For nearly ten years my health had been declining; and for some while before I set forth upon my voyage, I believed I was come to the afterpiece of life, and had only the nurse...

A country lawyer, Edward Wilkins has an artistic and literary personality, unsuited to his social position as the son of a successful lawyer who takes over his father's practice...

Finally, it did appear that all of Elliot’s dreams of being with Brenda, his mother’s best friend had come true. And even though he was having a couple of second...

Becka wanted the power and the money. What she got was losing her heart. Becka is a witch and not a very good one. With her great-grandmother's curse hanging over her she...

The Story of Aridæus is the most detailed and graphic Vision of Hades preserved to us from classical antiquity, and exceeds in interest even Plato’s Story of Er and Cicero’s...

This Virgil's book contains ten pieces, each called an eclogue, populated by and large with herdsmen imagined conversing and singing in largely rural settings, whether...

After losing his well-paid job, reluctantly Vincent applied for a temporary position. He needed the money to maintain his lifestyle. However, he never expected to face such an...

The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel's popularity...

I need no great effort of memory to recall, in every detail, the rainy autumn evening when I stood with my father in one of the more frequented streets of Moscow, and felt that I...

Sheila wanted to cheat so bad since her relationship wasn’t going according to plans. Even though she wanted to do that, she figured that the best way of doing this was to...