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The game of life and how to play it
The game of life and how to play it

by Florence Scovel Shinn

Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.

1925 97 ed.
A Doll's House
A Doll's House

by Henrik Ibsen

Hide the Christmas Tree carefully, Helen.

1889 255 ed.
R.U.R. and The insect play
R.U.R. and The insect play

by Karel Čapek, Josef Čapek

Central office of the factory of ROSSUM'S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS.

1920 147 ed.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

Enter Orsino Duke of Illyria, Curio, and other Lords.

1734 649 ed.
As You Like It
As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

Orlando. As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns, and, as thou sa...

1734 467 ed.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion

by George Bernard Shaw

London at 11.15 p.m. Torrents of heavy summer rain.

1912 142 ed.
The Tempest
The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

1.1 On board a ship carrying King Alonso of Naples and his entourage, a boatswain directs the crew to fight a great stor...

1611 804 ed.
Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]
Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]

by William Shakespeare

THIS play, indisputably one of the earliest complete productions of Shakespeare's mind, was first printed in the folio o...

1730 213 ed.
Just So Stories
Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling

IN THE sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes.

1922 245 ed.
Winter's Tale
Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

If you shall chance (Camillo) to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on-foot, you shall see ...

1735 494 ed.
Pippi Långstrump
Pippi Långstrump

by Astrid Lindgren

Way out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown garden, and in the garden was an old house.

1945 116 ed.
Hamlet
Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

[Enter two Sentinels first, Francisco, who paces up and down at his post; then Bernardo, who approaches him.]

1603 2377 ed.
Salomé
Salomé

by Oscar Wilde

SCENE -A great terrace in the Palace of Herod, set above the banqueting-hall.

1893 174 ed.
Little Women
Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

"CHRISTMAS won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

1848 1888 ed.
The Crucible
The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

In 1692 nineteen men and women and two dogs were convicted and hanged for witchcraft in a small village in eastern Massa...

1953 83 ed.
King Henry V
King Henry V

by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare wrote the draft of Henry V that became the First Folio text in the early summer of 1599.

1600 631 ed.
The Hollow
The Hollow

by Agatha Christie

AT 6:13 A.M. on a Friday morning Lucy Angkatell's big blue eyes opened upon another day, and as always, she was at once ...

1946 107 ed.
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

In Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare dramatizes a major event in world history, the founding of the Roman Empire around ...

1734 949 ed.