The novel "Little Dorrit", published originally between 1855 and 1857, is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens' ire is focused upon the institutions of debtor's prisons-in which people who owed money were imprisoned, unable to work, until they have repaid their debts. The representative prison in this case is the Marshalsea where the author's own father had been imprisoned. Most of Dickens'...

The Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver live at Dorlcote Mill on the river Floss with their two children, Tom and Maggie. This is the story of their lives at the Mill and the catastrophic flood that takes the lives of the brother and sister.

An abridged version of Dicken's story of the orphan forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

An accessible and comprehensive gathering of the works of the metaphysical English poet John Donne, a writer who has continued to loom large on the literary landscape (after a long period of obscurity) since his championing by TS Eliot and others. With a new introduction, in a volume edited by Charles Coffin.

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"In Liebrary, players are given a book title and the plot summary and then asked to create the most believable first line of the book. Book categories include Classics, Children's, Fiction/Non-Fiction, Romance, and Mystery/Sci-Fi/Horror. The object of the game is to bluff other players into believing that your first line is the correct one! Players earn points by either writing first line good enough to fool others into voting for it or by guessing...

"Traces Bunyan's life through his service in the English civil war, his conversion under the ministry and influence of John Gifford, the restoration of Charles II, and the end of religious tolerance for dissenters, and Bunyan's arrest and twelve-year imprisonment during which his greatest works were penned."--Container.