Seven Novels

Uncle Tom's Cabin

published 1852

Uncle Tom is sold South from Kentucky and winds up in the clutches of one of the most brutal slave-owners of the deep south.

Robinson Crusoe

published 1719, the first true English-language novel.

A wicked sailor, Robinson Crusoe, finds himself castaway on an island without human companions.

aka The Maiden's Bequest

published 1865

Follow the fortunes of Annie and Alec and a host of lesser but interesting characters in a small Scottish town.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

published 1884

Humor and satire pervade the adventures of a runaway boy and his friend, the slave Jim. The book opposes racism.

Little Dorrit

published 1855-1857

A novel of estrangement and poverty, sudden riches—and people who are their own worst enemies.

The Lord of the Rings

publication completed 1955

An epic fantasy in which diminuative hobbits bring down the powerful dark lord of Middle Earth.

Middlemarch

published as a book 1874

Several marriage stories interweave in a middle England town, and a hero and heroine make bad marriages.