The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Edmond Dantes, a young sailor engaged to the beautiful Mercédes, loses his fiancée and father after being wrongfully imprisoned for a bonapartist conspiracy. After spending 14 years in prison, he wages revenge on his opportunistic shipmate Danglars, who later assimilates into Parisian high society, and Fernand of Morcef, who marries the misfortunate Mercédes. A great commentary on French aristocracy filled with thrilling adventures and lessons about fate and hope.

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Moby Dick is an American classic centered around the character of Captain Ahab and his trial of revenge against the notorious white whale. Our narrator Ishmael describes the barbaric and sacred practices of the whaling industry, which is quite a feat of scale with manpower. Watch as demonism and diabolism in Ahab's vehement revenge slowly sink him and the ship's crew into peril.