Martin Schuler Fiction Romer Wilson's first novel is a study in the life of Genius, a theme that would preoccupy her throughout her life. The eponymous Martin Schüler is a y... Martin Schuler 15 Views Romer Wilson
Hunger Novel Hunger is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun and was published in its final form in 1890. The novel has been hailed as the literary opening o... Hunger 21 Views Knut Hamsun
The Dream of the Red Chamber Fiction Novel The Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, and considered the greatest of... The Dream of the Red Chamber 38 Views Xueqin Cao
Maude Poetry Religion The protagonist is 15-year-old Maude Foster, a quiet and serious girl who writes poetry that explores the tensions between religious devotion and worl... Maude 17 Views Christina Rossetti
Martin Schüler's Biography The eponymous Martin Schüler is a young German composer of genius in the years leading up to the Great War. His great passion is to create one magnifi... Martin Schüler's 66 Views Florence Roma Muir Wilson
Under Western Eyes Adventure Action History The narrator, an English teacher of languages living in Geneva, is narrating the personal record of Kyrilo Sidorovitch Razumov. Razumov is a student i... Under Western Eyes 22 Views Joseph Conrad
The Aspern Papers Novel A nameless narrator goes to Venice to find Juliana Bordereau, an old lover of Jeffrey Aspern, a famous and now dead American poet. The narrator presen... The Aspern Papers 14 Views Henry James
The House Behind the Cedars Novel The story occurs in the southern American states of North and South Carolina a few years following the American Civil War. Rena Walden, a young woman... The House Behind the Cedars 11 Views Charles Chesnutt
Iracema, the Honey-Lips: A Legend of Brazil Romance Novel The story revolves around the relationship between the Tabajara indigenous woman Iracema and the Portuguese colonist Martim, who was allied with the T... Iracema, the Honey-Lips: A Legend of Brazil 14 Views Jose de Alencar
Lodore Novel The central story follows the fortunes of the wife and daughter of the title character, Lord Lodore, who is killed in a duel at the end of the first v... Lodore 11 Views Mary Shelley
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson Satire Fiction Humour Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business doomed fr... The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson 14 Views Anthony Trollope
The Shadow-Line Fiction Novel The Shadow-Line is another one of Conrad’s stories that deals with a hero who is faced by a problem that comes from an unexpected source, and for whic... The Shadow-Line 12 Views Joseph Conrad
Benito Cereno Adventure Fiction Benito Cereno takes place in 1799. The captain of a sealing ship Bachelor’s Delight, Captain Amasa Delano, spots another ship drifting listlessly towa... Benito Cereno 17 Views Herman Melville
Sanctuary Fiction Novel Edith Wharton's early novella focuses on Kate Orme, who begins the story happily in love with her fiance, only to discover that he hides a terrible se... Sanctuary 5 Views Edith Wharton
The Siege of London Fiction Novel In this work, first published in 1883, James once again writes of an American trying to settle in England. The woman at the center, however, is not a... The Siege of London 4 Views Henry James
