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Oliver Twist
by Charles DickensOliver Twist written by Charles Dickens, believed to have been inspired or conceived from the author’s own childhood life as a child laborer, as well as from the story of Robert Blincoe as a child laborer in a cotton mill. Dickens has portrayed this novel with the themes of sarcasm and dark humour, which exposes the cruel treatment on the orphan ch..
David Copperfield
by Charles DickensDavid Copperfield written by Charles Dickens portrays the life of an unfortunate boy from his childhood to maturity. It is understood, incidents of Dickens own life is portrayed due to the autobiographical nature of themes found in this novel. David Copperfield born when his father died six months before, which naturally made his childhood..
Aesop's Fables
by AesopAesop's Fables is a collection of tales originally narrated by Aesop, an ancient Greek story teller and a slave. It is believed his tales might have been the reason behind the addition Fables as a literary genre. There are reliable references to Aseop by world famous philosophers like Aristophanes and Plato, quoted Aesop fables in their literary..
Gargantua and Pantagruel
by Francois RabelaisGargantua and Pantagruel written by François Rabelais, an author of French origin who has been regarded as fantasy writer and one of the great writers of world literature and modern European writing. The story is based on the themes of satire and fantasy in nature, narrates the life of giants Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. Gargantua wife dies..
The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems
by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems is the magnum opus of Geoffrey Chaucer who is known as the father of English literature. Written as verse and prose, these stories are narrated as the story telling contest during a travel to Canterbury Cathedral by Pilgrims. Unlike other works by the author, The Canterbury Tales does not define any audience. ..
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix PotterThe Tale of Peter Rabbit is written by Beatrix Potter, an author of English origin who often illustrates the books herself. This children book illustratively narrates the story of a widowed rabbit and her three daughters and mischievous son Peter Rabbit. Living nearby the vegetable garden of Mr. McGregor, the mother rabbit cautioning her childre..
Household Stories
by Brothers GrimmHousehold Stories is a collection of fairy tales originally written in German by the German academicians Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, most popularly called as Brothers Grimm. The authors ignited the interest in fairy tales, while the romanticism and Romantic nationalism were ruling the literary world in 19th century. The have aided the recover..
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Sorrows of Young Werther is written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer and politician, who attained fame of International celebrity at the age of 24, immediately after publication of this work. This autobiographical novel was instrumental in Romantic literary movement of German literature. This novel is an epistolary and co..