The Female Quixote completely inverts the adventures of Don Quixote.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Ancient Greek Euripides wrote the play Hippolytus, a tragedy based on the myth.

Titus Livius, often known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian.

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

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 work Biographia Literaria is an autobiography in discourse.

First published in 1854, Hard Times is a profoundly moving, articulate.

Agrave rebours, Against the Grain or Against Nature in English.