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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.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

WHETHER I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these page...

1800 846 ed.
Macbeth
Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

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

1508 1866 ed.
Hamlet
Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

Barnardo. Who's there?

1603 2377 ed.
Ab urbe condita
Ab urbe condita

by Titus Livius

The above-described events took place in the winter.

1481 558 ed.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Enter Sampson and Gregory, with Swords and Bucklers, of the House of Capulet.

1597 985 ed.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice, like most of Shakespeare's comedies, is about love and marriage.

1600 818 ed.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe

by Sir Walter Scott

In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large fo...

1800 480 ed.
Sonnets
Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

From fairest creatures we desire increase.

1609 646 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.
Bible
Bible

by Bible

Genesis appropriately stands as the first book of the OT and serves as an essential introduction to the whole Bible.

1200 6084 ed.
Ἰλιάς
Ἰλιάς

by Όμηρος

SING, MUSE, OF ACHILLES'S WRATH, WHICH BROUGHT SORROW AND DEATH TO THE ACHAEAN CAMP.

1505 1084 ed.
John Donne Poetry
John Donne Poetry

by John Donne, John Booty

Away thou fondling motley humourist,

1633 105 ed.
Ὀδύσσεια
Ὀδύσσεια

by Όμηρος

Tell me about a complicated man.

1488 1063 ed.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

LEONATO: I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Messina.

1600 401 ed.
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Les Trois Mousquetaires

by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet

On the first Monday of the month of April, 1626, the market-town of Meung, in which the author of the "Romance of the ro...

1844 1104 ed.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

1801.1 HAVE JUST returned from a visit to my landlordthe solitary neighbour that 1 shall be troubled with.

1846 2886 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.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

We were in class when the head-master came in, followed by a "new fellow," not wearing the school uniform, and a school ...

1856 1557 ed.
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

MY FATHER HAD a small estate in Nottinghamshire, 1 was the third of five sons.

1726 1810 ed.