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Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Author: Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. The novel is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax.

Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens that centers on the years leading up to the French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. It follows the stories of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who are physically similar but very different in personality; Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat, while Carton is a cynical English barrister. The two are connected, however, by their love for the same woman, Lucie Manette.

Title: Beowulf
Author: Seamus Heaney
Beowulf (c. 700-1000 A.D.) is a heroic epic poem. At 3,182 lines, it is notable for its length in comparison to other Old English poems. It represents about 10% of the extant corpus of Old English poetry. The poem is untitled in the manuscript, but has been known as Beowulf since the early 19th century.

Title: Emma
Author: Jane Austen
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.

Title: Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Bronte
The narrator and main character, ten-year-old Jane Eyre, is a poor orphan being raised in the home of her wealthy aunt, the widowed Mrs. Reed. Although bound by a deathbed promise to her husband to raise his orphaned niece, Mrs. Reed dislikes Jane. Mrs. Reed's children, Jane's cousins, sensing their mother's feelings, treat Jane maliciously and take advantage of her inferior social status. Jane's plainness, her perceptive and passionate nature, and her occasional visions, or vivid dreams, do not help to secure her relatives' affections.

Title: Peter Pan
Author: J. M. Barrie
Published: 1911
This book is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up: the fairy, Tinker Bell, the evil pirate, Captain Hook, and the three children-Wendy, John, and Michael-who fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet Indians and pirates and a crocodile that ticks. Renowned children's-book artist Michael Hague has brought the amazing adventures of Peter Pan to life. His beautiful illustrations capture the wild, seductive power of this classic book. This newly designed edition will be enjoyed by fans young and old alike.

Title: Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
Mrs Bennet is greatly excited by news of the arrival of a single man of considerable fortune in the neighbourhood. Mr Bingley has leased the Netherfield estate where he plans to temporarily settle with his two sisters, Miss Bingley and Mrs Hurst, and his sister's husband, Mr. Hurst.

Title: Sense and Sensibility
Author: Jane Austen
This book is about the two sisters of opposing temperaments but who share the pangs of tragic love. Elinor, practical and conventional, is the epitome of sense; Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the embodiment of sensibility. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love: Elinor desires a man who is promised to another while Marianne loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters--and true love finally triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility and sensibility gives way to sense.

Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain

Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14, 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper.

Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer, a mischievous blonde orphan taken in by his Aunt Polly, goes through a series of adventures involving his friends, Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn. Tom is an escape master, and a professional trickster. He escapes punishment many times by his tricks.

Title: The Iliad
Author: Homer
The Iliad is, together with The Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated to the 8th or 7th century BC, and many scholars believe it is the oldest extant work of literature in the Greek language, making it the first work of European literature. The existence of a single author for the poems is disputed as the poems themselves show evidence of a long oral tradition and hence, possible multiple authors.
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