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Three Novellas by Philip Dossick BOOK ONE The Deposition BOOK TWO Mark Twain in Seattle BOOK THREE Gina and Frank: A Brief Conversation With Strangers PHILIP DOSSICK is the New York Times critically acclaimed writer and director of the motion picture The P.O.W. He...

FRANK L. PACKARD (1877-1942), a Canadian Novelist and railway engineer, wrote the Jimmie Dale mysteries and other works, including The Miracle Man The Beloved Traitor, The Sin That Was His, The Wire Devils, Coogan's Last Run, The Night Operator and Pawned. Doors of the Night is quite possibly his...

  If you’ve ever been curious about where the term masochism comes from, you will find it in the pages of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s masterwork, Venus in Furs His protagonist, Severin, is so infatuated with the object of his desire, Wanda, that he asks to become her slave....

ANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK (1873-1935) was a best-selling American author. Her novels often explored the clash of values between Americans and Europeans. Her best-selling novel Tante was made into a 1919 film, The Impossible Woman. In 1908, she married the famed British essayist and journalist,...

”Ligeia,” which Edgar Allan Poe considered his consummate tale, predates The Raven by seven years, although they go hand-in-hand, both detailing the insanity brought on by the grief and loss of a dearly beloved wife. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 romances of all time. EDGAR...

Émile Zola’s The Death of Olivier Becaille is irresistible. Like the best of Poe, it tells its story with supreme suspense. Considered one of Zola's masterworks, The Death was a huge commercial success and helped establish Zola's fame and reputation throughout France and the world....

ANATOLE FRANCE (1844-1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. France is also widely believed to be the model for narrator Marcel's literary idol Bergotte in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. He became famous with the novel Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard [1881]. The novel was praised...

For over 150 years, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Birth-Mark has captivated critics and readers alike. Dr. Aylmer, the protagonist, undertakes to remove a blemish from his wife Georgiana’s cheek to satisfy his own spiritual strivings and to redeem what he sees as a failed career. Since the mark...

Im Jahr 1919 sagte Thomas Mann, dass Effi Briest einer der "sechs wichtigsten Romane war, die jemals geschrieben wurden". In Bismarcks Deutschland ist Fontane's brillante Geschichte eines sozialen, aber emotional katastrophalen Spiels zwischen dem bezaubernden siebzehnjährigen Effi...

Many chronicles have been written about life at sea, but few, if any, can compare with John Masefield’s masterpiece, On The Spanish Main. It can be found on countless lists of the finest literary works of all time, and is one of his major achievements. Masefield's familiar association with...

A novel of haunting beauty, Virgin Soil, published in 1877, is the final novel by Russian author Ivan Turgenev. It is considered by many to be one of Turgenev's greatest. His biggest and most ambitious work, he sought to balance his deep affection for mother Russia and its people with...

Trilce, los poemas escritos en la cárcel por delitos políticos por parte de César Vallejo, son marcadamente diferentes de los poemas idílicos de Los Heraldos Negros. Trilce es más intenso, más original que el primer volumen. El poeta reconoce...

Los Heraldos Negroes has been described by Robert Bly as "a staggering book, sensual, prophetic, affectionate, wild," and as "the greatest single collection of poems I have ever read." The title is likely suggestive of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, as the book itself...

*Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henri Murger was doubtless the source material used by Puccini in his opera “La Bohème,” and its latter-day incarnation as “Rent.” Originally produced as a play in 1849 and published as a novel in 1851—the book was an immediate sensation. Set...