Nathaniel Hawthorne  (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.Hattie Tyng Griswold (1842 - 1909) was a 19th-century...

"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is a play by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish...

"Oliver Twist" is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens and was first published as a serial 1837–39.Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June...

"Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" is a novel by Lew Wallace published by Harper & Brothers on November 12, 1880, and considered "the most influential Christian...

"Heart of Darkness" (1899) is a novella by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by...

A vast collection of Wilde's aphorisms.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.

Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty (February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904), was a U.S. author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. 

"Twelve Years a Slave" is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup.Solomon Northup (1808 – 1863) was an American abolitionist. 

Now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci, and Jamie Dornan, A Private War is the story of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin, who died in 2012 while...

One of the most prolific and influential investigative journalists of her generation, Marie Brenner has brought countless fascinating people—politicians, activists,...