critique of the era's social mores and the corrupting influence of wealth and privilege. "The Great Gatsby" has been widely regarded as a masterpiece of modern American literature and has become a cultural icon. It has been adapted into numerous films, television shows, and stage productions

    • Madame Bovary

      Gustave Flaubert

      Klassiekers Comme elles sont longues, les journées d’Emma dans la pluvieuse campagne normande. Alors pour tromper son ennui, elle trompe son mari, Charles, brave médecin de campagne. Et elle accumule les aventures sentimentales pathétiques avec des amants manipulateurs, cruels, intéressés. La nature humaine est analysée au scalpel dans ce chef-d’œuvre de Gustave Flaubert, qui aurait confié : « Emma, c’est moi ». Et c’est vrai qu’Emma, c’est un peu nous tous. C’est bien toute la force de ce récit à lire et relire.

    • Love and Friendship

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote three additional novels, Lady Susan , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , all published posthumously, and began a fourth, which was eventually titled Sanditon . Austen died in Winchester on 18 July 1817, at the age of 41,

    • Mansfield Park

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote three additional novels, Lady Susan , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , all published posthumously, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Jane Aust

    • 100 Greatest Books Collection

      Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charlotte Brontë, William Shakespeare, William Golding, Lewis Carroll, Louisa May Alcott, John Steinbeck, Emily Bronte, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charles Dickens, L.M. Montgomery, A. A. Milne, Alexandre Dumas, Leo Tolstoy, Kurt Vonnegut, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Anna Sewell, Hermann Hesse, Miguel de Cervantes, Herman Melville, Bram Stoker, Lyman Frank Baum, Jack London, Joseph Conrad, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Niccolò Machiavelli, H. G. Wells, Franz Kafka, The Brothers Grimm, Kenneth Grahame, Jules Verne, J.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Gustave Flaubert, George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Theodore Dreiser, Nikolai Gogol, Émile Zola, Wilkie Collins, W. Somerset Maugham, Rudyard Kipling, E. M. Forster, Edith Wharton, Henry Fielding, Robert Louis Stevenson, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Homer, Voltaire, Johanna Spyri, Ivan Turgenev, Samuel Richardson, Honoré de Balzac & William Faulkner

      Klassiekers Embark on a literary journey through the ages with the "100 Greatest Books Collection" a meticulously curated anthology that brings together an exquisite blend of timeless classics and modern masterpieces. This collection is a testament to the enduring power of storytelling, showcasing the literary gems that have shaped cultures, inspired generations, and continue to captivate readers across the globe. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hod

    • Persuasion

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love? Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.

    • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

      Mark Twain

      Klassiekers Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic, a book that has inspired troves of writers in its wake, and that has sparked generations of discussion and debate. It is a novel by Mark Twain noted for its depiction of people and locations along the Mississippi River. One of the first major American novels to employ vernacular English, Adventure of Huckleberry Finn offers a satire on Southern Antebelleum society, particularly regarding attitudes of racism. Told in the first person by protagonist Huckleberry Finn, the book is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, Ph.D. in literature and modern studies from Yale University. Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835. Raised in Missouri, Twain gained prominence for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter known as a Great American Novel. Vivian Heller received her Ph.D. in English Literatur

    • Ulysses

      James Joyce

      Klassiekers Ulysses is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach in February 1922, in Paris. One of the most important works of Modernist literature,[1] it has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement". "Before Joyce, no writer of fiction had so foregrounded the process of thinking."

