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The Shot

by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin

The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck

by Mary Shelley

The Red and the Black

by Stendhal

The Red and the Black, Stendhal’s masterpiece, is the story of Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces, fueled by Napoleonic ideals, whose desire to make his fortune sets in motion events both mesmerizing...

An Old Woman's Tale

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sarrasine

by Honoré de Balzac