In this chilling short-story by a master of the craft, Kurt Vonnegut creates a fictional world of the future where life and death are no longer matter...
A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city. He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day to purch...
Idomen (1843) is the creative-nonfiction memoir of the beautiful and brilliant American poetess Maria Gowen Brooks, who was compared in the 19th centu...
Mark Twain pulls no punches while exposing the "real" Percy Shelley in this scathing condemnation of Edward Dowden's "Life of Shelley". Even though, a...
The body of a well-dressed young man was found off Manhattan Beach, Sept. 28, 1913. In his pockets a torn photograph of Strindberg and receipts for th...
In this installment, Lupin sets out to clear his name after he is falsely accused of a theft and is forced to go on the run. With twists and turns at...
Die Leiden des jungen Werther beschreibt die unglückliche Liebe eines jungen Mannes (Werther) zu einer verlobten, später verheirateten Frau. Der Roman...
This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here, the epon...
Charlotte Mew's *The Farmer's Bride* is a collection of poems exploring themes of loneliness, isolation, and the complexities of human relationships,...
Kin-Fo, un riche jeune Chinois, est indifférent à tout et ne connaît pas le bonheur. Un jour, il se retrouve ruiné et décide de se donner la mort. Mai...
A Sad Case is a Victorian-era poem that explores the themes of love, loss, and the complexities of human relationships. It follows the story of a man...
In Grace Johnson's 'Broken Rosary,' the death of County Prosecutor Wally Brighton throws a small town into chaos. Found dead with a broken rosary and...
A Viuvinha é um romance urbano que se passa no Rio de Janeiro durante o Segundo Reinado. A história gira em torno de Jorge, um jovem herdeiro que está...
Madame Bovary est l'histoire d'une jeune femme mariée à un médecin de campagne qui s'ennuie dans sa vie provinciale. Elle rêve d'une vie plus passionn...
A man contemplates suicide, weighing the pros and cons of ending his own life. He considers the arguments of those who believe that suicide is a cowar...
Dazai's final unfinished work, "Good-Bye," is a tragicomedy that explores themes of love, loss, and the absurdity of life. Set against the backdrop of...
Callista Blake is a young woman on trial for the murder of her former lover's wife. The circumstantial evidence against her is damning, but there are...
Felix, a hypochondriac, believes he is terminally ill and seeks a second medical opinion. The diagnosis confirms his worst fears, giving him only a ye...
Set in the secluded village of Schwarzwaldau, the novel delves into the tangled web of relationships and dark secrets that lurk beneath the surface. A...
Star Song is a collection of poems by Gladys Cromwell, a young poet who tragically ended her life with her twin sister after witnessing the horrors of...
Imado Shinjū, by Ryūrō Hirotsu, is a poignant tale set in the Yoshiwara district of Edo-era Japan, a place known for its legal prostitution. The story...
Nora May French's posthumously published collection of poems, "Poems by Nora May French," offers a poignant glimpse into the mind of a talented but tr...
Sophocles' *Ajax* delves into the psychological turmoil of the titular hero after the Trojan War. Following the humiliation of losing Achilles' armor...
John Dryden's 'All for Love' is a tragic play in blank verse that reimagines the passionate relationship between Roman general Mark Antony and the Egy...
