"The Heart of a Dog" is a short novel by the Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov that originally written in 1925 but, because of it's content (which was denounced by the Russian government) was not properly released until 1987.The story centers around a stray dog named Sharik, who is taken in by a professor named Philip … [more]
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Death in Venice
Author: Thomas Mann
"Death in Venice" is a 1912 novella by the German author Thomas Mann. Originally published under the title "Der Tod in Venedig," the novella relies heavily on allusion and metaphor to construct the narrative which centers around an elderly man falling in love with - and becoming obsessed with - a teenage boy.Gustav von … [more]
Doctor Zhivago
Author: Boris Pasternak
"Doctor Zhivago" is a 1957 novel by the Russian author Boris Pasternak. Due to the novel's subject matter and it's stance on the Soviet Union and the October Revolution, the USSR refused to publish the novel and Pasternak had to publish it in Italy after it was smuggled into the country by a friend.The novel centers around … [more]
Silmarillion
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Published in 1977 by J. R. R. Tolkien, "Silmarillion" is the prequel to the "Hobbit". After the success of the "Hobbit" Tolkien's publisher wanted him to write a sequel but when the publisher saw this book he didn't understand it and rejected it. This led Tolkien to write the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. But this book was kept … [more]
Demons
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Demons" is a novel by the famous Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in the journal "The Russian Messenger" over several months in 1871 and '72. To this day, it is considered one of Dostoyevsky's best works and a masterwork. The novel is a commentary on the political nihilism prevalent in Russia in the … [more]
The Gambler
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"The Gambler" is a novella by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was originally published in 1867. The story, inspired by Dostoyevsky's own real life gambling addiction, tells the tale of a young tutor named Alexei Ivanovich who begins gambling to win enough money to become a rich man and therefore win the favor of the … [more]
The Idiot
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"The Idiot" is a novel in four parts written by the famed Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was originally published in serial form in "The Russian Messenger" from 1868 to 1869. The title is a reference to the main character of the novel and his general good nature and open-mind which lead many of the more jaded characters … [more]
The Invisible Man
Author: H.G. Wells
"The Invisible Man" is a science fiction novella by the English writer H.G. Wells. The story was first published in serial format in a magazine called "Pearson's Weekly" in 1897. The novella was published on its own later that year due to the public interest. The novella is told in the third person and revolves around a … [more]
The Lesson
Author: Eugene Ionesco
First performed in 1951. "The Lesson" is a one act play with three characters. There is the Professor, who is mercurial and becomes intimidating as the play progresses. There is the Pupil, a young girl who is studying to take her doctorate exams, and there is the pragmatic Maid.An eighteen year old girl arrives at the … [more]
We
Author: Yevgeny Zamyatin
First published in 1924 by Yevgeny Zamyatin, We is a dystopian story about a future totalitarian state. The main character in the story, D-530 is the main builder of a space ship, Integral. D-530 is a philosopher mathematician. He likes everything to be numerically set in order. The United State he lives in fits the bill.The … [more]
Ulysses
Author: James Joyce
The plot of the novel "Ulysses" by James Joyce is settled in Dublin, and it revolves around three characters - the married couple Leopold and Molly Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, a young poet and professor. Many found the link between this work and Odysseus. In that case, Bloom would represent Ulysses/Odysseus, his wife would be … [more]
Charlotte’s Web
Author: E. B. White
"Charlotte's Web" is a children's story about a little girl named Fern, pig Wilbur and his friends, spider Charlotte and rat Templeton. Wilbur was very scared for his life because he had heard stories about pig slaughtering before Christmas. He was scared of the thought of it. Charlotte promised him she would come up with a plan … [more]