Michael Holland Stories

by Carl B. Yoke

Moralia

by Plutarch

PLUTARCH'S knowledge of Egyptology was not profound.

Naturalis historia

by Pliny the Elder

Inferno

by Dante Alighieri

Midway in his allotted threescore years and ten, Dante comes to himself with a start and realizes that he has strayed fr...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

YOU DON'T know about me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but that ain't no m...

Le Morte d'Arthur

by Thomas Malory

KING VORTIGERN the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messen...

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

Enter Leonato Gouernour of Messina, Innogen his wife, Hero his daughter, and Beatrice his Neece, with a messenger.

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...

Aeneis

by Publius Vergilius Maro

I sing of arms and of the man, fated to be an exile, who long since left the land of Troy and came to Italy to the shore...

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is a lively, vigorous and much-adapted play.

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

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

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

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

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 ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, with swords and bucklers.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass

by Lewis Carroll

The book in your hands is the most accessible of all literary masterpieces, and one of the strangest.

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches.

Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

From fairest creatures we desire increase.

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

Antonio. In sooth I know not why I am so sad.

Richard III

by William Shakespeare

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