David Copperfield (1850) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) follows the story of a boy named David who's step-father mistreats him and he's sent to boarding school. The story continues to follow David to adulthood which was also was considered to be a more of an autobiographical account of the authors own life from childhood to adulthood.<br><br>Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of ...
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is a novel set during the French Revolution. "With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former ar ...
"Shirley is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811-12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against a b ...
"Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous character, including her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall. In its internalization of the action – the focus is on the gradual unfolding of Jane's moral and spiritual ...
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888) is a classic novel based on the four sisters named Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March. The scene is set in New England during the civil war and the story follows the lives of these sisters growing up to become woman. Little Women was first published in two volumes in the years 1868 and 1869 and later as a single volume in 1880. It was a novel initially intended for girls and it steered away from the usual ...
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) by Anne Bronte (1820-1849) is a romance classic novel based on the mysterious widow Mrs Helen Graham who arrives at Wildfell Hall and takes up residence in the mansion with her young son. She endures local gossip within the community which was initiated by the jealous Eliza who had briefly courted the local farmer Gilbert Markham until he developed an interest for the Helen. Gilbert finds the local gossip quite ...
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (1820 -1849) is a classic novel based on the life of working as a governess. It is set in the Victorian era and follows the story of Agnes, the daughter of a minister who finds employment by working as a governess due her family's financial difficulties. She is faced with challenging issues which young women at the time were faced with whilst working as a governess. The novel was first published in 1847 and repu ...
Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Bronte (1818 -1848) is a classic novel initially published under the pen name "Ellis Bell". The story is about the love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff who is her fathers adopted son and the controversies that arise as a result. <br><br>Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old classic literature to a modern era of digital reading by ...
The Professor by Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) is a classic novel first published in 1857. It follows the story of the young educated and religious man named William Crimsworth who becomes a professor at an all-girls school and later marries one of his female students.<br><br>Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old classic literature to a modern era of digital reading by producing high quality ...