The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith. As a young man, Belloc lost his faith. Then came a spiritual event which he never discussed publicly, and which returned him to and...

Rupert Saint Leger inherits his uncle's estate worth more than one million pounds, on condition that he live for a year in his uncle's castle in the Land of the Blue Mountains on...

Our pet-loving narrator injures his black cat under heavy influence of alcohol. From that moment onward, the cat flees in terror at his master's approach but this does not...

Paine argues that the interests of the monarch and his people are united, and insists that the French Revolution should be understood as one which attacks the despotic principles...

Grisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through the keyhole. In the kitchen something extraordinary, and in his...

Subtle humour is one of the key elements in Chekhov's imaginative stories. But as an artist, Chekhov is more complicated. He paints life with all its nuances and shades of grey....

Conan Christopher O'Brien is much more than a famous TV host. He features among the best American comedians, and is a really a recognized comedy writer - has wrote for several...

After Gina gets an emergency call from her mother, she rushes to her side like any good daughter would. However, unlike a good daughter, Gina is more concerned with seeing Rose,...

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels...

In the Aspern Papers a nameless narrator goes to Venice to find Juliana Bordereau, an old lover of Jeffrey Aspern, a famous and now dead American poet. The story is based on the...