The Horse and His Boy

The 6th published book in “The Chronicles of Narnia”, but is the 3rd chronologically.

Shasta, our main character, escapes with the Narnian stallion Bree to avoid being sold as a slave. He shortly encounters another runaway, Aravis and her companion Hwin, a Narnian mare. The four travelers quickly find themselves entangled in plots and schemes of cruel Kings. But they are, and have always been, guided by Alsan himself.

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…

Pride and Prejudice

About: Undoubtedly one of Jane Austen’s best known works, Pride and Prejudice has become a seemingly timeless classic. One of the most popular novels in English literature, selling over 20 million copies. Reworked and revised through theatre, movies, books, etc., this story has managed to stay in the public eye Read more…