Essential Novelists

· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Latest release: February 8, 2022
Series
184
Books

About this ebook series

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Charles Dickens which are Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Novels selected for this book: - Oliver Twist - Great Expectations This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Charles Dickens: tales from the victorian cities
Book 1 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Charles Dickens which are Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Novels selected for this book: - Oliver Twist - Great Expectations This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Charlotte Brontë: womanhood in prose
Book 2 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Charlotte Brontë which are Jane Eyre and Villette. Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. Novels selected for this book: - Jane Eyre - Villette This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Elizabeth Gaskell: woman of the people
Book 3 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Elizabeth Gaskell which are Mary Barton and North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell (born Sept. 29, 1810, Chelsea, London, Eng.died Nov. 12, 1865, nearAlton, Hampshire),English novelist, short-story writer, and first biographer of Charlotte Brontë. Novels selected for this book: - Mary Barton - North and South This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - H. G. Wells: father of science fiction
Book 4 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of H. G. Wells which are The War of the Worlds and Time Machine. H.G. Wells, in fullHerbert George Wells, (born September 21, 1866, Bromley,Kent, EnglanddiedAugust13, 1946, London), English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian best known for suchscience fictionnovels asThe Time MachineandThe War of the Worldsand such comic novels asTono-BungayandThe History of Mr. Polly. Novels selected for this book: - The War of the Worlds - Time Machine This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - H. P. Lovecraft: invoker of eldritch horrors
Book 5 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of H. P. Lovecraft which are At the Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Out of Time. H.P. Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island. The horror magazine Weird Tales bought some of his stories in 1923. His story "The Call of Cthulhu" came out in 1928 in Weird Tales. Elements of this story would reappear in other related tales. In his final years, he took editing and ghostwriting work to try to make ends meet. He died on March 15, 1937, in Providence, Rhode Island. Novels selected for this book: - At the Mountains of Madness - The Shadow Out of Time This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Jack London: fantastic adventures
Book 6 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Jack London which are White Fang and The Scarlet Plague. Jack London (January 12, 1876 November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. Novels selected for this book: - White Fang - The Scarlet Plague This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Jane Austen: irony, wit and feminism
Book 7 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Jane Austen which are Pride And Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen (16 December 1775 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism, humour, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike Novels selected for this book: - Pride And Prejudice - Sense and Sensibility This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Jules Verne: voyages extraordinaires
Book 8 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Jules Verne which are A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. Jules Verne, (born February 8, 1828, Nantes, Francedied March 24, 1905, Amiens), prolific French author whose writings laid much of the foundation of modern science fiction. Novels selected for this book: - A Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Mark Twain: adventures in the mississippi
Book 9 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Mark Twain which are Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel L. Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain and went on to author several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor. Twain died on April 21, 1910, in Redding, Connecticut. Novels selected for this book: - Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Mary Shelley: first lady of science fiction
Book 10 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to theEssential Novelistsbook series,werewe present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary criticAugust Nemohas chosen the two most important and meaningful novels ofMary Shelley which are Frankenstein and The Last Man.. Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, in London, England. She married poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816. Two years later, she published her most famous novel, Frankenstein. She wrote several other books, including Valperga (1823), The Last Man (1826), the autobiographical Lodore (1835) and the posthumously published Mathilde. Shelley died of brain cancer on February 1, 1851, in London, England. Novels selected for this book: - Frankenstein - The Last Man This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists.If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Zane Grey: adventures in the wild west
Book 12 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Zane Grey which are Riders of the Purple Sage and The Rainbow Trail. Zane Grey first visited the American West in 1906, setting his first novel, The Heritage of the Desert (1910), there. His second novel, Riders of the Purple Sage, was also set in the West, becoming the most popular of all his book and helping launch a new literary genre, the western. Grey subsequently wrote more than 80 westerns and remains one of the best-selling authors of all time. Novels selected for this book: - Riders of the Purple Sage - The Rainbow Trail This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Herman Melville: man at sea
Book 14 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Herman Melvillewhich are Moby Dick and Billy Budd. Celebrated American author Herman Melville wrote 'Moby-Dick' and several other sea-adventure novels, before turning to poetry later in his literary career. Novels selected for this book: - Moby Dick - Billy Budd This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Émile Zola: human psychology and naturalism
Book 15 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Émile Zola which are Germinal and Therese Raquin. Émile Zolawas a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902. Novels selected for this book: - Germinal -Therese Raquin This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Stephen Crane: naturalism and impressionism
Book 16 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Stephen Cranewhich areThe Red Badge of CourageandMaggie: A Girl of the Streets. Novels selected for this book: - The Red Badge of Courage - Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. One of America's most influential realist writers, Stephen Crane produced works that have been credited with establishing the foundations of modern American naturalism. His Civil War novelThe Red Badge of Couragerealistically depicts the psychological complexities of battlefield emotion and has become a literary classic. This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Gustave Flaubert: literary realism perfectionist
Book 17 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Gustave Flaubertwhich areMadame BovaryandSalammbô. French novelist Gustave Flaubert, born in 1821, is best known for his masterpiece Madame Bovary and is renowned as a classic French realist writer. Novels selected for this book: -Madame Bovary. - Salammbô. This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Virginia Woolf: modernist consciousness
Book 18 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Virginia Woolfwhich are Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando. Virginia Woolfwas raised by free-thinking parents. She began writing as a young girl and published her first novel,The Voyage Out, in 1915. She wrote modernist classics includingMrs. Dalloway,To the LighthouseandOrlando, as well as pioneering feminist works. Novels selected for this book: -Mrs. Dalloway - Orlando This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Henry James: trans-atlantic literature
Book 19 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Henry Jameswhich are The Portrait of a Ladyand The Turn of the Screw Henry James (15 April 1843 28 February 1916) was an American-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. Novels selected for this book: - The Portrait of a Lady - The Turn of the Screw This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Fyodor Dostoevsky: master of the psychological novel
Book 20 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels ofFyodor Dostoevskywhich areCrime and Punishmentand The Idiot. Dostoevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. Novels selected for this book: - Crime and Punishment - The Idiot This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - George Eliot: realism and psychological insight
Book 21 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels ofGeorge Eliotwhich areMiddlemarch and Silas Manner Mary Ann Evans, known by herpen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Novels selected for this book: - Middlemarch - Silas Manner This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
Essential Novelists - Joseph Conrad: the trials of the human spirit
Book 22 · May 2020 ·
0.0
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels ofJoseph Conradwhich are Heart of Darkness andLord Jim. After a sea-faring career in the French and British merchant marines, Joseph Conrad wrote short stories and novels which combined his experiences in remote places with an interest in moral conflict and the dark side of human nature. Novels selected for this book: - Heart of Darkness - Lord Jim This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Bundles

Essential Novelists - Victor Hugo: master of french romanticism
Victor Hugo
Fiction & literature
$2.99
Essential Novelists - Alexandre Dumas: historical novels of high adventure
Alexandre Dumas
Fantasy
$2.99
Essential Novelists - Leo Tolstoy: the giant of Russian literature
Leo Tolstoy
$2.99
Essential Novelists - Eugène Sue: a first look at modern social issues
Eugène Sue
Romance
$2.99
Essential Novelists - Fanny Burney: novelists of manners with a satirical bent
Fanny Burney
Romance
$2.99
Essential Novelists - Charles Reade: matter-of-fact romance
Charles Reade
Fiction & literature
$2.99
Essential Novelists - Samuel Richardson: invention of the epistolary novel
Samuel Richardson
Fiction & literature
$2.99