Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters...
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway'...
"The Figure in the Carpet" is a short story by American writer Henry James. It is told in the first person; the narrator, whose name is never revealed...
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life is one of the last great works completed by Balzac for his huge novel series entitled The Human Comedy. Sections of thi...
Salammbô is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert. It is set in Carthage immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt (241–237 B.C.). Flaubert'...
The Emperor of the Moon is a Restoration farce written by Aphra Behn in 1687, based on Italian commedia dell'arte. It was Behn's second most successfu...
The story revolves around a notary named Jean-Pierre who is obsessed with his nose, which he believes is the most beautiful and perfect nose in the wo...
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...
It is a satirical pamphlet written by an anonymous author under the pseudonym Philander Misaurus. The pamphlet is a witty and humorous critique of soc...
It is a captivating novel that takes readers into the intricate world of 19th-century French society. This book explores themes of love, desire, and t...
This invites readers on a haunting journey into the realm of the unknown. This collection of gripping short stories showcases Level's mastery of macab...
En las sombras de la Ópera de París se esconde un misterio que despierta fascinación y terror: "El fantasma de la ópera" de Gaston Leroux revela los s...
What if Orpheus had come to London instead of Hades?
In Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches, Maurice Baring brings together a collectio...
What secrets lie hidden in the ancient myths and fables?
Sir Francis Bacon's The Wisdom of the Ancients is a collection of essays that seek to unlock...
