"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other."
--- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature.
The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralised by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality...

John Carter of Mars Series Books 1-7]
Book 1: A Princess of Mars
Book 2: The Gods of Mars
Book 3: The Warlord of Mars
Book 4: Thuvia, Maid of Mars
Book 5: The Chessmen of Mars
Book 6: The Master Mind of Mars
Book 7: A Fighting Man of Mars
Edgar begins to write a story about a character named John Carter who is a native of Virginia and was a Captain in the Civil War Confederacy that is transported to Mars to become a warrior. The story is called "Under The Moons Of Mars." The story is published in November in the All-Story Magazine and his fictional...