"Cornelie De Retz Van Loo, a twenty-three-year-old divorcee from an upper-class Hague milieu, tries with mixed feelings to begin a new life in Italy in 1900. After some time in Rome, she discovers that Italy itself can never bring her the...
E.L. Voynich's novel "The Gadfly" is her most famous work, a tale of political and socialist awakening that has been hailed as an international classic. "Jack Raymond" explores similar themes, as a spoiled young boy comes of age in...
A profound examination of the mysteries of memory and perception from one of the twentieth century’s most admired literary artists.
The train races from New York to Boston. For Andrew Cather, it is much too fast. He will return home three days...
Parade's End is a tetralogy (four related novels) by Ford Madox Ford published between 1924 and 1928. It is set mainly in England and on the Western Front in World War I, where Ford served as an officer in the Welch Regiment, a life vividly...
In "The New Revelation" the first dawn of the coming change has been described. In "The Vital Message" the sun has risen higher, and one sees more clearly and broadly what our new relations with the Unseen may be. As I look into the future of the...
Sister Carrie", Theodore Dreiser's revolutionary first novel, was published in 1900 - sort of.
The story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old country girl who moves to Chicago and becomes a kept woman, was strong stuff at the turn of the century, and...