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It Happened in Egypt
“For some moments distant Vesuvius had beguiled my thoughts from the still more distant mountain of the secret, when suddenly a white girl in a white hood and a long white cloak …
The enchanted april
Four very different women, all wanting to escape cold and dreary London for different reasons, come together to share a month's holiday in an Italian medieval castle. There’s timid …
The picture of Dorian Gray
“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”One day, the artist Basil Hallward is painting a picture of his muse Dorian …
The Inspector General
Listed among the most beloved Russian plays, 'The Inspector General' is a vivid portrayal of human greed and foolishness. Savagely criticizing the political corruption of Imperial …
A Journal of the Plague Year
‘Lord have mercy upon us’. If these words were painted on your door, it could only mean one thing—you were one of the infected. In the years 1665 and 1666, the bubonic plague …
The Great Gatsby
“In his blue gardens, men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.”It’s the height of the roaring 20’s. Every Saturday, the doors …
The Divine Comedy
Frightened and helpless, Dante is desperate to join his Beloved Beatrice at the gates of Heaven. But fate and fear have other plans. He’s sins have landed him at the beginning of a …
To Be Read at Dusk
“The silence was unbroken. I looked round, and the five couriers were gone: so noiselessly that the ghostly mountains might have absorbed them into its eternal snows.”Thought …
The fortunes of Nigel
Scottish lord Nigel Olifaunt is more than a little naive. So when he arrives in London, he’s soon sucked into the chaos of the big city. Pinballing between a lively cast of petty …
The Divine Comedy 2: Purgatory
"Purgatorio" is the second part of Alighieri’s poem "The Divine Comedy". The story of Dante travelling through the nine circles of Hell in "Inferno" continues as he survives the …
The Horror at Martin’s Beach
When captain James P. Orne and his crew kill a strange and enormous animal in the sea, they are confused. They have never seen anything like this before – the animal looks like a …