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...

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

Žmonės, geižiantys įgyti valdovo palankumą, paprastai stengiasi jam įsiteikti tuo, ką turi brangiausia, arba tuo, ką, jų...

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Enter Sampson and Gregory, with swords and bucklers, of the house of Capulet.

Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

OVER the Western sea hither from Niphon come,

The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby

by Charles Kingsley

Once upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep, and his name was Tom.

Rime of the ancient mariner

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The text of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, in this newly annotated printing, is taken from the last edition of Colerid...

Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

ONE THING WAS certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it:- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

MY FATHER had a small estate in Nottinghamshire.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garde...

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."

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

1.1 Antonio, a Venetian merchant, has invested all his wealth in trading expeditions.

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

Kent. I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall.

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

I have just returned from a visit to my landlord-the solitary neighbor that I shall be troubled with.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

ALICE was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice s...

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley

YOU WILL REJOICE to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with...

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

DEPENDING ON WHO you listened to, it was either the best of times, or it was the worst of times.

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

E un adevăr de toți știut că un burlac înzestrat cu o avere frumușică trebuie să fie în căutarea unei soții.

Structure in nature is a strategy for design

by Peter Pearce

The Eagle has Landed

by Henry Patterson

Someone was digging a grave in one corner of the cemetery as I went in through the lychgate.

Twice-Told Tales

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

THERE was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones wh...