A Midsummer Night's Dream Comedy Fantasy Fiction A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy, set in Athens, one of William Shakespeare's greatest creations, filled with humor, magic, intrigue, and love. A Midsummer Night's Dream 168 Views William Shakespeare
Pride and Prejudice Satire Romance Fiction Jane Austen’s classic novel chronicles the events in the lives of the Bennet family. Take a family with five unmarried daughters and a lack of wealth,... Pride and Prejudice 122 Views Jane Austen
The Importance of Being Earnest Comedy Drama Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” and has proved immensely popular since its first per... The Importance of Being Earnest 61 Views Oscar Wilde
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Fiction Humour The curious Case of Benjamin Button, a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, now a major motion picture, features Benjamin Button, who, born as an... The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 55 Views F. Scott Fitzgerald
In Defence of Women Philosophy In Defense of Women is H. L. Mencken’s 1918 book on women and the relationship between the sexes. Some laud the book as progressive while others brand... In Defence of Women 37 Views H.L Mencken
The Lesson of The Master Fiction A promising young writer meets an older man whose works have inspired him, as well as a highly intelligent and attractive young woman, at a gathering... The Lesson of The Master 16 Views Henry James
Sense and Sensibility Romance Novel Two sisters, one practical and full of commonsense, the other a passionate and emotional creature, an uncaring brother and his avaricious wife, a hand... Sense and Sensibility 28 Views Jane Austen
Night and Day Romance Fiction Novel Reference work Virginia Woolf is one of the most influential and controversial feminine figures in the literary life of the London society. Night and Day is one of h... Night and Day 39 Views Virginia Woolf
The Adventures of Ulysses Fiction In The Adventures of Ulysses, Charles Lamb re-tells the story of Ulysses’s journey from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. The book uses Homer’s The O... The Adventures of Ulysses 30 Views Charles Lamb
Rilla of Ingleside Fiction Novel Rilla of Ingleside (1921) is the eighth of nine books in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth "Anne" novel in pu... Rilla of Ingleside 15 Views Lucy Maud Montgomery
Barchester Towers Fiction Novel Barchester Towers is a novel by English author Anthony Trollope published by Longmans in 1857. It is the second book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire... Barchester Towers 13 Views Anthony Trollope
Far From the Madding Crowd Romance Fiction Novel Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly... Far From the Madding Crowd 25 Views Thomas Hardy
The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing Non-Fiction Reference work Written in 1910, this “cyclopedia” is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is more humorous than pra... The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing 14 Views Joseph Trienens
Sonnets from the Portugese Poetry Fiction Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and published first in 1850, is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browni... Sonnets from the Portugese 34 Views Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Brain Three Men and a Maid Romance Fiction This book with two titles, Three Men and a Maid in the USA and The Girl on the Boat in the UK is a typical P.G. Wodehouse romantic comedy, involving,... Brain Three Men and a Maid 16 Views P. G. Wodehouse
