Some people want to be rich, some want to be happy, but most want to be both.

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest novel, The Great

Gatsby is a consummate summary of the roaring twenties, extravagance and a

flamboyant demonstration of the Jazz Age which is a phrase that was coined by

the author. F. Scott Fitzgerald decribes the life of those that are rich and

enjoy life on the background of those that are happy but want to be rich to do

the same. Through the narrati...

"Ulysses" by James Joyce is a novel that follows the events of a single day, June 16th, 1904, in the lives of three main characters: Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, and Molly Bloom. The story takes place in Dublin, Ireland, and is divided into 18 chapters, each with its own unique style and structure.

The novel explores various themes, including identity, mortality, and the search for meaning in life. Joyce uses stream-of-consciousness narrative techniques and a variety of literary styles to ...

"Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" is a novel written by Edwin A. Abbott in 1884. The story is set in a two-dimensional world called Flatland, where the inhabitants, geometrical shapes, are restricted to movement within two dimensions. The book satirizes Victorian society and explores the limitations of perception and understanding.

The protagonist, a square, discovers the existence of a one-dimensional world called Lineland and a three-dimensional world called Spaceland. He struggles t...

Tramps.

How can it come to this with anyone anyway?

Usually it originates with bad luck. When there is no one to help you and you panic, bad luck stacks bad luck and you lose everything. Addicts, old people who can no longer keep up with the times, single people who are evicted because of debts. There are also children among them.

Isolated fringe figures, of whom we sometimes catch a glimpse in a

corner of the eye. Because invisibility is a survival strategy.

Sometimes something happens...

'The cold was exhausting Firmin. He looked around for another shelter. A woman in a nearby house saw him shuffling past. She was so flooded with compassion that the frost ferns covering her window panes melted instantly. She handed Firmin a bowl of hot broth and hurried back inside. Tears rolled down his cheeks and dripped into the fatty broth.'

What calamity caused Firmin to scour the streets of Veurne in search of shelter? Was it his own fault? And how did he react when he was suddenly ...