Thérèse Raquin is an 1868 novel by French writer Émile Zola, first published in serial form in the literary magazine L'Artiste in 1867. It was Zola's...
Jeremy Bentham's Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, a classic text in modern philosophy and jurisprudence, first published in 1...
The Seven Who Were Hanged is a 1908 novella by Russian author Leonid Andreyev. The book is believed to have influenced the assassins of Archduke Franz...
In John's revelation, the first horseman rides on a white horse, carries a bow, and is given a crown – he rides forward as a figure of Conquest, perha...
Beccaria and the two brothers Pietro and Alessandro Verri started an important cultural reformist movement centered around their journal Il Caffè ("Th...
In Thirty Years A Slave Hughes provides vivid descriptions and explicit accounts of how the McGee plantation in Mississippi, and the McGee mansion in...
In 1787, Lieutenant William Bligh set sail from England on the HMS Bounty to Tahiti to procure breadfruit trees to transport to the West Indies, to be...
An Inquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of the Freedom of the Will which is Supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward an...
Publié en 1834, ce livre explore les thèmes de l'injustice sociale et du système pénal.
L'histoire se déroule dans la France du XIXe siècle et suit le...
Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) is an illustrated collection of humorous children’s poems describing ludicrous and usually violent punishments for naug...
Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (740s BC). Others, however, think that his prophecies are to be referred to...
In der Strafkolonie ist eine Erzählung von Franz Kafka, die im Oktober 1914 entstand und 1919 veröffentlicht wurde. Einem Forschungsreisenden wird das...
La Divina Comedia, especialmente su primera parte, el Infierno, es una obra monumental de la literatura italiana. Dante, acompañado por Virgilio, desc...
This book provides a concise and accessible overview of life in a large mediaeval city, using York in the 15th century as its primary example. It cove...
Aeschylus's "Prometheus Bound" is a classic Greek tragedy that tells the story of Prometheus, a Titan who defied the gods by giving fire and knowledge...
This collection of short stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky explores the dark recesses of the human soul. Dostoevsky's characters are often tormented by pov...
Chronicles of Newgate delves into the history of one of England's most notorious prisons, Newgate, from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Author Ar...
This short story explores the intricate relationship between circumstance, morality, and crime. Through the lens of Christian Wolf, an innkeeper who...
Chronicles of Newgate, Volume 2 delves into the grim realities of Newgate Prison in England, a notorious institution that housed criminals from the me...
This book, published in 1735, is a compilation of reports and newspaper accounts detailing the lives and crimes of notorious criminals in 18th-century...
This volume presents a collection of reports and newspaper stories regarding notorious criminals and their punishment, assembled by prison inspector A...
An exposition of the verse, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh...
This book, intended for young readers, presents a collection of moral tales featuring children. Each story showcases the importance of good conduct, i...
