Rain
The plot turns on the forced stay of two married couples on a Pacific island called Pago Pago, due to the impossibility of continuing a ship voyage because of the threat of an outbreak of disease. One of...
Literature - Classic
Erec y Enid
Erec et Enide is one of the earliest and most outstanding Arthurian novels written by Chrétien de Troyes. It is a fundamental work within the so-called “Matter of Britain,” the body of stories inspired by...
To Kill a Mockingbird
The novel, awarded the Pulitzer Prize, is set in a small town in the southern United States, Maycomb (Alabama), during the 1930s, a place marked by the racial tensions and social inequalities of the time....
The Red Pony
It is a work set in the Salinas Valley, California. The protagonist is Jody Tiflin, a ten-year-old boy whose life has been typical for a ranch: school, chores, spending time with his dogs, wandering through...
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is a profound reflection on morality, faith, and human existence, centered on the life of the Karamazov family. The novel follows the three brothers: Dmitri,...
Framley Parsonage
"Framley Parsonage" focuses on life in 19th-century England, revolving around Mark Robarts, a parish parson who is under the patronage of a local personage, Lady Lufton, and her handsome son, Lord Ludovico...
Michael Strogoff
This book combines adventure, fiction, and romance, and is considered one of Julio Verne’s best works. The story follows Miguel Strogoff, the tsar’s messenger, on his perilous journey from Moscow to Irkutsk...
Indian Summer
It is a broad and profound novel that does not cling to fast-paced action, but instead cultivates the serene beauty of a reflective life and the harmony between the inner world and the outer landscape. The...
The call of the Wild
It tells the story of Buck, a strong dog, a mix of Saint Bernard and Scottish shepherd, who lives comfortably in California. Suddenly he is stolen and sold as a sled dog, arriving in the Yukon during the...
So Big
A classic novel that tells the story of Selina Peake De Jong, a young orphan who leaves the city to become a teacher in a Dutch farming community near Chicago. After the death of her father and later of her...