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Description It would be hard to nominate a more well-known character in English literature than that of the austere analytical detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 1880s. Holmes, alongside his friend and biographer Dr. John Watson, appeared in two initial novels and dozens of short stories serialized in popular magazines, attracting a devoted, almost fanatical following which continues to this day. The Hound of the Baskervilles, serialized in 1901β1902, was the
Description In a Glass Darkly is a collection of five short stories, presented as posthumous papers of cases of the βmetaphysicalβ doctor Dr. Martin Hesselius. First appearing in βGreen Tea,β originally published in 1869, Dr. Hesselius became one of the first literary occult detectives. J. Sheridan Le Fanu often made revisions to his work and re-released several under new names, including two from In a Glass Darkly: βThe Familiar,β a revised version of βThe Watcher,β published in 1851, and βMr.
Description Wodehouse once described his writing as βmusical comedy without music,β and Love Among the Chickens is one of the earliest examples of his trademark style. The narrator, Jeremy Garnet, is a mild-mannered author attempting to finish his next novel in peace and quiet. Enter Stanley Ukridge, a man brimming with endless schemes, who draws the narrator into his latest, βthe idea of a lifetimeββrunning a chicken farm. With little practical knowledge, yet boundless ambition, they move to a
Description Nikolai Gogol spent most of his literary career writing short stories, drawing inspiration from his childhood in Ukraine and his adult life in St. Petersburg. His stories are filled with larger than life yet relatable characters and perfectly described locations, and span many genres from historical epics to early horror and surrealism. His influence on Russian literature cannot be understated: Fyodor Dostoevsky is quoted as saying βWe all come out from Gogolβs βOvercoat,β β
Description Uncle Silas is told from the account of Maud Ruthyn, an heiress living with her reclusive father, Austin Ruthyn. She learns about her uncle, Silas Ruthyn, and his past reputation marred by gambling and the apparent suicide of a man to which Silas owed a large gambling debt that occurred in a locked room in Silasβ residence. In order to clear the Ruthyn name of the rumors of Silasβ past, Austin names Silas as Maudβs guardian through Austinβs will upon his death. Also noted in
Description Robinson Crusoe is one of the most popular books ever written in the English language, published in innumerable editions and translated into almost every language of the world, not to mention the many versions created in film, television and even radio. First published in 1719, it can also claim to be one of the first novels ever written in English. Written in the form of an autobiography, it describes the life of the eponymous narrator Robinson Crusoe. A wild youth, he breaks away