Ruth is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in three volumes in 1853. The book is a social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. It is a...

“The moorland cottage” is a very moving and emotional story written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1850. Mrs Browne and her children, Edward and Maggie, lives with their...

“The master of Ballantrae” is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1888 and is certainly the most novel and complex thought of Scottish author. The plot of the...

Across the Plains (1892) is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado...

“Christmas storms and sunshine” is a short novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1848.The main characters of this story are Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, and Mr. and Mrs....

Arsène Lupin is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created by French writer Maurice Leblanc.Lupin was featured in 19 novels and 36 short stories by Leblanc,...

Beautiful story about the life of Robert Falconer. The story opens as Robert is a young boy living with his grandmother and tells of Robert's struggles to find God. Some of...

Tommy and Grizel (1900)is the sequel to Sentimental Tommy. " When a youngman, Tommy returns to Scotland, he is reunited with an old love, Grizel…..

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...

Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant(1828-1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant.