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Biographia Literaria

Biographia Literaria

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Biographia Literaria is a prose work written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an English poet and founder of the Romantic Movement in England. Among his many poetic works, notable are The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan and Biographia Literaria. Biographia Literaria was intended to be written by the author as a preface to his poems to justify..

The Metamorphoses of Ovid

The Metamorphoses of Ovid

by Ovid

The Metamorphoses of Ovid is a poem in narrative style written by Publius Ovidius Naso, a Roman poet known to the English world as Ovid who has been compared the caliber of Virgil and Horace. Apart from his magnum opus The Metamorphoses, he has been attributed to many poetic works including The Heroines, The Loves, Women's Facial Cosmetics, The ..

The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems

The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems

by Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock is a narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, an English poet remembered for his satirical verse. Apart from translating Homer’s works, his notable writings include Pastorals, Windsor Forest and Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady. This poem is based on a real minor incident which is narrated in satirical verse. Beli..

Plays of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Plays of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This book is a collection of most famous Plays of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, a Russian dramatist and a Physician by academics remembered as one of the greatest short story writers. This collection contains his two of his full length plays The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard and six one act plays including On The High Road, The Proposal, The W..

She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer

by Oliver Goldsmith

She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy written by Oliver Goldsmith, an Irish Author remembered for his novels, plays and poems such as The Deserted Village, The Good-Natur'd Man and The Vicar of Wakefield. Mr. Hardcastle, a wealthy countryman wanted to his daughter to get married with Charles Marlow, son of Sir Charles Marlow, belongs to another weal..

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

by Omar Khayyam

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is selection of poems written by Omar Khayyam, a Persian poet and Mathematician of medieval period. Remembered for his multifaceted contributions as mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher he is attributed to the most important treatises on algebra of pre modern times. While his philosophical works did not receive th..

The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems

The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems

by Francesco Petrarca

The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems are a collection of literary works of Francesco Petrarca, an Italian poet remembered as the humanist and the first to develop “Dark Ages” concept. He is often called as the “Father of Humanism”. His notable works of Poetry, essays and letters include Canzoniere ("Songbook"), Secretum ("My Secret Book"), De ..

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Uncle Vanya is a play written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, a Russian Dramatist remembered for his short stories and plays including The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters. Professor Serebryakov visits his rural estate accompanied by his second wife Yelena, a beautiful and much younger than him. Their rural estate is managed by his daug..