A dictionary of the English language

by Samuel Johnson

Les Trois Mousquetaires

by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet

Le pre­mier lun­di du mois d’avril 1625, le bourg de Meung, où na­quit l’au­teur du Ro­man de la Rose, sem­blait être da...

Bible

by Bible

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

Ἰλιάς

by Όμηρος

AN ANGRY MAN-THERE IS MY STORY: THE BITTER RANcour of Achilles, prince of the house of Peleus, which brought a thousand ...

The science of getting rich, or, financial success through c...

by Wallace D. Wattles, Ruth L Miller

WHATEVER may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or success...

Utopia

by Thomas More

UPON a time when tidings came to the City of Corinth that King Philip, father to Alexander surnamed the Great, was comin...

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 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...

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

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

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

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

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

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

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

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

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

In sooth I know not why I am so sad.

Don Quijote de la Mancha

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"THIS is the story that Miguel de Cervantes, Spaniard, published in 1605, which the world has been reading again and aga...

Othello

by William Shakespeare

ROD:Tush, never tell me!

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour

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...

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 ...

Richard III

by William Shakespeare

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

The complete poetical works

by Robert Burns

MY loved, my honoured, much respected friend!