The Picture of Dorian Gray` is Oscar Wilde's only novel, a work that evokes the author's own life with its theme of secrets that undermine one's place in society. First...

File 2 of 2. For his sixth novel, Herman Melville went beyond simple adventure. In Moby Dick, the narrator Ishmael describes Captain Ahab's obsessive hunt for a gigantic...

File 1 of 2. For his sixth novel, Herman Melville went beyond simple adventure. In Moby Dick, the narrator Ishmael describes Captain Ahab's obsessive hunt for a gigantic...

File 2 of 2. First serialized in the periodical The Russian Messenger, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's masterpiece `Crime and Punishment` explores the limits of personal freedom. The..

File 1 of 2. First serialized in the periodical The Russian Messenger, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's masterpiece `Crime and Punishment` explores the limits of personal freedom. The...

Mrs. Warren's Profession is George Bernard Shaw's play about the shared responsibility of society for the exploitation of people whose options are limited by poverty...