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The King James Bible is the English translation of the Holy Bible, commissioned by King James I in 1604. The work was divided among forty-seven eminent scholars, who revised and retranslated the bible, which finally appeared in 1611. It replaced earlier translations and became the "authorized" version of English-speaking Protestants for 250 years. Its literary richness has profoundly influenced many authors, including William Wordsworth and Herman Melville, and continues to be held in high regard. It is the best-selling book of all time...

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Just So Stories, written by nineteenth-century author Rudyard Kipling, is a charming collection of children?s stories that give whimsical explanations for how various natural phenomena developed, including How the Camel Got His Hump and How the Leopard Got His Spots. Kipling was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize. In addition to children?s literature, Kipling?s vast output includes novels, poetry, and short stories...

Jane is an orphan who, after being consigned to the Lowood Institution and spending several years there, becomes governess to Adele, the illegitimate daughter of Mr. Rochester, with whom she eventually falls in love...

Homer's epic poem Iliad tells the story of the final year of the ten-year siege of Troy. The events center on the great hero Achilles, who angrily withdraws from the war when his slave woman, given as a prize to Achilles, is taken by his commander-in-chief, Agamemnon. Consequently, the Greeks suffer many defeats and have lost heart when Patroclus, Achilles' cousin, is killed by the Trojan Prince Hector. Achilles returns with his fierce warriors to avenge his cousin's death. He kills Hector and defiles his body. Hector's father, King Priam, ransoms his son's body to honor and bury him. The poem ends with Hector's funeral...

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Written by Gustave Flaubert, Herodias concerns the events that lead to the beheading of John the Baptist. Flaubert, whose novels are still popular today, is considered one of the great literary minds of the nineteenth century. ..

Frequently lauded as The Great American Novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn follows young Huck Finn and the runaway slave Jim as they raft down the Mississippi River. Mark Twain's commentary on race, religion, and the oppression of societal norms is as spirited and controversial now as it was over a century ago...

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Charles Dickens was a critic of the social stratification and poverty that was prevalent in Victorian society. Written in 1854, Hard Times strikes at the horrible working conditions in the factories and criticizes utilitarianism. One of the main characters, Thomas Gradgrind, raises his children, Tom and Louisa, with utilitarian principles, only to realize his mistake after he sees the unhappiness that he has caused them...

Guardian Angel is Oliver Wendell Holmes's novel about an orphan girl who disguises herself as a boy and runs away from her strict aunt. ..

Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm spent thirteen years traveling around nineteenth-century Germany to collect fairy tales that have become favorites of children throughout the world. The stories they collected include Snow White and Rose Red, Rapunzel, and Rumplestiltskin. ..

Charles Dickens, true to form, creates a dark tale of suspense and satire around young orphan Pip, who grows up in the home of his harsh sister and her kind husband, blacksmith Joe Gargery. Pip longs for the life of a gentleman, and through a series of coincidences, a secret benefactor makes it possible for him to travel to London and chase his dreams as a man of great expectations. ..