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  Outcast Of The Islands An...

  Joseph Conrad

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  An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the Vigar. The novel details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a scandal in Makassar, finds refuge in a hidden native village, only to betray his benefactors over lust for the tribal chief's daughter. The story features Conrad's recurring character Tom Lingard, who also appears in Almayer's Folly (1895) and The Rescue (1920), in addition to sharing other characters with those novels. This novel was adapted for the screen in 1952 by director Carol Reed, featuring Trevor Howard as Willems, Ralph Richardson as Lingard, Robert Morley, and Wendy Hiller.

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  White Fang

  Jack London

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  White Fang is the grim, savage story of the wolf dog White Fang, who is taught to kill for their pleasure - and a story of one man's redeeming insight into the killer's true nature. This story is terrifying. The parable of man's corrupting depravity and natural nobility is sadly true for today. Jack London is an extraordinarily talented writer.

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  Morton Hall (Unabridged)

  Elizabeth Gaskell

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  "Morton Hall" (1853) is a story written by Elizabeth Gaskell, one of the leading representatives of British literature of the Victorian era. The book weaves together many different elements from the description of ancient houses and noble lineages to the commemoration of historical events, all with the background of childhood memories of the protagonists. This text has the ability to offer a wide reflection on social and Political Affairs of England: Elizabeth Gaskell traces back several vicissitudes until they reach the intestine foiled attack on King James I, Cromwell's Protectorate, the so-called witch hunt, until you get to touch the social and cultural revolution produced by colonial politics .In this short-story there is everything : the role of women in society and in the process of formation of children, ways considered more suited to its educator function, until detailed depictions of torture, humor, mental illness often found themselves inside the England of that time. These reasons they do fall under the genre of tales of thrill, with continuous references to ghosts, witches and superstition of the demonic element....

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  Uncle Wiggily makes a cherry pie

  Howard R. Garis

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  Uncle Wiggily makes a cherry pie is part of the popular Uncle Wiggily series. In this story Uncle Wiggily helps his friend, the Hedgehog, to make a pie. The moral of this story is: it feels good to be helpful. Recommended for age 3+.

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  The Road

  Jack London

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  "The Road" is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London, first published in 1907. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time. He describes his experiences hopping freight trains, "holding down" a train when the crew is trying to throw him off, begging for food and money, and making up extraordinary stories to fool the police. He also tells of the thirty days that he spent in the Erie County Penitentiary, which he described as a place of "unprintable horrors," after being "pinched" (arrested) for vagrancy. In addition, he recounts his time with Kelly's Army, which he joined up with in Wyoming and remained with until its dissolution at the Mississippi River.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Charles Dickens, Louisa May...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  These novelists burst with a literary energy that is hard to contain.  They cover a myriad of styles and themes, narratives packed full of fully-formed characters in powerful tales that have become an essential and integral part of our literary heritage.  
   
  01 - The Top 10 - The Classic Novelists - An Introduction 
  02 - Transcendental Wild Oats by Louisa May Alcott 
  03 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens 
  04 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostovesky  
  05 - Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F Scott Fitzgerald 
  06 - The Sexton's Hero by Elizabeth Gaskell 
  07 - The Dead by James Joyce 
  08 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy 
  09 - Malachi's Cove by Anthony Trollope 
  10 - Eve's Diary by Mark Twain 
  11 - Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf

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