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Swiss Family Robinson is about a family immigrating to Australia when they become shipwrecked in the East Indies. There, with only themselves and a few domestic animals, they must learn the skills necessary to survive. The novel was intended to…

Originally published within a collection of other short stories and essays, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a lasting example of early popular American fiction. It follows Ichabod Crane, a school teacher, to the secluded town of Sleepy Hollow in New…

In this novel in verse, Faust is a scholarly man who, in his pursuit of knowledge, has become depressed. He seeks out Mephistopheles, representative of the Devil, and makes a deal exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly…

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is a whimsical, nonsensical children's novel about a young girl named Alice who follows a talking rabbit down a hole into a fantastical world filled with peculiar creatures and illogical situations.

A young boy raised by wolves in the jungle, and his adventures with various animal characters, exploring themes of survival and the natural world.

Set in the mid-19th century, and written from the author's first-hand experience, North and South follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund ways of southern England to the vital but turbulent north. Elizabeth…

Wilkie Collins’s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre–the detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally stolen from an Indian shrine, this riveting novel features the…

Edward Prendick, a shipwreck survivor who discovers that Dr. Moreau is conducting disturbing experiments to turn animals into human-like creatures on a remote island.

Hank Morgan, a 19th-century American engineer is mysteriously transported back to 6th-century Camelot.

This story follows a mermaid princess who longs to explore the human world. Her longing leads her to give up her voice and tail for a chance to live as a human.