The Army Ensign by Aleksandr I. Kuprin

In this episode of Public Domain Stories, we explore Oscar Wilde’s sole novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a quintessential work of Victorian Gothic horror and decadent literature. We trace the tragic...

4 Mar 34min

In this episode of "Public Domain Stories," we explore Louisa May Alcott’s perennially beloved 1868 masterpiece, Little Women. Set in Concord, Massachusetts, during the American Civil War, the novel f...

4 Mar 42min

In this episode of Public Domain Stories, we explore Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic landmark, Dracula. We delve into the novel’s innovative epistolary structure, which uses a "mosaic of personal accounts" ...

4 Mar 42min

This episode of "Public Domain Stories" explores Charlotte Brontë's 1847 masterpiece, Jane Eyre, a novel that revolutionized fiction through its intimate focus on the private consciousness and spiritu...

4 Mar 38min

In this episode of Public Domain Stories, we explore Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, the "prose epic" that shattered conventional literary standards to examine the intersection of private lives and histo...

4 Mar 40min

In this episode of Public Domain Stories, we explore Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1866 psychological masterpiece, Crime and Punishment. Set in the squalid slums of 19th-century St. Petersburg, the story follow...

4 Mar 37min

In this episode, we explore the extraordinary lives and pioneering works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, who emerged from the isolated village of Haworth to redefine the English novel. We take a...

3 Mar 40min

This episode explores the enduring legacy and modern transformation of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, a 2,500-year-old military treatise that remains a cornerstone of strategic thought. We dive into the my...

3 Mar 43min