The Alchemist, 1612

by Ben Jonson

BEleeu't I will.

Psychopathia sexualis

by Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Krafft/

Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

From the fairest creatures we desire increase,

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers

by Jules Verne

THE YEAR 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one ...

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens, Groth

MARLEY WAS DEAD, to begin with.

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Enter Sampson and Gregory, with swords and bucklers, of the house of Capulet.

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 ...

Essais

by Montaigne, Michel de

Ἰλιάς

by Όμηρος

1-7 Poem: invocation of the Muse and statement of the poet's theme - Akhilleus' wrath and its disastrous consequences

De rerum natura

by Titus Lucretius Carus

Mother of Romans, delight of gods and men,

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer, John E. Cunningham

Whan that April with his showres soote

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

KENT I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

by Hans Christian Andersen

In one of Hans Christian Andersen's last tales, the search is on for "the most incredible thing."

Ὀδύσσεια

by Όμηρος

THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN, ONE WHO WAS NEVER AT A loss.

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

πολιτεία

by Πλάτων

I went down to the Piraeus yesterday with Glaucon the son of Ariston, to offer a prayer to the goddess.

Study Guide

by SuperSummary

Le roman du masque de fer

by Alexandre Dumas

SINCE ARAMIS' SINGULAR TRANSFORMATION INTO A CONfessor of the order, Baisemeaux was no longer the same man.

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

One minute it was Ohio winter, with doors closed, windows locked, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roo...

Les Trois Mousquetaires

by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet

On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the market town of Meung, in which the author of Romance of the Rose wa...