Sara Stanley and the King cousins reconnect during the cold winter months, joining forces for a new project that brings light to the gloomy season. ...

Left at a monastery as a baby, Ambrosio grew up to be a cruel and stern monk, renowned for his sermons and piety. When a nun named Agnes goes to Ambrosio ...

When Fanny Price is sent away from her struggling family to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle, life doesn't suddenly transform for her. At least, not ...

Jenny (1911) is a novel by Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset. Published during the author's social realist phase, a period in which her writing focused ...

Featuring twelve simple yet profound essays, Jerome K. Jerome's Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a humorous and clever collection. Each essay is ...

Salammbo is the daughter of a Carthaginian general and statesman, who becomes the object of desire of the warrior leader who has invaded her home. After ...

Sowing and Reaping (1876) is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. One of the first novels published by an African American woman, Sowing and Reaping ...

"From American history books to Pirates of the Caribbean, the work of Howard Pyle continues to captivate us..."-Big Think "His totally American sense ...

Originally published in 1890, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott spans seven eventful years of the author's life where he attempts to reclaim his good ...

Vampires and Vampirism (1914) is a work from another era, a time when belief and wonder led some to travel down pathways of knowledge in search of truth ...