10-04-2026, 10:03
Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, published in 1915, is a haunting cornerstone of modernist literature and one of the most influential works of the 20th century. The story famously begins with Gregor
10-04-2026, 09:29
William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, published in 1929, is a cornerstone of American modernism and a foundational work of Southern Gothic literature. Set in fictional Yoknapatawpha County,
10-04-2026, 09:29
Albert Camus’s The Plague, published in 1947, is a profound philosophical novel and a cornerstone of existentialist literature. Set in the Algerian city of Oran as it is ravaged by a deadly
10-04-2026, 09:28
Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, published in 1929, is a seminal work of the "Lost Generation" and one of the most poignant anti-war novels ever written. Drawing on his own
10-04-2026, 09:19
Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, published in 1940, is a hauntingly beautiful and deeply empathetic masterpiece of Southern Gothic literature. Set in a small, sweltering mill town in
10-04-2026, 09:18
Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, published in 1856, is a cornerstone of literary realism and a devastatingly beautiful study of romantic disillusionment. The novel follows Emma Bovary, the wife of
10-04-2026, 09:16
Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d'Urbervilles, published in 1891, is a monumental work of late Victorian literature and a devastating critique of the social and moral hypocrisies of its time. The
10-04-2026, 09:13
Lope de Vega’s The Dog in the Manger, written around 1613, is one of the most brilliant examples of the Spanish "Comedia Nueva" and a definitive masterpiece of Golden Age theater. The play
10-04-2026, 09:11
Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, published in 1980, is a brilliant historical mystery and a masterpiece of postmodern literary theory. Set in a remote Benedictine abbey in 1327, the novel follows
