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Description Desiring a more romantic crossing of the Atlantic, Englishman J. R. Kazallon decides to forgo a steamship and instead sets sail on the Chancellor, a large three-mast sailing ship. What follows is a classic nautical adventure, told in the form of a series of diary entries and filled with tragedy, suffering, and even horror. Despite the grim subject matter, Jules Verne still finds space to include ample descriptions of geology, biology, and meteorology.
Description The people of the obscure village Erl demand to be ruled by a magic lord, so their ruler sends his son Alveric to Elfland to wed the elfin princess Lirazel. He brings her back to Erl and the couple have a son, but Lirazel has trouble integrating with human society. When a scheme by her father spirits her away and Elfland vanishes, Alveric begins a mad quest to find where Elfland went. The King of Elflandβs Daughter is written in the pseudo-archaic prose style for which Dunsany is
Description Doctor Thorne is the third book in Trollopeβs βChronicles of Barsetshireβ series, which is set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, somewhere in Englandβs West Country. Unlike the two earlier novels in the series, Doctor Thorne isnβt set in the cathedral city of Barchester, but in the small village of Greshamsbury and the estate of the local squire, Greshamsbury Park. Doctor Thorne is a middle-aged medical practitioner in Greshamsbury, a friend of the local squire Mr. Gresham,
Description When it was first published in 1903, W. E. B Du Boisβs The Souls of Black Folk represented a seismic shift in the discussion of race in the United States. Earlier African-American authors had broken ground with memoirs and autobiographical novelsβnarrative works that portrayed the African-American experience through the stories of particular individuals. What Du Bois envisioned was a work that portrayed the experience of African Americans as a people. As a professor of sociology, Du
Description Henry VIII is one of the few of Shakespeareβs plays thought to have been written with a collaborator. It was initially published in the First Folio under Shakespeareβs name only, but in 1850 James Spedding, an English author and expert on the works of Francis Bacon, suggested that the play was a collaboration with John Fletcher, a playwright who later replaced Shakespeare in the Kingβs Men acting company. Modern scholars mostly tend to agree, though the theory is still controversial
Description Resurrection, the last full-length novel written by Leo Tolstoy, was published in 1899 after ten years in the making. A humanitarian causeβthe pacifist Doukhobor sect, persecuted by the Russian government, needed funds to emigrate to Canadaβprompted Tolstoy to finish the novel and dedicate its ensuing revenues to alleviate their plight. Ultimately, Tolstoyβs actions were credited with helping hundreds of Doukhobors emigrate to Canada. The novel centers on the relationship between