THE human being who thrills to the experience of beauty in nature and in art does not forever rest.

Published in 1901, M. P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud is an early last man science fiction novel.

The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics.

Browning's dramatic poem The Ring and the Book narrates the trial of a Roman for the death.

William Dean Howells' 1885 novel, The Rise of Silas Lapham tells the story of its protagonist's materialistic aspirations; his rise from rags to riches.

Thomas Hardy (1840 1928) was a naturalist and writer, whose fiction sits on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution and is filled with an imminent sense of nostalgia for the coming transformation of the British countryside.

The Romany Rye is a fictional, yet highly autobiographical novel by George Borrow, which follows his novel Lavengro.

Edward FitzGerald gave the title The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam to his translation of poetry attributed to the Persian poet, astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyam (1048-1123).

If only things had been different,Diane Tanner thought before discovering her alternate reality.

A simple, everyday tale of classroom life with an open-ended conclusion.

The School for Husbands (L'École des maris) is a work by Molière (the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), a French playwright who is often considered to be one of Western literature's great masters of comedy.

The School for Scandal debuted at Drury Lane Theater in London in 1777.

The Seagull is the first of Anton Checkov's four full-length plays.

The Second Deluge is a science fiction novel by Garrett P. Serviss.

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

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second novel starring the great detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of the Four weaves together a complex plot involving stolen treasure, a secret pact between guards and prisoners, and the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

The spirit of simplicity is a great magician.

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon is the compilation of 34 short stories and essays by Washington Irving.

Filipino national hero Jose Rizal wrote The Social Cancer in Berlin in 1887.

We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers.