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A classic English romance that navigates a quick marriage for a young couple—and if, despite everything, love can bloom. 

When the beautiful Helen Eskdale and wealthy aristocrat Lord Teviot were introduced, it seemed the season had found its perfect couple. However, the pair is hastened into marriage before they have a chance to really get to know each other. 

With the wit and lure of a Jane Austen novel, Emily Eden explores the ups and downs of the young union—and whether they can make it through the lofty expectations of marriage and find romance. 

In a unique blend of psychology and fiction, Dostoyevsky explores the inner workings of a man who decides to withdraw from society.

Considered one of the first existential novellas, Dostoyevsky embodies an unnamed narrator, writing in his diary, as he reflects on what it's like to live outside the bounds of society.  He was once a civil servant, but one day, he decided to forsake what he considered to be human evils, including love, war, and the pursuit of perfection.

Ultimately, he surrenders himself to loneliness and heartache, but continues to reflect on the state of nineteenth-century Russia that has led him to exist in such a way.

Before there was Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky poured his soul into this splendid work of fiction, which has continued to prompt reflection in generations of audiences. 

In a haunting, gothic tale, dark secrets come to light in the caves of a Sicilian castle. 

The castle of Mazzini, located on the shores of Sicily, is home to two charming sisters, Emilia and Julia, and their governess. Until their father, the marquis, and his second wife return one day with their brother, Ferdinand. Odd happenings begin taking place around the grounds, including the sudden appearance of strange tenants.

A friend of Ferdinand, Hippolitus, visits the castle and swiftly catches the attention of not only Julia, but her stepmother. But the marquis is intent on deciding who takes the hand of Julia, and will do anything to get his way—even if he risks putting his daughters in danger.

A fictionalized and eerie tale of the plague that claimed seventeenth-century London.

Largely considered one of the most disturbing accounts of the plague, ever since its release in 1722, Defoe's work inhabits the perspective of an in-depth eyewitness narrator. 

It is 1665, and the Black Death has come to London. The bodies are beginning to pile in the streets, and the narrator, HF, recounts what it is like to live in a city overrun by fear and paranoia. Experience a gripping, sweeping look into this dark period in history.