Literature (186 pages found in this category)


Humpty Dumpty

One of the best-known English nursery rhymes, about an egg, and almost certainly intended as a riddle.

In the Abyss

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in the August 1896 edition of Pearson’s Magazine. It tells of a descent to the deep ocean bed and an encounter with a previously unknown undersea civilisation.

In the Avu Observatory

Short story by H. G. Wells, about an attack by a large bat-like creature on an assistant at an observatory in Borneo.

In the Modern Vein

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894, about a minor poet's infatuation with a girl he meets at a tennis party.

Incidental Thoughts on a Bald Head

Essay by H. G. Wells first published in 1895, about the replacement of natural losses such as hair and teeth with artificial substitutes.

Jane Taylor

English children's author (1783–1824), whose best known work is "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".

Jean Adam

Jean Adam (30 April 1704 – 3 April 1765) was a Scottish poet whose best-known work is “There’s Nae Luck Aboot The Hoose”.

Jimmy Goggles the God

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1898, about a treasure hunter who because of his diving suit is mistaken for a god.

Joan and Peter

Novel by H. G Wells published in 1918, about the education and adolescence of Joan and Peter, two samples of their generation, an excerpt of which was published under the title "Peter Learns Arithmetic" in 1958.

John Collier (caricaturist)

English caricaturist and satirical poet (1708–1786).