Considered the first in-depth critique of consumerism, economist Thorstein Veblen's 1899 book.

British writer Edith Maude Hull was best known for her classic romantic novel.

Supported by a family inheritance that gave her £500 a year, Mary Henrietta Kingsley traveled.

You can acquire valuable knowledge for use in your own public speaking.

The power of eloquence to move and persuade men is universally recognized.

The Imaginary Invalid is a three-part comedy about a miser who imagines illnesses for himself.

The Princess and the Goblin is an enduring children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald.

The String of Pearls is the first installment of the Sweeney Todd penny part serial.

The Cloud upon the Sanctuary is a work of Christian mysticism written in 1909.

A mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding.

A nine year old boy's mother dies shortly after the death of his father.

First published in 1901, The Black Mask is the second collection of stories.

First published in 1905, A Thief in the Night is the third collection of stories.

The Female Quixote completely inverts the adventures of Don Quixote.

Maugham wrote The Magician after meeting the famous magician and occultist Aleister Crowly in Paris.

Shirley was the second published novel by Charlotte Bronte, after Jane Eyre.

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's 120 mile.

Robert Louis Stevenson's 1878 travelogue, An Inland Voyage, details his canoeing trip.

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote The Silverado Squatters as the travel memoir of his honeymoon.

The spirit of simplicity is a great magician.