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"Was Christ not crucified?" In August 1831, Nat Turner led a group of fellow slaves and freedmen in insurrection against the white slaveholding class in Southampton County, Virginia. Although Nat Turner's Rebellion was defeated, the spirit of liberation he embodied would inspire generations of abolitionists and revolutionaries to come. The Confessions of Nat Turner is a record of his life.

Harriet has always prided herself on being the perfect Victorian woman, but her ideals are challenged when she falls in love with an unavailable man. First published in 1922, Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair is a Victorian romantic drama follows the life and downfall of a woman who defined herself solely on society's expectations.

Confined to a villa near Lake Geneva, Mary Godwin, Percy Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and Lord Byron entertain themselves with German folk tales and ghost stories. Out of boredom, Byron suggests they write their own to share. The result will change English literature forever. History of a Six Weeks' Tour is a travelogue by Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley.

The Land of Little Rain, a collection of lyrical essays and intimate personal stories centered on the landscapes and cultures of the American Southwest, is a brilliant meditation on the life of humanity in relation to nature, the constant struggle between growth and conservation, and, above all, the overwhelming beauty of a landscape allowed to flourish. Published decades before the modern environmental movement began, Mary Hunter Austin's work is a classic of nonfiction and nature writing for lovers of literature and science alike.

Left in the care of two nymphs, Proserpine is kidnapped by Pluto, god of the underworld. Distraught, her mother petitions the counsel of Jove, ruler of the heavens. When Pan loses to Apollo in a musical contest, he the judgment of Midas, a powerful king. Proserpine and Midas is a collection of plays by Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley.

As Britain prepares for war, an army recruiter reaches the New Zealand homestead of Gordon and Robert Hyde, successful sheep farmers. Despite his patriotic inclinations, Gordon, unable to conceal his limp, is rejected from military service. Emasculated and distraught, he begins writing up a plan for an international super-parliament. Conquest: Or, A Piece of Jade is a play by Marie Stopes.

Tired of living in the world of men, a group of unmarried women creates a cloister devoted to pleasure, individuality, and femininity. Lady Happy, their leader, soon faces outside pressure from men and uninitiated women alike, who see her opposition to marriage as a threat to the status quo. The Convent of Pleasure is a closet drama by Margaret Cavendish.

"Lying and stealing is the white man's game / For rights of God nor man he has no shame / (A practice of his throughout the whole world) / At all, great thunderbolts he has hurled." Reflecting on his love for the Black woman, religion and Black pride, The Tragedy of White Injustice and Other Meditations is a collection of impromptu poetry from the one and only, Marcus Garvey.

In this groundbreaking political text, Gandhi makes the case for Indian independence and the establishment of home rule while proposing the adoption of nonviolent or passive resistance to British rule. Written while Gandhi was travelling from London to South Africa by boat, Indian Home Rule is an essential philosophical and political text that truly changed the world as we know it.

As a theater company prepares to rehearse a new play by Luigi Pirandello, six strangers arrive and interrupt their performance. After some confusion, they explain to the enraged director that they are merely incomplete characters who need a writer to complete their story. Six Characters in Search of an Author is a play by Luigi Pirandello.

Only a baby, Lillian Trevlyn suffers the death of her father under unknown circumstances. Raised by her mother-who nearly dies herself-Lillian grows up with the hope that she will leave the shadows of her past behind. The Mysterious Key and What It Opened is a novel by Louisa May Alcott.

Daphnis, a boy abandoned at birth, is found by a goatherd and raised as his son. Chloe, likewise abandoned, is raised by a nearby shepherd. Growing up in the fields of Lesbos, they gradually fall in love, but the interference of others threatens to tear them apart. The Love of Daphnis and Chloe is an ancient Greek novel by Longus.

"Then began the slime which established the earth, / The source of deepest darkness." Written while Lili'uokalani was imprisoned in the palace for her role in the failed counter-revolution against American rule, The Kumulipo was a groundbreaking translation of the Hawaiian creation chant. Traditionally recited during the makahiki season to celebrate the god Lono, the chant is essential to Hawaiian history.

Young Alice passes through a mirror into a land of reversal, paradox and sublime imagination, in Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Brimming with strange and delightful characters and incidents, poetry and wordplay, elegance and nonsense, this is a classic for both children and anyone who has ever been a child.

On a breezy afternoon, a girl named Alice remarked at a rather peculiar sight. Suddenly, she is down the rabbit hole and into a new world of fantastical and curious creatures. Written in 1865, Lewis Carroll's, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a timeless treasure that has captivated the imagination of so many of its readers.

