The story takes the form of a parable, and it concerns a king who wants to find the answers to what he considers the three most important questions in life. When is the best time to do each thing? Who…
When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-sur-Mer to meet their client Paul Renauld, they learn from the police that he has been found that morn…
لم أرَ من قبل خوف وجوه أهل زيكولا مثلما كنت أراه في تلك اللحظات أسفل أنوار المشاعل، زيكولا القوية التي تباهي أهلها دومًا بقوتها، باتوا عند أول اختبار حقيقي وجوهًا ذابلة مصدومة تخشى لحظاتها القادمة، أر…
Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) left his mark as a playwright, novelist, and writer of short stories. Gogol's works remain popular wi…
The last book published during Kafka's lifetime, A Hunger Artist (1924) explores many of the themes that were close to him: spiritual poverty, asceticism, futility, and the alienation of the modern ar…
