Resurrection, first published in 1899, was the last novel written by Leo Tolstoy. Also translated as The Awakening. The book is the last of his major...
This is a volume of selected essays by "the great master of reason" Samuel Johnson. The most famous exerpts from The Rambler, The Adventurer and The I...
The Belton Estate is a novel by Anthony Trollope, written in 1865. The novel concerns itself with a young woman who has accepted one of two suitors, t...
Tom Cobb or, Fortune's Toy is a farce in three-acts (styled "An Entirely Original Farcical Comedy") by W. S. Gilbert. The story concerns Tom, a young...
The Knapp family seems as though they ought to be happy, yet hidden frustrations are tearing them apart under the surface. As the family breadwinner,...
The water was evaporated by the ever-shining sun until there was none left for the thirsty plants. Every year more workers died in misery. A stranger...
The play is set in Athens and revolves around a miserly old man named Euclio who has discovered a large pot of gold buried in his house. The play foll...
Meet Grumpy Weasel, the most disagreeable creature in the Green Forest. He's always grumbling and complaining, and he makes everyone around him misera...
In "Seven Statesmen of the Later Republic" by Charles William Chadwick Oman, journey back in time to an era of political intrigue and grandeur, where...
This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here, the epon...
Mattinate Napoletane is a collection of short stories set in the vibrant and impoverished Naples of the late 19th century. The stories delve into the...
Malte Laurids Brigge, a young Danish poet, arrives in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. As he wanders the city, he records his observations and r...
El Diablo Cojuelo, un ingenioso diablo que se encuentra confinado en una redoma, es liberado por un estudiante fugitivo llamado Don Cleofás. En agrade...
Een Reiziger, Die Geen Handel Drijft' is een verzameling journalistieke artikelen geschreven door Charles Dickens die oorspronkelijk in het tijdschrif...
This autobiography by Thomas Doner, a man who lost both arms due to his struggles with alcoholism, serves as a cautionary tale about the devastating c...
Johann, a young man mistreated by his brother and uncle, is banished to a remote forest as a forester. Initially finding solace in his solitude, his p...
Coningsby Dawson's "It Might Have Happened to You" offers a stark and poignant account of the immense human suffering, particularly widespread starvat...
Misericordia is a powerful and unflinching exploration of poverty and social inequality in late 19th-century Madrid. Galdós, through meticulous observ...
Scrooge, a miserly and selfish man, is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley warns Scrooge that he will be visited...
Birds of Passage is a collection of seven poems by Walt Whitman, a selection from his larger work *Leaves of Grass*. This collection explores themes o...
An exploration of the compassionate and loving nature of Christ towards those struggling with sin and suffering, examining his tender affection for hi...
