Literature

the house of usher Last document update:   ago

The plot of the romance (a fictional title invented by Poe himself, called 'Mad Trist') concerns a hero named Ethelred who enters the house of a hermit and slays a dragon. In a shocking development, Madeline breaks out of her coffin and enters the room, and Roderick confesses that he buried her alive.

the great gatsby Last document update:   ago

The Great Gatsby, Third novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925. Set in Jazz Age New York, it tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth.