Fiction : Classics

The Black Dwarf is set in the Scottish Borders during the reign of Queen Anne (1702-14). At the centre of the story is Sir Edward Mauley, a dwarf who, having been betrayed in a love affair by his friend Mr Vere, retires in disgust to Mucklestene Muir. There he builds his own lodgings and becomes known to the local country people as a supernatural being who is regularly in contact with the devil and with spirits. His neighbours also believe that the dwarf has unlimited powers over their fortune and fate. more...

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Henry James wrote in 1865, “To Mr Collins belongs the credit of having introduced into fiction those most mysterious of mysteries, the mysteries which are at our own doors.” The Black Robe is one such mystery. Although, by today’s standards, the piece suffers for its prejudices, it is nevertheless an absorbing and exciting story with lashings of gothic imagery. more...

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Given their pedagogical nature, many Victorian novels and short stories were highly politicized; their narratives filtered through the value schemes, social views, and conscious purposes of their authors. In Bleak House, Charles Dickens manages a perfect synergy between comedy and angry satire, assaulting the Victorian British court system and highlighting the symbiosis of all levels of society. more...

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The Blithedale Romance (1852) is Nathaniel Hawthorne's third major romance. In Hawthorne (1879), Henry James called it "the lightest, the brightest, the liveliest" of Hawthorne's "unhumorous fictions."- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. more...

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"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists" by Washington Irving is a classic work of literature that can be enjoyed by all. Download "Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists" and enjoy another quality Digireads.com publication. more...

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