    • Candide, ou l'Optimisme

      Voltaire

      Klassiekers Candide, ou l’Optimisme est un conte philosophique de Voltaire paru à Genève en janvier 1759. Il a été réédité vingt fois du vivant de l’auteur (plus de cinquante aujourd’hui) ce qui en fait un des plus grands succès littéraires français. Anonyme en 1759, Candide est attribué à un certain « Monsieur le Docteur Ralph » en 1761, à la suite du remaniement du texte par Voltaire. Ce titre ronflant donne tout de suite le ton au lecteur qui pourrait hésiter sur le genre de l’ouvrage : conte ou essai ? Art mineur ou art noble ? L’auteur prend, dès les premières lignes, position contre la noblesse aux titres bien plus ronflants que celui-ci. Et que dire du nom du soi-disant docteur Ralph ? Rien de plus qu’une onomatopée qui ne laisse aucun doute sur le ton de cette œuvre (voir Thunder-Ten-Tronckh, le château de la situation initiale). Cette œuvre si ironique dès les premières lignes, ne laisse aucun doute sur l’origine de l’auteur, qui ne pouvait faire p

    • Les Fleurs du mal

      Charles Baudelaire

      Klassiekers Œuvre majeure de Baudelaire, publiée le 25 juin 1857 et rééditée en 1861, Les Fleurs du mal sont l’une des œuvres les plus importantes de la poésie moderne, empreinte d’une nouvelle esthétique où la beauté et le sublime surgissent, grâce au langage poétique, de la réalité la plus triviale. L'œuvre exerça une influence considérable sur Paul Verlaine, Stéphane Mallarmé ou encore Arthur Rimbaud. Le 7 juillet, la direction de la Sûreté publique saisit le parquet pour « outrage à la morale publique » et pour « outrage à la morale religieuse ». Baudelaire et ses éditeurs sont condamnés à une d’amende, ainsi qu'à la suppression de six pièces (sur les cent que compte le recueil), pour délit d’outrage à la morale publique. Une édition réalisée par Bibebook

    • Pride and Prejudice

      Jane Austen & HappyReads.net

      Klassiekers Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London. This e-book version of Pride and Prejudice contains word builder games which provides a completely new way to learn English vocabulary Fast and Fun! Start reading the original book and playing with the interactive word building games to master the vocabulary listed in this book. The vocabulary words you’ll find in this book are most frequently used words.   By creating your own notes and study cards, you will be familiarized with the words that will help you learn to read better. Do purchase our Word Builder Series books to mastering English vocabulary in the fa

    • L’Éducation sentimentale

      Gustave Flaubert

      Klassiekers L’Éducation sentimentale, histoire d’un jeune homme est un roman écrit par Gustave Flaubert, et publié en 1869. Le cœur du récit est tiré du roman de Sainte-Beuve : Volupté, qu’Honoré de Balzac avait déjà traité et d’une certaine manière réécrit avec le Lys dans la vallée. Le roman de Flaubert reprend le même sujet selon des règles narratives entièrement neuves, réinventant le roman d'apprentissage pour lui donner une profondeur et une acuité jamais atteinte. Une édition réalisée par Bibebook

    • Illusions perdues

      Honoré de Balzac

      Klassiekers L'avarice commence où la pauvreté cesse. Le jour où l'imprimeur entrevit la possibilité de se faire une fortune, l'intérêt développa chez lui une intelligence matérielle de son état, mais avide, soupçonneuse et pénétrante. Sa pratique narguait la théorie. Il avait fini par toiser d'un coup d'oeil le prix d'une page et d'une feuille selon chaque espèce de caractère. Il prouvait à ses ignares chalands que les grosses lettres coûtaient plus cher à remuer que les fines ; s'agissait-il des petites, il disait qu'elles étaient plus difficiles à manier. La composition étant la partie typographique à laquelle il ne comprenait rien, il avait si peur de se tromper qu'il ne faisait jamais que des marchés léonins. Si ses compositeurs travaillaient à l'heure, son oeil ne les quittait jamais. S'il savait un fabricant dans la gêne, il achetait ses papiers à vil prix et les emmagasinait. Aussi dès ce temps possédait-il déjà la maison où l'imprimerie était logée depuis

    • Rebecca

      Daphne du Maurier

      Klassiekers The classic Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier -- winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century -- is now a Netflix film starring Lily James and Armie Hammer. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . . The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave. "Daphne du Maurier created a scale by which modern women can measure their feelings." --Stephen King

    • Gone with the Wind

      Margaret Mitchell

      Klassiekers Gone with the Wind takes place in the southern United States in the state of Georgia during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and the Reconstruction Era (1865–1877) that followed the war. The novel unfolds against the backdrop of rebellion wherein seven southern states, Georgia among them, have declared their secession from the United States (the "Union") and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy"). A dispute over states' rights has arisen involving enslaved African people who were the source of manual labor on cotton plantations throughout the South.

