Word to the Wise

"But time is short, and science is infinite..."Thomas Hardy (2nd June 1840 - 11th January 1928), celebrated poet and writer, was born in a modest thatched cottage near Dorchester in the West country,...

"If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do."First published anonymously, Under the Greenwood Tree is a novel by the renowned English writer Thomas Hardy. The story's...

"It seemed...such nonsense inventing differences, when people, heaven knows, were different enough without that."Adeline Virginia Woolf ( 1882 - 28th March 1941) is one of Britain's leading literary...

William Somerset Maugham was born on 25 January 1874 and was to become a playwright and novelist of staggering talent. Losing both his parents at age 10, he was raised by a paternal uncle. Maugham...

William Somerset Maugham was born on 25 January 1874 and was to become a playwright and novelist of staggering talent. Losing both his parents at age 10, he was raised by a paternal uncle. Maugham...

William Somerset Maugham was born on 25 January 1874 and was to become a playwright and novelist of staggering talent. Losing both his parents at age 10, he was raised by a paternal uncle. Maugham...

William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is best described as Ireland's national poet in addition to being one of the major twentieth-century literary figures of the English tongue. To many literary...

William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is best described as Ireland's national poet in addition to being one of the major twentieth-century literary figures of the English tongue. To many literary...

"In one respect, me are all alike; they hate to see a woman in tears."The Evil Genius is Wilkie Collins's novel about marital complications, adultery, divorce and child-custody. Herbert Linley...

"Ask yourself if there is any explanation of the mystery of your own life and death."This is another Gothic tale by the author of the two seminal classics The Moonstone and The Woman in White. Wilkie...

"Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it."The Moonstone (1868) is Wilkie Collins's second masterpiece, the first being...

Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White.First serialized and then published as a book in 1860, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White represents a seminal classic of English fiction. It is classified by...

William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian. Morris began to publish poetry and short...

William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian. Morris began to publish poetry and short...