The Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee was published in 1960 and is a classic of modern American literature. Even the story is about serious problems such as racial inequity and rape, the book is famous for its warmth and humor. The plot and characters are inspired from the author`s observations of people around her, but also from an event that happened near her hometown when she was a child, so there are many [ Read More ]
Published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is one of the most famous and loved books in English literature. Till now, the novel was sold in more than 20 million copies all over the world, while the story was adapted in movies and theatres, but also inspired a lot of other books. Plot summary Pride and Prejudice follows Elizabeth Bennet`s story, a young woman who has to deal with education, morality, manners, upbringing and marriage in the context [ Read More ]
Margaret Mitchell`s novel Gone with the Wind is one of the most famous novels in American history. Published in 1936, this Pulitzer Prize winning novel was adapted as film in 1939 receiving ten Oscars and the love story between Scarlett O`Hara and Rhett Butler became a classic. Plot summary Gone with the Wind is a historical romance that takes place in Tara, a northern Georgia plantation, during the Civil War and Reconstruction years. Basically, the novel follows the life of [ Read More ]
Written by Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina is one of the greatest books in universal literature. Even now, 132 years after the Russian author wrote it, many critics consider it the best fiction novel of all times. But what makes Anna Karenina so special? The fact that it transcends the time barrier and it is relevant even for modern times. The plot, the characters and the themes are all bounded together in a book so realistic and complex that you will [ Read More ]
