The Invisible Girl by Mary Shelley is a Gothic tale first published in The Keepsake for 1833. The story is set in Wales, and tells of a young woman named Rosina, who lives with her guardian, Sir Peter Vernon, and is secretly engaged to his son, Henry.
Quizlit’s Book of the Month February 2024 is So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan. Her latest collection of short fiction features a a triptych of stories about love, lust, betrayal, and the ever-intriguing interchanges between women and men.
My Friend by Kahlil Gibran is a parable published in 1918 and is taken from his book The Madman: His Parables and Poems. Kahlil Gibran is a distinguished Lebanese American writer, poet, and visual artist.
Abandoned by Guy De Maupassant describes a time when giving up a child for adoption meant forsaking his or her existence. A haunting short story of love, loss, and betrayal
If you love to laugh then you’re in luck, because we’ve selected 15 of the funniest books to read. Books guaranteed to make you laugh. This was fun! Enjoy!
Old Rambling House by Frank Herbert is a short story which first appeared in Galaxy magazine in 1958 and later in Herbert’s 1985 short story collection The Worlds of Frank Herbert.
As 2024 gets into gear, new books are being published thick and fast, this month we have our usual eclectic selection of exciting new releases including a new short story collection from our favorite Bora Chung. Enjoy our picks of 5 Wonderful New Books for February 2024.
Written when she was just 17, Napoleon and the Spectre by Charlotte Brontë was taken from her novella Green Dwarf in 1833. It was later republished in The Twelve Adventurers and other stories in 1925.
One Sitting Wonders, enjoy our selection of these wonderful short Books you can Read In a Day
The Shot by Aleksander Pushkin was published in 1831. It is the first story in Pushkin’s The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, a cycle of five short stories
