The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The 3rd published book in “The Chronicles of Narnia”, but is the 5th (of 7) chronologically.

The story begins with Edmund and Lucy Pevensie staying for a time with some of their relatives; including, to their displeasure, their cousin Eustice Scrubb. Then, amidst a trying conversation, Eustice is portaled with Edmund and Lucy into the world of Narnia. Unfortunately for them, they fall into the ocean upon arrival.

Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia

The 2nd published book in “The Chronicles of Narnia”, but is the 4th (of 7) chronologically.

The Pevensie children once again find themselves in the land they once ruled, but centuries later. And Prince Caspian, on the run for his life, must overthrow his uncle and win back his place as the true King of Narnia. Luckily for him, he has the backing of the people, the former Kings and Queens, and Aslan himself.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The first published and best known book of the series The Chronicles of Narnia. In recent publications it is considered the 2nd book chronologically.

Join the Pevensie children as they journey into a new world and undertake a quest to find the lion Aslan, the true King of Narnia. For Aslan is the only one who can overthrow the Witch keeping Narnia in an eternal winter.

Persuasion

About: (Wiki) The story concerns Anne Elliot, an Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family moves to lower their expenses and reduce their debt by renting their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife’s brother, Captain Frederick Wentworth, was engaged to Anne in 1806, but the engagement was broken Read more…

Northanger Abbey

About: (Wiki) Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels. Austen was also influenced by Charlotte Lennox‘s The Female Quixote (1752). Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, but not published until after Austen’s death in 1817. The story concerns Catherine Morland, the naïve young protagonist, and her journey to a better understanding of herself and Read more…

Mansfield Park

About: (Wiki) The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened family sends her at the age of ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood. From early on critical interpretation has been diverse, differing particularly Read more…

Sense and Sensibility

About: (Wiki) Sense and Sensibility … was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author’s name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne (age 16½) as they come of age. They have an older half-brother, John, and a younger Read more…

Emma, by Jane Austen

About: (Wiki) Emma is a novel about youthful hubris and romantic misunderstandings. It is set in the fictional country village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls and Donwell Abbey, and involves the relationships among people from a small number of families. Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel Read more…