In 'The Swan Song' an aging actor reminisces about his life and the parts he's played. The piece takes a tragic look at ambition and the sacrifices th...
Lourdes is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior...
The poem opens with Tristam upon his deathbed. The monologue of the dying man is shot through with sharp pangs of regret: centering upon his induced...
Twenty-two short stories by Arnold Bennett, mainly set in the 'Five Towns', Bennett's name for the pottery manufacturing towns of the English midlands...
The novel is set in Weymouth during the Napoleonic wars; the town was then anxious about the possibility of invasion by Napoleon. Of the two brothers,...
The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estate nestled...
This story is from Mary Cowden Clarke's multi-volume work The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines, in which she imagined the early lives of characters...
This is the story of a mild-mannered civil servant, Mr. Golyadkin, who begins to see his "doppelganger" appearing in his life (at work, in society, et...
Cymbeline, the Roman Empire's vassal king of Britain, once had two sons, Guiderius and Arvirargus, but they were stolen 20 years earlier as infants by...
On arriving at a rural monastery, the monk Ambrosius meets a young girl, Benedicta. She is shunned by the local community for being the daughter of th...
In "Satan's Diary", Andreyev summoned up his boundless disillusionment in an absorbing satire on human life. Fearlessly and mercilessly he hurled the...
The Wind a supernatural novel by Dorothy Scarborough, depicts the loneliness of life in a small Texas town during the 1880s. She originally published...
The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1854) is a famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is about, among other things, the valor of soldiers and the tragic...
It provides a detailed account of one of the most tragic events in modern history - the sinking of the Titanic. The book was written by Gracie, a surv...
In the darkest corners of royal history, secrets lie hidden beneath the gilded crowns and majestic thrones. Step into the enchanting world of queens a...
In a mysterious and enchanting land, two souls entwined by fate embark on a haunting journey of love and destiny. Explore the ethereal world of "Pellé...
Experience a timeless tale of passion, destiny, and heart-wrenching choices in "Dido and Aeneas" by Nahum Tate. Delve into a world where love clashes...
« Contes cruels » d'Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam est une collection de nouvelles qui explore la nature humaine et les maux de la société. À travers...
Knaben und Mörder ist eine Sammlung von zwei Erzählungen, die die psychologischen Abgründe des menschlichen Daseins beleuchten. Hermann Ungar, ein be...
The Survivors of the Chancellor is a gripping tale of terror and intrigue on the high seas. Through raging storms, emaciating hunger and thirst, shipw...
Lady Emilia Dilke's "Shrine of Death and Other Stories" is a collection of short tales exploring themes of the supernatural, loss, and the enigmatic n...
