The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

by Selma Lagerlof

Characters:

Nils Holgersson, a Swedish boy
Thumbietot, the elf
Akka, the goose leader
Wind Rush, a crew wild crow
Jarro, the wild duck

The Novel:

Little Nils, a little Swedish boy, was turning selfish to his parents and neighbourhood people, and even cruel to his friends. Suddenly he discovered himself transformed into an elf doomed to travel everywhere.

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

Characters:

Anna - the main character in the story who abandoned her family to fulfill her passionate nature
Karenin - the husband of Anna
Vronsky - lover of Anna
Nicolai - son of Anna and Karenin

Plot:

The story started in a party wherein Anna, the wife of Karenin met Vronksky. Vronsky danced with Kitty but when he saw Anna, he stopped.

Les Miserables

by Victor-Marie Hugo

Characters:

Jean Valjean - the main character in the story who was an ex- convict.
Bishop Myriel - the one who touches Valjean’s life and gives him chance to change.
Fontine - a prostitute from the town and one of Valjean’s worker in the factory.
Cosettte - Fontine's daughter and was adopted by Valjean
Marius - Cosette's love interest.
Javert - the villain in the novel who is a police officer who became obsesses in arresting Jean Valjean.

Plot:

Jean Valjean was first put into jail after stealing a loaf of bread.

After he paid for his mistakes, he was freed to go and a Bishop let him stay in the monastery for the night.

The Necklace

by Guy de Maupassant

Characters:

M. Loisel - the simple clerk who was married to materialistic woman.
Madame Mathilde Loisel - the unsatisfied and unhappy woman.
Madame Forestier- the family friend of Loisel who owns the diamond necklace.

The Story:

There was a pretty and charming girl, Mathilde Loisel, who was born in a family of clerks. She let herself be married to a little clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction since; she had no dowry, no expectations and no means of being known.