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by Kazuo Ishiguro
4.1(200,137)
An aging English butler travels through the 1950s countryside, reflecting on a life of professional devotion and the regrets of emotional repression.
by Toni Morrison
3.9(325,282)
In post-Civil War Ohio, an escaped mother faces the terrifying return of her murdered child, now a mysterious young woman demanding a reckoning for a past too horrific to forget.
by Charles Dickens
4.0(97,024)
In Victorian London, the endless Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit slowly consumes fortunes and exposes society's decay, trapping both aristocrats and paupers in its tragic grip.
by Henry Roth
3.8(7,774)
In 1900s Lower East Side, a young Jewish boy navigates language, faith, and self-awareness, seeking meaning in his chaotic immigrant life.
by Albert Camus
4.1(2,971)
In a sun-drenched, indifferent world, a man's impulsive murder thrusts him into an absurd legal dance, stripping away societal connection until he embraces the 'benign indifference of the universe' from his prison cell.
by V. S. Naipaul
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Haunted by a prophecy of misfortune and trapped by his in-laws, Mr. Biswas begins a darkly comic and sad journey to get his own house in post-colonial Trinidad.
by Euripides
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Medea, a sorceress and princess, seeks brutal revenge on her betraying husband, Jason, sacrificing everything, even her children, to make him suffer, forcing a look at the destructive power of unchecked passion and the complex nature of justice.
by William Shakespeare
3.8(172,365)
On a remote, magic-filled island, the sorcerer duke Prospero creates a storm to lure his brother and their conspirators, weaving a story of revenge, love, and forgiveness through his spirits and monstrous servant.
by Dante Alighieri
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Join Dante as he travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise on a quest for divine love and salvation.