Rover Vol. 01 No. 06, The by Seba Smith (1792 - 1868) and Lawrence Labree 17. April 2021

"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound compilation. This […]

Short Stories (All the Year Round, 1859-1863) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 - 1865) 17. April 2021

In 1859 Charles Dickens incorporated Household Worlds into a new weekly journal, All the Year Round, for which Elizabeth Gaskell remained a prolific contributor until 1863. Her contributions included a serialised novel, A Dark Night's Work, and the shorter pieces in this collection. Among these, Lois the Witch is one of Gaskell's strongest works - […]

Doll's House, A by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) 16. April 2021

Published in 1879, this play was a bombshell, exposing the tragic hypocrisy of Victorian like middle class marriage. The play is significant for the way it deals with the fate of a married woman, who at the time in Norway lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world. - A wife was almost literally […]

Gospel of Wealth, The by Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) 16. April 2021

What is the proper mode of administering great wealth? It is to address this question that steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie's famous essay "Wealth", or more commonly known as "The Gospel of Wealth" was written (in 1889). His answer – Philanthropy. Not just any philanthropy, but specifically, projects funded and overseen during the life of the […]

Grimms' Fairy Tales (Version 3) by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785 - 1863) 16. April 2021

Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales, is a German collection of fairy tales or folk lore by the Grimm brothers or "Brothers Grimm", Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. - Summary by Cliff Stone