    • Les Confessions

      Jean-Jacques Rousseau

      Klassiekers Les Confessions de Jean-Jacques Rousseau est une autobiographie publiée à titre posthume. Le titre des Confessions a sans doute été choisi en référence aux Confessions de Saint-Augustin, publiées au IVe siècle après Jésus Christ. Rousseau, qui était protestant, accomplit ainsi un acte sans valeur religieuse à proprement parler, mais doté d’une forte connotation symbolique: celui de l’aveu des pêchés, de la confession. On reproche souvent à Rousseau la prétention extrême présente dans certains extraits des « Confessions » et dissimulée sous une apparente humilité, mais passer outre à la première lecture est nécessaire pour accéder au second niveau de l’œuvre, qui reste un chef d’œuvre de la littérature française. Composé de 12 livres, « Les Confessions » de Rousseau sont considérées comme la première véritable autobiographie. La première partie de l’œuvre (livres i à vi) a été publiée en 1782 et la seconde (livres vii à xii) en 178

    • L'Œuvre

      Émile Zola

      Klassiekers L’Œuvre est le quatorzième volume de la série Les Rougon-Macquart. L’ouvrage nous entraîne dans le monde de l’art et des artistes, à travers le portrait d’un peintre maudit, Claude Lantier, dont le personnage évoque celui de Paul Cezanne, grand ami de Zola, qui se brouillera avec l’écrivain après la publication du roman. Extrait : Du bout de sa brosse, il indiquait une académie peinte, pendue au mur, près de la porte. Elle était superbe, enlevée avec une largeur de maître ; et, à côté, il y avait encore d'admirables morceaux, des pieds de fillette, exquis de vérité délicate, un ventre de femme surtout, une chair de satin, frissonnante, vivante du sang qui coulait sous la peau. Dans ses rares heures de contentement, il avait la fierté de ces quelques études, les seules dont il fût satisfait, celles qui annonçaient un grand peintre, doué admirablement, entravé par des impuissances soudaines et inexpliquées. Une édition réalisée par Bibebook

    • Zaïre

      Voltaire

      Klassiekers Zaïre est une pièce de théâtre (tragédie) de Voltaire, écrite en 1732 et représentée à la Comédie-Française le 13 août 1732. Certains historiens de la littérature considèrent cette pièce comme une adaptation libre d'Othello au théâtre par Voltaire. La pièce évoque les mêmes thèmes, c'est-à-dire la jalousie et la tolérance. Une édition réalisée par Bibebook

    • Les Onze Mille Verges ou les Amours d'un hospodar

      Guillaume Apollinaire

      Klassiekers Certaines critiques qualifient ce livre d'érotique et disent : «Il fallait bien l'humour raffiné d'un Apollinaire pour raconter cette histoire démesurément obscène tout au long de laquelle se succèdent les scènes les plus énormes de pédérastie, de saphisme, de vampirisme ou de scatomanie...» D'autres, dont l'auteur de ces lignes, pensent que ce roman est l'incarnation de la pornographie et de la violence dans ce qu'elles ont de plus vil, de plus répugnant. Le sadisme règne en maître et l'écoeurement ne peut que gagner le lecteur, même très averti. Une édition réalisée par Bibebook

    • Candide

      Voltaire

      Klassiekers "Candide" by Voltaire is a satirical novella that follows the naive protagonist, Candide, on a journey filled with misadventures, absurdities, and encounters with human folly. Through biting satire, Voltaire critiques optimism and societal norms while advocating for a more pragmatic worldview. The novella's wit and irreverence make it a timeless classic, offering insightful commentary on the human condition.

