Eva Luna is a novel written by Chilean author Isabel Allende in 1987. The book was translated from Spanish to English by Margaret Sayers Peden. The story follows Eva Luna, the main character, who is an orphan growing up in an unknown country in South America.
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Spanish: Cien años de soledad, Latin American Spanish: [sjen ˈaɲos ðe soleˈðað]) is a 1967 novel written by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. It follows the story of the Buendía family across many generations. The family’s founder, José Arcadio Buendía, created the fictional town of Macondo.
“Old New York” is a 1924 book by Edith Wharton that includes four novellas. These stories focus on the wealthy people of New York City during the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s.
“Summer” is a book written by Edith Wharton and published in 1917 by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Most of Wharton’s books focus on the wealthy people in New York, but “Summer” is one of only two of her books set in the countryside. The main ideas of the book include differences between social classes, the roles of women, harmful relationships, growing up and understanding love, and the desires of the main character, Charity Royall.
“The Custom of the Country” is a 1913 novel written by American author Edith Wharton. The story follows Undine Spragg, a young woman from the Midwest who tries to move up in society in early 20th century New York City. She uses harsh methods, charm, selfishness, and trickery to gain influence and status among the wealthy.
The Age of Innocence is a book written by American author Edith Wharton. It was published on October 25, 1920. This was her eighth novel and was first released in four parts in the magazine Pictorial Review in 1920.
The Awakening is a novel written by Kate Chopin and first published on April 22, 1899. The story takes place in New Orleans and along the Louisiana Gulf Coast at the end of the 19th century. It follows Edna Pontellier as she faces challenges from her changing ideas about womanhood and motherhood, which conflict with the social norms of the American South during that time.
Roderick Hudson is a novel written by Henry James. It was first published in parts from January to December 1875 in The Atlantic Monthly. The story is a type of novel called a bildungsroman, which follows the growth and development of the main character, a sculptor.
The Bostonians is a novel written by Henry James. It was first published as a serial in The Century Magazine from 1885 to 1886 and later as a book in 1886. This story, which has both sad and funny parts, focuses on three main characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom’s cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a young, attractive student of Olive’s in the feminist movement.
The Portrait of a Lady is a novel written by Henry James. It was first published in parts in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan’s Magazine between 1880 and 1881, and later released as a complete book in 1881. This novel is one of James’s most well-known works and is highly praised by critics as one of his best.