The complete online text of Two Years Ago, Volume I by Charles Kingsley.

The English author and clergyman Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) became the ideal of "Muscular Christianity" through his books and active, many-faceted life. The son of a country parson, Charles Kingsley was born on June 12, 1819. After attending several sc...

Charles Kingsley is one of those prolific second-rank Victorian writers whose works have in recent years been undergoing marked reappraisal. Kingsley himself is a fascinating, because representative, Victorian figure with wide-ranging interests in religi...

The Reverend Charles Kingsley, writer of poetry; novels; historical works; sermons; religious tracts; scientific treatises; and political, social, and literary criticism, was one of the Victorian age's most prolific authors. His was by no means the stere...

Dear Ann: Two years ago, I started dating "Howard," whom I have known for 30 years. I am divorced, and Howard is separated. The reason he isn't divorced yet is because he needs to be on his wife's health insurance. He was diagnosed...

Serbian author Milorad Pavic discusses his life as a writer, the relationship between fear and creativity, the Serbian nation, God, dreams, talent, Homer, and other topics. Milorad means beloved in his language. Milorad Pavic is unknown to many of you. He is a...