    • Howards End

      E.M. Forster

      Klassiekers Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her husband's smug English family to ruin her life. Howards End is considered by some to be Forster's masterpiece.

    • Traité sur la tolérance

      Voltaire

      Klassiekers Le Traité sur la tolérance est une œuvre de Voltaire publiée en 1763. Ce texte vise la réhabilitation de Jean Calas, protestant faussement accusé et exécuté pour avoir assassiné son fils afin d'éviter que ce dernier ne se convertisse au catholicisme. Dans ce Traité sur la Tolérance, Voltaire invite à la tolérance entre les religions et prend pour cible le fanatisme religieux (plus particulièrement celui des jésuites chez lesquels il a fait de brillantes études étant jeune homme) et présente un réquisitoire contre les superstitions accolées aux religions. L'œuvre voltairienne fait suite au procès, à la condamnation à mort et à l'exécution de Jean Calas, père de famille huguenot, le 10 mars 1762. Jean Calas appartient à une famille protestante à l'exception de sa servante, catholique, et d'un de ses fils, converti au catholicisme. À la suite du suicide de son fils aîné, la famille Calas se retrouve faussement accusée d'homicide volontaire. La famille es

    • Slaughterhouse-Five

      Kurt Vonnegut

      Klassiekers Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

    • The Railway Children

      Edith Nesbit

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Edith Nesbit’s beloved novel captures the magical enchantment of childhood. Siblings Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis live a very comfortable life until their father disappears and they’re forced to move with their mother to a small country home near a train station. Despite their impoverished circumstances and their mother’s stress, the children never stop pursuing joy—and adventure. Between preventing a train accident, rescuing a Russian soldier, and befriending everyone in town, their days are full…even before they embark on their most important quest yet: finding their father. Set in the charming English countryside, this story will make you feel nostalgic for simpler times.

    • A Study in Scarlet

      Arthur Conan Doyle

      Klassiekers A Study in Scarlet was the career-starting, first Sherlock Holmes story published by Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in 19th-century London, it follows Dr. John Watson, a war veteran, and the enigmatic young Sherlock Holmes, a uniquely gifted detective. Two murders in London have Scotland Yard confounded, and the solution Holmes illuminates transports the reader to America’s Wild West of the 1850s, and beyond. A Study in Scarlet is a seminal work, and one that has transformed the mystery and crime genres. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, Ph.D. in literature and modern studies from Yale University. Arthur Conan Doyle was a writer and physician born in Edinburgh. Doyle is best known for his detective fiction featuring Sherlock Holmes. Vivian Heller received her Ph.D. in English Literature and Modern Studies from Yale University. She is author of Joyce, Decadence, and Emancipation(University of Illinois Press) and of The City Beneath Us&#x

    • The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, Volume 1

      1265-1321 Dante Alighieri

      Klassiekers The Divine Comedy tells of the poet Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise in search of salvation. Before he is redeemed by his love for the heavenly Beatrice, he learns the meaning of evil, sin, damnation and forgiveness through a series of unforgettable experiences and encounters.

    • All Quiet on the Western Front

      Erich Maria Remarque

      Klassiekers One by one the boys begin to fall.. In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches. All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. 'Nothing New in the West') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front. The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung and in book form in late January 1929. The book and its sequel, The Road Back (1930), were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany. All Quiet on the Western Front sold

    • The Road Back

      Erich Maria Remarque

      Klassiekers One by one the boys begin to fall.. In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches. All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. 'Nothing New in the West') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front. The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung and in book form in late January 1929. The book and its sequel, The Road Back (1930), were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany. All Quiet on the Western Front sold

    • Animal Farm

      George Orwell

      Klassiekers ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned –a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.

