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The Chimes: A Goblin Story

Charles Dickens (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424434

The Chimes novel focuses upon the pressing necessity for a middle-class change of heart and the development of a social consciousness as correctives for the "Condition of England."

The Custom of the Country

Edith Wharton (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424557

The Custom of the Country tells the story of midwestern family's rise to riches and their daughter's attempts to survive New York City high society. The story tells of her scramble from one marriage to another in an attempt to "have it all" and find love at the same time.

The Chautauqua Girls At Home

Isabella Alden (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424427

After discovering the more unconventional ways of free and entertaining learning at Chautauqua, Ruth, Eureka, Flossy and Marion return home willing to share their knowledge to the community they live in. But will the people around the four girls listen? Will they have an open mind?

The Chronicles of Clovis

Saki (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424441

The Chronicles of Clovis is a collection of short stories all centered on the main character Clovis Sangrail. Clovis is not your average young rich kid, nonchalant and arrogant. He likes to surprise doing bizarre things that many would not even imagine. Witness his pranks with a grain of salt and be amazed at the reactions of the people tricked.

The Country of the Pointed Firs

Sarah Orne Jewett (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424526

A Bostonian decides to spend the summer in a small seaport in Maine to finish her book. She doesn’t find the peace in Mrs. Todd’s house. So she goes to an abandoned schoolhouse where she can meditate and concentrate. There she discovers the unique beauty of the decaying seaport.

The Cricket on the Hearth

Charles Dickens (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424533

John Peerybingle and Dot are a happy couple despite their age difference. Their harmony however is disrupted when they meet toymaker Mr. Tackleton and his soon-to-be wife, young May. Tackleton tells Peerybingle his wife Dot is actually cheating on him. But what does all of this have to do with the cricket on the hearth and his chirps?

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffery Chaucer (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424373

When a group of pilgrims bound for Canterbury Cathedral meet on the road, they agree to tell stories to pass the time. Each story reflects a different segment of society, from the pious to the bawdy, and has given countless readers a look into fourteenth-century English life. The stories can be read on their own or as part of the entire work and have been translated from their original middle English by D. Lain Purves.

The Borgias

Alexandre Dumas (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424304

The Borgias by Alexandre Dumas is not necessarily a fiction novel but a history lesson with some fiction in it about the famous House of Borgia that ruled Renaissance Italy. Witness their corruption, the different plots to eliminate their opponents and climb the power ladder from bribery, simony and theft to incest and murder.

The Call of the Canyon

Zane Grey (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424359

The Call of the Canyon is a western novel about a soldier returning from war who is nursed back to health by an Arizona girl. It was adapted into a 1923 silent film and remains an enjoyable tale for readers today.

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424281

In The Book of Five Rings, the author lays out the five elements of battle which are as applicable in the boardroom as on the battlefield.

The Call of the Wild

Jack London (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424366

The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into service as sled dog in Alaska, he reverts to a wild state. Buck is forced to fight in order to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate. Eventually he sheds the veneer of civilization, relying on primordial instincts and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.

The Bostonians

Henry James (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424311

A 19th century Boston woman named Olive Chancellor is committed to the suffrage movement. Olive convinces a young feminist named Verena to move in with her as preparation for Verena's career, but Olive's cousin, Basil, would prefer that the young woman become his wife, rather than a political activist.

The Boy Patriot

Edward Sylvester Ellis (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424328

This inspirational novel tells the story of a young boy who is responsible for the near-death of another child and how he learns to be a true patriot and right the wrongs of his ignorance.

The Blithedale Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424243

Miles Coverdale decides to live for a short time in the utopian community of Blithedale. There however, just like the author Nathaniel Hawthorne who joined Unitarian utopian Brook Farm in his early teens, he doesn’t find his answers he was searching for. Instead he gets ill and doubts the community philosophical views and way of life. He returns to the city as a changed man.

The Age of Reason

Thomas Paine (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424120

A revolutionary philosophical work, The Age of Reason was written by Thomas Paine as a Deist text which was well received in the United States in the late 18th century but seen as too incendiary in the United Kingdom. The Age of Reason challenges the idea of state religion and the legitimacy of the Bible.

Summa Theologica

Thomas Aquinas (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423949

Summa Theologica is an extensive five-volume masterpiece about the meaning of life and the presence of God in our everyday lives. Just like the universe, the compendium starts and ends with God; everything in between is related to God’s creation and how we as human beings can be saved.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424106

A fun and carefree story of boyhood, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an American classic. Children and adults alike have enjoyed the antics of Tom, his friend Huckleberry Finn, and the other memorable characters in Mark Twain's most popular book.

The Aspern Papers

Henry James (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424168

An anonymous narrator arrives in Venice to retrieve Jeffrey Aspern’s - American poet and his idol - love letters. There he finds Juliana Bordereau and her aging niece who may or may not have the letters in question. To convince Juliana, the narrator tries to seduce the niece, Miss Tita but is he willing to pay the price?

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424113

The Age of Innocence was the first novel written by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Edith Wharton's novel centers around 1870's New York society, scandal and social structure.

The Beast in the Jungle

Henry James (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424212

Like a beast in the jungle, protagonist John Marcher waits for some catastrophic event to happen letting life and love pass by. Eventually he discovers that tragedy has already occurred: nobody can give his wasted time back to him. The other two stories, ‘The Jolly Corner’ and ‘The Altar of the Dead’ are another great examples of Henry James’ wonderful craft and knowledge of the human soul.

Some Christmas Stories

Charles Dickens (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423918

Some Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens is a collection of six short stories all revolving around the Christmas spirit. But these stories are first and foremost essays about life and about its struggles. Don’t expect a Christmas Carol-type of atmosphere. Instead expect some experimental Charles Dickens’ story creation.

Tales of Unrest

Joseph Conrad (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423987

A novel where the characters are put under heavy mental stress by fatal accidents and hostile environments, and their reactions become uncontrollable.

The American Crisis

Thomas Paine (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424144

The American Crisis is a collection of articles that were written during the American Revolution arguing for Independence from England. The books were written so that even the common man could read and understand the meaning of the book.

Swann's Way

Marcel Proust (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423963

This is the first volume of the famous masterpiece In Search of Lost Time. Using the involuntary memory technique, Marcel Proust travels back in time to his childhood where the reader meets Charles Swann, a friend of the family. The memories fade and reappear again in Proust’s mind this time telling the sad love story between Swann and Odette, an intriguing woman with an unusual style. What more can the narrator remember?

Summer

Edith Wharton (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423956

Raised in a small community by a highly-esteemed citizen, Charity Royall wants more for herself. So when Lucius Harney comes to town, she starts dreaming of escaping her status quo and living a happily-married life with the man she loves. But she soon finds out that there is a big difference between dreams and reality.