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Thackarey's classic story of Becky Sharp's rise from rags to riches in Vanity Fair.

The timeless story of Anna's forbidden love for the dashing Count Vronsky Recommended for older readers.

Ishmael and his friend join the crew of the whaling ship the Pequod, unaware that its captain, the mysterious Ahab, is out for revenge. His plan is to pursue and kill the vicious white whale, Moby Dick, and no one can stop him.

When the young and beautiful Dorothea Brooke marries the aging scholar, Edward Casaubon, the people of Middlemarch believe that no good will come of it. Dorothea quickly grows unhappy and bored. Then she begins a sensitive friendship with Casaubon’s young cousin, Will Ladislaw. Meanwhile, the beautiful but spoilt Rosamond Vincey pursues the idealistic but poor Doctor Lydgate. Lydgate is determined not to get married, but Rosamond has other ideas… Recommended for older readers.

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates’s climb of the mountain Siula Grande. When Joe breaks his leg high on the mountain, he knows that he will probably die. But Simon is determined to help his friend and determines to lower him down the mountain on a rope. The plan seems to be going well. But then disaster strikes. Touching the Void is a gripping story of human courage and the will to survive.

When Gulliver’s ship, The Antelope, sinks in the Far East, he is forced to swim to the strange, miniature land of Lilliput, where he is held a prisoner! In order to escape, Gulliver must befriend and learn the language of the tiny people of Lilliput.

Phileas Fogg makes a bet with his friends that he can travel around the world in 80 days. This is the wonderful story of Phileas’ adventures as he travels from country to country with his servant Passepartout.

The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him! In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who has to murder someone before he can get married, and we discover the secret life of beautiful Lady Alroy.