In this small masterpiece of unrequited love, James, as in his greatest novels, depicts a moral consciousness torn between emotional impulses and the demands of society.
Summary: Series of essays first published in 1687, focusing on the economics, population, growth and development of London, compared to other cities, including Dublin, Paris, and Rome, in terms of various vital statistics.
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In this tale, first published serially in 1841 and 1842, Dickens follows Nell Trent, an angelic and unfailingly virtuous girl of "nearly fourteen" and her grandfather as they navigate a world populated by villains, criminals and ne'er-do ...
Mad surgeon-turned-vivisectionist performs ghoulish experiments that transform animals into men. Early Wells personification of the scientific quest to control the natural world and, ultimately, human nature.