Before You Read

two women looking at each other through a mirror

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

October 8, 2025
Laura and her English father live in a remote castle in the countryside in Styria. One day, a carriage accident in front of the castle provides her with a companion.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

September 29, 2025
Richard is accepted in a very selective class at a Vermont college. His recollections of this period reveal that he and his friends have a secret: they murdered one of their own. But it is just the tip of the iceberg.

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

September 22, 2025
James Dixon, “Jim”, tries to keep his job as a history lecturer at a university. But how will he manage when his pranks and efforts always seem to backfire?

Stoner by John Williams

September 10, 2025
William Stoner is a student at an agricultural college. During an English literature course, he is so struck by this new world of knowledge that he changes his studies to become an academic.
A stack of letters on a wooden table, there are also flowers

Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

September 2, 2025
17-year-old Jerusha Abbott is living in an orphanage, when an anonymous benefactor decides to pay for her education and send her to college. She then takes the train to a new life full of promise and exciting discoveries.

The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green

August 25, 2025
When Horatio Leavenworth gets shot in his library, Mr Raymond, a lawyer, is asked to look after the interests of Mr Leavenworth's nieces, Mary and Eleonore. But smitten with one of the nieces, he struggles to remain objective.