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When William Lovel meets Isabella Wardour, the two share an immediate connection, but Lovel must prove himself worthy of Isabella’s love. Deemed as one of the author’s favorites of his work, The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott continues his famed Waverly series, and depicts a touching 18th century tale of forbidden love.

D.H. Lawrence’s Women in Love follows sisters Ursula and Gudrun as they navigate the social conventions of womanhood while trying to find love. With complex protagonists and compelling themes, this dramatic sequel to The Rainbow proves to be as provocative as its predecessor.

Featuring poems written by literary giants such as Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott, and Edgar Allan Poe, The Blue Book of Poetry is an impressive collection of poetic genius. Assembled, translated, and edited by Andrew Lang, with author biographies written by Robert McWilliam, The Blue Poetry Book is a collection of poetry that buries themselves in the imagination and heart of its readers.

Sweeney Todd runs a barber shop on London¿s Fleet Street. Secretly, Todd murders his patrons, turning them over to his accomplice who uses their flesh to make her popular meat pies. When a sailor goes missing, his friends follow a trail of clues that ends at Todd¿s door. Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street is an influential penny dreadful novel.

Inspired by Lucretius and Plutarch, Michel de Montaigne composed this masterwork of French philosophy while living in solitude following his retirement from public life. His wide-ranging topics include conscience, politics, sorrow, solitude, fear, friendship, war, and poetry, informing countless readers that to look outward requires we first look within.

A powerful story about the economic decline of a wealthy family in feudal China. The Story of the Stone follows Jia Baoyu, male heir to the Jia clan, as he navigates the unstable social and political climate. Written by Cao Xueqin, the story mirrors his own family¿s fall from grace.

Andre Dumas’s masterpiece of adventure and intrigue, The Count of Monte Cristo (1846) is an epic novel about a wrongly convicted Frenchman who escapes from his imprisonment once he has learned the whereabouts of a vast treasure. Claiming his fortune, he proceeds to plot revenge on the three men who were responsible for his betrayal.

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After finding a beautifully written letter by a Black man from 1792, Daniel Alexander Payne Murray made it his mission to find out everything he could. Compiling correspondence and first-hand accounts, he and co-author Will A. Allen brought to light the story of Benjamin Banneker, the first Black astronomer.

After narrowly escaping their deaths, the young siblings Alan and Jane set out for the safe and loving embrace of Toyland. Overcoming living dolls, a malicious Master Toymaker, and even their own Uncle Barnaby¿the children pursue their happily ever after and never lose hope, no matter the trouble that comes their way.

On Christmas Eve, Mary Silberhaus receives a beautiful nutcracker from her eccentric godfather Drosselmayer who turns out to be magical. Watching as he comes to life to defeat the Mouse King, Mary is swept away in an adventure of whimsy and romance. Part translation and part retelling, Alexandre Dumas¿s The History of a Nutcracker is an imaginative look into a little girl¿s fantasy.

In 1910, the young and passionate artist, Lily Briscoe, begins a portrait of Mrs. Ramsay and her youngest son, James. Initially discouraged, Lily spends ten years building the confidence to trust in her vision and finish her masterpiece. To the Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf¿s semi-autobiographical novel about family, the human experience, and the acceptance of all life has to offer good, bad and everything in between.

On a previously uneventful night in Paris, Justin Alastai¿the infamous and dastardly Duke of Avon¿is delivered a stroke of serendipity in the form of a disheveled denarian. Taking in the lost soul as a page, the Duke is given the opportunity for revenge against the Comte de Saint-Vire and inadvertent redemption in the loving eyes of his new ward.

Emma Lou was born black. Abandoned at birth by her father and bleached by her mother from a young age, she experiences first hand the division of color amongst the colored. Navigating a world in which she seems unwanted and is deemed undesirable, Emma must learn to love herself in the skin she's in. Wallace Thurman's The Blacker the Berry: A Tale of Negro Life is a timeless exploration of colorism.

After many years of travel and research, Dr. Julius Crookman has finally done it-creating a treatment that turns the Black American white and making it accessible to the masses. Laying the foundation of the Afrofuturistic novel, George S. Schuyler's Black No More envisions a world wherein science makes it possible to forever cross the color line.

Enter a world of debauchery and taste the forbidden fruits of London with The Pearl: A Book of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading. Featuring six novellas, over two-dozen sketches and almost one hundred sensual poems, this collection of Victorian erotica lay bare a carnal feast of erotic pleasure for every taste.

Having risen from swineherd to Count of Poictesme, Dom Manuel leaves behind a legacy of power and courage for his children to live up to. As two nobleman struggle to win his daughter Melicent’s hand, a comedy of errors unfolds, illuminating the pitfalls of medieval chivalry. Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship is a comic fantasy novel by James Branch Cabell.

The Civil War has come and gone, but the old guard of Lichfield continue to live as though little has changed. Robert Townsend, born into a prominent Southern family, is a young man who spend his days spinning tall tales of chivalry and astonishing acts of heroism. The Cords of Vanity is a novel by James Branch Cabell.

At Tunbridge Wells, 18th century England’s social and political elite cross paths with some of the era’s most notorious rakes and dandies. In this fascinating book, Cabell recreates that age of excess with stunning imagery and characters seemingly drawn from life itself. Gallantry is a collection of comic fantasy tales by James Branch Cabell.

“I am sad / Here in this gracious city, whose white walls / Gleam snow-like in the sunlight, whose fair shrines / Are filled with wondrous images of gods.” Through the ancient figures of Xantippe and Medea, a feminist poet of Victorian England expresses her innermost thoughts. A Minor Poet and Other Verse is a poetry collection by Amy Levy.