Etiqueta: Jose Luis Piquero

In this collection of short stories by Wilkie Collins, the title story relates the terrifying adventure of a British student in Paris who falls victim to an original and demonic criminal conspiracy. The Cauldron of Oil takes place in a small French village and exposes the dark and brutal side of the idyllic everyday, while […]

Through brilliant paragraphs, Erskine Caldwell refines language to the extreme in order to produce a hopeless picture of the search for happiness, achieving a masterpiece that explores new modes of expression and means of narration. Halfway between a novel and poetic prose, as tender as it is overwhelming, this story chronicles the wanderings of the […]

Showcasing the talent of one of the greatest novelists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this collection gathers five of Edith Wharton’s short stories. Jealous husbands, spinsters who have wasted away their lives, and bored ladies infatuated with money and aspirations populate these stories that range from moral drama to satire. Though she […]

One of Mark Twain’s lesser-known comedic novels, this farcical story employs Twain’s narrative genius and gift of parody while also giving voice to some of his fervent social protests. When young Berkeley, the firstborn son of the Count of Rossmore, discovers that his family stole their title, estate, and fortune generations ago, he travels to […]