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  White Nights

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, published in 1848, early in the writer’s career. The story tells about unfortunate young man who is lonely and shy. He strolls the streets of 1840s Saint Petersburg contemplating his solitude when he happens upon a young woman in tears.While escorting her home, the two have a conversation and soon become friends. The young man has never had a romantic connection with a woman until he meets her. In that short time span, he discovers emotions that he has never felt.This relationship lasts four nights and Fyodor Dostoyevsky tries to ask: Is temporary love possible? Also he explores the complex dynamics between people and the pain of the human condition.

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  The Criminal From Lost Honour

  Frederick Schiller

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  Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller was born on 10th November 1759, in Marbach, Württemberg, the sole son of six children, into a very religious family. 
   
  During his childhood his father was away, engaged in the Seven Years War and contact was sporadic until with the War’s end in 1763. His father became a recruiting officer and the family moved to Lorch. 
   
  It was here that Schiller received his early education, the quality of which was poor, not helped by the child’s frequent truancy.  His parents sought a clerical career for him and a local priest was engaged to teach him Latin and Greek. As a boy, Schiller was excited by the idea of becoming a cleric and often wore black robes and pretended to preach. 
   
  In 1766, the family left Lorch. Schiller's father had not been paid for three years, and the family’s savings were depleted, so his father Kaspar, joined the garrison in Ludwigsburg for the Duke of Württemberg. 
   
  There the boy Schiller came to the attention of the Duke. He entered the elite military academy, the Karlsschule Stuttgart, in 1773, and eventually studied medicine, which led him to frequently attempt cures for his various illnesses. 
   
  At the academy, he wrote his first play, ‘The Robbers’, which dramatizes the conflict between two aristocratic brothers. The play's themes of social corruption and proto-revolutionary republican ideals astounded its original audience. Schiller became an overnight sensation.  
   
  In 1780, he obtained a post as regimental doctor in Stuttgart. In order to attend the first performance of ‘The Robbers’ in Mannheim, Schiller left his regiment without permission. As a result, he was arrested, sentenced to 14 days imprisonment, and forbidden from publishing any further works. 
   
  He fled Stuttgart in 1782, going via Frankfurt, Mannheim, Leipzig, and Dresden to Weimar. Along this journey he had an affair with an army officer's wife, Charlotte von Kalb. She was at the centre of an intellectual circle and known for her cleverness and instability.  
   
  Schiller settled in Weimar in 1787. Two years later he was appointed professor of History and Philosophy in Jena, where he wrote only historical works. 
   
  On 22nd February 1790, he married Charlotte von Lengefeld who bore him two sons and two daughters. 
   
  Schiller returned with his family to Weimar from Jena in 1799. There Johann Wolfgang von Goethe convinced him to return to playwriting and together they founded the Weimar Theater, which led to a renaissance of drama now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which they challenged opponents of their philosophical vision. 
   
  For his achievements, Schiller was ennobled in 1802 by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, adding the nobiliary particle ‘von’ to his name.  
   
  Schiller died on 9th May 1805, at age 45, from tuberculosis, at Weimar. 
   
   
   
  Although primarily admired for his plays Schiller also wrote histories, poetry and some notable translations.   
   
  In his short story ‘The Criminal from Lost Honour’ the layers of a man’s life are examined as perhaps only Schiller and his literary genius can.

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  Creepiness - H P Lovecraft

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Creepiness - H. P. Lovecraft  
   
  Lovecraft Short Stories 
   
  H.P. Lovecraft, also known as Howard Phillips Lovecraft, was an American writer who excelled in horror, fantasy, poetry, and science fiction, particularly in the subgenre of weird fiction. He is widely considered as the leading authority on frightening, eerie, and unsettling stories. This list features seven tales by Lovecraft, showcasing his writing prowess across his entire career - from works written when he was a young teenager to others that were only published posthumously. These stories are unique in their own way, but all stem from the same imaginative mind that gave us the "Cult of Cthulhu" and other memorable, strange works that have captivated generations with their ability to tap into our innermost fears. Some of these tales delve into the depths of the human psyche, while others delve into the depths of human depravity and terror. 
   
  Track List 
   
      1) The Beast in the Cave		 
   
  	2) The White Ship		 
   
  	3) Nyarlathotep		 
   
  	4) The Alchemist		 
   
  	5) The Shunned House		 
   
  	6) Dagon		 
   
  	7) The Tomb

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  The Custom of the Country

  Edith Wharton

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  The Spraggs, a wealthy family of Midwesterners, are visiting New York City to marry off their beautiful daughter Undine. While Undine's beauty catches the attention of several high-society men, she finds it difficult to fit in with the old-money social circles that rule New York. When she finally marries Ralph Marvell, she embraces a life full of frivolities, which eventually leads to her tumultuous demise. Best known for inspiring the hit series Downton Abbey, this classic novel is a scathing critique of ambition featuring one of the most ruthless heroines in literature.

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  Salted with Fire

  George MacDonald

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  The Scottish literary master’s final full-length realistic novel—his prodigal son tour de force.  MacDonald’s 1897 novel, Salted with Fire, is replete with dense Scottish dialect and spiritual themes. The repentance (through fire) of young minister James Blatherwick, who recognizes the sham of his pretended spirituality, is reminiscent of Thomas Wingfold’s spiritual journey. It also embodies in fictional form one of MacDonald’s signature themes from his first volume of Unspoken Sermons, “The Consuming Fire.” Along with these themes, the return of one of MacDonald’s favorite character “types,” the humble Scottish peasant bard, in the person of cobbler John MacLear, establishes Salted with Fire as a work of lasting importance in the MacDonald corpus. It arguably offers a fitting climax to MacDonald’s life message. This new edition by MacDonald biographer Michael Phillips streamlines the occasionally ponderous Victorian narrative style and updates the thick Doric dialect into readable English.

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  Romance in Marseille

  Claude McKay

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  Published for the first time, the pioneering novel of physical disability, transatlantic travel, black modernism, 
  and one of the earliest overtly queer fictions in the African American tradition. 
   
  Romance in Marseille traces the adventures of a rowdy troupe of dockworkers, prostitutes, and political organizers— 
  collectively straight and queer, disabled and able-bodied, African, European, Caribbean, and American. Set largely 
  in the culture-blending Vieux Port of Marseille at the height of the Jazz Age, the novel takes flight along with Lafala, 
  an acutely disabled but abruptly wealthy West African sailor. While stowing away on a transatlantic ship, Lafala is 
  discovered and locked in a frigid closet. Badly frostbitten by the time the boat docks, the once-nimble dancer loses 
  both of his lower legs. Thanks to a successful lawsuit against the shipping line, Lafala doubles back to Marseille and 
  resumes his trans-African affair with Aslima, a Moroccan courtesan. With its scenes of black bodies fighting for 
  pleasure and liberty, McKay’s novel explores the heritage of slavery amid an unforgiving modern economy.

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