This is the story of a young country workman obsessed by his ambition to become an Oxford student, interwoven with his fraught relationships with two women.

'Persuasion' is the story of Anne Elliot, intelligent daughter of a spendthrift baronet, and her love for Frederick Wentworth. She is persuaded to refuse his proposition of marriage and spends 7 unhappy years until he re-enters her life.

Christopher Newman is an American expatriate in Paris; his fortune made, he has moved to the Old World to enjoy his wealth and find a wife. Newman soon falls for a young widow, the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde, but his brash New World sensibility horrifies her haughty family. Though the family oppose the idea of the couple's marriage, reversals of fortune cause them to reconsider.

John Bunyan could be said to have authored one of the most influential books in the English language. 'The Pilgrim's Progress' is so much more than a historical novel. Bunyan's plan for his readers is for them to travel through this book as an adventure through the Christian life.