Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad was a short story first published in 1899. The story follows Charles Marlow, a sailor who takes over from a trading company as captain of a ferry.
A short story by Anton Chekhov was first published in 1899 and describes an affair between a married woman and an unhappily married banker from Moscow.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is a Gothic novella published in 1886. The work is also known as Jekyll and Hyde.
The Turn of the Screw is a short novel by Henry James. This horror novel was published in 1898. The story begins on Christmas Eve when an unknown narrator begins the story according to a manuscript written by his sister's late governess.
Beowulf is a poem consisting of 3182 lines. Furthermore is one of the most frequently translated works written according to Germanic heroic legend.
