Letter, Diaries

Winslow Homer was American painter, illustrator and etcher, one of the two most admired American late 19th-century artists and is considered to be the greatest pictorial poet of outdoor life in the U …

In ‘Horace Walpole and His World: Select Passages from His Letters, ‘ readers are invited into the intricate tapestry of 18th-century England through the intimate correspondence of one of its most as …

‘Morella’ is a short story in the Gothic horror genre by 19th-century American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe. An unnamed narrator marries Morella, a woman with great scholarly knowledge who delve …

Although I am familiar with Rembrandt's work, through photographs and black and white reproductions, I invariably experience a shock from the colour standpoint whenever I come in touch with one o …

In ‘The Letters of Jane Austen, ‘ readers are offered an intimate glimpse into the mind of one of literature’s most beloved figures. This collection comprises Austen’s correspondence, revealing her s …

‘A Smile of Fortune: Harbour Story’ is one of the best-known novellas written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). First published in 1912, the tale is centered around a young sea captain who has to face a …

Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench (1849 — 1916) was a Spanish painter, and one of the most prominent artists of Valencia from the end of the nineteenth century, working in the Impressionist style. Ignazio Pi …

Ingres’s style was formed early in life and changed comparatively little. His earliest drawings, such as the Portrait of a Man (1797) already show a suavity of outline and an extraordinary control of …

War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of To …

Khôi quay đi, lần này là đi thật rồi. Trúc lí nhí nói với theo: ‘Anh! Mai anh lại ghé nhé’Không biết Khôi có nghe thấy gì không, chỉ biết anh đi thẳng không quay đầu lại.Cả tối hôm đó dọn hàng lòng T …