In an effort to escape the hypocrisies of life at his boarding school, 16-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City.

The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape

Probably the most influential novel of the twentieth century, 1984 has been described as chilling, absorbing, satirical, momentous, prophetic and terrifying. This edition, with an introduction by novelist Robert Harris, marks the sixtieth anniversary of this great work’s publication.

Pride and Prejudice is one of the greatest romances ever wrote. If you've always wanted to read the classic, but just don't have the time, this abridged version can help. At just 15,000 (100's of pages shorter than the original) words long, this version of the classic novel will let you read Austen's classic in just hours, and provide you with an excellent overview of the entire novel. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London. BookCaps' is a leader in eBook study guides; the BookCaps abridged classic series is intended to give readers a chance to read classic novels in hours instead of days. BookCaps is not trying to replace these classic novels—its intention is to provide an introduction to

Classical portrayal of love and violence during the Twenties.