The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a "mixture of fantasy, farce and theolog...
Un brillant notaire parisien, Alfred L'Ambert, épris d’une danseuse de ballet de quatorze ans est provoqué en duel par son rival turc après une alterc...
In "The Blonde Lady," Arsène Lupin, the charming and cunning gentleman thief, once again faces off against his formidable adversary, the English detec...
Alexander Pushkin's 'Schuss' is a novella that tells the story of a young man named Ivan Petrovich Belkin who is insulted by a fellow officer, Silvio....