A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett - The life story of 7-year old Sara Crewe, whose wealthy father has her attending a posh London boarding school until he mysteriously dies a poor man and she is forced to become a servant at the school. The reader software includes full text search, table of contents, and ability to change font size using screen 'pinching'
Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy - The slice of life novel about Russian aristocratic courtships, rejections, affairs, and misalliances considered a realistic portrayal of passion and relationships. The main character Anna Karenina commits suicide by jumping in front of a train after leaving her husband and son for her lover
The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli - The 1532 political treatise widely and enduringly influential for detailing the manipulative craft of gaining political power. The book reader software includes full text search, table of contents, and variable font sizes
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope - A satirical novel about the evils of financial speculation, commerce, and dishonesty. Innocent lives and loves are ruined by falsehoods while the suffering reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the characters. The book reader software includes full text search, table of contents, and variable font sizes
Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan is seeking his missing wife Jane, presumed dead, through most of this adventure novel. Tarzan tames lions, survives in the desert, and takes revenge on the Germans whom he believes have killed his wife. After many narrow escapes, he finds out that Jane may still be alive
The Four Million by O. Henry - A collection of short stories by O. Henry set in and around New York in the early 1900s, containing famous works such as "The Gift of the Magi" and the "Ransom of Red Chief" that illustrate the author's wit and surprise endings. The book reader software includes full text search, table of contents, and variable font sizes
Dracula is a calssic horror novel about a Transylvanian prince, Count Dracula, who is a vampire. The story is told from the point of view of Jonathon Harker, an English lawyer, who first encounters Dracula in his castle and then tries to destroy Dracula when travels to London. The book reader software includes full text search, table of contents, and variable font sizes
Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray - An 1844 novel narrated by the character Barry Lyndon as he tries to rise beyond his Irish heritage and become a member of English aristocracy. His adventures take him through stints as a soldier, gambler, and spy when he manages to marry a wealthy widow. He squanders her fortune and dies penniless in a debtor's prison
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - A novel that explores corruption and poverty in Chicago in he early 1900s. The book's description of the meat packing industry ("they use everything of the pig except the squeal") shocked the nation so much that sales of meat products fell by 50% and the government was forced to implement food inspections
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson - A young man attempting to claim his inheritance from his uncle is kidnapped and shipwrecked by pirates. The book reader software includes full text search, table of contents, and variable font sizes
