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"The Talleyrand Maxim" by J. S. Fletcher is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Linford Pratt, a young clerk with aspirations for wealth and power, who suddenl...

The Tempest , thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone, begins with a storm which shipwrecks the king of Naples and his crew. We quickly learn that the tempest was not a natura...

The Wings of the Dove is perhaps the most well-received of Henry James 's novels. First published in 1902 , it follows Kate Croy and Merton Densher, an engaged couple in late-Victorian London, who mee...

Villette Charlotte Brontë 's last novel, Villette, is thought to be most closely modelled on her own experiences teaching in a pensionnat in Brussels, the place on which the fictional town of Villette...

The Worm Ouroboros is considered to be one of the foundational texts of the high fantasy genre, influencing later authors like J. R . R . Tolkien , C . S. Lewis , Ursula K. Leguin , and James Branch C...

Golf Stories P . G. Wodehouse 's short stories are often set in the salons and townhouses of England, but he also wrote about golf, returning again and again to one of his favorite sports.Set against ...