Notes of a Son and Brother - Henry JamesHenry James ( April 15 1843 February 28, 1916), younger brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James, was a British-American author of the late 19th and early 20th century, best known for novels and novellas based upon themes of morality.
Our Mr. Wrenn - Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis ( February 7, 1885 January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. Born Harry Sinclair Lewis in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, he began reading books at a young age and kept a diary. A dreamer, at age 13 he unsuccessfully ran away from
The Revolt of the Angels - Anatole FranceAnatole France ( April 16, 1844 October 12, 1924) was the pen name of French author Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault . He was born in Paris, France, and died in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. He was buried in the Ancient Cemetery of Neuilly, Hauts-de-Sei
Ruggles of Red GapRuggles of Red Gap is a 1914 play by Harry Leon Wilson, made into a movie several times, mostly famously in 1935. In the comedy Western film Lord Burnstead ( Roland Young) loses his butler Ruggles ( Charles Laughton) playing poker. Egbert and Effie Floud - Harry Leon Wilson
The Titan - Theodore DreiserCarl Van Vechten, 1933 Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser ( July 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American naturalist author known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, into a strict German-American family. The po
Vandover and the Brute - Frank NorrisBenjamin Franklin Norris ( March 5, 1870 October 25, 1902) was an American novelist during the Progressive Era, classifiable as a muckraker. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he studied painting in Paris for two years, attending the University of California, Ber
When William Came - SakiThe word saki also means: A genus of monkey: see Pitheciidae. Japanese wine made from rice. Saki ( December 18, 1870 November 14, 1916) was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro whose witty and outrageous stories satirized the Edwardian social scene in macabr
The World Set FreeThe World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. It is not very successful as a novel, but is very noteworthy for its depiction of fictional "atomic bombs" which eerily prefigure the development of real nuclear weapons. A constant theme in Wells' wor - H. G. Wells