The Peasant Marey by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dostoyevsky skilfully paints a portrait of a character who manages to recall a childhood memory from twenty years ago and by doing so he alters the ...
Fairy Tales for Adults (Ideas for Life), Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekhov
Fairy tales are rarely written exclusively for children. They offer a variety of strong characters, themes and challenges as well as an insight into ...
The Essential Epicurus
For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy, tranquil life, characterized by peace and freedom from fear, the absence of pain, ...
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina, Princess Anna Arkadyevna Karenina (Russian: Анна Аркадьевна Каренина) is the central character of eponymous ...
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina is one of the greatest novels written by Leo Tolstoy, often credited as the pinnacle of realist fiction, and described by Tolstoy ...
The Heavenly Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I am a novelist, and I suppose I have made up this story. I write 'I suppose,' though I know for a fact that I have made it up, but yet I keep ...
The Remarkable Rocket by Oscar Wilde
Set in a magical kingdom where a wealthy prince and a Russian princess meet for the first time and fall madly in love with each other. Their wedding ...
A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True by Louisa May Alcott
'I am so tired of Christmas I wish there never would be another one!' exclaimed a discontented-looking little girl, as she sat idly watching her ...
The Key to Health and Fitness – Breathing Correctly
Life is absolutely dependent upon the act of breathing. “Breath is Life.” Differ as they may upon details of theory and terminology, ...