Single Author Collections
The House of Cobwebs
George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Explore the imaginative world of Alan E. Nourse in this curated collection of ten short stories, showcasing his unique blend of science fict…
Prufrock and Other Observations
Prufrock and Other Observations was published in 1917 in a print run of only 500 copies by Egoist Press in London. It features The Love Song…
A Collection Of Stories, Reviews And Essays
Stories and essays by Willa Cather - Summary by david wales
Short Stories
In 1859 Charles Dickens launched a new weekly journal, All the Year Round, to replace Household Words. Elizabeth Gaskell remained a prolific…
Youth and the Bright Medusa
Youth and the Bright Medusa is a collection of eight short stories by Willa Cather, first published in 1920. This anthology showcases Cather…
The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (1895) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. It was released in hard…
Rainer Maria Rilke
A selection of poems by this renowned German poet. - Summary by Peter Tucker
Elsie And The Child
Thirteen short stories (1924) by a master story teller of the early twentieth century. His writings, fiction and nonfiction, were popular wi…
South American Jungle Tales
The stories in South American Jungle Tales center on the relationships between people and the different creatures Quiroga came into contact …
The Dwarf's Chamber
Short Stories by Fergus Hume, a prolific English novelist. - Summary by Wikipedia
Poems of Passion
Poems of Passion by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is a heartfelt collection that explores the depths of love and desire through evocative verse. Writt…
The Bet and Other Stories
Thirteen short stories by the master. Summary by david wales
The Maker of Moons
An eclectic collection of 8 stories by one of the early masters of the weird tale, Robert W. Chambers. The stories include a range of topics…
The Strength of the Strong
Seven short stories, written around the middle of London's writing career. The stories take place in diverse settings and time periods, from…
Short Stories
Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Dickens's 'Household Worlds' and 'All The Round' until he later years. From 1858 onwards, she…
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
Hafiz was a Persian poet. His collected works (Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature. While influenced by Islam, his mysti…
Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics
Sappho lived six centuries before Christ, at a period when lyric poetry was peculiarly esteemed and cultivated at the centres of Greek life.…
The Thirteen Travelers
The year is 1919 and peace has sprung upon the world after the unspeakable carnage of World War I. The place is Hortons, a building of expen…
Sun and Saddle Leather
Cowboy Poetry began as a 19th Century Performance Art staged around a crackling campfire, referencing tall tales and personal stories, lost …