Literary Books
The Valley of the Kings
Marmaduke William PickthallMuhammad Marmaduke Pickthall was a British Islamic scholar noted for his 1930 English translation of the Quran, called The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. ..
Contigo Pan y Cebolla
Manuel Eduardo de GorostizaManuel María del Pilar Eduardo de Gorostiza y Cepeda was a Mexican Spanish writer, dramatist and diplomat. He was the son of Pedro Fernández de Gorostiza, governor of the port of Veracruz, and the poe..
Preface to Shakespeare
Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare published in 1765 is a comment on the argument over the ancients and moderns. Johnson forwards his criticism with moral consideration and prescribes imitation w..
Memories and Anecdotes
Kate SanbornMemories and Anecdotes is written by Kate Sanborn, whose other writings include "ADOPTING AN ABANDONED FARM," "ABANDONING AN ADOPTED FARM," "OLD-TIME WALL PAPERS," ETC...
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
Frank HarrisConsumers of biography are familiar with the division between memoirs of the living or recently dead written by those who "knew" the subject more or less intimately, and the more objective or scholarl..
Keats - Poems Published in 1820
John KeatsJohn Keats is perhaps the most talented poet of the English Romantic Period. Although his life was cut short by disease at the age of 25, he produced some of the most famous poems in world literature...
The Red House
Edith NesbitThe Red House is a book by Edith Nesbit, an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of children'..
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05
Frank ThillyThe German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05, Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English...