Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout is the fifth book in the original Tom Swift series.

Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat is the fourth book in the original Tom Swift series.

Tom Swift and His Airship is the third book in the original Tom Swift series.

Tom Swift and His Motor Boat is the second book in the original Tom Swift series.

Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle is the first book in the original Tom Swift series.

The School for Scandal debuted at Drury Lane Theater in London in 1777.

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is an example of Conrad's later political writing.

Zane Grey, renowned as an author for his portrayals of the rugged Wild West.

Wieland, named by his father after a German nickname for the devil.

Brimming with romance and adventure, Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote.

David Copperfield is considered to be Charles Dickens's most autobiographical novel.

Oliver Twist is born an orphan and grows up handed from bad position to worse.

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a witty and insightful satirical novel.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, though written in 1884.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the immensely powerful autobiography of Harriet Jacobs.

Uncle Vanya is one of Anton Checkov's four major plays.

Frederick Douglass was an ex-slave and a great orator in early 19th-century USA.

The Seagull is the first of Anton Checkov's four full-length plays.

Napoleon's turbulent history with Russia including his doomed 1812 invasion provides the setting.

The Tao Te Ching is a classic Chinese book of wisdom.