Aphorisms

Sense and Sensibility (Gevoel en verstand) is de eerste, in 1811 anoniem uitgegeven roman van de Engelse schrijfster Jane Austen. Het verhaal is gebaseerd op de briefroman Elinor and Marianne die ze …

Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on t …

The story describes of a strange hybrid race, half-human and half an unknown creature that resembles a cross between a fish and frog, that dwells in the seaside village of Innsmouth (formerly a large …

The plot of the novel is based very loosely on the real-life activities of the Molly Maguires and, particularly, of Pinkerton agent James Mc Parland. The novel is divided into two parts: in the first …

One of the most popular novels of the early twentieth century, Booth Tarkington’s The Two Vanrevels is a gripping and entertaining romp that effortlessly weaves together many of the elements that def …

A lone traveler seeks shelter from an approaching storm in an apparently abandoned house, only to find that it is occupied by a ‘loathsome old, white-bearded, and ragged man.’ …

‘Pickman’s Model’ is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales. The story revolves around a Bostonian painter named Rich …

THE COMPLETE LEATHERSTOCKING TALES features the five novels of James Fenimore Cooper’s beloved Leatherstocking series, which follow the adventures of Natty Bumppo. Set largely on the frontier of New …

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would late …

The story takes place in Providence, Rhode Island and revolves around the Church of Starry Wisdom. The cult uses an ancient artifact known as the Shining Trapezohedron to summon a terrible being from …