Classic Books
Frankenstein
Edited by Joseph Pearce 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the most influential and controversial novels of the nineteenth century; it is also one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Edited by Joseph Pearce 'In true Faustian tradition The Picture of Dorian Gray tells the tale of a young man who sells his soul to the devil in return for youthful immortality, only to discover that the "devil's bargain" is no bargain at all.
Heroines
Although a true lover of books, Anne-Marie Entwhistle prefers not to read to her spirited daughter, Penny, especially from the likes of Madame Bovary, Gone With the Wind, or The Scarlet Letter.
This Man and Music
Anthony Burgess was the author of over 50 books, including his best known novel, A Clockwork Orange. But Burgess always emphasized music as the ruling passion in his creative life.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPA young woman challenges the conventions of her time in this classic novel about nineteenth-century English society.
Father Elijah
Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of time.