Fiction & Literature
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill
The term dates at least to the 17th century, when it was applied to Puritan roundheads during the English Civil War. It came to include residents of colonial New England, who were mostly Puritans in support of the Parliamentarians during the war. It...
Dr James Mortimer calls on Sherlock Holmes in London for advice after his friend Sir Charles Baskerville was found dead in the yew alley of his manor on Dartmoor in Devon. The death was attributed to a heart attack, but according to Mortimer, Sir Cha...
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, E...
Philosopher, mathematician and social critic, Bertrand Russell was granted the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Within The Examination of Intellect, one of his most compelling and energizing books, Russell presents an interesting compromise of the...
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that expands the ideas of his previous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra with a more critical and polemical approach. It was first published in 1886. I...
Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-twentieth century
Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life.
