The Vampyre is a short story written by John William Polidori and first published in 1819.
The Valley of Fear is the last Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in book form in 1915.
Life at Pontesordo was in truth not very pleasant for an ardent and sensitive little boy of nine.
How are we to live the larger life? Partly through uninspired struggle.
Mariano Azuela, the first of the novelists of the Revolution, was born in Lagos de Moreno.
De vita Caesarum, known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies.
The power of eloquence to move and persuade men is universally recognized.
Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money; his career is in ruins and he wants to marry his beautiful fiancee.
H. G. Wells' The Time Machine, from 1895, popularized the idea of a vehicle that allows its user to travel intentionally and selectively across time, and indeed Wells is credited with coining the very term time machine.
British writer John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps is the first of five adventure novels to star Richard Hannay, a man with a remarkable knack for getting out of sticky situations, and indeed getting into them in the first place.
Considered the first in-depth critique of consumerism, economist Thorstein Veblen's 1899 book.
It is a curious fact that of that class of literature to which Munchausen belongs, that namely of Voyages Imaginaires, the three great types should have all been created in England.
John Stuart Mill's 1869 essay The Subjection of Women argues for equality between the sexes.
Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life, tells of her early life and of her experiences with Annie Sullivan, her teacher and companion.
The Story of My Heart is an inspiring and personal account of a soul's awakening.
We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers.
Filipino national hero Jose Rizal wrote The Social Cancer in Berlin in 1887.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon is the compilation of 34 short stories and essays by Washington Irving.
The spirit of simplicity is a great magician.
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.