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Part autobiography and part epic fiction, White-Jacket is a moving tribute to wanderlust by one of the great writers of the sea. Based on Melville's experiences aboard the USS United States from 1843 to 1844 as it sailed the Pacific and made the homeward voyage around Cape Horn, the story details the harsh and brutal realities of service in the US Navy at that time. White-Jacket is both a sea adventure and a harrowing social critique, and the vessel at its heart becomes a microcosm of America itself, shining a perceptive light on the social divisions and injustices of the time. Herman Melville was an American poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick, which has been hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.

The Red Badge of Courage is Stephen Crane's vivid and realistic novel about the American Civil War. It tells the story of a young soldier in the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with remorse, he longs for a wound, the so-called 'red badge of courage, ' to alleviate his earlier cowardice. The Red Badge of Courage is widely considered Crane's most absorbing and important work, and its influence on twentieth-century American fiction has been long-lasting and profound.

When feisty eleven-year-old Anne Shirley - orphaned, red-headed and freckled - is sent to the Green Gables farm by mistake the farm's elderly owners, brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, are dubious about letting her stay. Anne wins them both over, however, and the adventures that follow as Anne gains an education and grows to adulthood are both touching and amusing. An instant success when it first appeared, Anne's story has gripped generations of readers old and young since the day it was published and its impact and influence remains profound and undiminished. "The dearest and most loveable child in fiction since the immortal Alice" - Mark Twain

Thomas Hardy was born in June, 1840, and died in January, 1928. He grew up in Higherbockhampton, Dorset, the son of a stonemason. Trained as an architect he began writing poetry in the 1860s but did not publish his first novel, Desperate Remedies, until 1871. Far from the Madding Crowd, published in 1874, was Hardy's fourth novel. A classic tale of passion and betrayal, it was a literary success, achieving excellent critical reveiws and widespread popularity.

Jane Austen's third novel is a classic loved by millions the world over. Edited and with an introduction by Harriet Nieve, this delightful work presents a witty and insightful view into the lives and loves of English women at the end of the eighteenth century.

The Adentures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain's most controversial novel, was published in England and Canada in 1884, and the United States in 1885. The journey along the Mississippi River of Huckleberry and Jim, the runaway slave, is a classic work of fiction and has proved to be Twain's most read, discussed and critically acclaimed novel. The story is a testament to friendship, loyalty and perserverance, and is one of the warmest and funniest books ever written. Its influence on subsequent generations of readers and writers, both from America and elsewhere in the world, has been profound.

Jane Austen's second novel is a classic loved by millions the world over. Edited and with an introduction by Harriet Nieve, this delightful work presents a witty and insightful view into the lives and loves of English women at the end of the eighteenth century.

Jane Austen's first novel is a classic loved by millions the world over. Edited and with an introduction by Harriet Nieve, this delightful work presents a witty and insightful view into the lives and loves of English women at the end of the eighteenth century.

William Dampier was a buccaneer, an explorer and a naturalist. He was the first person to circumnavigate the world three times and the first Englishman to map parts of Australia and New Guinea. He was a celebrated and best-selling travel writer and achieved wide fame for his vivid descriptions of the various lands and people he encountered. In 1699 Dampier was offered the command of an expedition aimed at proving that New Holland was a continent on its own and not connected to Asia or the Americas. Sailing from England in the Roebuck, Dampier touched at Bahia in Brazil before rounding the Cape of Good Hope. After crossing the Indian Ocean, the Roebuck anchored at the entrance to the inlet Dampier named Shark Bay. A week later Dampier started cruising north along the coast of New Holland to find fresh water. Stopping at many places along the way Dampier made extensive notes on what he saw and collected many specimens, leading some to describe him as 'Australia's first natural historian'. Failing to find any water he left the coast near Roebuck Bay in early September and set a course for Timor and then home. This work, A Voyage to New Holland, is Dampier's account of the voyage of the Roebuck, which was the British Navy's first expedition wholly devoted to science and exploration. In his book Dampier describes the difficulties he had with his officers and crew, his brush with the Inquisition in Brazil, and his encounters with the indigenous peoples of the lands he visited. He also provides many fascinating first descriptions of a wealth of flora and fauna. Dampier's words are lively, immediate and exciting, and they provide an immensely valuable insight into the life of one of the seventeenth century's most interesting, adventurous, and well-travelled men.

In December, 1787, HMS Bounty, under the command of Captain William Bligh, sailed from England to the South Pacific with a crew of 46 men. The purpose of the voyage was to collect breadfruit seedlings from Tahiti and transport them to the Caribbean. The Bounty arrived in Tahiti in October, 1788, and remained there for five months. After a number of delays the ship departed with its cargo in April, 1789. Many of the crew had been unwilling to leave Tahiti and several weeks later Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against his commander. After seizing control of the Bounty the mutineers forced Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen into the ship's 23 foot launch and cast them adrift. On an open, overloaded boat with limited supplies of food and water, and no compass or charts, Bligh and his men stood little chance of survival. Bligh, however, was a determined and resourceful man, and an excellent navigator, and he managed to guide the launch due west some 3700 miles to the safety of Kupang in the Dutch East Indies. The journey of Bligh and his small party of loyal seamen in the open boat to Kupang is as interesting and entertaining as it is incredible. Bligh's blow-by-blow account of the journey, furthermore, is tremendously exciting and moving and makes for an enthralling and inspirational read.

Typhoon is Joseph Conrad's brilliant depiction of life aboard ship during a ferocious storm at sea. Set in the South China Sea on the steam ship Nan Shan, it tells the story of Captain MacWhirr, his crew and his cargo of Chinese workers as they struggle to survive as the Nan Shan is pounded relentlessly by the terrible storm. Based on his own experiences of life as a merchant seaman, Conrad's work delves further into the themes of loneliness, imperialism and racism, and explores in gripping detail the arbitrariness of life, the conflict between old and new orders, and the endless capacity of nature to bring about disruption and change.

Heart of Darkness, first published in book form in 1902, is Joseph Conrad's haunting and widely studied story of imperialism, alienation and hypocrisy. It is Conrad's most famous and most controversial work, inspiring veneration, criticism, and endless debate.