"The Cats of Ulthar" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. It belongs in the Dream Cycle series of tales and reads much like a fairy tale, explaining Ulthar's unusual law that "no man may kill a cat".
The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contempor…
Led by her yapping corgis to the Westminster traveling library outside Buckingham Palace, the Queen finds herself taking out a novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett. Duff read though it is, the following week …
Autora de la recién descubierta Suite francesa, publicada póstumamente y aclamada por la crítica y el público de media Europa, Irène Némirovsky mostró desde muy joven un talento excepcional. Con veint…
Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people “dreade…
De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a 50,000 word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas, his lover. Wilde wrote the letter between Januar…
Londra, anni Venti del Novecento. Beatrice Bernabò, detta Miss Bee, è una ventenne italiana che vive nella capitale inglese da qualche anno. Insieme alle sorelle, Beatrice si è trasferita al seguito d…
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits blossom in all…
Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young woman who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer Helen his friendship, but wh…
Silvye ha ventisette anni, una madre asfissiante e sogna solo una vita normale, con un lavoro normale. Ma la verità è che la sua vita è tutto meno che normale perché… è una truffatrice. Sì, una truffa…
