When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. Upon her retur...
Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman searching fo...
"Gone to Earth" is the cry of fox hunters as the fox takes to its den and they lose the chase. Here, Mary Webb tells the story of Hazel Woodus whose u...
Esther Ried Randall, a young woman grappling with her faith, struggles to live up to her parents' expectations and the name she bears. Haunted by the...
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph is an epistolary novel that follows the life of Sidney Bidulph, a dutiful woman who writes letters to her childhood fri...
Adrift in New York tells the story of Florence Linden, a young woman forced to choose between inheriting a fortune and marrying her wealthy but unlove...
Simple Story by Elizabeth Inchbald follows Miss Milner, a young woman admired for her beauty and charm, who defies social expectations by declaring he...
The novel explores the conflict between tradition and modernity, and the tension between personal desires and familial expectations. It is a story of...
The Grand Inquisitor is a story within a story, told by the character Ivan Karamazov in the novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is a...
In 'Miss Billy's Decision,' Eleanor H. Porter continues the tale of Miss Billy and Bertram, whose engagement was established in the previous book. Thi...
Diana Starling, a young woman trapped under the shadow of her emotionally distant and controlling mother, finds herself torn between her own desires a...
Desperate Remedies explores the complexities of love, duty, and social constraints in Victorian England. Cytherea Graye, a young woman of humble origi...
In "Fästmön", the second part of "En Nyckfull kvinna", Edith Sternfelt navigates complex emotions amidst the social expectations of 19th-century Swede...
In 'Gabriel and the Hour Book', Brother Stephen, an artist monk, yearns to leave the abbey and explore the world. However, his abbot commissions him t...
Rose O' The River is a heartwarming tale set in a small New England town, exploring themes of love, ambition, and the pressures of societal expectatio...
Life's Morning follows the story of Emily Hood, a young woman of humble origins who finds herself working as a governess for a wealthy family. She fal...
The 'Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid' tells the story of Margery, a simple milkmaid, who unexpectedly encounters a mysterious foreigner. Intrigued b...
'Old Man's Love' delves into the complexities of love and duty in Victorian England. Mary Lawrie, a young woman facing societal pressures, finds herse...
Sophocles' "Philoctetes" is a classic Greek tragedy that explores themes of suffering, betrayal, and redemption. The play tells the story of Philoctet...
'Roads of Destiny' is a collection of short stories by O. Henry, known for their witty observations on life's unexpected turns. The stories explore th...
Explorer tells the story of Lucy Allerton and Alec MacKenzie, whose romantic entanglement is complicated by their deep-seated sense of morality and fa...
This novel, set in a rural community, revolves around John, a young man who defies his Aunt Hannah's wishes to marry a local girl and take over the fa...
Beyond the Rocks is a classic romance novel set in the early 20th century. Theodora Fitzgerald is a young woman who is forced into marriage with an ol...
This book delves into the complexities of entering into a lifelong commitment, addressing common pitfalls and offering practical advice for making inf...