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The Confessions outlines St. Augustine's sinful youth and his later conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1,000 years, through the Middle Ages.  It is not a complete autobiography, as it was written in his early 40s, and he lived long afterwards, producing anothe...

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow , published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and helped establish him as a leading English humorist.  The book consists of 14 independent articles arranged by themes. (From Wikipedia.) Part I Dedication and Preface   On Being Idle   On Being in Love      On Being in the Blues   On Being Hard U...

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow , published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and helped establish him as a leading English humorist.  The book consists of 14 independent articles arranged by themes. (From Wikipedia.) Part I Dedication and Preface   On Being Idle   On Being in Love      On Being in the Blues   On Being Hard U...

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow , published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and helped establish him as a leading English humorist.  The book consists of 14 independent articles arranged by themes. (From Wikipedia.) Part I Dedication and Preface   On Being Idle   On Being in Love      On Being in the Blues   On Being Hard U...

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow , published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and helped establish him as a leading English humorist.  The book consists of 14 independent articles arranged by themes. (From Wikipedia.) Part I Dedication and Preface   On Being Idle   On Being in Love      On Being in the Blues   On Being Hard U...

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who later became one of the most famous literary detective characters. He wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the next year.  The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his sidekick Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he des...

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who later became one of the most famous literary detective characters. He wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the next year.  The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his sidekick Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he des...

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who later became one of the most famous literary detective characters. He wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the next year.  The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his sidekick Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he des...

From the author’s introduction: "Blake’s life of Blake (..) would have been full of symbolic wild beasts and naked women, of monstrous clouds and colossal temples; and it would all have been highly incomprehensible, but none of it would have been irrelevant. All the biggest events of Blake’s life would have happened before he was born.  But, on consideration, I think it will be better to tell...

From the author’s introduction: "Blake’s life of Blake (..) would have been full of symbolic wild beasts and naked women, of monstrous clouds and colossal temples; and it would all have been highly incomprehensible, but none of it would have been irrelevant. All the biggest events of Blake’s life would have happened before he was born.  But, on consideration, I think it will be better to tell...

From the author’s introduction: "Blake’s life of Blake (..) would have been full of symbolic wild beasts and naked women, of monstrous clouds and colossal temples; and it would all have been highly incomprehensible, but none of it would have been irrelevant. All the biggest events of Blake’s life would have happened before he was born.  But, on consideration, I think it will be better to tell...

It is early twentieth century England and all is not well. Innocent citizens are found murdered by an apparent snake bite accredited to a diabolical villain named Dr. Oberzohn. The infamous Dr. Oberzohn has designs on a fortune coming into the hands of a fair damsel.  Hoping to come to the rescue is a team of vigilantes called the Three Just Men. What ensues is an intriguing battle between good an...

It is early twentieth century England and all is not well. Innocent citizens are found murdered by an apparent snake bite accredited to a diabolical villain named Dr. Oberzohn. The infamous Dr. Oberzohn has designs on a fortune coming into the hands of a fair damsel.  Hoping to come to the rescue is a team of vigilantes called the Three Just Men. What ensues is an intriguing battle between good an...

It is early twentieth century England and all is not well. Innocent citizens are found murdered by an apparent snake bite accredited to a diabolical villain named Dr. Oberzohn. The infamous Dr. Oberzohn has designs on a fortune coming into the hands of a fair damsel.  Hoping to come to the rescue is a team of vigilantes called the Three Just Men. What ensues is an intriguing battle between good an...

It is early twentieth century England and all is not well. Innocent citizens are found murdered by an apparent snake bite accredited to a diabolical villain named Dr. Oberzohn. The infamous Dr. Oberzohn has designs on a fortune coming into the hands of a fair damsel.  Hoping to come to the rescue is a team of vigilantes called the Three Just Men. What ensues is an intriguing battle between good an...

Six years have passed since the failed Jacobite rising of 1745. Ewen Cameron's quiet life on his Scottish Highland estate is threatened when his loyalty to the Cause again demands that he support a new Jacobite plot. During the course of his adventures, he meets the family of his friend Keith Windham.  Ewen's loyalty endangers him, but the danger faced by his cousin Dr. Archibald Cameron i...

Six years have passed since the failed Jacobite rising of 1745. Ewen Cameron's quiet life on his Scottish Highland estate is threatened when his loyalty to the Cause again demands that he support a new Jacobite plot. During the course of his adventures, he meets the family of his friend Keith Windham.  Ewen's loyalty endangers him, but the danger faced by his cousin Dr. Archibald Cameron i...

Six years have passed since the failed Jacobite rising of 1745. Ewen Cameron's quiet life on his Scottish Highland estate is threatened when his loyalty to the Cause again demands that he support a new Jacobite plot. During the course of his adventures, he meets the family of his friend Keith Windham.  Ewen's loyalty endangers him, but the danger faced by his cousin Dr. Archibald Cameron i...

Six years have passed since the failed Jacobite rising of 1745. Ewen Cameron's quiet life on his Scottish Highland estate is threatened when his loyalty to the Cause again demands that he support a new Jacobite plot. During the course of his adventures, he meets the family of his friend Keith Windham.  Ewen's loyalty endangers him, but the danger faced by his cousin Dr. Archibald Cameron i...

Six years have passed since the failed Jacobite rising of 1745. Ewen Cameron's quiet life on his Scottish Highland estate is threatened when his loyalty to the Cause again demands that he support a new Jacobite plot. During the course of his adventures, he meets the family of his friend Keith Windham.  Ewen's loyalty endangers him, but the danger faced by his cousin Dr. Archibald Cameron i...

Six years have passed since the failed Jacobite rising of 1745. Ewen Cameron's quiet life on his Scottish Highland estate is threatened when his loyalty to the Cause again demands that he support a new Jacobite plot. During the course of his adventures, he meets the family of his friend Keith Windham.  Ewen's loyalty endangers him, but the danger faced by his cousin Dr. Archibald Cameron i...

Six years have passed since the failed Jacobite rising of 1745. Ewen Cameron's quiet life on his Scottish Highland estate is threatened when his loyalty to the Cause again demands that he support a new Jacobite plot. During the course of his adventures, he meets the family of his friend Keith Windham.  Ewen's loyalty endangers him, but the danger faced by his cousin Dr. Archibald Cameron i...

Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller.  In the wake of his father's death, Prince Hamlet finds that his Uncle Claudius has swiftly taken the throne and married his mother, Quee...

Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller.  In the wake of his father's death, Prince Hamlet finds that his Uncle Claudius has swiftly taken the throne and married his mother, Quee...

Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller.  In the wake of his father's death, Prince Hamlet finds that his Uncle Claudius has swiftly taken the throne and married his mother, Quee...