Nineteen Eighty-Four is an allegorical dystopian novel about the dangers of police states, groupthink, and surveillance of the public. It follows the hapless government employee Winston Smith as he dreams secretly and fruitlessly of rebellion against the all-powerful Big Brother and the Inner Party. Smith's England has been renamed Airstrip One, its citizens stripped of their individuality, its world locked in a constant state of manufactured war. It is a grim vision of the future intended as a commentary on the policies of England at the time of its writing.
A classic novel, Around the World in Eighty Days tells the story of English gentleman Fogg who, on a bet, attempts to circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied by his valet Passepartout, Fogg encounters many unexpected obstacles, including being mistaken for a criminal and having to rescue a woman from a human sacrifice ritual. Fogg eventually makes his journey with a day to spare in this story of daring and adventure.
Wuthering Heights is the story of the ruin of the Earnshaw family. Wealthy and well-bred citizens of the North of England, Mr. Earnshaw returns one day with a young and ill-favored boy named Heathcliff who he says he intends to foster. His son Hindley is repulsed, but his daughter Katherine grows close with Heathcliff and their unhealthy relationship forms the core of the novel. The story is told by Nelly Dean, the Earnshaw's housekeeper.
Toward the end of Wuthering Heights Heathcliffs obsession with Catherine reaches a point where his world unifies and his own death becomes something to rejoice In this excerpt Emily Bronte describes his perverse behavior and recounts his realizations about his surroundings to show us how Heathcliffs perspective of the world has changed In the 7th paragraph Nelly asks Heathcliff if he fears death and with conviction he says no but at the same time he does not hope for it or feel it coming Shortl
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontes haunting novel Wuthering Heights tells a tale fraught with obsession revenge heartache and ultimately grief Heathcliff a man who as a child was adopted into a wealthy family falls in love with Catherine the daughter of Mr Earnshaw the man who adopted him Mr Earnshaw becomes quite fond of Heathcliff and grows to love him even more than his biological son Hindley Life is good for Heathcliff until everything changes with the death of Mr Earnshaw Hindley inherits Wut