Fiction

Frankenstein: How Mary Shelley Gave the Modern World Its Most Human Monster

Born from a stormy summer, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein became more than a Gothic novel. It turned scientific ambition, loneliness, and…

The Tale of Genji: How a Thousand-Year-Old Novel Still Feels Modern

Written in Japan around the year 1000, Murasaki Shikibu’s courtly masterpiece turned private feeling, social pressure, and fleeting beauty into…