Literary classics

Reprint of a 1915 novel based on London's own brief experience in jail, in which death row inmate Darrell Standing tells tales of life inside California's San Quentin prison.

Presents ten satirical essays, pamphlets, stories, and letters by eighteenth-century English author Jonathan Swift, including "A Modest Proposal.".

A collection of short stories by Kate Chopin that highlight daily life in rural Louisiana.

The life of Maggie, a beautiful New York tenement girl, takes a downward spin when she becomes involved with Pete.

Edna Pontellier, dissatisfied with her indifferent husband, gives in to her desire for other men and commits adultery.

Claude Wheeler, a sensitive and aspiring Nebraska youth, lives in the midst of plenty on his prosperous farm hungering for a purpose. When America enters the Great War, he goes to France where he finds meaning.