When Tibbets questions the ghost that has started to haunt him, he learns all about the rules and realities of the realm after death. Featuring sixteen of Lewis Carroll's whimsical poems, Phantasmagoria and Other Poems explore love, pests, and the supernatural. This collection of the critically acclaimed poetry of Lewis Carroll encourages imagination and wit as its whimsical and adventurous poems provide an accessible experience for all readers.

Nikita, a morally corrupt peasant, seduces a young orphan girl whom he later betrays in pursuit of a married woman. Without a sense of right and wrong, he commits adultery and murder in the name of passion, leaving behind him a tragic wake of loss that haunts his every move. The Power of Darkness is a play by Leo Tolstoy.

Leo Tolstoy's Youth is a semi-autobiographical account of a young boy's journey to youth and young adulthood. Told in meditative, bittersweet prose, Youth is the third in a trilogy published while Tolstoy was in his early twenties. Precocious, intelligent, and inexperienced, Nikolenka tries his best to adjust to the demands of aristocratic life.

Leo Tolstoy's Boyhood is a semi-autobiographical account of a young boy's journey to youth and young adulthood. Told in meditative, bittersweet prose, Boyhood is the second in a trilogy published while Tolstoy was in his early twenties. Precocious, intelligent, and inexperienced, Nikolenka tries his best to adjust to the demands of aristocratic life.

Leo Tolstoy's first novel is a semi-autobiographical account of a young boy's journey to youth and young adulthood. Told in meditative, bittersweet prose, Childhood is the first in a trilogy published while Tolstoy was in his early twenties. Precocious, intelligent, and inexperienced, Nikolenka tries his best to adjust to the demands of aristocratic life.

When a wicked tornado hits a small town in Kansas, Dorothy and her little dog Toto wake up, not in the comfort of their own home, but in a magical land called Oz. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Frank L. Baum, has become one of the most well-known American stories of our time, inspiring its many readers that there is indeed, "no place like home."

Exploring the Berkshire Downs of Oxfordshire, a curious young boy discovers a wise old dragon, and the pair become fast friends. When the townspeople learn of the dragon's existence, however, they send for St. George to kill him. A sequel to his beloved The Golden Age, Dream Days is a collection of stories for children by Kenneth Grahame.

The first published collection of short stories from New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield. In a German Pension was originally released in 1911 and features thirteen modern sketches and stories. An initial success, most of the tales were influenced by Mansfield's brief stay at a Germany spa town two years prior.

"Salvation comes by Jesus Christ alone, / The only Son of God; / Redemption now to every one, / That love his holy Word." With these words of praise, Jupiter Hammon, a fifty-year-old slave from Long Island, New York, changed American literature forever. The Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon compiles the work of America's first published black writer.

A vibrant retelling of William Wells Brown's tumultuous life story. Biography of an American Bondman by His Daughter is a compelling narrative from Josephine Brown that offers a new depiction of her father. The book was written to replace his autobiography, which at the time, was no longer in print.

A teenage girl describes her unusual childhood to a patient but curious doctor. Raised in a castle by her father, a widower who recently concluded his career in service to the Austrian Empire, Laura has been haunted since her youth with visions of a beautiful, spectral woman. Carmilla is a Gothic horror novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, is a story that follows a young man named Charles Marlow. Having always been fascinated by the unknown, Marlow recounts his travels into what he refers to as, "the Heart of Darkness." Taking a job as a riverboat captain, Marlow travels to Africa and becomes intrenched in a way of life completely different to that of his expectations.

Captain MacWhirr, a practical man with absolutely no sense of imagination, sets a path to sail right into a typhoon, despite the objections of his first mate and crew. Said to be based off an event in the life of highly esteemed author Joseph Conrad, Typhoon is a high-stakes adventure novel with satirical elements.

When a love potion binds Sir Tristan and his uncle's fiancé, Iseult, the two star-crossed lovers struggle to retain their honor while falling into a deep, passionate love. Joseph Bédier's The Romance of Tristan and Iseult is a retelling of the legendary love story that has inspired countless literary romances.

On the last day before summer vacation, a group of students gathers to hear their teacher, whom they call Prospero, lecture for one last time. Captivated by a bronze statue of Ariel from Shakespeare's The Tempest, he speaks passionately on the nature of beauty and the dangers of materialism. Ariel is an essay by José Enrique Rodó.