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Ὀδύσσεια
Ὀδύσσεια

by Όμηρος

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

1488 1063 ed.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses

by Ovid

The classics were the raw material of the English Renaissance; to write in the sixteenth century meant to engage in dial...

1479 491 ed.
Ἰλιάς
Ἰλιάς

by Όμηρος

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

1505 1084 ed.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

1949 534 ed.
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Don Quijote de la Mancha

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Num lugar da Mancha, de cujo nome não quero lembrar-me, não há muito tempo que vivia um fidalgo dos de lança em cabide, ...

1600 1594 ed.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses

by Lucius Apuleius, William Adlington

What I should like to do is to weave together different tales in this Milesian mode of story-telling and to stroke your ...

1500 432 ed.
Cyropaedia
Cyropaedia

by Xenophon

Xenophon's Education of Cyrus offers its own introduction, one that helps turn the reader's attention to the core issues...

1527 122 ed.
I promessi sposi
I promessi sposi

by Alessandro Manzoni

"ONE arm of Lake Como turns off to the south between two unbroken chains of mountains, which cut it up into a series of ...

1800 161 ed.
The Abhijñānaśākuntalam of Kālidāsa
The Abhijñānaśākuntalam of Kālidāsa

by Kālidāsa

WATER was the firft work of the Creator; and Fire receives the oblations ordained by law; the Sacrifice is performed wit...

1789 134 ed.
Fables
Fables

by Aesop, Joseph Jacobs

ONE hot, sultry day, a Wolf and a Lamb happened to come, just at the same time, to quench their thirst in the stream of ...

1489 109 ed.
The Terror
The Terror

by Arthur Machen

After two years we are turning once more to the morning's news with a sense of appetite and glad expectation.

1917 117 ed.
Pharsalia
Pharsalia

by Lucan

Of wars across Emathian plains, worse than civil wars, and of legality conferred on crime we sing, and of a mighty peopl...

1486 182 ed.
Lies In a Mirror
Lies In a Mirror

by Peter Charleton

Lies in a Mirror Chapter 1 The Dynamic of Evil There is a lie behind every crime. In order to cheat people of ...

2006 3 ed.