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Northanger Abbey follows Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath, England.
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The Modern Library edition of The Awakening has an introduction by Kay Gibbons, who writes: “The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide.
Even in this incredulous age, and amidst the full whirl of our nineteenth-century civilization, in spite of the dogmatism of our science and the deadly dullness of our protestantism, instances of intervention inexplicable from the materialistic standpoint may still be found by any one who will take the trouble to look for them…
The House of Mirth (1905), by Edith Wharton, is a novel about New York socialite Lily Bart attempting to secure a husband and a place in rich society.
Defying the expectations of his English family, Nicholas Cresswell sets sail for America in 1774, carrying mysterious reasons for his journey. His extraordinary adventures span from trading cotton in Barbados to scouting farmlands on the Ohio...
