Middlemarch is available for free download from our ebook catalog.
First off, I have to comment how nice it was to read this book on ebook. The paper book was is hefty and intimidating that it is hard to read. Actually trying to keep the book open to the right page is also very trying, and [...]

Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf may be downloaded for free from our ebook catalog.
Her third novel published in 1922 centers around the life of Jacob Flanders. In an innovative style, Jacob is presented to the reader entirely through impressions of the other characters including the repressed upper-middle-class Clara Durrant and the uninhibited young art student [...]

Moving from regret to jealousy to acceptance, Anne experiences a far wider range of emotions than we see in other Austen characters. At 27, Anne is also far older and more mature in outlook. She hopes for a second chance at love, but is not expecting it.

North and South is one of those tasty novels you’ll want to set aside an entire weekend to gobble up. And then follow it up not long after by watching the excellent BBC adaptation (although you may do these two things in reverse order–which is what I did, and it by no means lessens the enjoyment of either).

Helen was born in June of 1880 in a tiny town in northern Alabama. She was nineteen months old and had just begun to talk when she contracted an unnamed disease, described by her doctor only as “acute congestion of the stomach and brain.” The doctor’s prognosis was that Helen would not live. She pulled through, but not before the disease had robbed her of her sight and hearing.

Jane Eyre may be downloaded for free from our ebook catalog.
Jane Eyre might look like the typical high school required reading – a dry, slow, sleep-inducing novel. But don’t be fooled. It has all the elements of a modern-day soap opera or telenovela. While the reader might not be able to identify with [...]