William Dean Howells (1837-1920) became fast friends with Mark Twain from the moment in 1869 when Twain strode into the office of The Atlantic Monthly...
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Advice to the Grub Street Verse-writers by Jonathan Swift. This was the weekly poetry project...
New Grub Street is a bleak and realistic portrayal of literary life in late Victorian London. It follows the intertwined lives of two young writers, E...
'Nowaki' is a novel by Sōseki Natsume that tells the story of three writers in Tokyo around 1900. The novel explores themes of friendship, poverty, we...
Winston Churchill's satirical novel 'Celebrity' follows the meteoric rise of a young novelist, believed to be based on Richard Harding Davis, though C...
Published in the late 19th century, "Some Eminent Women of our Times" by Millicent Garrett Fawcett offers a collection of biographical sketches on not...
Published in 1917, "Literature in the Making" is a collection of essays by Joyce Kilmer, a poet and critic of the time. Kilmer's intention was to brid...
John Aubrey's *Brief Lives* offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of prominent figures of the English Renaissance. Written in the 17th century,...
Mabel E. Wotton, an author herself, paints a series of "word portraits" of famous writers, providing unique and insightful glimpses into their physica...
'Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, Volume I' by George Lillie Craik, as described in the New York Times review of...
An extensive collection of literature from various periods and cultures, ranging from ancient to modern times. This volume, part of a 46-volume set, f...
This volume, compiled by Bliss Carman, presents a selection of poems that celebrate and commemorate prominent figures from history. It includes a ran...
This volume in the 'Beacon Lights of History' series explores the lives and works of prominent writers from various historical periods. It delves into...
James Huneker's "Unicorns" is a collection of essays that explores the intersection of art, music, literature, and the concept of the unicorn. Through...
This volume, part of a multi-volume set, focuses on a selection of literary works from the period between the writers Dana and Dickens. It features a...
Great Men and Famous Women is a four-volume work by Charles F. Horne that profiles more than 200 of the most prominent figures in history. This partic...
This book delves into the fascinating stories behind well-known and lesser-known hymns. It explores the lives and motivations of the hymn writers, rev...
