The complete online text of The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy.

The English novelist and playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was one of the most popular writers of the early 20th century. His work explores the transitions and contrasts between pre- and post-World War I England. Born on Aug. 14, 1867, in Coombe, Su...

During the first decade of the twentieth century, John Galsworthy was widely regarded as one of England's leading writers. As a novelist and a playwright, he was commercially successful and critically esteemed. After World War I and until his death in 19...

During the first decade of the twentieth century, John Galsworthy was widely regarded as one of England's leading writers. As a novelist and a playwright, he was commercially successful and critically esteemed. After the First World War and until his dea...

NIP THE BUDS SHOOT THE KIDS By Kenzaburo Oe Translated from the Japanese, with an introduction, by Paul St. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama Marion Boyars, 189 pp., $22.95 Kenzaburo Oe, the 1994 Nobel laureate, wrote "Nip the Buds...

A magnolia in Minnesota is an improbability. Spring upon spring, its flowery audacity startles the landscape. Especially in the wake of such a bleak winter, such loveliness is mystifying. How strange to live at a latitude that leaps so quickly from bitter ice...