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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the n…
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the n…
"The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd" is a Story by G. K. Chesterton. First appeared in Harper's Weekly (June 25 1904). Basil Grant finds out why Professor Chadd insists on dancing.
Basil Grant had comparatively few friends besides my…
"The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd" is a Story by G. K. Chesterton. First appeared in Harper's Weekly (June 25 1904). Basil Grant finds out why Professor Chadd insists on dancing.
Basil Grant had comparatively few friends besides my…
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary c…
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary c…
"The Alchemist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1908, when Lovecraft was 17 or 18, and first published in the November 1916 issue of the United Amateur.
Plot summary:
The story is recounted by the protagonist, Count Antoine de C-…
"The Alchemist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1908, when Lovecraft was 17 or 18, and first published in the November 1916 issue of the United Amateur.
Plot summary:
The story is recounted by the protagonist, Count Antoine de C-…
Inspector Lestrade asks for Holmes's help after Charles McCarthy is murdered, and his son, James, is implicated. McCarthy, and another local landowner, John Turner, are both Australian expatriates, and Lestrade was originally engaged by Turner&a…
Inspector Lestrade asks for Holmes's help after Charles McCarthy is murdered, and his son, James, is implicated. McCarthy, and another local landowner, John Turner, are both Australian expatriates, and Lestrade was originally engaged by Turner&a…
Sanders is a British colonial District Commissioner in Colonial Nigeria. He tries to rule his province fairly, including the various tribes comprising the Peoples of the River. He is regarded with respect by some and with fear by others, among whom h…
Sanders is a British colonial District Commissioner in Colonial Nigeria. He tries to rule his province fairly, including the various tribes comprising the Peoples of the River. He is regarded with respect by some and with fear by others, among whom h…
First and Last Things is a 1908 work of philosophy by H. G. Wells setting forth his beliefs in four «books» entitled «Metaphysics,» «Of Belief,» «Of General Conduct,» and «Some Personal Things.» Parts of the book were published in the Independent Mag…
First and Last Things is a 1908 work of philosophy by H. G. Wells setting forth his beliefs in four «books» entitled «Metaphysics,» «Of Belief,» «Of General Conduct,» and «Some Personal Things.» Parts of the book were published in the Independent Mag…
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Doyle had decided that these would be the last collection of Holmes's stories, and intended to kill him off in «T…
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Doyle had decided that these would be the last collection of Holmes's stories, and intended to kill him off in «T…
"William Wordsworth – Selected Poems" is a selection of popular poems by William Wordsworth, which all describe an experience (what Wordsworth termed «the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings») which is recollected in tranquillity. That rec…
"William Wordsworth – Selected Poems" is a selection of popular poems by William Wordsworth, which all describe an experience (what Wordsworth termed «the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings») which is recollected in tranquillity. That rec…
The String Quartet is a short story written by Virginia Woolf and published in 1921.
Well, here we are, and if you cast your eye over the room you will see that Tubes and trams and omnibuses, private carriages not a few, even, I venture to believe, l…
The String Quartet is a short story written by Virginia Woolf and published in 1921.
Well, here we are, and if you cast your eye over the room you will see that Tubes and trams and omnibuses, private carriages not a few, even, I venture to believe, l…
"The Shopman" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic.
If I were really opulent, I would not go into a shop at all-I would have a private secretary. If I were really determined, Euphemia wou…
"The Shopman" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic.
If I were really opulent, I would not go into a shop at all-I would have a private secretary. If I were really determined, Euphemia wou…
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1904. Wells called it «a fantasia on the change of scale in human affairs. … I had hit upon while working out the possibilities of the near fu…
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1904. Wells called it «a fantasia on the change of scale in human affairs. … I had hit upon while working out the possibilities of the near fu…
The Bell (1845): In the narrow streets of a large town people often heard in the evening, when the sun was setting, and his last rays gave a golden tint to the chimney-pots, a strange noise which resembled the sound of a church bell; it only lasted a…
The Bell (1845): In the narrow streets of a large town people often heard in the evening, when the sun was setting, and his last rays gave a golden tint to the chimney-pots, a strange noise which resembled the sound of a church bell; it only lasted a…
"Wressley of the Foreign Office" is an short story by Rudyard Kipling: One of the many curses of our life out here is the want of atmosphere in the painter's sense. There are no half-tints worth noticing. Men stand out all crude and raw, wi…
"Wressley of the Foreign Office" is an short story by Rudyard Kipling: One of the many curses of our life out here is the want of atmosphere in the painter's sense. There are no half-tints worth noticing. Men stand out all crude and raw, wi…
The Mark on the Wall is the first published story by Virginia Woolf. It was published in 1917 as part of the first collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf, called Two Stories. It was later published in New…
The Mark on the Wall is the first published story by Virginia Woolf. It was published in 1917 as part of the first collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf, called Two Stories. It was later published in New…
"The Adventure of the Naval Treaty", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked «The Adventure of the …
"The Adventure of the Naval Treaty", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked «The Adventure of the …
"Bleak March in Epping Forest" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic.
All along the selvage of Epping Forest there was excitement. Before the swallows, before the violets, long before the …
"Bleak March in Epping Forest" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic.
All along the selvage of Epping Forest there was excitement. Before the swallows, before the violets, long before the …
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigu…
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigu…
"The Book of Curses" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic.
Professor Gargoyle, you must understand, has travelled to and fro in the earth, culling flowers of speech: a kind of recording a…
"The Book of Curses" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic.
Professor Gargoyle, you must understand, has travelled to and fro in the earth, culling flowers of speech: a kind of recording a…
Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. This early complete work, which the author never submitted for publication, describes the schemes of the title character.
Lady Susan Vernon,…
Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. This early complete work, which the author never submitted for publication, describes the schemes of the title character.
Lady Susan Vernon,…