“I’m sure those are not the right words,” said poor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears again as she went on, “I must be Mabel after all, and I shall have to go and live in that poky little house, and have next to no toys to play with, and oh! ever so many lessons to learn! No, I’ve made up my mind about it; if I’m Mabel, I’ll stay down here! It’ll be no use their putting their heads down and saying, ‘Come up again, dear!’ I shall only look up and say, ‘Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I’ll come up: if not, I’ll stay down here till I’m somebody else’but, oh dear!” cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, “I do wish they would put their heads down! I am so very tired of being all alone here!”

‘‘I think I understand what you mean,” said Anne thoughtfully, “and I know I have so much to feel thankful for ... oh, so much ... my work, and Paul Irving, and the dear twins, and all my friends. Do you know, Mrs. Allan, I’m so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much.’’
‘‘True friendship is a very helpful thing indeed,” said Mrs. Allan, “and we should have a very high ideal of it, and never sully it by any failure in truth and sincerity. I fear the name of friendship is often degraded to a kind of intimacy that has nothing of real friendship in it.’’

“It was the best of time, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom and foolishness, it was the epoch of belief and disbelief, it was the season of Light and Darkness…” The story takes place in the 18th century in two cities, London and Paris. A political prisoner called Alexander Manette is released from prison after his long imprisonment and recalled to life by his daughter Lucie. His life seems to go better: his haunted fears and memories are quietened down, his daughter gets married and he works as a doctor in London. But their mutual happiness is not destined to last long. At that time the French Revolution starts when least expected. The French monarchy and aristocrats die under the Guillotine in a terrible way. The feudal system falls and the new rules spread all over the country. A new
life begins in France, where poor people, humiliated people rule the country in their own way. By fatal coincidence, Lucie’s husband goes to Paris and falls into the hands of the merciless revolutionaries. Doctor Manette, his daughter, and their friends come to Paris to save Lucie’s husband from death. But it is not that simple. They are all in mortal danger. Moreover, many fatal secrets from the past come out and shed light on the lives of the main characters. This story describes the great tragedy of the French Revolution. Human lives can be taken without warning and trial. Devoted love, persistent hatred, unexpected self-sacrifice, and heinous betrayal are all mixed together…

Events are unfolding in the north of England, in Wuthering Heights. Once a long time ago, Mr Earnshaw brings to his house a gipsy-like boy, with black hair and dark eyes. Despite his wife’s objections, Mr Earnshaw adopts this boy, giving him only one name – Heathcliff. His children now, Catherine and Hindley, must share their father’s love with Heathcliff. Heathcliff’s early years were very complicated: Mr Earnshaw’s death, Hindley’s constant bullying, servants’ harsh humiliation etc. However, there was a good thing – Catherine’s kind attitude raises in Heathcliff’s heart an eternal love for her for a life time. When his love for Catherine is not returned, he suddenly escapes from Wuthering Heights.

Many years later, Heathcliff comes back to Wuthering Heights as a wealthy, handsome man, who wants to avenge his former childhood sufferings. He finds Catherine married to another man and does his best to get revenge for her selfishness and indifference. His revenge takes horrible forms and knows no limits in time. He turns into a heartless, cruel man who can hardly stop on his way of revenge and hatred. Although, his love for Catherine never dies in his heart…