Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859) was a British writer, journalist and essayist known today as one of the most original of his time. In this work, the author narrates and...

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian", it...

"The Dream" is a poem written and published in 1816 by the British author Lord Byron. This text describes the loving emotions of Lord Byron during his childhood,...

"The Shunned House" is a novelette by H. P. Lovecraft in the horror fiction genre. Written on October 16–19, 1924, it was first published in the October 1937 issue...

"Bush Studies" is a novel written and published by the Australian writer Barbara Baynton in 1902. This work describes and represents, through a meticulous and ferocious...

The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella is a novel written by Charlotte Lennox imitating and parodying the ideas of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. Published in...

"Supernatural Horror in Literature" is a long essay by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft surveying the topic of horror fiction. It was written between November 1925 and...

"The Diary of a Nobody" (1892) is a novel written by the Geroge and Weedon Grossmith brothers.The diary in question begins on April 3 of an unspecified year and lasts...

Ruth is a social  novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in three volumes in 1853.Ruth is a young orphan girl working in a respectable sweatshop for the...

"Human Toll" (1907) is a novel written and published by Australian writer Barbara Baynton. The author is known for having set many of her works in natural environments,...