Antes de 1945

George Meredith’s Rhoda Fleming is a tremendous work of literature that takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster and, unlike other books, has no qualms about portraying tragedy in all its real …

"The School by the Sea" by Angela Brazil is a delightful children’s literature classic that transports readers to the enchanting world of a British boarding school nestled along the picture …

"Tanglewood Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a collection of timeless myths and legends, reimagined for a younger audience. This book provides a new and intriguing take on ancient Greek myt …

"The Minister’s Charge, Or, The Apprenticeship of Lemuel Barker" by William Dean Howells is a coming-of-age novel that follows the journey of Lemuel Barker, a young man from a rural backgro …

The Illustrious Prince is an interesting and mysterious novel written by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The novel was written more than 30 years before Pearl Harbor and four years before World War I began. T …

"The Golden Calf" is an ancient fiction drama story book written by M. E. Braddon. Set in Victorian England, the radical recounts the lives of several characters whose fates emerge as entwi …

Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. His mason anxiously advises against it, for the old cathedral was built without foundations. Nevertheless, …

Winter in the Air comprises eighteen short stores written between 1938 and 1955. Despite the time span Sylvia Townsend Warner”s biographer, Claire Harman, considers this collection the first ”to se …

A sequel to the Chinese novel Chin P”ing Mei, this book details the lives, fates and after-fates of the wealthy businessman Hsi Men and his six wives. A brilliant story coupled with the dramatic his …

Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20t …