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...
