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A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
Nora Helmer's seemingly perfect life unravels when a secret threatens to destroy everything.
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A Room with a View
E.M. Forster
Lucy Honeychurch must choose between convention and the passionate George Emerson.
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Set against the French Revolution — a story of sacrifice, love, and resurrection.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Alice falls down a rabbit hole into a world of impossible logic, talking animals, and absurd royalty.
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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A student commits murder and is tormented by guilt — a profound study of the criminal mind.
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Dracula
Bram Stoker
Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania and encounters the terrifying Count Dracula.
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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Victor Frankenstein creates life — and unleashes a monster that mirrors his own ambition and guilt.
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Pip's journey from poor orphan to gentleman — and the mysterious benefactor who made it possible.
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Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Prince Hamlet seeks revenge for his father's murder — but is consumed by doubt and madness.
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
An orphaned governess falls for the brooding Mr. Rochester — but his dark secret changes everything.
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Persuasion
Jane Austen
Anne Elliot is reunited with Captain Wentworth — the man she was once persuaded to reject.
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
The story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy — a timeless romance of wit, pride, and unexpected love.
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Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
The most famous love story ever told — two star-crossed lovers from feuding families.
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Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
Two sisters — one ruled by sense, one by sensibility — navigate love, heartbreak, and society.
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Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
A young man's spiritual journey in ancient India — seeking enlightenment beyond all tradition.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Twelve classic cases solved by the world's greatest detective and his loyal companion Dr. Watson.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
The mischievous Tom Sawyer's adventures along the Mississippi River — funny, thrilling, and timeless.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Edmond Dantès escapes from prison and returns as the mysterious Count to exact his revenge.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes investigates a supernatural hound terrorizing the Baskerville family on the Devonshire moors.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
A farcical comedy of mistaken identities, secret lives, and the absurdity of Victorian society.
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Gaston Leroux
A locked-room mystery that inspired generations of detective fiction — who attacked Mathilde Stangerson?
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
A portrait ages while its subject stays young — but at what moral cost?
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The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford stumble into a web of international intrigue in their first adventure.
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
A respected doctor's experiments unleash his darkest alter ego upon Victorian London.
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The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A woman's descent into obsession while confined to a room — a chilling feminist masterpiece.
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Young Jim Hawkins embarks on a perilous quest for buried pirate treasure.
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Ulysses
James Joyce
A single day in Dublin — June 16, 1904 — told through the stream of consciousness of Leopold Bloom.
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Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
A dark, passionate tale of obsessive love between Heathcliff and Catherine on the Yorkshire moors.
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Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
A young bride is haunted by the ghost of her husband's first wife at the brooding Manderley estate.
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Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
A young bride is haunted by the ghost of her husband's first wife at the brooding Manderley estate. A gothic masterpiece of obsession and secrets.
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
Margaret Hale moves from the gentle South to the industrial North — and into a clash of wills with the proud mill-owner John Thornton.
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North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
Margaret Hale moves from the gentle South to the industrial North — and into a clash of wills with the proud mill-owner John Thornton.
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
The theft of a priceless Indian diamond sets off a chain of suspicion, obsession, and revelation — widely considered the first detective novel in English.
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The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
The theft of a priceless Indian diamond sets off a chain of suspicion, obsession, and revelation — widely considered the first detective novel in English.
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
A married Russian aristocrat risks everything for a passionate affair — Tolstoy's devastating portrait of love, society, and consequence.
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Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
A married Russian aristocrat risks everything for a passionate affair — Tolstoy's devastating portrait of love, society, and consequence.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
Professor Aronnax is taken prisoner aboard the mysterious Nautilus by the enigmatic Captain Nemo — a voyage into the unknown depths of the ocean.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
Professor Aronnax is taken prisoner aboard the mysterious Nautilus by the enigmatic Captain Nemo — a voyage into the unknown depths of the ocean.
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