Author: Harriet Jacobs
Publisher: Digireads.com
Keywords: girl, slave, life, incidents
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $4.99
ISBN-10: 1420925318
ISBN-13: 9781420925319

Published in 1861, Harriet Jacobs’s "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" was one of the first of the personal slave narratives. At the time this book was first published Harriet Jacobs was living as an escaped slave in the North, a precarious position given the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Originally published under the pseudonym Linda Brent, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" is a gripping first hand account of the brutality endured by slaves and one of the few ever written by a woman.

Author: Anton Chekhov
Publisher: Digireads.com
Keywords: orchard, cherry
Number of Pages: 88
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 142093127X
ISBN-13: 9781420931273

"The Cherry Orchard" was the last play written by Anton Chekhov and is widely regarded as one of his greatest dramatic accomplishments. It is the story of an aristocratic Russian woman and her family who return to their estate, a cherry orchard, to oversee the auction of the estate in order to pay the mortgage. The rise of the middle class and the decline of the aristocracy that was prevalent at the end of the 20th century in Russia, and ultimately led to the Socialistic Revolution, are excellently portrayed in Chekhov’s "The Cherry Orchard".

Author: Henry James
Publisher: Digireads.com
Keywords: lady, portrait
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1420928694
ISBN-13: 9781420928693

Henry James’s "The Portrait of a Lady" is the story of American Isabel Archer who after inheriting a large sum of money falls victim to the scheming of two American expatriates, Gilbert Osmond and Madame Merle. Originally serialized in "The Atlantic Monthly" between 1880-1881, "The Portrait of a Lady" is the story of a free-spirited woman who affronts her destiny and in so doing ironically loses the freedom that she cherishes.

Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Digireads.com
Keywords: jim, lord
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 1420928864
ISBN-13: 9781420928860

"Lord Jim" is the story of Jim, a young British Seamen and the first mate of the "Patna", a ship full of Muslim pilgrims on a hajj to Mecca. When the ship is imperiled, Jim along with the Captain and crew abandon the ship and its passengers. When they are later rescued along with the rescue of the passengers of the "Patna" the crew’s reprehensible actions and dereliction of duties is exposed. Jim, abandoned by the Captain and the rest of the crew, is left alone to face a court of enquiry over the matter. Stripped of his command and his reputation ruined, Jim ventures forward, with tragic

Author: Jacob A. Riis
Publisher: Digireads.com
Keywords: new, york, tenements, among, studies, lives
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $10.99
ISBN-10: 1420925032
ISBN-13: 9781420925036

"How the Other Half Lives" is a chronicle of the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums of New York at the end of the 19th century had to endure. Riis, who as an immigrant himself lived in these tenements on the lower east side of Manhattan, exposed the horrible conditions while working as a reporter for the New York Tribune. This book when first published in 1890 shed a much-needed light on the conditions of the poor. Presented here is a reproduction of that original 1890 edition with the numerous illustrations included in that volume.

Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Digireads.com
Keywords: abroad, tramp
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $11.99
ISBN-10: 1420930184
ISBN-13: 9781420930184

"A Tramp Abroad" is Mark Twain’s non-fiction European travel book. As Twain travels with this fictitious friend Harris through Germany, the Alps and Italy many humorous situations and reflections upon those situations are detailed. A classic work of travel literature, "A Tramp Abroad" shows Twain at his satirical best.

Author: Jonathan Swift
Publisher: Digireads.com
Keywords: satires, proposal, modest
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 1420928481
ISBN-13: 9781420928488

From the master of satire, Jonathan Swift, comes a collection of his classic satirical works. "A Modest Proposal and Other Satires" includes the following works: A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against the Abolishment of Christianity, A Modest Proposal, A True and Faithful Narrative, A Meditation Upon a Broomstick, Predictions for the Year 1708, and The Accomplishment of the First Year of Mr. Bickerstaff’s Predictions.