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The last of the Mohicans

A Mohican brave struggles to protect two English girls from an evil Huron during the French and Indian War in upstate New York.
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The age of innocence

Newland Archer, a young lawyer in upper-crust 1870's New York, becomes a victim of social expectations and restrictions when he becomes infatuated with his docile fiancee's nonconformist cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.
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Black Beauty

2016
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
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The call of the wild

and White Fang
Presents two classics by Jack London: "The Call of the Wild," in which a dog in the Klondike reverts to wilderness life and becomes the leader of a pack of wolves; and "White Fang," in which a wolf-dog trained to be a vicious fighter struggles to live in both the world of dogs and that of the "gods," or humans.

Aesop's fables

2015
A collection of Aesop's fables.

The divine comedy

2015
An English translation of Dante's epic poem, which describes his spiritual journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided first by the poet Virgil and then by his beloved Beatrice.

Sense and sensibility

2015
Two sisters of opposing temperaments share the pangs of tragic love, but their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between them and true love finally triumphs.
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