All Quiet on the Western Front is a thought-provoking work of fiction by Erich Maria Remarque. This novel is the testament of Paul Bäumer, a German boy convinced to enlist in the German Army and his subsequent experiences in World War I. After enlisting with the rest of his class, Paul learns t...

During 1848, shortly after the appearance of Jane Eyre, Victorians themselves believed that the Victorian novel was the genre least likely to survive into the next generation. A novel based only on the mores and customs of Victorian society would surely hold limited value today, except as a historic...

Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises gives readers a glimpse into the lives of a group of post-World War I American and British expatriates. Because they cannot find meaning or reason in their traumatic wartime experiences, these men and women (dubbed the "lost generation") have become jaded and...

Aphra Behn Through the history, certain individuals had had the courage to stand up to the ideologies of the time and set the stage for future changes. They were visionaries viewed by their times as rebels with no cause. One of those unique individuals was a woman named Aphra Behn. Due to the slow...