All the animals were looking forward to the new, happy lives they would lead when Mr Jones's rule over them came to an end. When the animals get rid of Mr Jones and take over the farm, they are excited by their new freedom. But can they run the farm with tools that are designed for humans?
If there is no word for freedom, how can anyone be free? Winston Smith lives in a nightmare world where the Thought Police spy on everyone and children are taught to betray their parents. Even the smallest sign of disagreement with the Party results in torture, imprisonment, or death. Big Brother oversees everything - but who is he?
A bright flash of lightning lit up the darkness and showed me the horrible truth - the stairs came to a sudden stop, and if I had taken onemore step I would have plunged to my death upon the flagstones far below.
Just beyond me on the rocky floor of the volcanic crater was the gaping vertical shaft which marked the starting point of our journey.
When his ship Endurance sinks in the icy Antarctic, Ernest Shackleton is left with the responsibility of getting his crew safely back home.
Ali Baba is a clever young man, but will he get the better of his devious adversaries and their cunning magic?
The arrival of a gold bug leads the three men on an exciting adventure towards skeletons, a skull and a hunt for buried treasure.
Young, rich and handsome, Dorian Gray seems to have it all. So why do people who were once his friends, leave the room when he enters? Can there really be any truth in the dark tales that are told about him? And just why does he keep his portrait locked away in an attic room?
Buck recognised the wild brother. He was whining softly, and they touched noses. A second wolf, old and battle-scarred, came forward and sniffed noses with him; he sat down, pointed his nose at the moon, and broke out in a long wolf howl. Buck, too, sat down and howled.
Hester Prynne stands defiantly on a scaffold before hostile Puritans in seventeenth-century Boston, Massachusetts.
Can people learn the wisdom of thinking about others, and not just about themselves?
Can the path to the ultimate truth about human life be found by leaving behind wealth, comfort, family and security?
'Send the brat home? Oh no we won't! Her mother must have met some rich man - we can make a load of money out of this.'
Set in 1482, Victor Hugo's powerful novel is a meditation on love, fate, architecture and politics.
There is a whistling sound behind us. Shells pass overhead and explode in a sheet of flame a hundred meters away.
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Moby Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg.
Running away to sea brought adventure and wealth, but then came shipwreck and a desperate struggle for survival.
One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days.
'It seems pretty clear to me that sooner or later we'll be at war with Germany, whether we like it or not.'
Hamlet's father, the king of Denmark, has died suddenly. But instead of grieving, his mother Gertrude has married the dead king's brother, Claudius.
Nick Carraway's mysterious neighbour Gatsby gazes across the dark bay at a distant green light.
After ten long years of war and the fall of Troy, the Greek hero Odysseus sets sail for his homeland. His voyage, however, is destined to take much longer than he expects.
It is the ninth year of the siege of Troy by the Greeks. Will the fighting go on for ever?
Rachel opened the box and lifted out the diamond. She held it up in a ray of sunlight that poured through the window, and cried out in amazement.
A strange figure stood in front of him, dressed from head to foot in white clothing. The moonlight showed her pale, youthful face.
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