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William Somerset Maugham (1874 ? 1965) took his reading material quite seriously....

Guy de Maupassant, (1850 - 1893), a native of Normandy, wrote in a bold and vigorous style that moves inexorably along clear plot lines....

In A.D. 66, nationalist and religious revolutionaries in Palestine led a ferocious revolt of the Jewish people against the authority of mighty Rome....

Unquestionably, Herodotus has left mankind one of the world's greatest works of literature...

William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was born at the height of British Imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory...

This is the breathtaking adventure of the great Carthaginian general who shook the foundations of Rome...

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, (1860?1904), was born in Russia at Taganrog on the Sea of Azov. His name has become synonymous with a certain literary style much admired and widely copied since his death....

German short stories began in the late 18th century as brief, beautifully written moral fables....

Of all the crowned heads of Europe, there was none to match the dignity, grace, and magnificence of Louis XIV, the greatest king in French history....

Russian literature exudes an atmosphere of mysticism, which is said to be a natural result of the simplicity of her people....