“It was the best of time, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom and foolishness, it was the epoch of belief and disbelief, it was the season of Light and Darkness…” The story takes place in the 18th century in two cities, London and Paris. A political prisoner called Alexander Manette ..

Events are unfolding in the north of England, in Wuthering Heights. Once a long time ago, Mr Earnshaw brings to his house a gipsy-like boy, with black hair and dark eyes. Despite his wife’s objections, Mr Earnshaw adopts this boy, giving him only one name – Heathcliff. His children now, Catherine an..

Events take place in England in the 19th century. A boy was born in a workhouse, whose mother died immediately after his birth. Thus Oliver Twist becomes a poor orphan in the workhouse. Hunger and cold never leave his side, and a kind word has never been spoken to him. In the workhouse, he endures a..

The story happens in America, in the 1920s, during the Jazz Age. Nick Carraway, a young bonds broker, moves to New York to learn a bond business. By a fateful coincidence, he rents a house near a large mansion. Over time, he meets his mysterious neighbour – Jay Gatsby. Many rumours circulate over Ga..

The story is presented in the first person. David Copperfield tells about his uneasy life from his childhood till the present time in his book. He begins his story from the day of his birth: when his aunt visits his poor widowed mother and then left it angrily afterwards, knowing that a boy was born..

Emma is a young lady who lives with her father at Hartfield, Highbury village. She is rich, beautiful, clever, and independent. She seems to have one of the best blessings of existence. She has everything her heart desires – property, popularity in society, and sharp mind. She has everythi..

Alexis Ivanovitch is a young Russian who lives in Roulettenberg with the General and his family. He is a Russian teacher with a small salary. As luck would have it, Alexis Ivanovitch witnesses all kind of family intrigues, love triangles, and unbelievable failures. He is himself madly in love with P..

Jane Eyre is an orphan who lives with her aunt, Mrs Reed, at Gateshead Hall. She is hated and scorned there by her aunt continuously. In addition, Mrs Reed’s children never miss the opportunity to beat and humiliate little Jane when possible. Over time, having lost her precious patience, Mrs Reed se..

The center of the novel is a poor noble family which lives in Longbourn, a small English village. Mr Bennet is distinguished by his intellect, sarcasm, and good humour. His wife, on the contrary, is silly and careless. They have five daughters, each of whom has her own temper and intelligence. Jane ..

“Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing,” answered Holmes thoughtfully. “It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different. It must be confessed, howe..

• Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.• If he is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him.• If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant...

As if in answer to his words there rose suddenly out of the vast gloom of the moor that strange cry which I had already heard upon the borders of the great Grimpen Mire. It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and then the sad moan in which it..