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Description When ArsΓ¨ne Lupin disappeared at the end of The Hollow Needle the public and police assumed he was dead; but it turns out he was just biding his time and waiting for the right opponent to face off against. Luckily, a secret involving a stash of hidden papers and Europeβs aristocratic families is more than enough to pique the interests of Lupin and his unknown competitor. This novel is told more from Lupinβs point of view than the previous stories, and that reduces some of the
Description Returning from Liverpool, Mr. Earnshaw brings with him a dirty, ragged, black-haired child called Heathcliff, and sets into motion a tale of destructive passions. The bookβs two locations, the genteel Thrushcross Grange and the wild Wuthering Heights, serve as matching backgrounds to the characters of their occupants, as they struggle to gain the upper hand in marriage and power. All the while, the ghosts of the past seem to drive revenge more than inspire forgiveness. Wuthering
Description The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses Simpson Grant are an American classic. In them Grant, the most able General of the Civil War, tells the story of his life and experiences, covering his birth, early youth, military training at West Point, his involvement as a Lieutenant in the Mexican War of 1847β48, and of course, his role in the Civil War of 1861β65, during which he rose to become the supreme commander of the Northern forces. After the Mexican War, Grant had left military service
Description The Little White Bird is generally divided into three sections: the first chronicles the narratorβs life in London, beginning with how he came to know a little boy named David (who joins him on his adventures), and describes other matters of his everyday life. The second section tells the story of how Peter Pan came to be a βbetwixt-and-betweenβ and his adventures in Kensington Gardens, including his interactions with the birds as well as the fairies hidden in the park. Finally, the
Description Grace Melbury, daughter of a rich local wood-trader, has been raised beyond her family through years of expensive education. Coming home, she finds herself pulled between her love for her childhood friend Giles Winterborne, and the allure of the enigmatic Doctor Fitzpiers. Giles and Edgar have their own admirers too, and the backdrop of the bucolic pastures and woodlands of an impressionistic take on south-west England provides the perfect setting for their story. The Woodlanders
Description The Awakening charts Edna Pontellierβs journey of self-discovery. The time spent with a younger friend on a summer holiday on Grand Isle in Lousiana unlocks a feeling in her that she canβt close away again. On returning to her family home in New Orleans, she starts to transition from unthinking housewife and mother into something freer and more confident, although this doesnβt meet with the full approval of the society sheβs a part of. Kate Chopin had written a novel previously, but