Japan's modernist master explores family, art and the fear of madness in exquisite autobiographical pieces and a short story.
A parable of a Russian peasant's bargain with the devil - considered by James Joyce to be the world's greatest story
Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society.
The great Firs World War poet portrays first-hand the horror, devastation and futility of the trenches.
James's troubling late-Victorian myself of an unsolved literary riddle and sudden death has inspired endless speculation.
From the great writer of turn-of-the-century New York, two devastating portraits of lonely widowhood and an unconventional marriage.
Originally written in code, Pepy's diary includes his unforgettable eyewitness account of the 1666 fire
Flaubert's most famous short work meditates on the unexamined, futile life of a servant and her beloved parrot.
Based on a St. Petersburg news report, Dostoyevsky's searing tale of a man who drives his wife to suicide.