Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

1 WITCH When shall we three meet again

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

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

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...

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

In the judgement of G. Wilson Knight, Anthony and Cleopatra was 'probably the subtlest and greatest play in Shakespeare'...

The Alchemist, 1612

by Ben Jonson

BEleeu't I will.

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

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

Othello

by William Shakespeare

'Othello', in the words of Edward Pechter, 'has become the tragedy of choice for the present generation.'

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

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

Ὀδύσσεια

by Όμηρος

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

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

IT WAS THE BEST of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the...

The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan

IN MY JOURNEY through the wilderness of this world there came a time when I found myself caged up in a very dreary dunge...

Candide

by Voltaire

Chapitre I. Comment candide fut élevé dans un beau château, et comment il fut chassé d'icelui. Il y avait en Vestp...

Poems by John Keats

by John Keats

I stood tiptoe upon a little hill,

A dictionary of the English language

by Samuel Johnson

Book of common prayer

by Church of England, J. A. Maurault

Where at the Death of our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Sixth, there remained one uniform order of Common Service,...

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe, J. J. Grandville

I WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreig...

Essays

by Francis Bacon

1579 February. His father dies, and (in June) he returns to England.

Women in Love

by D. H. Lawrence

Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the large window-bay of their father's house in Beldover, working and talk...

Oresteia

by Aeschylus

Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

So shaken as we are, so wan with care, Find we a time for frighted peace to pant, And breath short-winded accents of new...