The second volume in this essential library gathers James Joyce's modernist vision, Mark Twain's American wit, Jules Verne's boundless imagination, Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure and suspense, Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic brilliance, and Bram Stoker's gothic terror alongside voices from Tolstoy to Tagore, Stendhal to Sienkiewicz. Ranging from French Enlightenment fiction to Victorian sensation novels, Russian realism to early global literature, this collection widens the canon begun in V...

Anne severn and the fieldings explores emotional recovery, memory, and psychological growth through the experience of a young woman entering a familiar household after personal loss. The narrative studies how grief reshapes perception and relationship, showing how past attachments and childhood bonds gain new meaning over time. Attention is given to inner consciousness, reflection, and the slow adjustment to altered belonging within a close domestic circle. The story emphasizes subtle emot...

In "The Judgment of Eve," May Sinclair delves into themes of morality, gender roles, and societal expectations, particularly regarding women's autonomy and independence. The story likely follows the experiences of the protagonist, Eve, as she navigates the complexities of relationships, self-discovery, and societal pressures.May Sinclair was known for her psychological insight and exploration of the inner lives of her characters. Her writing often challenged conventional norms and shed lig...

Continue your journey through the greatest works ever written. 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die – Volume 2 expands your literary adventure with another carefully selected collection of timeless classics that have shaped cultures, inspired thinkers, and captivated readers across generations. This volume brings together unforgettable stories from diverse genres and literary traditions, offering readers a rich and rewarding experience filled with depth, emotion, and intellectua...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

The Combined Maze (1913) is May Sinclair's acute Edwardian study of lower-middle-class London life, centred on Ranny Ransome, an energetic young shopman whose marriage to Violet Usher draws him into a labyrinth of duty, erotic disappointment, poverty, and moral endurance. Sinclair's style combines social realism with psychological penetration: ordinary domestic scenes become charged with inward conflict, while free indirect narration anticipates modernist experiments. The "maze" is at once...

The book is divided into three parts. The first part, "Brussels and Bruges," describes Sinclair's experiences in these two cities, focusing on their art and architecture, as well as the culture and customs of the Belgian people. She also reflects on the tensions between the French-speaking and Flemish-speaking communities in Belgium.The second part, "The War in Belgium," is a harrowing account of Sinclair's experiences during the early days of World War I. She describes the German invasion...

In "Audrey Craven," May Sinclair explores the intricate interplay of self-identity and societal expectation through the life of its eponymous heroine. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century England, the novel employs a stream-of-consciousness narrative style that mirrors the psychological depth and complexity of its characters. Sinclair's keen observations and astute social commentary offer insights into issues such as gender roles, mental health, and the quest for autonomy, positi...

Most people hate politicians—unless they are one.Wouldn’t it be great to know that what goes around does come round? That politicians who make bold promises to secure their election would have to live with the consequences of their actions—or inactions—just like us ordinary people?To balance the karma, the politician in this story, Henrietta Radcliff Carstairs has to review her life choices in a tribunal conducted between her last and next lifetime.“…God fo...

What if it is true? What if you don't go to Heaven…or Hell when you die? What if karma does exist? What if you do reincarnate into another life to try to learn about your past mistakes and get to balance out any of your or others' misdeeds?In the Between is the story of a woman who dies and travels through the Bardo. Meaning she is going from one life to the next. The term Bardo comes from the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Its meaning is loosely translated as: The In Between. Souls tra...

May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (24 August 1863 – 14 November 1946), a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. She was an active suffragist, and member of the Woman Writers' Suffrage League. "The Tree of Heaven" is a masterly analysis of the younger generation in England--the generation which only a few years ago was condemned as neurotic and decadent and which has vindicated itself by such devotion and simpleness of heart ...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and ...