Literary Books

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 6, 1907-1910

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 6, 1907-1910..

Essays and Lectures

Oscar Wilde

Essays and Lectures is a collection of essays and lectures by Oscar Wilde. 'Essays and Lectures' contains "The Rise of Historical Criticism", "The English Renaissance of Art", "House Decoration", "Art..

Intentions

Oscar Wilde

Intentions  is a collection of essays; The Decay of Lying: an observation; Pen, Pencil and Poison: a study in green; The Critic as Artist (Some remarks upon the importance of doing nothing; Some ..

Charmides and Other Poems

Oscar Wilde

Wilde’s Poems, a selection of which is given in this volume, were first published in volume form in 1881, and were reprinted four times before the end of 1882.  A new Edition with additional poem..

A Tale of a Tub

Jonathan Swift

A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, arguably his most difficult satire and perhaps his most masterly. The Tale is a prose parody divided into sections each delving into..

Homer's Odyssey - A Commentary

Denton Jaques Snider

The Odyssey starts by organizing itself; it maps out its own structure in what may be called a General Introduction. Herein lies a significant difference between it and the Iliad, which has simply an ..

The New Life (La Vita Nuova)

Dante Alighieri

The New Life (La Vita Nuova) is a text by Dante Alighieri published in 1295. It is an expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose and verse.The..

The Uncommercial Traveller

Charles Dickens

The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All the Year Round and the Uncommercial Trave..