Books on Topic: 'Social Change'

The Cherry Orchard is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by Znaniye (Book Two, 1904), and came...

Oblomov is the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, port...

Liverpool in the second half of the 19th century was burgeoning with rich merchants and swollen with poor immigrants. It was known variously as the "N...

An exquisite story told about an inevitable changes in life and our financial situations. Those who adapt quickly are the ones who manage to stay ahea...

The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad is another in the long line of children's books by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, we follow the adv...

It tells the story of a beautiful young woman named Margot. Margot is the daughter of a wealthy French nobleman and is known for her exquisite beauty...

Dive into a world where roles are reversed, and women wield the scepter of power. In "Petticoat Government, Volume 3" by Frances Milton Trollope, an u...

When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. Upon her retur...

Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and...

The Quest of the Silver Fleece is a story of romance, race, economics and politics set around the 1900s. Here, a traditionally educated boy and an uns...

Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive s...

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo religionist, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and...

Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive s...

1845, Louise Aston lebt als geschiedene Frau in Berlin und bewegt sich in intellektuellen Kreisen. Sie raucht in der Öffentlichkeit und trägt Männerkl...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Plough by Richard Henry Horne, published in "The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900" in 1919. T...

In 'Superstition of Divorce,' G.K. Chesterton delves into the societal and moral implications of divorce, arguing against its increasing acceptance in...

This book explores the period in Irish history from the Act of Union in 1801, which formally united Great Britain and Ireland, to the Catholic Emancip...

The Magnificent Ambersons is a novel that chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent family, the Ambersons, against the backdrop of rapid social and...

**Fathers and Sons** is a seminal Russian novel by Ivan Turgenev, first published in 1862. The novel explores the growing divide between the liberal a...

John Henry Mackay's "Die Anarchisten" is a philosophical exploration of the contrasting principles of individualistic anarchism and communism. The boo...

Four young women, each with distinct personalities and backgrounds, embark on a transformative journey at Chautauqua, a prominent adult education move...

The Harbor tells the story of Billy, a young man growing up on the bustling Brooklyn waterfront. He dreams of escaping the world of shipping, his fat...

The Education of Henry Adams, published posthumously in 1918, is a deeply personal and intellectually stimulating memoir by Henry Adams. It chronicles...

This comprehensive textbook, written by prominent historian Charles A. Beard, provides a detailed account of American history from its colonial beginn...