    • Savaş ve Barış

      Lev Tolstoy

      Klassiekers Temmuz 1805'ti ve konuşmacı, İmparatoriçe Márya Fëdorovna'nın baş nedimesi ve gözdesi olan ünlü Anna Pávlovna Schérer'di. Bu sözlerle, resepsiyonuna ilk gelen, yüksek rütbeli ve önemli bir adam olan Prens Vasíli Kurágin'i selamladı. Anna Pávlovna birkaç gündür öksürüyordu. Dediği gibi gripten muzdaripti ; grippe , o zamanlar St. Petersburg'da yalnızca seçkinler tarafından kullanılan yeni bir kelime oldu.

    • Winnetou

      Karl May

      Klassiekers Karl May's most popular work originally published in 1892 and influenced by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Winnetou is the story of a young Apache chief told by his white friend and blood-brother Old Shatterhand. The action takes place in the U.S. Southwest, in the latter half of the 1800s, where the Indian way of life is threatened by the first transcontinental railroad. Winnetou, the only Native Indian chief who could have united the various rival tribes to reach a settlement with the whites, is murdered. His tragic death foreshadows the death of his people. May's central theme here, as in much of his work, is the relationship between aggression, racism, and religious intolerance.

    • The Bell Jar

      Sylvia Plath

      Klassiekers The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.

    • War and Peace

      Leo Tolstoy

      Klassiekers This is a classic title that is world renown and has been made the text of choice for many literature classes. Come read it today in digital form for free.

    • The Great Gatsby

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

      Klassiekers One of the greatest novels of the early 20th's century, The Great Gatsby tells the story of the extremely wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love of the gorgeous Daisy Buchanan, a love that eventually pulls him apart. Made available by The Walter Media Open Book Project  Publisher Website: waltermedia.weebly.com/open-book-project.html

    • A Christmas Carol

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly businessman, learns the true meaning of Christmas after he is visited by the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future.

    • David Copperfield

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers The novel traces the life of David Copperfield from the time of his birth to his mature manhood, when he is married and familiar with the vicissitudes of life. His early years are enjoyable with his mother — who was widowed shortly before his birth — and with her servant, Peggotty. Life is happy for David until his mother decides to marry Mr. Murdstone; afterward, life becomes unbearable for David. He is soon sent to a miserable school where he becomes friendly with James Steerforth, a fellow student.

    • Pride and Prejudice

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Pride and Preju

    • The Kama Sutra

      Vātsyāyana

      Klassiekers Translated from the ancient Sanskrit, Vātsyāyana’s Kama Sutra is the world’s archetypal erotic guide, a glimpse into loving through the ages. This edition brings the two thousand year old text to a modern audience, enlightening them in the art of sensual pleasure and touch. In addition to a translation of the complete original text, this publication includes a new preface, encompassing the historical and cultural roots of this timeless and universal piece of world literature.

    • Sense and Sensibility

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Sense and Sensi

    • The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

      Edgar Allan Poe

      Klassiekers Edgar Allan Poe was an American author and poet who is considered a central figure in American Romanticism. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe spent most of his life struggling with poverty and addiction. Despite these challenges, he left a lasting mark on American literature with his dark and macabre works. Poe is best known for his tales of mystery and horror, such as "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." These stories often explore themes of death, madness, and the supernatural, and they are characterized by their vivid descriptions, eerie atmosphere, and psychological complexity. Poe's writing is also credited with pioneering the modern detective story. In addition to his short stories, Poe also wrote poetry. His most famous poem, "The Raven," was first published in 1845 and tells the story of a man haunted by a mysterious bird. The poem's haunting refrain of "nevermore" has become one of the most famous lines in American literature, and its influence

    • The Turn of the Screw

      Henry James

      Klassiekers In this blood-curdling story, that imagination weaves the lives of two children, a governess in love with her employer, and a sprawling country house into a flawless story, still unsurpassed as the prototype of modern horror fiction.

