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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.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour

1600 1505 ed.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion

by George Bernard Shaw

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

1912 142 ed.
Sonnets
Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

From fairest creatures we desire increase.

1609 646 ed.
Othello
Othello

by William Shakespeare

ROD:Tush, never tell me!

1622 807 ed.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

1. When reading verse, note the appropriate phrasing and intonation.

1656 1226 ed.
King Lear
King Lear

by William Shakespeare

1.1 King Lear, intending to divide his power and kingdom among his three daughters, demands public professions of their ...

1608 1614 ed.
Macbeth
Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Macbeth was first produced at a time of radical theatrical change in England.

1508 1866 ed.
Richard III
Richard III

by William Shakespeare

1.1 Richard, alone onstage, reveals his intention to play the villain.

1597 759 ed.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

1813 133 ed.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment ...

1776 123 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.
La père Goriot
La père Goriot

by Honoré de Balzac

Madame Vauquer, formerly Mademoiselle de Confians, is now an old woman.

1800 439 ed.
Emma
Emma

by Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in the year before the American Declaration of Independence, and she died on ...

1815 2263 ed.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, with swords and bucklers.

1597 985 ed.
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)

by Jerome Klapka Jérôme

THERE were four of us - George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency.

1889 1134 ed.
Poetics
Poetics

by Aristotle

In this work, we propose to discuss the nature of the poetic art in general, and to treat of its different species in pa...

1536 252 ed.
La Poetica
La Poetica

by Aristotle

THE science which has to do with nature clearly concerns itself for the most part with bodies and magnitudes and their p...

1479 498 ed.
Tales from Shakespeare [20 tales]
Tales from Shakespeare [20 tales]

by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb

There was a certain island in the sea, the only inhabitants of which were an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his d...

1800 255 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.