The York Play of the Crucifixion
By: Stephen Greenblatt , Unknown
3.70
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
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1. Antony and Cleopatra
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt, including not… read more
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"Melt Egypt into Nile!"-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
"Make death proud to take us."-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
"...make death proud to take us."-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
"Thou are the armourer of my heart—"-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
2. I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud
By: William Wordsworth
4.14
Format: 120 pages,
Introduce young children to the timeless poetry of William Wordsworth, whose traditional verse is a… read more
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"I wandered lonely as a cloud"-William Wordsworth, I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud
"Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way."-William Wordsworth, I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud
"For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils."-William Wordsworth, I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud
"I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils Beside the lake beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."-William Wordsworth, I Wander'd Lonely as a Cloud
3. Dr. Faustus
By: Christopher Marlowe
3.80
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more
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"Hell is just a frame of mind."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"Be silent then, for danger is in words."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
4. The Dead
By: James Joyce
3.99
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's story details a New Year's Eve … read more
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"Like distant music these words that he had written years before were borne towards him from the past."-James Joyce, The Dead
"Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"In one letter that he had written to her then he had said: 'Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"Escuchando esta noche los nombres de esos grandes cantantes del pasado me pareció, debo confesarlo, que vivimos en época menos espaciosa. Aquéllos se pueden llamar, sin exageración, días espaciosos:…"-James Joyce, The Dead
5. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
By: Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines
3.92
Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Presents the story of King Arthur, his knights of the Round Table, the sword Excalibur, and his tra… read more
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"Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross."-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place. And men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the the Holy Cr…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"...and then the threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and a hand above the water and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
6. The Works of William Wordsworth
By: William Wordsworth
4.16
Format: 906 pages, Paperback
William Wordsworth (1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was much influence… read more
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" She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden fr…"-William Wordsworth, The Works of William Wordsworth
"Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom But thee, deep buried in the silent tomb, That spot which no vicissitude can find? Love, faithful love, recalled t…"-William Wordsworth, The Works of William Wordsworth
" Lucy Gray Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray, And when I cross'd the Wild, I chanc'd to see at break of day The solitary Child. No Mate, no comrade Lucy knew; She dwelt on a wild Moor, The sweetest Thing …"-William Wordsworth, The Works of William Wordsworth
7. Lysistrata
By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden
3.87
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more
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"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
8. The York Play of the Crucifixion
By: Stephen Greenblatt , Unknown
3.70
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
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9. Rip Van Winkle
By: Washington Irving
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more
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10. The Miller's Prologue and Tale
By: Geoffrey Chaucer , James Winny
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
A well-established and respected series. Texts are in the original Middle English, and each has an … read more
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11. The Mysteries of Udolpho
By: Ann Radcliffe , Jacqueline Howard
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
With The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe raised the Gothic romance to a new level and inspired … read more
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12. The Faerie Queene, Book One
By: Edmund Spenser , Andrew Hadfield , None , None , None
3.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Framed in Spenser's distinctive, opulent stanza and in some of the trappings of epic, Book One of S… read more
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13. The Three Sisters
By: Anton Chekhov
3.06
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, The Three Sistersprobes the lives and dreams of … read more
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14. The Wife of Bath
By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Peter G. Beidler
4.23
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies … read more
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16. The Machine Stops
By: E.M. Forster
3.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial… read more
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17. Arcadia
By: Tom Stoppard
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Arcadiatakes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nat… read more
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18. A Modest Proposal
By: Jonathan Swift
4.06
Format: 663 pages, Paperback
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Thei… read more
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19. The Canterbury Tales
By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Nevill Coghill
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval… read more
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20. Gulliver’s Travels
By: Louis Rhead , Jonathan Swift , William Dean Howells , Robert DeMaria Jr.
3.58
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and… read more
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"Anlamadığınız bir insanı "delidir" diye nitelemek o kadar kolaydır ki!"-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
"we neither of us are able to deliver our conceptions in a manner intelligible to the other."-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
"معظم ابناء جلدتك هم أخبث سلالة من الحشرات المؤذية البغيضة التي سمحت لها الطبيعة بالزحف على وجخ الأرض"-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
"... a wife should be always a reasonable and agreeable companion, because she cannot always be young."-Louis Rhead, Gulliver’s Travels
21. The Second Shepherd's Play
By: Wakefield Master
4.42
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Lisl Beer adapted this famous play from the Towley Manuscript of Old English. As observed in FaceBo… read more
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22. Young Goodman Brown
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Hawthorne's classic tale of a young Puritan's meeting with the Devil. read more
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23. Iphigenia in Aulis
By: Euripides , Nicholas Rudall
3.84
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Troj… read more
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24. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By: Angela Carter
3.92
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more
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"Her hair falls down like tears"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"ordered me a sky from a florist"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My spite was sharp as broken glass"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
25. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane
3.64
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more
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"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
26. The Rape of the Lock
By: Alexander Pope
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A satirical poem that intentionally over-dramatizes an incident in which a lock of a woman's hair i… read more
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27. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
By: Samuel Richardson , Thomas Keymer , Alice Wakely
3.97
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
One of the most spectacular successes of the flourishing literary marketplace of eighteenth-century… read more
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28. Ecclesiastical History of the English People
By: Bede , Ronald E. Latham , None , Leo Sherley-Price
3.95
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and hist… read more
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29. The Gift of the Magi
By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger
4.11
Format: 26 pages, Hardcover
O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more
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"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
30. The Duchess of Malfi
By: John Webster
3.00
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchess of M… read more
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31. Medea
By: Euripides , Rex Warner
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medeacenters on the myth of Jason, leader… read more
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