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A semi-autobiographical novel that attacks Victorian era hypocrisy as it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. Butler dared not publish it during his lifetime, but when it was published, it was accepted as part of the general revulsion against Victorianism.

Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Latin: A defence of one's life) is the classic defence of the religious opinions of John Henry Newman, published in 1864 in response to what he saw as an unwarranted attack on himself, the Catholic priesthood, and Roman Catholic doctrine by Charles Kingsley. The work quickly became a bestseller and has remained in print to this day. The work was tremendously influential in turning public opinion for Newman, and in establishing him as one of the foremost exponents of Catholicism in England.After a brief and unsatisfactory correspondence with Kingsley, Newman began work on the Apologia.A revised version, with many passages re-written and some parts omitted was published in 1865.(Wikipedia)This text is the unrevised version of the book.

The Jilting of Jane was written in the year 1894 by H. G. Wells. This book is one of the most popular novels of H. G. Wells, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Cross Creek was written in the year 1942 by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. This book is one of the most popular novels of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

The Beautiful Lady was written in the year 1910 by Newton Booth Tarkington. This book is one of the most popular novels of Newton Booth Tarkington, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Madame de Treymes was written in the year 1907 by Edith Wharton. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edith Wharton, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

A novel about the fortunes of a mining community called Aberfoyle which is near Stirling, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a letter from an old friend, leaves for the Aberfoyle mine. Although believed to be mined out a decade earlier, James Starr finds a mine overman, Simon Ford, along with his family living deep inside the mine. Simon Ford has found a large vein of coal in the mine but the characters must deal with mysterious and unexplainable happenings in and around the mine.

Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. It is considered one of the most important works of Modernist literature.Ulysses chronicles the passage through Dublin by its main character, Leopold Bloom, during an ordinary day, June 16, 1904. The title alludes to the hero of Homer's Odyssey (Latinised into Ulysses), and there are many parallels, both implicit and explicit, between the two works (e.g., the correspondences between Leopold Bloom and Odysseus, Molly Bloom and Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus).

There was sincerity in the appeal, spoken in the softest, most silvern tone which he had ever heard. He stood beside the veiled woman, and met the glance of her dark eyes with a consciousness of some magnetic force in the glance which seemed to set his nerves quivering.

The Magic of Oz was written in the year 1919 by Lyman Frank Baum. This book is one of the most popular novels of Lyman Frank Baum, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

John Caldigate was written in the year 1879 by Anthony Trollope. This book is one of the most popular novels of Anthony Trollope, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Der 17-jährige Karl Roßmann wird von seinen Eltern in die USA geschickt, da er von einem Dienstmädchen „verführt“ wurde und dieses nun ein Kind von ihm bekommen hat. Im Hafen von New York angekommen, trifft er noch auf dem Schiff einen reichen Onkel, der ihn zu sich nimmt und von dessen Reichtum Karl nun lebt. Doch bald verstößt der Onkel den Jungen, als Karl die Einladung eines Geschäftsfreundes des Onkels zu einem Landhausbesuch eigenmächtig annimmt. Der ohne Aussprache vom Onkel auf die Straße gesetzte Karl lernt zwei Landstreicher kennen, einen Franzosen und einen Iren, die sich seiner annehmen, freilich immer zum Nachteil von Karl. Wegen des Iren verliert er eine Anstellung als Liftjunge in einem riesigen Hotel mit bedrückenden Arbeitsbedingungen. Anschließend wird er in einer Wohnung, die die beiden Landstreicher mit der fetten älteren Sängerin Brunelda teilen, gegen seinen Willen als Diener angestellt und ausgenutzt.

In The Captive, Proust’s narrator describes living in his mother’s Paris apartment with his lover, Albertine, and subsequently falling out of love with her.

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass, and is mainly an expansion of his first (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass), discussing in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty. Following his liberation, Douglass, a former slave, went on to become a prominent abolitionist, speaker, author, and publisher.

Set amidst the religious struggles of the 17th century, this is the story of a young minister's return to the town of his birth. There he finds a coven of Satan worshippers and falls deeply in love with one of their victims in a struggle for right and wrong.

Crucial Instances was written in the year 1901 by Edith Wharton. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edith Wharton, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.