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Howards End

Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her husband's smug English family to ruin h

93 Readers
44 Chapters
10 August 2023

Pride And Prejudice

Famous book by jane austen, pride and prejudice. Pride and Prejudice follows the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner. They must overcome the titula

85 Readers
61 Chapters
15 May 2023

MANSFIELD PARK

Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park, first published in 1814, tells the story of young Fanny Price, who is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, at the age of ten. As she grows up, she develops deep feelings for her cousin Edmund Bert

10 Readers
48 Chapters
7 September 2023

Persuasion

Persuasion by Jane Austen is a satirical romance that follows the love story of Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth. After Anne is persuaded by her family and Lady Russell to reject Wentworth, Anne loses her youthful happiness. When Captain Wentworth

7 Readers
24 Chapters
22 August 2023

The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar addresses the question of socially acceptable identity. It examines Esther's "quest to forge her own identity, to be herself rather than what others expect her to be." Esther is expected to become a housewife, and a self-sufficient woman

6 Readers
20 Chapters
15 August 2023

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who l

4 Readers
23 Chapters
24 July 2023

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far From the Madding Crowd is Hardy’s fourth novel and this is considered to be his warmest and sunniest novel. Most of his major novels especially those written in his later years like Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure have tragic end

12 Readers
58 Chapters
15 September 2023

How To Write A Bestseller

When a woman leaves a professional degree like CA in the final level and instead choose to take up her pen and begin a new journey in writing, what unfolds for her professional life? This is her story of dreams.

78 Readers
7 Chapters
12 August 2022

Oliver Twist

The story follows the titular orphan, who, after being raised in a workhouse, escapes to London, where he meets a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin, discovers the secrets of his parentage, and reconnects with his remainin

23 Readers
53 Chapters
22 May 2023

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None was Agatha Christie’s most successful book. With over 100 million copies sold worldwide, it is also the bestselling crime novel of all time. Called ‘Agatha Christie’s masterpiece’ (Spectator) and the ‘most baffling mystery Ag

3 Readers
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3 Chapters
12 July 2023
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The Woodlanders

The Woodlanders, novel by Thomas Hardy, published serially in Macmillan's Magazine from 1886 to 1887 and in book form in 1887. The work is a pessimistic attack on a society that values high status and socially sanctioned behaviour over good character

7 Readers
48 Chapters
29 May 2023

VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

Before Jackie Collins, Candace Bushnell and Lena Dunham, Jacqueline Susann held the world rapt with her tales of the private passions of Hollywood starlets, high-powered industrialists and the jet-set. Valley of the Dolls took the world by storm w

2 Readers
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2 Chapters
24 July 2023
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Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights", Emily Brontë's only novel, is one of the pinnacles of 19th-century English literature. It's the story of Heathcliff, an orphan who falls in love with a girl above his class, loses her, and devotes the rest of his life to wreaking

5 Readers
34 Chapters
13 June 2023

The Diary Of A Young Girl

Annelies Marie Frank (German pronunciation: [ˈanəˌliːs maˈʁiː ˈfʁaŋk], [ˈʔanə ˈfʁaŋk] (listen), Dutch: [ˈɑnəˌlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk], [ˈʔɑnə ˈfrɑŋk]; 12 June 1929 – c. February 1945)[1] was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage. One of the most discus

30 Readers
2 Chapters
25 April 2022

Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf published on 14 May 1925. It details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels.

6 Readers
11 Chapters
23 May 2023

I'm the same me!

This book is a compelling collection of 15 year old Ash's diary entries which reflect their life as a teenager. This is an inspiring story of how Ash stands up for themselves against all the evils of the society.

7 Readers
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13 Chapters
17 August 2022
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You are the Best Friend

Ever felt the need to have a friend who could just sit with you and talk for hours? Do you think friendship can bring you out of emotional pain and depression? Read this emotional rollercoaster from the pen of bestselling author Ajay K Pandey, whic

4 Readers
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2 Chapters
27 March 2023
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The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon

The Dynasts is an English-language closet drama in verse and prose by Thomas Hardy. Hardy himself described this work as "an epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenes".

1 Readers
26 Chapters
5 July 2023

A Tale of Two Cities

The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to th

1 Readers
45 Chapters
17 June 2023

All the Light We Cannot See

A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural Hi

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18 March 2023
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