Dracula
Jonathan Harker visits a Transylvanian castle to assist Count Dracula, only to find himself a prisoner of a vampire. The Count’s pursuit of Harker’s fiancee and her friends becomes a battle of wits and wills.
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina leaves her husband for the dashing Count Vronsky, defying Russian society and setting her happiness against its rigid judgment. Tolstoy’s epic weaves her tragedy with the steadier love of Levin and Kitty.
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The Moonstone
A priceless Indian diamond vanishes from a Yorkshire country house on the night of Rachel Verinder’s birthday, leaving suspicion on everyone present. Told through multiple narrators, this is widely considered the first English detective novel.
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The Woman in White
Drawing master Walter Hartright encounters a mysterious woman in white on a moonlit London road and is drawn into a conspiracy of stolen identity and inheritance. Wilkie Collins’ sensation novel is among the earliest mystery thrillers.
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Wuthering Heights
The passionate, doomed bond between Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff wreaks havoc across two generations on the Yorkshire moors. Emily Bronte’s only novel is a dark masterpiece of love, revenge, and obsession.
