First serialized in 1908, “Martin Eden” is Jack London’s classic and tragic tale of its title character and his struggle to become a ...

In response to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s call for the United States to have its own unique poetic voice, Walt Whitman rose to the challenge to create ...

Believed to have been written between 1610 and 1611, "The Tempest" is likely the last play written solely by Shakespeare. The story concerns the Magician ...

First published in 1922, “Jacob’s Room” is Virginia Woolf’s third novel and a surprising and innovative departure from her other ...

First published in 1854, “The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta” is the thrilling Gold Rush tale of a wild outlaw by Cherokee ...

Born on June 28, 1712, in Geneva, the French philosopher, novelist and essayist Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most prominent and definitive minds ...

“Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life” was Herman Melville’s first novel and the work he was best known for during his own lifetime. Originally ...

First published in 1922, “Captain Blood” is an entertaining tale of pirates by Rafael Sabatini, the Italian-English author of adventure and ...

Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932) presented an essay at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 that would change the study of American History forever. ...

First published in 1900, “The Strenuous Life” is a collection of essays and speeches by American President Theodore Roosevelt.  The title ...