In a world where time is both a relentless master and a thrilling challenge, embark on an extraordinary journey that will test the limits of possibili...
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 American period drama written, produced, and directed by Orson Welles. Welles adapted Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer...
Henry VI, Part 1, often referred to as 1 Henry VI, is a history play by William Shakespeare—possibly in collaboration with Christopher Marlowe and Tho...
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known a...
Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing training and theory. She significantly reduced dea...
Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical...
A provincial youth of wealth and noble status refuses to employ himself in the typical occupations of the higher classes, thus acquiring a reputation...
This book provides the history of one of the most renowned emperors of all time. The Great Khan. This was a man born Temujin to a clan leader father w...
Ruth is a young orphan girl working in a respectable sweatshop for the overworked Mrs Mason. She is selected to go to a ball to repair torn dresses. A...
The Giaour is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 by John Murray and printed by Thomas Davison. It was the first in the series of Byron's Ori...
Cabeza de Vaca, along with three other survivors, two Spaniards and a North African (Estévanico, a black slave) endured incredible hardships. Cabeza d...
The Devil's Disciple is an 1897 play written by Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's eighth, and after Richard Mansfield's original...
The story follows the fortunes of a young man named Valentine Blyth, an aspiring artist who falls victim to a cunning and manipulative con artist name...
In a small town in Indiana, a young woman's innocent flirtations lead to scandal and heartbreak.
Laura Madison is a beautiful and charming young woma...
Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of her...
The Marquise von O… is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist that explores themes of honor, reputation, and the complexities of love and duty in a patriarc...
The Magnificent Ambersons is a novel that explores the decline of an aristocratic family in the face of a changing world. The Ambersons are a wealthy...
Friedrich Schiller's "Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre" is a non-fiction account of a true crime story, exploring themes of honor, reputation, and the d...
Sidney Prale, after a decade spent pursuing fortune, returns to his hometown of New York City, only to find himself ostracized. He is met with rejecti...
De kleine zielen is een roman van Louis Couperus die zich afspeelt in Den Haag aan het begin van de 20e eeuw. Het verhaal draait om Constance van Lowe...
In the seemingly idyllic town of Hadleyburg, where honesty is held in the highest regard, a stranger arrives with a plan to expose the hypocrisy that...
Dorothy Dale, a young girl known for her strong sense of loyalty, faces a challenge in this installment of the series. Her close friend, Tavia, finds...
Bull Hunter is a man of extraordinary strength and gentle nature. He can rip a tree trunk from the ground with his bare hands, and tame the wildest st...
Set against the backdrop of a unique Scottish law, Man and Wife explores the complexities of marriage, reputation, and the unintended consequences of...