This time we’ve come up with a list of Classics page-turner that mean the most to us, some well-known stories no book-lover should miss.
So here they are: the books that we can, hand-on-heart say that you really need to read before you die.
Pour yourself a cuppa and enjoy.
Charles Dickens | Fiction Classics
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This novel follows the lives of three peasants who are degraded and subdued by the French aristocracy.
Oscar Wilde | Drama Classics
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A distinguished member of the House of Commons in London faces blackmail to support a corrupt plan to construct a canal in Argentina.
Alexandre Dumas | Fiction Classics
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Edmond Dantes is imprisoned on a false political charge. He makes a daring escape, finds the treasure of Monte Cristo, and seeks revenge upon his enemies.
Bram Stoker | Horror Classics
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Count Dracula is a vampire who terrifies the countryside in his quest for human blood, but the residents soon learn his real identity and vow to destroy him.
Jane Austen | Fiction Classics
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The beautiful and intelligent Emma Wodehouse enjoys meddling in other people's love lives, but she can't seem to find a love of her own.
Gaston Leroux | Horror Classics
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A disfigures musical genius haunts the catacombs under the Paris Opera and terrifies the community until he falls in love with Christine, a budding young singer.
Jules Verne | Fiction Classics
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Eccentric English man, Phileas Fogg, wagers his fortune that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days, much to the astonishment of his London Club.
John Galsworthy | Fiction Classics
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John and his wife Athene raise their daughter, Camille, properly in the provincial town of Breconridge in this three act play.
Emile Gaboriau | Fiction Classics
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Marguerite de Chalusse is upset when an unsolved mystery keeps her from marrying Paul Ferailleur.
John Dryden | Drama Classics
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Set in ancient Egypt, Cleopatra attempts to win back the love of Antony who is torn between his love for Cleopatra and his true wife, Octavia.
Sophocles | Drama Classics
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Antigone disobeys the royal edict and buries the corpses of her brothers since she believes honoring her family is more important than following the laws.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald | Fiction Classics
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In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new, something extraordinary and beautiful and simple + intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Self-made, self-invented millionaire Jay Gatsby embodies some of Fitzgerald's--and his country's--most abiding obsessions: money, ambition, greed, and the promise of new beginnings. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It
Wilkie Collins | Fiction Classics
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Allen Armadale murders the father of his cousin who is also named Allen Armadale, and he eventually confesses to the crime.
Anna Katharine Green | Mystery Classics
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A young woman working as a domestic servant disappears from a wealthy household in New York City, and the police begin their search to find her.
Anna Katharine Green | Mystery Classics
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When Agatha Webb and her servant are found murdered, the task of solving the mystery begins at once, and suspicion points to multiple people.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Mystery Classics
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Twelve fascinating stories recount the investigations of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they try to solve crimes in Victorian London.
Leo Tolstoy | Romance Classics
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Anna is unhappy with her marriage to a powerful politician, and when she falls in love with a dashing young officer, she must endure the criticism of others.
Jane Austen | Romance Classics
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The beautiful, young Elizabeth falls in love with Mr. Darcy, but he must control his pride while she tries to overcome her prejudice.
Charlotte Bronte | Romance Classics
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A poor, abused orphan named Jane uses her cleverness and perseverance to win the love of the man she loves.
Alexandre Dumas, Fils | Romance Classics
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Armond Duval falls hopelessly in love with an expensive prostitute, and he must decide whether to uphold his reputation or live a scorned life with his love.
