Meursault, seorang Prancis yang tinggal di Aljazair, meneri-ma telegram tentang kematian ibunya di wisma lansia di luar kota. Dia menghadiri pemakaman ibunya, tetapi tanpa tangisan dan kesedihan. Beberapa hari kemudian, dia menembak seorang pria Arab di pantai tanpa alasan yang jelas. Meursault ditangkap dan diadili. Dia dijatuhi hukuman mati, tidak hanya karena membunuh pria Arab, tetapi ju…
Seorang asing tiba di desa Viscos yang terpencil, dengan membawa ransel berisi buku tulis dan sebelas batang emas. Dia datang mencari jawaban atas pertanyaan yang menyiksa batinnya. Apakah manusia pada dasarnya baik atau jahat? Dengan menyambut kedatangan orang asing misterius ini, seisi desa ikut terlibat dalam rencana rumitnya yang akan menandai hidup mereka selamanya. Kisah tentang godaan…
Kesatria Cahaya kadang-kadang berperilaku seperti air, mengalir memutari penghalang penghalang yang dijumpainya. Aliran air sungai menyesuaikan dirinya dengan alur apa pun yang tampak mungkin, tetapi sang sungai tak pernah melupakan tujuannya, yakni laut. Meski sangat rapuh dari sumber mata airnya, perlahan tapi pasti dia mengumpulkan kekuatan demi kekuatan dari sungai-sungai lain yang dijumpai…
Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution that will allow them to run the farm, liberating themselves and creating a new life of equality and freedom. But they have underestimated the pigs. Napoleon and Snowball form an elite and take control for themselves, and the tyranny of the farmer is replaced with another kind of control leavi…
Tak ada yang lebih diinginkan Evangeline Fox selain akhir bahagia selamanya. Dia menikahi pangeran tampan dan tinggal di istana kerajaan. Dia seharusnya bersenang-senang tanpa satu pun kekhawatiran. Namun, mengapa dia malah merasa hampa? Mengapa rasanya seolah ada sesuatu yang hilang dan meninggalkan lubang menganga di hatinya? Mengapa jantungnya berdebar kencang untuk lelaki asing selain su…
“Yes, of course, if it’s fine tomorrow,” said Mrs. Ramsay. “But you’ll have to be up with the lark,” she added.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a story about a young girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and ends up in a magical, strange world. In this wonderland, she meets curious characters like the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts. As Alice explores this bizarre place, she faces odd challenges and learns to navigate a world where nothing makes sense. T…
The very first of the Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, A Study in scarlet reveals the early days of Holmes and Watson's friendship, and exactly how the former doctor became involved in a life of crime-solving. A body is found in a grimy house in south London, its face twisted by fear and horror, with the word 'RACHE' scrawled on the wall in blood beside it -- yet the corpse itself is completely un…
Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindle family—the family he’s lived with for years. The Brindles are busy humans, apart from 12-year-old Ernest, who would rather be left alone with his collection of Oxford English Dictionaries. The least they could do was re…
Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who becomes obsessed with unlocking the secrets of life-but when he succeeds in creating a living being, he unleashes a creature he can't control. Abandoned and rejected by the world, the creature sets out on a journey that turns into a haunting tale of revenge, loneliness, and what it really means to be human. Mary Shelley's classic novel blends horror,…