A reader's journey through time, cultures and genre moods
Reading
This section explores the readers' journey and their reading experience, covering aspects ranging from solitary reading to book clubs, reading challenges, and useful tips.
For Saint Valentine's Day, I wanted to interview classic authors about what love is and how it makes us feel. Read this fictional conversation to find out.
Laura and her English father live in a remote castle in the countryside in Styria. One day, a carriage accident in front of the castle provides her with a companion.
Richard is accepted in a very selective class at a Vermont college. His recollections of this period reveal that he and his friends have a secret: they murdered one of their own. But it is just the tip of the iceberg.
James Dixon, “Jim”, tries to keep his job as a history lecturer at a university. But how will he manage when his pranks and efforts always seem to backfire?
William Stoner is a student at an agricultural college. During an English literature course, he is so struck by this new world of knowledge that he changes his studies to become an academic.
17-year-old Jerusha Abbott is living in an orphanage, when an anonymous benefactor decides to pay for her education and send her to college. She then takes the train to a new life full of promise and exciting discoveries.
When Horatio Leavenworth gets shot in his library, Mr Raymond, a lawyer, is asked to look after the interests of Mr Leavenworth's nieces, Mary and Eleonore. But smitten with one of the nieces, he struggles to remain objective.
Mortimer, a close friend of the late Charles Baskerville, who died in mysterious circumstances, pays a visit to Sherlock Holmes to tell him about the curse plaguing the Baskerville family.