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	Browse FREE MS Reader eBooks    FREE eBooks Home   Adventure, Mystery & Horror   American Literature   European Literature   Philosophy & Science   Poetry & Drama   Politics & History   Religion   Young Adult Literature Microsoft Reader Resources    Microsoft Reader Store Home   Download FREE Reader   Learn About Reader   Help Pages My Microsoft eBook Account We'll store your eBook library online! Special Features    Free eBooks for Microsoft Reader   eBooks for $1   Star Trek   eBooks for the Pocket PC		EUROPEAN LITERATURE Haven't you always wanted to read the works of these great British, French, and Italian authors? Now you can do it for FREE. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster Our Price: FREE A Room With a View is Forster's celebrated tale of romantic intrigue and colorful characters, including outrageous spinsters, pompous clergymen, and outspoken patriots. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Our Price: FREE In a work that Dickens himself thought of as his best story, the larger historical events of the French Revolution are seen through the experiences of individual characters in Paris and London. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Our Price: FREE This unconventional love story, transmuted by the genius of Brontë's imagination, is above all the story of a woman of passion and intelligence who refuses to be satisfied by her "place" in society, and asserts her identity and aspirations with defiance and dignity. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Our Price: FREE In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean -- a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert -- Hugo achieves the sort of rare imaginative resonance that allows a work of art to transcend its genre. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo Our Price: FREE The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is another of Victor Hugo's classic tales. Quasimodo has a big heart, but his disability has kept him hidden from society. Finally, he is compelled to leave his home in the bell tower of Notre-Dame in order to save a beautiful Gypsy. Great Expectations and a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Our Price: FREE Download two of the most popular of Dickens's novels at once! Great Expectations is a beautiful story about a sensitive orphan with very little who struggles to win the heart of the wealthy woman he loves. A Christmas Carol is the Christmas story of a man who learns that money isn't everything. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Our Price: FREE One of the best-loved Jane Austen tales, Mansfield Park is filled with love and the confusion it brings. Fanny Price struggles as the "poor relation" living with a wealthy family while at the same time fighting to win the man she loves. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Our Price: FREE Dickens's tale of a young orphan struggling to make his way in the cruel world is a striking description of poverty and the desperation it creates. It is the character of Oliver, so sweet and kind, that makes the reality of his world seem even harsher. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Our Price: FREE Perhaps the most popular of Jane Austen's novels, Pride and Prejudice is a comic portrayal of the courtship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. They are intellectual equals who enjoy using their sharp tongues to provoke each other but have trouble admitting their true feelings. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Our Price: FREE Highly controversial at the time of its publication, this novel depicts the boredom, frustration, and adulteries of a shallow young middle-class housewife. A masterpiece of realism written by one of the finest stylists of fiction. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka Our Price: FREE The Metamorphosis and Other Stories Includes Kafka's most celebrated story, "The Metamorphosis," as well as "The Judgment," "The Stoker," "A Hunger Artist," "A Country Doctor," and "Josephine the Mouse Singer, or The Mouse People." There are ten tales in all. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde Our Price: FREE Dorian Gray, so in love with his own portrait that he exchanges his soul for eternal youth, spirals toward self-destruction in Wilde's brilliant and controversial novel. As Dorian succumbs to the influence of his new mentor, the debauched Lord Henry Wotton, the portrait stands in judgment over his sins. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Our Price: FREE Another foundling takes center stage in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is raised by a wealthy family alongside their daughter Catherine, and a passionate relationship blooms between the two. The differences in their backgrounds, as well as their own temperaments, prove difficult obstacles to overcome. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Our Price: FREE A monumental work of fiction, Tolstoy's masterpiece of love and loss, tragedy and triumph is set against the panorama of the Napoleonic Wars at the dawn of the 19th century. An unforgettable story of two Russian families whose lives become intertwined amid a collision of empires. Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence Our Price: FREE In this romantic and tragic novel, Lawrence explores a web of love and friendship among two couples. The open and frank way that Lawrence presents these relationships made the book highly controversial in its own time. Bleak House by Charles Dickens Our Price: FREE Bleak House is Dickens's assault on the British court system in which he stresses the interconnectedness of all levels of society -- from Lord and Lady Deadlock to orphaned (and saintly) Esther Sommerson to Jo the street sweeper. Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais Our Price: FREE François Rabelais's tale of two giants is fantastic, yet it is grounded in the author's understanding of his own time and the human experience. It pokes fun at society and describes in detail the reality of human desires and activities. Ange Pitou by Alexandre Dumas Our Price: FREE Ange Pitou is the third book in Alexandre Dumas's Marie Antoinette series, which chronicles the decline of the French monarchy. Though the story is historically based, Dumas drew on his own childhood memories for many details in the book. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Our Price: FREE Ivanhoe was the first of Scott's novels to take place in the Middle Ages, but it is far from being the fantastic, medievalist romance associated (in the critical imagination) with a visionary Britain that never was. This is the first novel in English to deal seriously with issues of race. At the same time, it provides an exciting read for a contemporary audience. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad Our Price: FREE Conrad's Lord Jim is the story of a boy who leaves his small village to seek out adventure as a sailor. Wracked with guilt over his own cowardice during one particular event, he settles in an isolated East Indian trading post. But he cannot hide from his past or his own emotions. The Ambassadors by Henry James Our Price: FREE The Ambassadors is among of the controversial three final novels by Henry James. Lambert Strether finds his moral foundation shaken when he travels from Massachusetts to Paris to fetch the "corrupt" son of Mrs. Newsome. He realizes that Chad, the young man he is trying to save, has not been corrupted at all but has been transformed in a positive way by his new experiences. The Decameron: Volumes I and II by Giovanni Boccaccio Our Price: FREE The Decameron is Giovanni Boccaccio's great masterpiece -- it influenced both Chaucer and Shakespeare. The book consists of the stories that ten young men and women who tell each other to pass the time, as they take refuge in a country villa to escape the plague sweeping their city. Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad Our Price: FREE Joseph Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer based on tales he heard during his own travels. Both are stories of grand adventure that, in the end, turn out to be psychological journeys as well. The History of Tom Jones: Volumes I and II by Henry Fielding Our Price: FREE Tom Jones, wildly popular in its own time, is still amusing and fascinating today. Tom Jones is a foundling, raised by a kindly family, who must eventually go out into the world to discover his true identity. His Grace of Osmonde by Frances Hodgson Burnett Our Price: FREE By the author of The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Cecilia by Frances Burney Our Price: FREE Burney's Cecilia is an heiress, but she will inherit only if her husband agrees take her surname. At once a bizarre love story, an adept satire of the patriarchal society of its time, and a comedy, Cecilia is as fresh today as it was in 1782.

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