Classic Books Library imprint: 28 books
by Henrik Ibsen
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of Ibsen’s play, “A Doll’s House” (1879). The play significantly explores female identity and societal expectations, themes later expanded in “Hedda Gabler” (1891), and challenges the roles traditional to men and women in marriage....
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of the short story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) by Ambrose Bierce. In this text Bierce creatively uses both structure and content to explore the concept of time, from present to past, and reflecting its transitional and illusive...
by Oscar Wilde
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of Oscar Wilde's famous play, "The Importance of Being Earnest", first performed in London in 1895. The play questions the nature and purpose of the institution of marriage, poking fun at the morals, assumptions and constraints found...
by Henrik Ibsen
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of Henrik Ibsen’s play, “Hedda Gabler”, first performed in 1891. The play highlights the social issues of a woman navigating her life in a patriarchal world. Hedda’s challenges reflect Ibsen’s perceptions of female frustration and the...
A Woman Young and Passionate - A Collection of Essays, Excerpts and Writings on Emily Brontë
John Cowper Powys, Virginia Woolfe, Mrs Gaskell, Arthur Symons and Others
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
A collection of essays, excerpts and assorted writing on the subject of Emily Brontë by such notable writers as John Cowper Powys, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Gaskell, and others. Emily Jane Brontë (1818 – 1848), also known under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, was an English poet and novelist best known for...
by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
This is the second and final volume of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell’s 1957 biography of Charlotte “Brontë, Charlotte Brontë - A Monograph”. The first biography of this seminal literary figure, this volume provides a fantastic and unique insight into her life and mind, making it a must-read for...
by Thomas Longueville
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
“The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck” is a 1909 work by Thomas Longueville. Within it, Longueville examines a famous legal scandal from the sixteenth century involving one Lady Purbeck. Dealing in detail with a fascinating and mysterious case, this volume is highly recommended for those with an interest...
Her Name Was Charlotte Brontë - A Collection of Essays, Excerpts and Writings on the Famous Female Author
G. K . Chesterton , Virginia Woolfe, Mrs Gaskell, Mrs Oliphant and Others
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
“Her Name Was Charlotte Brontë” is a collection of essays, excerpts and other assorted writings on the subject of Charlotte Brontë, her works and family. With writings from G. K . Chesterton , Virginia Woolf, Mrs Gaskell, Mrs Oliphant and others, this collection will appeal to lovers of English...
The Brontë Sisters - A Collection of Essays, Excerpts and Writings on the Famous Female Authors
G. K . Chesterton , Virginia Woolfe, Mrs Gaskell, Mrs Oliphant and Others
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
This volume contains a collection of essays and assorted writings on the subject of the Brontë sisters by G. K . Chesterton , Virginia Woolf, Mrs Gaskell, Mrs Oliphant, and other notable writers. The Brontës were a famous literary family during the nineteenth century synonymous with the West Riding...
The Search After Happiness
Including Introductory Essays by G. K. Chesterton and Virginia Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
“The Search After Happiness” is a 1829 novel by Charlotte Brontë. Written when the author was just thirteen years old, it is a disturbing tale of mysterious men and enslaving creatures that poses many questions but answers few. An uncanny insight into the mind of a young literary genius, “The...
by May Sinclair
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
“The Three Brontës” is a 1912 treatise on the Brontë sisters by Mary St. Clair. Within this volume Sinclair explores their lives, characters, and works in great detail, offering the reader a fascinating and informative glimpse into their unique world. The Brontës were a famous literary family...
by Frederika Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
“The Secret of Charlotte Brontë” is a 1914 biographical study of famous English literary figure Charlotte Brontë by Frederika Macdonald. Within it, Macdonald explores her life, work, and mind in great detail, offering the reader a profound insight into Charlotte’s motivations and the fantastic,...
Cottage Poems
Including Essays by Virginia Woolf and Clement K. Shorter on Patrick and the Brontë Family.
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
“Cottage Poems” is a collection of moral verses by Patrick Brontë. Patrick Brontë (1777 – 1861) was an Irish priest and author, as well as the father of the world-renowned Brontë sisters. He would eventually outlive his wife by some forty years, and, tragically, all of their children as well....
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
“A Novel in Nine Letters” is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in “Short Stories” (1963). Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 – 1881) was a Russian novelist, essayist, short story writer, journalist, and philosopher. His literature examines human psychology during the...
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