Novels/Novellas Flashcards
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell, 1949. Winston Smith wrestles with oppression in Oceania, a place where the Party scrutinizes human actions with ever-watchful Big Brother. Defying a ban on individuality, Winston dares to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia.
George Orwell, 1949. Winston Smith wrestles with oppression in Oceania, a place where the Party scrutinizes human actions with ever-watchful Big Brother. Defying a ban on individuality, Winston dares to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Frankenstein
Mary Shelly, 1818. The story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Mary Shelly, 1818. The story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Frankenstein
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
Victor Hugo, 1831. The story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral’s tower.
Victor Hugo, 1831. The story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral’s tower.
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843. The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
Charles Dickens, 1843. The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
A Christmas Carol
Scarlet Letter, The
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850. The story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850. The story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.
Scarlet Letter, The
Moby Dick; or, The Whale
Herman Melville, 1851. The sailor Ishmael’s narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship’s previous voyage.
Herman Melville, 1851. The sailor Ishmael’s narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship’s previous voyage.
Moby Dick; or, The Whale
Notes from Underground
Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1864. A first-person narrative in the form of a “confession”: it probes the mind of an individual on the margins of modern society, and examines the effects modern life has on that man’s personality. The man, whose name we never learn is so aware of his own thoughts and feelings as to cause him to be indecisive and overly self-critical.
Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1864. A first-person narrative in the form of a “confession”: it probes the mind of an individual on the margins of modern society, and examines the effects modern life has on that man’s personality. The man, whose name we never learn is so aware of his own thoughts and feelings as to cause him to be indecisive and overly self-critical.
Notes from Underground
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, 1865. The story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures.
Lewis Carroll, 1865. The story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures.
Alice in Wonderland
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The
Mark Twain, 1876. An imaginative and mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn.
Mark Twain, 1876. An imaginative and mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The
Treasure Island
Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1883. The story is about a young boy named Jim Hawkins who goes on a dangerous adventure to recover buried treasure.
Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1883. The story is about a young boy named Jim Hawkins who goes on a dangerous adventure to recover buried treasure.
Treasure Island
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The
Mark Twain, 1884. The story of Huckleberry Finn’s escape from his alcoholic and abusive father and Huck’s adventurous journey down the Mississippi River together with the runaway slave Jim.
Mark Twain, 1884. The story of Huckleberry Finn’s escape from his alcoholic and abusive father and Huck’s adventurous journey down the Mississippi River together with the runaway slave Jim.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1886. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde.
Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1886. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Picture of Dorian Gray, The
Oscar Wilde, 1890. The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian’s and an artist infatuated with Dorian’s beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat’s hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade.
Oscar Wilde, 1890. The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian’s and an artist infatuated with Dorian’s beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat’s hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade.
Picture of Dorian Gray, The
Turn of the Screw, The
Henry James, 1898. The story of a young, inexperienced governess who is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small orphaned children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house.
Henry James, 1898. The story of a young, inexperienced governess who is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small orphaned children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house.
Turn of the Screw, The
Secret Garden, The
Frances Burnett, 1911. Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She soon meets her sickly cousin and a village boy named Dickon. The three children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.
Frances Burnett, 1911. Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She soon meets her sickly cousin and a village boy named Dickon. The three children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.
Secret Garden, The
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, 1915. The story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and subsequently struggles to adjust to this new condition.
Franz Kafka, 1915. The story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and subsequently struggles to adjust to this new condition.
Metamorphosis
Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, 1951. The adventures of well-off teenage boy Holden Caulfield on a weekend out alone in New York City, illuminating the struggles of young adults with existential questions of morality, identity, meaning, and connection.
J.D. Salinger, 1951. The adventures of well-off teenage boy Holden Caulfield on a weekend out alone in New York City, illuminating the struggles of young adults with existential questions of morality, identity, meaning, and connection.
Catcher in the Rye
Lord of the Flies
William Golding, 1954. A group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves.