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Thomas Anstey Guthrie was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey. Guthrie became an important member of the staff of Punch magazine, in which his voces populi and his humorous parodies of a reciter's stock-piece represent his best work. Many of...

Sir Arthur Doyle was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor...

Leviathan was devoted to the problems of the state. Leviathan was the name of the biblical monster, depicted as a force of nature, belittling a human race. Hobbes uses this image of this monster to describe the powerful state. Hobbes’ point of view was based on the postulate of the natural state...

William Thomas Beckford (1 Oct 1760 – 2 May 1844), was an English writer, politician and art collector and of decorative art. He was Member of Well’s Parliament for Wells in 1784-1790, Hindon’s in 1790-1795 and 1806-1820. He is mostly known for his gothic novels, such as Vathek, building of...

William Henry Sheppard (1865–1927) was one of the earliest African Americans to become a missionary for the Presbyterian Church. He spent 20 years in Africa, primarily in and around the Congo Free State, and is best known for his efforts to publicize the atrocities committed against the Kuba and...

This book is a collection of some short stories. A hilarious and cutting critique of what not to do, this deliciously wicked essay lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction to live and breathe ― as Twain's own fiction always does. In "How to Tell a Story," the...

In this story the author narrates to the readers a problem of choice. One day a fairy came to a man and said that she had a gift for him. He must choose only one. The gifts were five: Fame, Love, Riches, Pleasure, Death. She came to another man and offered some gifts, but the number of gifts was four… Who got a death? Read the story to know!

Mark Twain is often considered the first truly American voice in this country's literary history. “The Wild Man Interviewed” is a satirical short story, published in 1868. The narrator, being a reporter, decided to interview the wild man, the strange creature with long arms, ugly and cumbrous,...

Mark Twain is an American writer, journalist and social activist. His work covers a variety of genres - humor, satire, philosophical fiction, journalism and others, and in all these genres, he has consistently taken the position of humanist and democrat. Advice to Little Girls is a humorous short...

Mark Twain is an American writer, journalist and social activist. His work covers a variety of genres - humor, satire, philosophical fiction, journalism and others, and in all these genres, he has consistently taken the position of humanist and democrat. Once upon a time there was a battle. A cannonball...

Mark Twain is often considered the first truly American voice in this country's literary history. “The European War” is a sardonic short-story about European War. Being an opponent of violence, Twain presented satirically the war events. Through the authentic depiction of his time he caused many...

Mark Twain (1835 – 1910), was a great American author and humorist. The biggest recognition obtained by writing famous The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the latter often called "the Great American Novel". Latter he was lauded and considered to...

A cheerful and sharp critique of what not to do, this pleasurably wicked essay lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction to live and breathe ― as Twain's own fiction always does. In "How to Tell a Story," the title piece, Twain takes on such mysteries as the perfectly-timed...