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"Candide" is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in " the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric th... More

La Esmeralda, a beautiful dame of mysterious origin, travels from one misadventure to another - abduction, trial, torture, attempted hanging. She finds her long-lost mother only to be snatched away for the gallows. The task of saving her from the hands of the executioner falls on the misshapen, and ... More

Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne's prophetic novel of man's race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments ... More

This now classic book of erotica is, alongside Story of O, the most famous French underground novel of the late twentieth century and a work of seductive literary merit. Written by the wife of a diplomat in the French Foreign Service, it takes the form of an autobiographical novel, which it may or m... More

Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dante s, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a secret dungeon in the Chateau d'If -- doomed to sp... More

The Three Musketeers (1844) is an adventurous story of young d'Artagnan and the three musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Fearless and forthright, the four men are willing to risk their lives for the French King. D'artagnan, along with the three musketeers, braves the scheming tactics of the Card... More

This exquisite novel tells the story of one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature--Emma Bovary. Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing voluptuous dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous and sentiment... More

"The story of the monster man whose horrible deformities cause fear and terror, his search for love and acceptance, and his haunting of the opera house in Paris is told in very simple language. Beautifully adapted, the story flows along so easily that readers will be immediately caught up in the tan... More

Relates a sailor's preparation for and execution of revenge against the three men responsible for his fifteen years in prison.... More