The 'Genius' is Theodore Dreiser's autobiographical novel about the turn-of-the-century art scene. It explores the multiple con licts between art and business,
Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. General scholarly opinion is that Defoe really did think of the Devil as a
This richly varied collection of observation, fancy and fiction shows the London he knew so intimately at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns,
John Galsworthy (1867—1933) was an English novelist and playwright. «Fraternity» is his early satire of middleclass complacency and artistic aspiration.
John Galsworthy (1867—1933) was an English novelist and playwright. This volume includes wonderful stories like 'The First and The Last', 'A Stoic', 'The
Thomas Hardy (1840—1928) was an English novelist and poet. Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe.
Thomas Hardy (1840—1928) was an English novelist and poet. «The Trumpet-Major» is one of Hardy's most underrated and unpredictable works. Anne Garland,
Thomas Hardy (1840—1928) was an English novelist and poet. In the novel «Two On A Tower» Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she