There are many ways that people can do, however, to improve their language skills. Reading novels is one of the fun and effective ways to improve your language skills, especially reading. It enriches your vocabulary, improves your knowledge, and gives you more cultural understanding. The novels below are considered as classic novel written by famous writers such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, etc. Most of the works were written many years ago and the writers had already passed along time ago. For that reason, those works are considered as classic novels and become the public domain. Follows are the brief summary of the novels and the links to download the ebooks for free.
Oliver Twist
written by Charles Dickens and publish around 1838. It is a story about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who escapes from a workhouse and travel to London. He meets the leader of the gang called as juvenile pickpocket named as Arthur Dodger there. He then led him to the criminal trainer called as Fagin to teach him how to be a criminal.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel that was considered as a great American novel because it was characterized by color regionalism. It was written by Mark
Twain and published in 1884 in England and 1885 in America. The book was taken as a sequel to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and became very popular.written by Mark Twain
It was criticized because of the coarse language used in the novel and even more controversial because of the use of racial stereotypes and its frequent use of the racial slur "nigger".
Jane Eyre
written by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a coming of age story told in the style of Gothic fiction. It is a story of an underprivileged, unloved orphan, who at the end of her story finds love and family as well as personal riches. At the time it was published in 1947, Brontë issued her book under the alias of Currer Bell. The novel is presented as an autobiography of a girl, snatches of which mirror Brontë's own life. It can be separated into five distinct parts: Jane's time with her aunt at Gateshead, her time as a pupil and teacher at Lowood Institution, Jane's time as a governess at Thornfield Hall, the time she spends as a teacher at St. John's school, and finally, Jane's reunion with Mr. Rochester.
Pride and Prejudice
written by Jane Austen
The main plot of the novel is driven by a particular situation of the Bennet family. If Mr. Bennet dies soon, his wife and five daughters will be without home or income, as the Loungborn estate is entailed to one of Mr. Bennet collateral relatives, male only in this case by the legal term of fee tail. Mrs. Bennet worries about this predicament and wishes to find the husband for her daughter quickly.
Elizabeth Bennet is the main character and protagonist. the reader sees the unfolding plot and the other characters mostly from her viewpoint. The other characters are Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy as the main male character, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Marry Bennet, Catherine 'Kitty' Bennet, Lidya Bennet, etc.
The novel was well received with three favorable reviews in the first month publication by Jan Fergus, Davud Gilson and Anne Isabella Milbanke. However, it has also critiques from Charlotte Bronte and George Henry Louis. The novel has also been adapted into theatre, film and television.
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