The Silver Spoon

"The Silver spoon" is a literary work that is part of the second trilogy of the Forsyte saga by John Galsworthy between 1906 and 1921. Fleur and Michael Mont show...

To Let

To let is the final novel of the trilogy Forsyte. The story is a continuation of the struggle between the two factions within that family: now the shadow of the past comes back to...

Margaret Ogilvy

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, the child of a family of small-town weavers, and best remembered...

The Cenci

The Cenci was written in the year 1839 by Stendhal. A wonderful biography of a fictional modern don Juan.

In Chancery

In Chancery is the second novel of the Forsyte Saga trilogy by John Galsworthy and was published in 1920, . Like its predecessor it focuses on the personal affairs of a wealthy...

Yaqui Myths And Legends

It is known that Yaqui society has been influenced strongly by Spanish and Mexican culture, judging from indications in historical records and from studies of the modern Yaquis.In...

Sir Rowland Hill: The Story Of A Great Reform

The earliest of the postal reformer's forefathers to achieve fame that outlives him was Sir Rowland Hill, mercer, and Lord Mayor of London in 1549, a native of Hodnet,...

A Young Man In A Hurry And Other Short Stories

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers (1827–1911), a notable corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842-1913). His parents met...

Desperate Remedies

In Desperate Remedies a young woman, Cytherea Graye, is forced by poverty to accept a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved...

The Rise Of Historical Criticism

The Rise of Historical Criticism(1908), is a mature essay by Oscar Wilde, evaluating the history and current state of criticism. The writer goes back in history and tries to...

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