Classic / British English His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin's gang of thieves. By chance he al
Classic / British English Anna Karenina, one of world literature's greatest novels, tells the story of a beautiful young woman who is unhappily married to a man much older than herself. When she falls
Classic / British English Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings -- one with an escaped convict and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful gi
Classic / British English Emma Bovary is a dreamer. She escapes from her boring life with her father by marrying Charles, a doctor, but married life does not bring her the love and excitement she expe