Who was Gerard Manley Hopkins and why should we read him?

"The Betrothed" (I Promessi Sposi) by Alessandro Manzoni, could be acclaimed as the greatest ever novel.

"You needn't be so stubborn, sir," says the officer. "We're not asking you to adore Decius. 

No matter how far from the light we think we are, we should hold fast to the certainty that God will never abandon us.

Jane Austen is a giantess among giants, towering above the greatest writers of her own sex and indeed of both sexes.

Whereas sense and sensibility can be separated, with disastrous consequences, pride and prejudice are always inseparable, the former always resulting in the latter. 

On St. George's Day 1616, Miguel de Cervantes breathed his last, on exactly the same day as the death of William Shakespeare.

New film tells the story of ‘The Most Reluctant Convert.’

On discovering what ails Shakespeare's king.

As with the climax of all good comedies, even those masquerading as tragedies, all's well that ends well.