De La Démocratie en Amérique published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840) is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville. It...
Eugénie Grandet is a novel first published in 1833 by French author Honoré de Balzac. While he was writing it he conceived his ambitious project, The...
This book is the foundation of modern atheism. There is scarcely any argument used today by atheists against the existence of God that Feuerbach had n...
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War Amer...
This poems are a mix of lyrical and narrative, and they explore a variety of themes, including love, loss, faith, and identity.
The title poem, "The...
Step into the opulent world of high society as Edith Wharton masterfully unveils the dazzling facade hiding the inner turmoil in "Twilight Sleep." In...
Meet Mrs. Barnaby, a widow with a secret and a thirst for social status. Her quest for a wealthy husband takes her from the country to the city, where...
In a world where men are consumed by wealth and women are confined to domesticity, Victorian social critic John Ruskin boldly challenges the status qu...
