Blue trousers: Being the fourth part of 'The tale of Genji'

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Herman Melville

The novel is a sprawling sea‑faring adventure that folds whaling lore, psychological tension, and biblical…

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

This volume is a psychological detective story set in nineteenth‑century Saint Petersburg, where the…

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

The work is a Victorian‑era blend of science‑fiction and horror, set in a fog‑shrouded London where a lawyer…

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The novel is a psychological study set among the affluent circles of Long Island, exploring first loves,…

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

The novel opens as a framed narrative, with the newcomer Mr.

Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis is a work of psychological fiction that begins with a startling, almost clinical description of…