    • 1000+ Classic Works - Index

      Various Authors

      Klassiekers 1000+ classics by 200+ Authors YOU MUST READ! CONTENTS: 9 classics Books that Changed the World 10 classics by 7 Authors 17 classic love&romance books by 11 Authors 17 Works By 17 Great Philosophers 21 classics by17 Authors 22 Great Biographies& Memoirs 14 Works of Change the world 23 Classic By 14 Authors 30+ classic Adventure Fiction  30+ classics Children and juvenile fiction 30+ Classics Pirate Fictions! 50+ classic Crime And Detective Fiction1 50+(vol.2) classic Crime And Detective Fiction 50+ classic horror fiction 50 + Classic Science Fiction 4+Complete Works Of Charlotte Brontë 6+ Complete Works of Bram Stoker 8+ The Complete Works Of Jane Austen 10 Complete Works of Charles Dickens 10+ the Complete Works of H.G. Wells 12+ THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Alexandre Dumas 15 COMPLETE WORKS OF H. RIDER HAGGARD 20+ The Complete Works Of Edgar Rice Burroughs ( Author Of Tarzan ) 20+ Works of Plato 25+ Personal Collection of Works By Jules Verne 30+ WORKS OF Jack London( Read th

    • Brave New World

      Aldous Huxley

      Klassiekers Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist. Huxley followed this book with a reassessment in essay form, Brave New World Revisited (1958), and with his final novel, Island (1962), the utopian counterpart. The novel is often compared to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Brave New World at number 5 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, Robert McCrum, writing for The Observer , included Brave New World chronologically at number 53 in "the top

    • The Gambler

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.

    • The Richest Man in Babylon

      George S. Clason

      Klassiekers Beloved by millions, this timeless classic holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. This is the book that reveals the secret to personal wealth. Countless readers have been helped by the famous "Babylonian parables," hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of — and a solution to — your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime. This is the book that holds the secrets to keeping your money — and making more. The Richest Man in Babylon: Read it and recommend it to loved ones—and get on the road to riches. George S. Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri, on November 7, 1874. He attended the University of

    • Swann's Way

      Marcel Proust

      Klassiekers Swann's Way tells two related stories, the first of which revolves around Marcel, a younger version of the narrator, and his experiences in, and memories of, the French town Combray. Inspired by the "gusts of memory" that rise up within him as he dips a Madeleine into hot tea, the narrator discusses his fear of going to bed at night. He is a creature of habit and dislikes waking up in the middle of the night not knowing where he is. He claims that people are defined by the objects that surround them and must piece together their identities bit by bit each time they wake up.

    • Death on the Nile

      Agatha Christie

      Klassiekers Agatha Christie's most daring travel mystery. The tranquility of a lovely cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything – until she lost her life. Who's also on board? Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot. He recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.’ Despite the exotic setting, nothing is ever quite what it seems… Librarian's note: This Hercule Poirot novel should not be confused with the short story of the same name. Also by Christie. But it starred Parker Pyne. It came out several years earlier. The title and locale are the same, but the contents are quite different. It is not a precursor of this story.

    • Pride & Prejudice

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Its humour lies in its honest depiction of manners, education, marriage, and money during the Regency era in Great Britain.

    • A Christmas Carol

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers Celebrate the spirit of the season with this complimentary edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol –the perfect companion for a cozy night by the fire. Includes an exclusive excerpt from Marley , Jon Clinch’s masterful reimagining of A Christmas Carol : “In Marley, again Jon Clinch shows his genius, taking Dickens’ A Christmas Carol , and turning it inside out, revealing its contemporary wonder, making the characters and actions of both Scrooge and Marley entirely modern, without losing a beat of Dickens’ Victorian music.” —Robert Goolrick, New York Times bestselling author of A Reliable Wife “I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,” said the Spirit. “Look upon me!” Since its publication in 1843, A Christmas Carol has become a cultural touchstone, imparting a message as relevant to our world today as it was in Dickens’ own Victorian age. As it tells the story of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve, the book reminds

