Matthew Lewis' most renowned novel 'The Monk' is a terrifying story that deals with violence, lust, incest and desire. Set in a Spanish monastery, the novel gives the account of Ambrosio, a well-respected monk, and his feelings of lust for Matilda, a woman disguised as a monk and sent to the monastery as an instrument of Satan. With her use of magic she leads him into a life of sex, lust and murder, a savage tale set in a chilling Gothic environment. Lewis wrote 'The Monk' before he turned twenty years old and its wide success led to early comparisons to pioneering Gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe.

The Monk

Literature & Fiction

LEWIS, MATTHEW

Genre Fiction

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Wilde, Óscar

Literary

The extremely memorable stories Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass compliment each other well. Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland in 1865 and followed shortly thereafter with Through the Looking Glass in 1871. The first book is about Alice falling down a rabbit hold into a strange fantastical world. There are unforgettable scenes including the Mad Tea Party, Queen's Croquet Game and Mock Turtle Story. Through the Looking Glass takes Alice's adventure yet further with more amazing characters, including Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass revolutionized literature both for children as well as adults.

Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass

CARROLL, LEWIS

CAROLL, LEWIS

Classics

The Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne,Nathaniel

Henry David Thoreau was a sturdy individualist and a lover of nature. In March, 1845, he built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived until September 1847. Walden is Thoreaus autobiograophical account of his Robinson Crusoe existence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience is the classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty, and is considered one of the most famous essays ever written. This newly repackaged edition also includes a selection of Thoreau's poetry.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David`

Jack London's post-apocalyptic vision takes place in 2072, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith, one of the few left alive San Francisco area, tries to impart the value of wisdom to his grandsons and as his time on Earth grows ever shorter. Originally published in 1912, London's grim tale of the future predates works such as Orwell's 1984.

The Scarlet Plague

LONDON, JACK.

<p>Originally intended as a serious travel guide, Three Men in a Boat is based on an actual holiday Jerome took along the Thames River with two real life friends, George Wingrave and Carl Hentschel. Perhaps the English author's best-known work, Jerome's book remains as fresh and witty as it was when first written. The jokes are still funny and the local history Jerome writes about on this trip between Kingston and Oxford makes it a valued travelogue today. Many fans of Jerome use Three Men in a Boat to recreate the trip, since the route remains virtually unchanged and all the pubs and inns named in the book are still open a century later.</p>

Three Men in a Boat

Jerome, Jerome Klapka

Laura lives a lonely life in Austrian castle with her father, nursemaid and governess. When she meets Carmilla they become close friends, but Laura doesn't realise that Carmilla is a vampire and falling in love with her new friend. The torrid relationship between the two make for a disturbing Gothic tale.  Beautifully written with haunting imagery, Le Fanu's book pre-dates Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' by a quarter of a century.

Carmilla

Le Fanu, Sheridan

Lawyer, social philosopher, author and saint, Thomas More coined the very word "Utopia", which is part of our everyday lexicon. His most controversial work, Utopia chronicles the travels of Raphael to the imaginary island country of Utopia, which was a play on the Greek words ou-topos and eu-topos, which meant "no place" and "good place". The novel allowed More to cover a range of controversial subjects within this fictional Utopia, including religion and politics. The book, of course, is a forerunner to today's literary genre of Utopia where ideal societies and perfect cities are the subject matter of fiction. More's own life was hardly Utopian, however. He was imprisoned by Henry VIII for refusing to acknowledge the king as the Supreme Head of the Church of England and eventually executed for his stand.

Utopia

MORE, THOMAS

<p>A century-old classic of British letters that charmed and fascinated generations of readers with its witty satire of Victorian society and its unique insights, by analogy, into the fourth dimension.</p>

Flatland

Edwin A. Abbott

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