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The Tragedy of King Lear
by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of King Lear is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare, one of the greatest English playwrights who penned the most performed plays of the world such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and The Tempest and Othello. The Tragedy of King Lear narrates the disastrous end of King Lear and her daughters, caused by the King’s failur..
The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire
by James HunekerThe Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire is a selective collection poems of written by Charles Baudelaire, a French poet whose proses had great impact on writings of Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud and Stéphane Mallarmé. Apart from his masterpiece The Flowers of Evil, his notable works include Mirror of Art, The Essence of Laughter, The ..
Phaedra
by Jean RacinePhaedra is a tragic play originally written by Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca and this alexandrine verse is written by French dramatist Jean Racine. Phaedra narrates the unnatural desires of love and romance in the ancient Athens kingdom. King Theseus of Athens has not returned from his search to capture Persephone from the underworld. ..
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
by Andrew LangThe Arabian Nights Entertainments is a collection of popular fairy tales, though not limited to Persian stories, has been compiled by the Scottish writer Andrew Lang, who is remembered for his anthropological works. His notable writings of novels, poems, and fairy tales include Andrew Lang's Fairy Books comprises a series of fairy books such as ..
Grimm's Fairy Stories
by Brothers GrimmGrimm's Fairy Stories is a collection of most popular fairy stories written by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, the German scholars and the best known story tellers who are credited for some of the most popular tales such as Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Snow White and Rumpelstiltskin. This collection contains more than 50 popular with illustrative..
Tales of Old Japan
by Baron Algernon BertramTales of Old Japan is a collection of anthology works written by Baron Algernon Bertram, a British writer and diplomat better known by his popular name A.B. Mitford. His notable works include The Bamboo Garden, The Attaché at Peking, The Garter Mission to Japan, and Memoirs. His years of service at Japan as a diplomat and visits to the country a..
Stories of the Days of King Arthur
by Charles Henry HansonStories of the Days of King Arthur is a collection of Arthurian tales compiled for the young readers by Charles Henry Hanson, an English historian whose other writings include The Land of Greece, and Homer's Stories. The author mentions in the introductory note that this book is an extract of the many authors’ writings about the legend of King A..
The Lady With The Dog and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich ChekhovThe Lady With The Dog and Other Stories is a short story written by the Russian dramatist Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Dmitri Gurov, a banker hails from Moscow is visiting Yalta for a vacation. He is married and live with three children, however unfaithful to his wife. During his vacationing he encounters with a woman named Anna Sergeyevna, who also..