Literature Books

C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid: Arms and the Exile

C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid: Arms and the Exile

C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) is best remembered as a literary critic, essayist, theologian, and novelist, and his famed tales The Chronicles of NarniaThe Chronicles...

tags: literature, poetry, fiction, classics

The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning

The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning

by Francis Bacon

tags: philosophy, european literature, education, classics, science, nonfiction, literature, history, 17th century, british literature

The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons

The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons

John Donne (1572-1631) is perhaps the most important poet of the seventeenth century, and has often been referred to as the founder of the metaphysical genre....

tags: classic literature, literature, european literature, classics, religion, fiction, poetry, 17th century, british literature

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

One of Donne's most important and haunting works in prose, Devotions Upon Emergent OccasionsDevotions Upon Emergent Occasions was composed in less than a...

tags: philosophy, christianity, classics, religion, inspirational, nonfiction, literature, history, christian

A Jonathan Edwards Reader

A Jonathan Edwards Reader

by Jonathan Edwards

Prepared by editors of the distinguished series The Works of Jonathan EdwardsThe Works of Jonathan Edwards, this authoritative anthology includes selected...

tags: theology, 18th century, reference, philosophy, christianity, church, religion, church history, nonfiction, literature, history, christian

The Landlady's Master

The Landlady's Master

by George MacDonald

This book portrays a fascinating triangle of relationships between three friends as they approach adulthood.

tags: historical, historical fiction, classics, fiction, literature, christian fiction, christian

Stavrogin's Confession & the Plan of the Life of a Great Sinner

Stavrogin's Confession & the Plan of the Life of a Great Sinner

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

A translation of Dostoyevsky's three unpublished chapters from his novel "The Possessed", with additional notes and material.

tags: classics, literature, russian literature, fiction

To My Husband and Other Poems

To My Husband and Other Poems

by Anne Bradstreet

The daughter of one colonial governor and the wife of another, Anne Dudley Bradstreet (1612–72) was also a skilled and accomplished writer, whose collection of...

tags: american, poetry, classics, literature, 17th century, christian

The Minister's Restoration

The Minister's Restoration

by George MacDonald

The story of a young minister who ultimately must face the reality of the sin he has committed.

tags: historical, 19th century, christian, classics, scotland, fiction, literature, adult fiction, christian fiction, cultural

The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard

The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard

by Soren Kierkegaard

The Danish philosopher Kierkegaard is one of the master thinkers of the modern age, a defining influence on existentialism and on twentieth-century theology,...

tags: theology, danish, philosophy, european literature, classics, religion, nonfiction, literature, scandinavian literature, denmark, cultural

Hypatia

by Charles Kingsley

This remarkable work examines the life and times of Hypatia, child of God and illuminator of mankind. Set in the early 5th century AD, the events and...

tags: historical, 19th century, victorian, historical fiction, european literature, classics, novels, science, fiction, literature, mathematics, british literature

Of Empire

by Francis Bacon

The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin’s Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history’s most prodigious...

tags: english literature, writing, unfinished, politics, philosophy, european literature, essays, classics, nonfiction, literature, history, british literature

The Gentlewoman's Choice

The Gentlewoman's Choice

by George MacDonald

Hester Raymount was an angel of compassion to the needy. Would her own purity blind her to the deception around her? A vivid portrayal of the compassion of God.

tags: historical, historical fiction, classics, fiction, literature, christian fiction, christian

Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

* illustrated with many images related to Dostoyevsky's work, life and places* includes rare translations of short stories available nowhere else* the...

tags: historical, novels, cultural, short stories, literary fiction, classics, literature, russia, historical fiction, fiction

The Vicar's Daughter

The Vicar's Daughter

by George MacDonald

Title: The Vicar's Daughter. An autobiographical story.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the...

tags: christian fiction, 19th century, literature, christian, fiction, classics

Papers and Journals

Papers and Journals

by Soren Kierkegaard

One of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century, Søren Kierkegaard (1814-55) often expressed himself through pseudonyms and disguises. Taken from his...

tags: theology, 19th century, philosophy, journal, classics, religion, biography, diary, nonfiction, literature, christian

The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis

The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis

by Alister McGrath

Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis' death, The Intellectual World of C. S. LewisThe Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister...

tags: theology, writing, christianity, essays, religion, biography, nonfiction, literature, history, criticism, literary criticism

Tales of the Long Bow

Tales of the Long Bow

by G.K. Chesterton

The journals of a club which called itself the Lunatic Asylum: a group of amiable eccentrics who spend their time trying to do the impossible. At first they...

tags: catholic, european literature, christianity, short stories, fiction, literature, british literature, mystery

Pink and White Tyranny: a Society Novel

Pink and White Tyranny: a Society Novel

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program.

tags: historical, american, historical fiction, classics, fiction, literature

Coelebs in Search of a Wife

Coelebs in Search of a Wife

In this, Hannah More’s only novel and an early nineteenth-century best-seller, More gives voice to a wealthy twenty-three-year-old bachelor, who styles himself...

tags: feminism, european literature, classics, fiction, literature, british literature

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