In Victorian England, a woman recounts her difficult marriage to an alcoholic whom she attempted to change and the battles she fought with double standards once she left her husband, taking her son with her.
A traditional peasant woman in early twentieth-century India struggles with poverty and the changes arriving in her agrarian village, particularly the tanning factory that takes her son's life.
Newly rich Jay Gatsby loved beautiful, wealthy Daisy long before he made money. And while he was poor, she chose to marry a wealthy man. When they meet again Jay and Daisy find they are still drawn to each other but this new awareness will bring tragedy to them both.
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are drawn into a bizarre mystery when an oddly familiar stranger arrives on their doorstep with a wild tale about the enigmatic Marsh Hughenfort, younger brother of the Duke of Beauville.
A satirical panorama of upper-middle-class life and manners in London at the beginning of the nineteenth century featuring Becky Sharp, who must use all her wit, charm, and considerable sex appeal to escape her drab destiny as a governess.
