Mark Leder
Nana (Version 2), Book Nine of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Anna Coupeau, known as Nana, makes her debut in 1867 at the Theatre de Varietes, and is an instant sensation. It is as a prostitute, howeve…
The Cloven Foot
John Traverton goes to visit his uncle Jasper. Jasper wishes John to marry his adopted daughter, Laura. If he does so within one calendar y…
L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Gervaise Macquart runs away to Paris with Lantier, to work as a washerwoman. Lantier abandons her and their two sons. She then marries the…
Abbe Mouret's Transgression, Book Five of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
This, the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle, serves effectively as a sequel to "The Conquest of Plassans". Serge Mouret…
The Fifth Queen Crowned
This is the final book of Ford's The Fifth Queen trilogy, a series of historical novels presenting a fictionalized version of the life of Ka…
The Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Maquart Cycle
The placid Provencal lives of Francois Mouret and his wife Marthe are irreparably impacted by the arrival of a suspicious cleric, Abbe Fauja…
Jack Sheppard: A Romance
The fictionalized exploits of the very real English outlaw, Jack Sheppard. Published in 1839, this Newgate novel outsold its rival, Dickens'…
The Nature of a Crime
The first of three collaborations between Conrad and Ford. On the verge of being found out in a matter of breach of fiduciary trust and fina…
Impressions of Theophrastus Such (Version 2)
The ruminations and reflections of a minor scholar. - Summary by Mark Leder
The Wrong Twin
With their father Dave, a classic rolling stone, out on the road, twins Merle and Wilbur lead a haphazard life. But at least they have each…
Germinal, Book Thirteen in the Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2 in English)
Etienne Lantier (our line to the Rougon-Macquart Cycle) goes to work as a coal miner in the Northern France town of Montou. Conditions are …
Piping Hot (Pot Bouille), Book Ten of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Covering a two-year period, Zola recounts the lives, intrigues, quarrel and loves of a group of five families all living in what was at the …