The Odyssey

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the...

A Doll's House

A Doll's House is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been...

The Odd Women

Before he was 21 George Gissing conceived the ambition of writing a long series of novels, somewhat in the manner of Balzac, whom he admired. The first of these, Workers in the...

The Souls Of Black Folk

“I believe in pride of race and lineage and self; in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.“Children learn more from what you are than what you...

Of Human Bondage

The Narrow Corner is a novel by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, published by William Heinemann in 1932.A quote from Meditations, iii 10, by Marcus Aurelius,[2] introduces...

The Tragedy Of Macbeth

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”“More is thy due than more than all can pay.”"What’s done cannot be undone."The Tragedy of Macbeth is a...

Mental Efficiency & Other Hints To Men & Women

English novelist Arnold Bennett uses his wit to convey how we work hard at the up keep of our physical bodies, while we often do little to workout our minds. He gives examples of...

Roswell & Ufo Nation

The many rumors regarding the flying disc became a reality yesterday when the intelligence office of the 509th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air Field, was...

The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

On their weekly walk, an eminently sensible, trustworthy lawyer named Mr. Utterson listens as his friend Enfield tells a gruesome tale of assault. The tale describes a sinister...

Twice Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been...

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