Ancient Hindu scriptures proclaim that some "longing in the darkness" propelled our world.

Originally this was published by the author (1784-1849), a former governor of South Carolina.

While Bram Stoker didn't invent the vampire, his 1897 novel Dracula has been the defining force in the popularity and evolution of vampire mythology today.

In his satiric poem Don Juan, Lord Byron refigures the legend as a man easily seduced by women.

Doctor Pascal concludes Zola's epic Rougon-Macquart series.

Death consists in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing.

Dead Souls is a socially critical black comedy.

Darkness and Dawn is a science fiction trilogy by George Allan England.

FIRST off, let me state the object of the meeting: This is to be a record.

Creative Unity is a collection of essays from Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, who in 1913 became Asia's first recipient of the Nobel Prize.

French philosopher Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution was published in 1907.

The aim and design of conversation is, therefore, pleasure.

John Stuart Mill used Considerations on Representative Government to call for reforms to Parliament and voting,

I have often been asked how I first came to be a regular opium-eater, and have suffered.

When Thomas Paine first anonymously published his series of pamphlets titles Common Sense.

William Wells Brown's Clotel or, The President's Daughter is often considered the first novel.

Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism have been major influences on Chinese folklore tales.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage was the poem which brought Lord Byron public recognition.

Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple became a huge seller in America from its first publication there in 1794, subsequently going through over two hundred editions.

UNCONSCIOUSLY we are forming habits every moment of our lives. Some are habits of a desirable nature; some are those of a most undesirable nature.