This timeless novel highlights the abuse and neglect that the orphaned Jane Eyre faced while growing up.
This story opens with Jane Eyre being shipp...
Three Lives is a work of fiction written in 1905 and 1906 by American writer Gertrude Stein. The book is separated into three stories, "The Good Anna,...
William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave; his father was a white man who never acknowledged...
My Life in the South is the vivid and touching autobiography of African-American former slave, Jacob Stroyer. It recounts experiences from his early c...
“Bahaism is not a new religion,” writes Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, “It is religion renewed… it does not pretend to represent the whole Truth; on the co...
Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) was one of the finest and most famous clergyman in the nineteenth century; he was acknowledged as a masterful preacher....
This enthralling historical masterpiece unveils the lives of remarkable queens whose stories have been woven into the fabric of British history.
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Leo Tolstoy is universally regarded as one of the greatest authors in history. This brief biography discusses, among other things, Tolstoy's childhood...
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett , first published in 1751, and revised and reissued in...
It covers his time in the German camp. He introduces us to quite a cast of characters as they harass the guards and escape from the camp. It does drag...
Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich. It was Wilde's firs...
My Lady Ludlow is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. It appeared in the magazine Household Words in 1858, and was republished in Round the Sofa in 1859, wi...
The book is a collection of essays dedicated to several writers, Phelps had seen as remarkable/promising. Some are of English expression; some are for...
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a 1907 collection published by E. Nesbit with the intention of entertaining young readers and retelling William...
"The object of this book is to bring together stories of the most important movements in the history of Europe during the Middle Ages, and to make fam...
In presenting this autobiography to the public, the author feels it incumbent upon herself to impress upon her readers the fidelity and strict adheren...
(Excerpt) One aspect of this subject of revolutionary women, their connection with the secret societies of the day I have purposely ignored. It is obs...
In this 1912 novel, Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) draws inspiration from her own life to tell the story of a gifted woman caught between her public a...
A Mummer's Wife tells the story of Kate Ede, a bored Midlands housewife unhappily married to an asthmatic draper. When a handsome travelling actor com...
Once upon a time there were fifteen Cubs who spent nine wonderful days in camp. They were London Cubs, and the camp was on a beautiful little green is...
It continues the story of the narrator, who is now a young adult, as he explores his thoughts and emotions on love, art, and the fleeting nature of ti...
In this book, John Quincy Adams shares his wisdom and insights on various topics related to the Bible and its teachings. He offers his son practical a...
Enter the profound world of Saint Augustine, as envisioned by the brilliant mind of Louis Bertrand, and discover the life and teachings of this influe...
