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Behind a Mask, or A Woman's Power

Behind a Mask, or A Woman's Power

by Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott's novel Behind a Mask, or A Woman's Power narrates the real woman's power through the lead character Jean Muir, who enters the Coventry Mansion under the mask of governess and eventually secures the estate by marrying John Coventry. Her acting skills turns the members of Coventry family to fight against each other succumbing to th..

Memoirs Of Fanny Hill

Memoirs Of Fanny Hill

by John Cleland

Fanny hill is one of most the controversial and banned books written by English novelist John Cleland. This novel narrates the sexual exploration of Fanny, who became an orphan just before her transformation from Childhood to adult. Abandoned by her school mate Esther, when she moved to London for earning a livelihood, Fanny was thrown into to a co..

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs

by Ritter von Leopold

Austrian novelist Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s novel  Venus in Furs explores the human minds which cannot be taken for granted in extreme situations.  Severin von Kusiemski’s extreme infatuation with Wanda von Dunajew, turned his life into a pathetic one, when he desire fully asked her to treat his as sexual slave. He would never have expe..

Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

by D. H. Lawrence

Sons and lovers is a controversial novel by written by English novelist D.H Lawrence, which explores the life of Gertrude Coppard, who ignores the conventional barriers of sexual desires and went on to create relationships with her own sons, ignoring her husband. While the intimacy of her sons slowly starts dilute, when they encounter with their su..

Women in Love

Women in Love

by D. H. Lawrence

Another controversial novel from D.H Lawrence, Women in love explores the sexual intimacy of similar genders. Gudrun Brangwen and Ursula, encounter their pair through their pair Industrialist Gerald Crich and intellectual Rupert Birkin. As the relationships starts progress, both pairs realize the relationship cannot last long but what the sisters u..

Candide

Candide

by Voltaire

Candide a French satire written by Voltaire, narrates the story of Candide, an illegitimate member of Baron family.  Expelled from the castle for falling in love with Cunégonde, daughter of Baron, his life turns into a misery. The main character travels to various countries with optimism taught by his philosopher Pangloss. The sarcastic theme ..

Satyricon

Satyricon

by Petronius Arbiter

Satyricon is one of the oldest fiction work of Roman courtier Gaius Petronius Arbiter. While the most of the original manuscript is not intact, this work is narrated by the key character Encolpius and his efforts to retain his servant Giton from his friend Asciltos, who happened to be in intimate relationship with him. Though falls under Satire, th..

The Decameron

The Decameron

by Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron is novella written by Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian poet narrated through a group of people in fear of black death.  These stories guide the way to live life encountering with romance, love, death, grief and fear. It would be noteworthy that Decameron has been referred in the works of Shakespeare and Saucer. ..