The Masters’ Gallery introduces selected art works of famous artists and a brief explanation on the context of the work.
In the middle of Crime and Punishment Dovstojesky – otherwise sticking tight to his characters from beginning to end – takes a brisk leap back:…
One knows by comparison and sometimes, as in Blake, through contraries. It is evident in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience and less…
There is a photograph of my mother standing in front of the chain link fence around the Chevron Oil Plant in Richmond, several minutes before…
It happened first in the shower. Sasha stood, scrubbing her body, her mind occupied on the day, on when the man might be answering her…
Veronika usually woke a few minutes before the church bells rang. This day she had been up for hours, tossing and turning in her small…
Thomas Beresford fought under Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt. He settled in Fenny Bentley in Derbyshire with his wife Agnes, an heiress with…
I read your message in a Garda cafe, miles away from your German stopover. You were en route to fight some war, that lasted longer…
The way she says “you naughty man” when he brushes past her derrière all adds up. So he puts on “Say Wonderful Things To Me”…
Every month, The Reading Room showcases a short story, or excerpts of a book, from some of the greatest writers the world has ever seen.