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Transformation by Mary Shelley
Category: No Category | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
"Having frittered away his family's fortune in Paris, the profligate Guido il Cortese incurs the wrath of his future father-in-law and finds himself in exile from his native Genoa and harbouring plans for revenge. After a mighty storm, he sees a mysterious, misshapen creature emerging from the sea, with ...Show more
Uncle's Dream by Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Category: No Category | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
The small town of Mordasov is all abuzz at the arrival of Prince K-, a wealthy, ageing landowner, after an absence of several years. Maria Alexandrovna Moskalyova, a local gossip and fearsome schemer, decides that he would be an advantageous match for her daughter Zina. But in her endeavours to make suc ...Show more