The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Completed)

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal 'The Russian Messenger' in twelve monthly installments during 1866. Later, it was published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels following his return from 5 years o...

Frankenstein (1818)

"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is about an eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

THE MURDERS IN RUE MORGUE AND OTHER SHORT STORIES (Completed)

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women...

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ in order to escape burdensome social obligations.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes...

Persuasion (1818)

More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Wa...

Julius Caesar (Completed)

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar) is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra. ...

Hamlet

Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, "Hamlet" dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother. Cover by @vkbloodgood

A Midsummer Night's Dream

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set.

The Arabian Nights (Completed)

This text has been banned in the United States for issues of obscenity. Also known as "One Thousand and One Nights", it is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. The Arabian Nights is the English language edition selected and edited by An...

Le dernier jour d'un condamné

Au dernier jour de sa vie, a quelques heures de l'echafaud, un condamné à mort remonte le temps, et raconte leur incarcération à Bicêtre, jusqu'en place de Grève, et trace sur le papier, ses dernières pensées, ses dernières impressions, ses dernieres sensations. Essentiellement construit sur le monologue intérieur, le...

Madame Bovary

Résumé chapitre par chapitre du célèbre roman "Madame Bovary"

A la recherche du temps perdu

Petit recueil de nouvelles dans le même univers qui évoque, d'une manière plus au moins lointaine, le temps qui passe, le temps qu'on aimerait retenir et enfin, le temps qu'on aimerait retrouver. Contient : - 45 minutes et 38 secondes (nouvelle pour la Saint-Valentin des Ambassadeurices) - Terminée - Le temps des ci...

Le Cid

Résumé: Chimène et Rodrigue doivent se marier, mais une querelle éclate entre les pères des deux jeunes gens. C'est une tragi-comédie de Pierre Corneille. Bonjour, Le Cid est un livre que j'ai dû lire pour le bac et que j'ai beaucoup aimée (à l'inverse de certains que j'ai voulu "jeter"). Je vous préviens que c'est un...