Recently I received an Android phone, complete with Amazon's Kindle app. This excellent ereader allows me to access the
Free Popular Classics section of the Amazon store, which holds an excellent selection of classic novels, treatises and essays. Some of the books I have downloaded and read so far include
A Tale of Two Cities, Dracula and of course
Les Misérables.
A Tale of Two Cities (ATTC) dates from 1859, while
Les Mis was published in 1862.
Dracula comes in a little bit later, in the year 1897. While each of these novels are very different, a notable aspect of each them is their treatment of their leading female characters, particularly those of the upper classes.
