It’s been a few months since we featured a classic critical essay in our literary archive, and...
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A large family supper party, a night or two ago, with voices and laughter of the young,...
In the narrative of English witchcraft the story of the exorcists is a side-issue. Yet their performances...
Christmas Eve (1895) by O. Henry Some Sights and Sounds Caught on Houston Streets and Elsewhere Houston...
Mark Twain on First Getting Published (1906) My experiences as an author began early in 1867. I...
The following is taken from the book Short Story Writing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of ...
THE STORY-TELLER AND HIS ART by Sir Richard Steele I have often thought that a story-teller is...
Experience Stevenson's brilliant analysis of Walt Whitman's revolutionary style in this classic essay. Discover the literary conversation
What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be, that...
I visit Central Park now almost every day, sitting, or slowly rambling, or riding around. The whole...
How to Become a Werewolf AS I have already stated, in some people lycanthropy is hereditary; and...
This is a Love Letter to Elibezabeth Barret from Robert Browning that was sent January 10 1845....
If there is anything which should make an American sick and disgusted at the literary taste of...
Discover Leo Tolstoy's scathing critique of William Shakespeare's works. In this remarkable 1906 essay, one literary giant...
The Art of Fiction by Henry James: I should not have affixed so comprehensive a title to...
