1860, Ivan Turgenev
A young man is thrown into the sweet agony of unrequited love for his beautiful new neighbor.
1942, William Faulkner
Vivid tales from the deeply rooted McCaslin family of Mississippi explore the human desire to dominate others.
1860-1861, Charles Dickens
Pip tells us of his lifelong love, the unexpected rise and fall of his fortune, and the lessons he learned about what makes a gentleman.
429 BC, Euripides
Disaster ensues when Phaedra falls for her stepson!
1910, H. G. Wells
A man of precisely 37.5 years of age can’t seem to find success or happiness in life… perhaps he has to do something drastic.
1973, Graham Greene
Argentinian revolutionaries abduct the wrong political figure by mistake, and one cynical acquaintance is the only one who cares… perhaps not even he does.
1902, Arthur Conan Doyle
The scientific minds of Holmes and Watson are tested by howls on the moor, the legend of a fiery hell-hound, and a giant pawprint next to a dead nobleman.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris)
1831, Victor Hugo
Love for a young gypsy woman allows an ugly man to rise above the world’s hatred of him, and to show his inner beauty.
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