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The Heathcliff we know is obsessive, possessive and cruel, bound and beholden to his childhood love and would-be soulmate Catherine, and their home at Wuthering Heights. But before his descent into monstrous revenge, there were three missing years. A time of possibility, freedom and a different kind of love… With Cathy’s rejection burning hot in his ears, Heathcliff flees the moors and arrives in London, seeking distraction and oblivion...

The Golden Lion has retreated to Atalia with the remnants of his army. An anxious calm has settled over war-torn Bergonia, but it doesn't seem likely that things will stay quiet for very long. With the burden of command finally removed from his shoulders, Max is headed to northern Bergonia. To the lands of the Margraviate de Valier, which were conferred on him by King Carl III.

In this Audible Exclusive production, Academy Award® nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) narrates one of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Sense and Sensibility. In this timeless tale of misguided romance and heartbreak, two teenage heroines must overcome the pitfalls of Georgian England’s high society in order to achieve the love and happiness they seek. The admiration that Pike has for Austen’s work is shown clearly through this passionate delivery of Austen’s first published novel.

Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky.

The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am. But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore. I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium and lost everything—and now, impossibly, the ancient device beyond the Labyrinth has replicated me across three separate worlds. A different version of myself in each of Obiteum, Luceum, and Res. Three different bodies, three different lives.

Sikandar ne Punjab, Gaandhar aadi raajyon ko jeetkar unhein apne adheen kar liya thaa. Vahaan Yavan sainikon ke atyaachaaron se log trast the. Chaaron taraf aatank vyaapt thaa. Bahoo-betiyon kee asmita asuraksit thee. Yavan poore Bharat ko jeetana chaahate the.

The only novel written by Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights was originally published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and at first was thought to be the work of Emily's sister, Charlotte, the author of the classic, Jane Eyre. Wuthering Heights tells the tale of Heathcliff, a young orphaned gypsy boy, who is brought to the windswept moors of Yorkshire by Mr. Earnshaw, the master of Wuthering Heights.

அமரர் கல்கி எழுதிய அற்புத வரலாற்றுப் புதினம் ‘சிவகாமியின் சபதம்’. பல்லவ சாம்ராஜ்யத்தினை நம் கண் முன்னே நிறுத்தும் அதிஅற்புத காவியம் இது.

Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the South squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of the North. In the remote villages of Southern Epheria, still reeling from the tragic loss of his brother, Calen Bryer prepares for The Proving - a test of courage and skill that not all survive. But when three strangers arrive in the village of Milltown, with a secret they are willing to die for, Calen’s world is ripped from under him and he is thrust headfirst into a war.

Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a tale of love and marriage told with irony and insight. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth have met and seperated years before. Their reunion, after the passage or irrecoverable years of their youth, forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart.

அறிமுகமே தேவை இல்லாத காலத்தை வென்ற காவியம் - பொன்னியின் செல்வன். அமரர் கல்கி எழுதிய புகழ் பெற்ற இந்த தமிழ் வரலாற்றுப் புதினம் சோழப் பேரரசை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டு எழுதப்பட்டிருக்கிறது.

After a defeat at the hands of Lord Kali, Kalki Hari must journey towards the Mahendragiri mountains with his companions to finally become the avatar he is destined to be. But the road ahead is not without peril.... Not only is he trapped by the cannibalistic armies of the Pisach, he is also embroiled in the civil war of the Vanars. And in midst of all this, he meets a face from the legends.

Most people believe that the Khandavaprastha forest was burned down to build Indraprastha. But this belief is wrong. According to the Mahabharata, Indraprastha was built before Khandavaprastha forest was destroyed and only seven creatures survived the massacre and conflagration. So, what is the truth about the burning of the Khandavaprastha forest by Agni, aided by Lord Krishna and Arjuna?

ராஜேந்திர சோழனின் கல்வெட்டு குறிப்புகளிலிருந்து பழந்தமிழர் கடல் கடந்து செல்வதும் அந்நாடுகளின் வாணிபத்தில் மட்டுமின்றிப் போர்களிலும் கலந்து கொள்வதும் சர்வ சகஜமாக இருந்ததென்பதை அறிந்தேன்.

Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky.

Bankimachandra chattopadhyay bangla ke sheersasth upanyaaskaar hain. Unkee lekhanee se bangal-saahitya to samriddh hua hee hai, hindi bhee upkrit hui hai. Unkee lokapriyata kaa yah aalam hai ki pichhale dedh sau saalon se unke upanyaas vibhinn bhaasaaon mein anoodit ho rahe hain aur kai-kai sanskaran prakaashit ho rahe hain.

एक सहज और स्वाभाविक प्रश्न है, क्या मनुष्य अमर हो सकता है? इसका जवाब इतना आसान नहीं है, क्योंकि आज भी मनुष्य उन सीमाओं के पार नहीं पहुँच सका है, जो उसे अमर बना दें। हाँ, कभी-कभी कुछ विशेष व्यक्तियों के लिए प्रकृति ने अपने नियम जरूर बदले हैं। ऐसे ही विशेष महामानव हैं-सात चिरंजीवी। ये सात चिरंजीवी इसलिए कहलाए, क्योंकि सातों जीवन-मृत्यु के चक्र से ऊपर उठकर अमर हो गए। इन सात चिरंजीवियों में परशुराम, बलि, विभीषण, हनुमान, महर्षि वेदव्यास, कृपाचार्य और अश्वत्थामा हैं।.

இந்தியா சுதந்திரம் அடையும் முன்பு அடைந்த பின்பு நடந்த சம்பவங்களை உள்ளடக்கி வெளியான எழுத்தாளர் கல்கியின் நாவல் அலை ஓசை. பிராமணக் குடும்பத்தில் நடைபெறும் சம்பவங்களை, தோராயமாக 1933 ம் ஆண்டு முதல் 1948 ஆண்டு வரை நடைபெறும் சம்பவங்களை வைத்து அலை ஓசை கதை அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

ಆವರಣ ಡಾ. ಎಸ್ ಎಲ್ ಭೈರಪ್ಪ ಬರೆದ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ. ಇದು ಮೊಘಲ್ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುವ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ. ಕನ್ನಡದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ.

Ponniyin Selvan is widely considered by many to be the greatest novel ever written in Tamil literature. It was first published as a series in the Kalki, a Tamil language magazine, during the 1950s and was later integrated into a novel. The craze for the series, which was published weekly, was such that it elevated the magazine circulation to reach a staggering figure of 71,366 copies - no mean achievement in a newly independent India.