Words of Great Men | From Machiavelli to Dante

Quotations from the great renaissance poets, statesman and philosophers.

Words of Great Men | From Socrates to Julius Caesar

Quotations from the Roman and Greek poets and philosophers and the great statesmen, generals and rulers who shaped antiquity.

The Phantom of the Opera (1909)

First published in French as a serial in 1909, The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the ope...

The Snow Queen

"The Snow Queen" (Danish: Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection. 1845. (Danish: Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samling. 1845.) The story centres on the struggle betwee...