    • We

      Yevgeny Zamyatin

      Fictie en literatuur An Apple Books Classic edition. What happens when feelings get in the way of order? What is the price of perfecting society? Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We , like many of the dystopian novels that came after it, plays on our fears of being watched and controlled, of human emotions being criminalized. A lively critique of authoritarianism, We holds the honor of being the first book banned by the Soviet government. Zamyatin managed to get a copy of his novel to the United States, where it was published in 1924. We is set in a future world where there are no individual names—only numbers. The book opens with D-503 sharing the news that the spaceship he’s been building is complete. The United State, which rules Earth, can now find other planets with which to share their “mathematically infallible happiness.” But then, D-503 meets I-330, and despite not being assigned to her, he falls in love. It makes no sense: I-330 smokes, drinks, encourages imagination—all very illegal acts that wou

    • Little Dorrit

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers In his eleventh novel, illustrated by Phiz and published by Bradbury and Evans, Dickens' childhood memories of his father's imprisonment in the Marshalsea for debt are brought forth again as the centerpiece of the story of William Dorrit, whose family is also imprisoned there.

    • Wuthering Heights

      Emily Brontë

      Klassiekers The Novel Wuthering Heights tears off, roughly enough, the tinsel from passion. We have Heathcliff, harsh, pitiless, wolfish, without a spark of kindness for the woman whose passion yet fills his whole life, with less than kindness for his fellow-men; a human wild beast, uncommon but not unnatural, of whom there are many around us muzzled by society, and who show their fangs only in troubled times. The woman, too, equally dead to pity, but without downright malevolence, is bright and biting as a clear day in winter. The passion of these human tigers for each other is pure love, or rather sheer love. Without the shadow of remorse for the share he had in her fate, he lives through many years with his heart moaning for his love; he hears her in the wailing winds, he sees her in the midnight mists; when he dies, worn out by his heated brain, the hope that smiles on his brow is to have his place in the church-yard corner where she lies; brighter than heaven to him, to lie by the side of th

    • Of Mice and Men

      John Steinbeck

      Klassiekers Of Mice and Men is a classic novella written by John Steinbeck. First published in 1937, it narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States. Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm workers as a teenager in the 1910s (before the arrival of the Okies that he would describe in The Grapes of Wrath). The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse", which reads: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley". (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Often go awry.) While it is a book taught in many schools, Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censors for vulgarity, and what some consider offensive and racist language; consequently, it appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century.

    • Emma

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote three additional novels, Lady Susan , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , all published posthumously, and began a forth, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Emma , th

    • The Getting of Wisdom

      Henry Handel Richardson

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Writing as Henry Handel Richardson, Ethel Richardson drew on her personal experience to tell the story of her fictional heroine, Laura Rambotham. At age 12, Laura’s mother sends her intelligent, high-spirited daughter to boarding school, even though she can barely afford it with the money she makes doing embroidery. Most of Laura’s classmates come from wealthy backgrounds and look down on her, but that’s not the only issue: Laura’s creativity is at odds with the school’s narrow-mindedness and focus on developing genteel ladies. Her mettle is tested as she navigates her way through a confusing and sophisticated world. Initially published in 1910, The Getting of Wisdom is a timeless story of class conflict and the loss of innocence. The novel was adapted into a 1977 movie by Australian director Bruce Beresford.

    • Northanger Abbey

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . Austen died in Winchester on 18 July 1817, at the age of 41, before completing it. The Novel Of the six published novels, Northanger Abbey is, probably, that which comes nearest to being Jane Austen’s earliest work. Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's

    • The Sun Also Rises

      Ernest Hemingway

      Klassiekers A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions.

    • The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

      Rustichello of Pisa

      Klassiekers The Christian audience of the text caused Marco Polo to appeal to Christians in his writing. Upon finding Christians on his travels he often places them in a positive light.

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