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The Germania describes the lands, laws, and customs of individual Germanic tribes. The Agricola, recounts the life of Tacitus' father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general and Governor of Britain.

Aristotle views the city to be a natural community, considering the city to precede the family which in turn precedes the individual. He also argues that humanity's defining factor among others in the animal kingdom is its rationality.

My Ántonia tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska near the end of the 19th century.

Hard Times is set in the imaginary industrial town of Coketown, the soulless domain of the strict Gradgind and the heartless factory owner Bounderby. The practical Mr. Gradgrind, teaches nothing but facts, eradicating any imaginative.

Far from the Madding Crowd follows the life of Bathsheba Everdene as she experiences love, honour and betrayal, against a backdrop of the seemingly idyllic, but often harsh, realities of a Victorian farming community.

Mark Twain's humorously chronicles his voyage through Europe with a group of American travelers in 1867. It was the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime, as well as one of the best-selling travel books of all time.

As the Napoleonic Wars come to an end, Anne Elliot meets her old love, Captain Frederick Wentworth, after seven years absence. The relationship that blossoms symbolises for Anne the possibility of a more outgoing, engaged, and fulfilling life.

Solomon Northup was kidnapped and spent the next 12 years working as a carpenter, driver, and cotton picker. This narrative reveals how Northup survived the harsh conditions of slavery, including smallpox, lashings, and an attempted hanging.

The rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator, the first part of the story attacks emerging Western philosophy. The second part of the book describes certain events that appear to be destroying and renewing the underground man.

Utopia is a socio-political satire depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social, and political customs. Since publication, Utopia has become one of the most talked about works both in defense and against socialism.

White Fang is a wolfdog who was born wild but becomes more dog-like after being domesticated by a Native American chief named Gray Beaver. Traveling through Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush, White Fang struggles for survival.

As Mary is exploring her uncle's gardens, a robin draws her attention to an area of turned-over soil. Mary finds the key to a locked garden, and begins an adventure that will change her life forever.

The Social Contract theorizes that there is no rightful duty to submit to a state that enslaves its people. In a desired social contract, everyone is free because they all forfeit the same number of rights and impose the same duties on all.

The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born woman belonging to New York City's high society. She is a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well, her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited.

The Nature of Things presents the principles of atomism, the nature of the mind and soul, explanations of sensation and thought, the development of the world and its phenomena, and explains a variety of celestial and terrestrial phenomena.

The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a socialite and heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes post-war partying in New York, and the hardships of a selfish relationships.

The reference to the Antichrist is an attack on the "slave morality" and apathy of Western Christianity. Nietzsche's basic claim is that Christianity is a poisoner of western culture and perversion of the words of and practice of Jesus.

On Liberty applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state, including three basic liberties, three legitimate objections to government intervention, and two maxims regarding the relationship of the individual to society.

The Athenian Constitution describes the political system of ancient Athens. The work deals with the many forms of the constitution, to the city's institutions, including the terms of access to citizenship, magistrates, and the courts.

Emma Woodhouse is a strong, independent woman, who is perfectly happy to remain single. When Emma takes on a fancy to matchmaking, she sparks unintended results that send shock waves throughout the countryside.

In How to Grow Old Cicero shows that old age is not only tolerable, but comfortable by finding happiness. In A Guide to Friendship, Cicero explains how to discover, maintain, and enjoy friendships.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl documents Jacobs' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for her family. She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that slaves faced on plantations and their efforts to protect their families.

The Iliad describes the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states. The story unfolds during a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The Iliad alludes to many Greek legends about the siege.

Having spent ten years fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on his journey back to Ithica. To get there he must deceive a giant Cyclops, face Poseidon's wrath, and sail between a six-headed monster and a raging whirlpool.

Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince from Jerusalem, who is enslaved by the Romans at the beginning of the first century. Judah's experiences with betrayal and revenge lead to love and compassion after he witnesses the crucifixion of Christ.

Charles Marlow accepts the captaincy of a steamship in the Congo, and is tasked with transporting ivory downriver and rescuing an ivory trader. On his journey, Marlow encounters the darkness within everyone for committing heinous acts of evil.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes includes 12 stories, including the adventures of The Silver Blaze, The Musgrave Ritual, and The Final Problem. This collection introduces the term "smoking gun", Holmes' greatest nemesis, Professor Moriarty.

Stranded deep in Persia, after their leader Cyrus was killed, Xenophon played an instrumental role in encouraging his army of 10,000 to march north across deserts and mountain passes, towards the Black Sea and its Greek shoreline cities.

In the 17th century Hugo Baskerville is killed by a vicious hellhound. Generations later Sir Henry Baskerville is found dead at the family estate. Can Holmes and Watson save the next Baskerville heir from an ancient curse before it's too late?

In What's Wrong With the World Gilbert K. Chesterton identifies social evil, an inability to learn from the past, the destruction of the family unit, the dehumanization of modern industrialism, and commercialism.