Bartleby, The Scrivener
  • By Herman Melville
  • Publisher: Herman Melville

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" (1853) is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville. At the start of his story the lawyer already employs...

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Chantry House
  • By Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • Publisher: Charlotte Mary Yonge

Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print. This story of the 19th century is a psychological thriller genre.

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Soul: Forty-five Poems
  • By Ivano Bersini
  • Publisher: Ivano Bersini

Forty-five poems, a considerable number; an era in which it seems that creativity has a necessary reason to express it self.An era, in which artistic intention seems to encourage...

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Yaqui Myths And Legends
  • By Ruth Warner Giddings
  • Publisher: David De Angelis

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...

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Poems By Emily Dickinson, Series One
  • By Emily Dickinson
  • Publisher: CAIMAN

PREFACE.THE verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called "the Poetry of the Portfolio,"—something produced absolutely without...

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The Rise Of Historical Criticism
  • By Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher: Oscar Wilde

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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The Poems Of Sappho
  • By Translated By Edwin Marion Cox
  • Publisher: David De Angelis

Hither now, O Muses, leaving the golden House of God unseen in the azure spaces, Come and breathe on bosom and brow and kindle Song like the sunglow; Come and lift my shaken soul...

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My Lady Nicotine
  • By J.M. Barrie
  • Publisher: J.m. Barrie

My lady Nicotine was published in 1895, nine years before the appearance on the stage in London of the timeless Peter Pan. A hilarious series of anecdotes that Barrie rattles off...

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Study Guide … The Moonstone : Notes
  • By Carla Aira
  • Publisher: Carla Aira

Study Guide… is a collection of notes that introduce students – and not only students – to poems, novels or plays written in English. They facilitate learning...

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The Vanishing Man
  • By R. Austin Freeman
  • Publisher: R. Austin Freeman

Richard Austin Freeman (11 April 1862 – 28 September 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke....

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