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David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
WHETHER I SHALL TURN OUT TO BE THE HERO OF MY own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these page...
Plays (36)
by William Shakespeare
Late in 1621 or early in 1622 two men brought to the son of a somewhat disreputable printer an idea that was to change t...
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing and the Romantic Comedies Shakespeare's three great romantic comedies, so widely studied and perf...
Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
Two courtiers exchange compliments, speaking in an elegant, formal prose.
Othello
by William Shakespeare
'Othello', in the words of Edward Pechter, 'has become the tragedy of choice for the present generation.'
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
KENT I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall.
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Enter Sampson and Gregory, with swords and bucklers, of the house of Capulet.
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...
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
IN the eighteenth century Samuel Johnson declared, 'Of this play the fable is wild and pleasing'.
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 Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
ANY approach to understanding Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice inevitably includes a discussion of the vexed questio...
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...
Julius Caesar
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...
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
CHRISTMAS won't be Christmas without any pres- " grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
Diary
by Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys, the author of the Diary here presented to the reader was descended from the family of Pepys originally sea...