Yes and no, Volume 2 (of 2): A tale of the day

The Candidate: A Political Romance

Joseph A. Altsheler

The Candidate: A Political Romance is a work of political fiction that follows a campaign trail set against…

Notes from the Underground

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The work is a short, self‑conscious narrative that presents itself as the “notes” of a disgruntled former…

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale

Joseph Conrad

The work is a compact political thriller set in turn‑of‑the‑century London, where the seemingly mundane shop…

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel is a work of political and didactic fiction that foregrounds slavery as its…

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

Twain, Mark; Warner, Charles Dudley

The work is a satirical political fiction set against a backdrop of speculative iron deals and family…

Hard Times

Charles Dickens

Hard Times is a social‑problem novel set in an industrial England that treats its characters as data points…