The Wasps is the fourth in chronological order of the eleven surviving plays by Aristophanes.Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. 

"Phantasmagoria" is a poem written by Lewis Carroll and first published in 1869 as the opening poem of a collection of verse by Carroll entitled Phantasmagoria and Other...

Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) was an English novelist known for her huge output, now mostly out of print. The story, published in 1884, is set during the reign of Henry VIII....

 "The Book of Dragons" is a collection of 8 short stories about dragons. Edith Nesbit  (15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet;...

The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is typically categorized as a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll from 1874 to 1876. The plot follows a crew of ten trying to hunt...

Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel, published posthumously. As the Napoleonic Wars come to an end in 1814, Admirals and Captains of the Royal Navy are put...

"The Anniversary" is a play by Anton Chekhov.Anton Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is considered...

A crime book. A breathtaking thriller leaving the reader with doubt until the end.Rebecca Sellen is a successful writer and she has to complete her novel in no time. Running out...

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story of speculative fiction by American author Washington Irving,Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859)...

John Locke (1632–1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by...