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Dubliners is James Joyce's masterpiece of the short story form—a collection that forever changed the way we understand ordinary life.Fifteen stories, fifteen portraits of Dublin's middle class at the turn of the twentieth century. A boy experiences...

Great Expectations is Charles Dickens's timeless masterpiece of crime, guilt, and coming of age—a novel widely regarded as one of the greatest in English literature.The story follows Pip, a young orphan boy who lives in the Kent marshes with his harsh...

Moby Dick is Herman Melville's masterpiece of American literature—a novel that defied convention in 1851 and has since been recognized as one of the greatest works ever written.The story is narrated by Ishmael, a restless young sailor who signs aboard...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant collection of twelve short stories—the cases that made Sherlock Holmes the most famous detective in fiction.From the dazzling Irene Adler, who outwits Holmes in "A Scandal in...

The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece of American literature.Set in the summer of 1922 on Long Island's North Shore, the novel follows Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire known for his extravagant parties. Through the eyes of narrator...

The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's gripping tale of science gone wrong—a novel that explores the darkest corners of human nature when freed from the fear of being seen.A mysterious stranger arrives at the Coach and Horses inn in the quiet English...

The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's only published novel—a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and a brilliant exploration of beauty, vanity, and the corrupting power of influence.Dorian Gray is a young man of extraordinary beauty. When the artist...

The Sorrows of Young Werther is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's explosive novel of passion, longing, and despair—a book that caused a sensation across Europe and launched the Romantic movement.Young Werther, a sensitive, artistic soul, flees the...

The Sound and the Fury is William Faulkner's masterpiece of Southern Gothic literature.The novel tells the story of the Compson family, once a proud Southern dynasty, now crumbling under the weight of its own decay. Told through four distinct...

The Three Musketeers is Alexandre Dumas's timeless tale of friendship, honor, and adventure.Set in 17th-century France between 1625 and 1628, the story follows d'Artagnan, a young and ambitious Gascon nobleman who travels to Paris with nothing but his...

The Turn of the Screw is Henry James's masterpiece of psychological horror and Gothic ambiguity.A young governess is hired by a wealthy, distant uncle to care for two orphaned children—the charming Miles and the angelic Flora—at his remote country...

The War of the Worlds is H. G. Wells's masterpiece of science fiction—the novel that invented the alien invasion genre.When strange explosions are observed on the surface of Mars, few Earthlings suspect the truth. Then a "meteor" falls on Horsell...

War and Peace is Leo Tolstoy's epic masterpiece—a sweeping panorama of Russian society during the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the greatest novels ever written.At its heart, the novel follows five aristocratic families—the Bezukhovs, Bolkonskys,...