It was Hans Christian Andersen who brought us the story of “The Little Mermaid,” “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and other classic folk and fairy tales, legends
Category: Literature
“The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky is one of Western civilization’s greatest literary treasures. The power of Dostoevsky is testified by the fact that so many other
The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The Beautiful and Damned” was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s second major novel, in which he explored the angst of a handful of Americans
“The Sorrows of Young Werther” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The Sorrows of Young Werther” is the brooding tale of a young man in love with a woman who cannot, or will not, love him back. To this day, this is probably Goethe’s best known work. Originally written in German, this edition was translated into the English by Bayard Taylor, and updated for contemporary readers by Benjamin Strycker.