"The Bet" is an 1889 short story by Anton Chekhov.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest...

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and...

A Sicilian Romance is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790.The plot concerns the fallen nobility of the...

"A Christmas Carol" is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843.Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an...

Can You Survive This Much Democracy?Plato's Republic meets Person Of Interest in this corporate-owned world.Vatos has a job to do, and that job is relatively simple. He just...

A careful look at what is happening in the vast Asian continent made up from two authoritative observers of that world to give us, in real time, a picture of what is about to...

"Sentimental Education" is a novel by Gustave Flaubert, that is considered one of the most influential novels of the 19th century.Gustave Flaubert (12 December 1821...

"Master and Man" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy (1895).Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.Translated by Louise...

The Spiritual Exercises are a compilation of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices developed by St. Ignatius Loyola to help people deepen their relationship with...

The picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by Oscar Wilde. This work, as well as many others, is inspired by the legend of Faust. The novel is set in Victorian London of the 19th...