“Great edifices, like great mountains, are the work of ages.” The story begins in 1482 Paris during the Festival of Fools. The gypsy dancer Esmeralda captivates the crowd, […]
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
“I learned to recognize the thorough and primitive duality of man… If each, I told myself, could but be housed in separate identities, life would be relieved of […]
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Chapter 1–3: […]
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Frankenstein
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” Letters 1–4: The Arctic Expedition Captain Robert Walton writes letters to his sister, Margaret, […]
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Wuthering Heights
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” — Wuthering Heights Volume 1 Chapters 1–3: The novel begins with Mr. Lockwood, a new tenant […]
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Jane Eyre
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” — Jane Eyre Early Life at Gateshead (Chapters 1-4) […]