This vintage book contains a fascinating reflective essay on the themes, facts, and fiction in Alexandre Dumas's historical novel "e;The Man in the Iron Mask"e;.
This volume contains Robert Louis Stevenson's "e;Familiar Studies of Men and Books"e;, being a fascinating exploration of the life and work of a number of seminal authors from across the globe.
This volume contains a collection of articles on the nature of America and of being American, composed from lectures originally addressed to British audiences by George Santayana.
"e;Street Haunting: A London Adventure"e; is a 1930 essay written by Virginia Woolf, inspired by observations made whilst walking the streets of London.
This book contains a fantastic collection of Virginia Woolf's best essays and letters on a range of subjects including feminism, war, the works of other writers, and more.
These early works by Arthur Conan Doyle were originally published at the beginning of the twentieth century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography.
Ambrose Bierce enlisted in the Union Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War and fought with distinction for 4 years, even earning recognition of his bravery in the newspapers of the day for a daring rescue attempt of gravely wounded comrade.