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Tolstoi, Lev – Anna Karenina –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

Two love stories are set against the backdrop of high society in Tsarist Russia. Anna awakes from a loveless marriage to find herself drawn irresistibly to the dashing cavalry officer, Count Vronsky. Levin struggles with (More) self-esteem, and even flees to the country, before gaining courage to return and offer himself to the beautiful and pure Kitty. Through troubled courtships, reconciliations, marriage and the birth of each one’s first child, Anna and Levin experience joy and despair as they each struggle to find their place in the world and meaning for their lives. (Introduction by MaryAnn)

Trollope, Anthony – Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire 2) –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

This is the second in Trollope’s ‘Barsetshire’ series of novels. The later novels in the series move away from Barchester itself but ‘Barchester Towers’ is very much a sequel to the first book ‘The Warden’, which is also available (More) from Librivox.The old bishop dies, the archdeacon, Dr. Grantly fails to succeed him and a new bishop, Dr. Proudie is appointed. Dr. Grantly gains a worthy foe, not the new bishop but his wife, Mrs. Proudie, strict sabatarian and power behind the Episcopal throne together with the bishop’s chaplain, Mr. Slope.John Bold is also dead and Eleanor, now a wealthy young widow sets clerical hearts fluttering. The new bishop must deal with the wardenship of Hiram’s Hospital. Will it go to Mr. Harding? All is to play for. Then the old Dean dies and the stakes are raised.

Trollope, Anthony – The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire 1) –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

Amongst the great popular novelists of the nineteenth century who are still read today, Anthony Trollope stands alongside his contemporary, Charles Dickens. His two series of novels, the political (The Pallisers) and the clerical (More) (The Barsetshire Chronicles) are the best known. This book is the first of the Barsetshire series and was also Trollope’s first really successful novel. In the mid nineteenth century there were a number of financial scandals in the Church of England including those of Rochester, where the endowments which should have supported the King’s School Canterbury had been diverted to the Dean and Chapter; and of the hospital of St Cross at Winchester where the Rev. Francis North, later the Earl of Guildford, had been appointed to the mastership of the hospital by his father the bishop. The revenues of the hospital were very considerable, the work involved minimal. The scandal soon broke.

Verne, Jules – Michael Strogoff –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

This is the account of the perilous mission of Michael Strogoff, courier for Czar Alexander II, who is sent from Moscow to the besieged city of Irkutsk, where the governor, brother of the Czar, has taken his last stand against a (More) Tartar rebellion led by the fearsome Feofar-Khan. When telegraph lines are cut between the Russian Far East and the mainland, Strogoff must make his way through hostile territory to warn the governor of the return of the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a disgraced former officer who seeks vengeance against the Tsar’s family by the destruction of Irkutsk.

Verne, Jules – Arround the World in 80 Days –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly-employed (More) French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club.

Wilde, Oscar – Picture of Dorian Gray –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian’s beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his (More) art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil’s, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry’s world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfillment of the senses. Realizing that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses his desire to sell his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has painted would age rather than himself. Dorian’s wish is fulfilled, plunging him into debauched acts. The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his soul, with each sin displayed as a disfigurement of his form, or through a sign of aging.

Wren, Percival Christopher – Beau Ideal –
Language: English, Novel – Format: iSilo

Wren, Percival Christopher – Beau Sabreur –
Language: English, Novel – Format: iSilo

Wren, Percival Christopher – Snake and Sword –
Language: English, Novel – Format: iSilo

Andersen, Hans Christian – 40 novelle –
Language: Italian, Short Stories – Format: ePub, iSilo

Hans Christian Andersen (Odense, 2 aprile 1805 – Copenaghen, 4 agosto 1875) è stato un noto scrittore e poeta danese, celebre soprattutto per le sue fiabe.
Molte delle fiabe di Andersen hanno messo profonde radici nella nostra (More) cultura. Tutti conoscono Il brutto anatroccolo, Il soldatino di stagno, I vestiti nuovi dell’imperatore, La piccola fiammiferaia, La principessa sul pisello, sebbene non sempre se ne ricordi l’autore.