First published in 1854, Hard Times is a profoundly moving, articulate.

William Wells Brown's Clotel or, The President's Daughter is often considered the first novel.

The Ancient Greek Euripides wrote the play Hippolytus, a tragedy based on the myth.

Considered the first in-depth critique of consumerism, economist Thorstein Veblen's 1899 book.

British writer Edith Maude Hull was best known for her classic romantic novel.

Supported by a family inheritance that gave her £500 a year, Mary Henrietta Kingsley traveled.

You can acquire valuable knowledge for use in your own public speaking.

The power of eloquence to move and persuade men is universally recognized.

The Imaginary Invalid is a three-part comedy about a miser who imagines illnesses for himself.

The Cloud upon the Sanctuary is a work of Christian mysticism written in 1909.

The Female Quixote completely inverts the adventures of Don Quixote.

Maugham wrote The Magician after meeting the famous magician and occultist Aleister Crowly in Paris.

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's 120 mile.

The spirit of simplicity is a great magician.

Wylder's Hand is a novel from Gothic and mystery writer Sheridan Le Fanu.

A founding member of the Theosophical Society, and perhaps the first well-known European.

Sheridan Le Fanu's historical mystery novel The House by the Churchyard was written in 1863.

Sacred Books of the East includes selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta.

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom details the escape of Ellen and William Craft.

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, from 1651, is one of the first and most influential arguments.