Set in a magical, mysterious India, these tales of people and animals living together - through not always harmoniously - in the world of nature have appealed equally to children and adults since their first appearance more than a century ago

Red Badge was heralded as a new kind of war novel, marked by astonishing insight into the true psychology of men under fire

Crowded with characters both human and nonhuman and bursting with action, The Odyssey details the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War, as he struggle to return to his waiting, ever-faithful wife, Penelope.

A timeless tale of switched identities, Twain`s story revolves around the miserably poor Tom Canty "of Offal Court", who is lucky enough to trade his rags for the gilded robes of England`s prince, Edward Tudor

The Last of the Mohicans is the second and most popular of James Feminor Cooper`s five Leatherstocking Tales. The brave, skillful loner (Hawkeye), who rejects "white" civilization while aiding the settles who spread it; "the noble savage" (Chingachgook) who becomes his deepest friend; a plot involving chases, epic battles, and lovely heroines (Cora and Alice Munro) menaced by an Indian renegade (Magua); and the central role played by the most important "character" of all, the awesomely beautiful but dangerous wilderness

The novel begins by introducing the richest family in town, the Ambersons have everything money can buy - and more

The wings of the Dove dramatizes the conflict between ninteenth-century values and twentieth-century passions. Born to wealth and privilege, Kate Croy`s mother threw it all away to marry a panniless opium addict. After her mother`s depth Kate is offered an opportunity to return to the opulent lifestyle her mother gave up - on one condition

We meet young, free-spirited Rachel Vinrace abroad her father`s ship, the Euphrosyne, departing London for South America. Surrounded by a clutch of genteel companions - among them her aunt Helen, who judges Rachel to be "vacillating", "amotional", and "more than normally incompetent for her years" - Rachel displays a startling maturity when she finds her engagement to the writer Terence Hewet listing toward disaster. As she soon discovers, "tragedies come in the hungry hours"

At this romantic triangle`s apex stands the vibrantly beautiful Verena Tarrant, an intense public speaker who arouses the passions of two very different people: Oliver Chancellor and Basil Ransom

The Iliad is the oldest extant Greek poem and perhaps the best-known epic in Western literature, and has inspired countless works of art throughout its long history