Literary Books
Essays and Lectures
Oscar WildeEssays and Lectures is a collection of essays and lectures by Oscar Wilde. 'Essays and Lectures' contains "The Rise of Historical Criticism", "The English Renaissance of Art", "House Decoration", "Art..
Intentions
Oscar WildeIntentions is a collection of essays; The Decay of Lying: an observation; Pen, Pencil and Poison: a study in green; The Critic as Artist (Some remarks upon the importance of doing nothing; Some ..
Charmides and Other Poems
Oscar WildeWilde’s Poems, a selection of which is given in this volume, were first published in volume form in 1881, and were reprinted four times before the end of 1882. A new Edition with additional poem..
A Tale of a Tub
Jonathan SwiftA Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, arguably his most difficult satire and perhaps his most masterly. The Tale is a prose parody divided into sections each delving into..
Homer's Odyssey - A Commentary
Denton Jaques SniderThe Odyssey starts by organizing itself; it maps out its own structure in what may be called a General Introduction. Herein lies a significant difference between it and the Iliad, which has simply an ..
The New Life (La Vita Nuova)
Dante AlighieriThe New Life (La Vita Nuova) is a text by Dante Alighieri published in 1295. It is an expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose and verse.The..
The Uncommercial Traveller
Charles DickensThe Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All the Year Round and the Uncommercial Trave..