Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

There is an aura of unreality about the plays of Shakespeare, and students feel this, although they may not be able to e...

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...

All's Well That Ends Well

by William Shakespeare

Names: in adopting Helen rather than the usual Helena, I follow the preference revealed in the Folio text, in which Hele...

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...

Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

From the fairest creatures we desire increase,

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

1 WITCH When shall we three meet again

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Plays (36)

by William Shakespeare

Late in 1621 or early in 1622 two men brought to the son of a somewhat disreputable printer an idea that was to change t...

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

IN the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go throu...

The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]

by Arthur Conan Doyle

IN THE YEAR 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go throu...

The Ugly Duckling

by Hans Christian Andersen

It was a beautiful summer day.

Fairy Tales and Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen

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."

Les Contes de ma mère l'Oye

by Charles Perrault

ONCE UPON A TIME there lived a king and queen who were grieved, more grieved than words can tell, because they had no ch...

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

"I'll race you to the corner, Ellen!"

The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

texts read sith or apricocks or porpentine, we have not modernized to since, apricots, porcupine.

King Richard II

by William Shakespeare

Richard. Old John of Gaunt, time-honored Lancaster, Hast thou according to thy oath and band Brought hither Henry Herefo...

Thumbelina

by Hans Christian Andersen, Elsa Beskow

There once was a tiny little girl.

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure has been strikingly popular for more than thirty years, both on the stage and in the study, and ther...

Love's Labour's Lost

by William Shakespeare

The King of Navarre and his friends vow to devote themselves to study for three years-but Biron has doubts!