Scenes from an Execution (Oberon Modern Plays)
By: Howard Barker
3.87
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Commissioned to paint a vast canvas celebrating the triumphant Battle of Lepanto, the free-spirited…
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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. Moll Flanders
By: Daniel Defoe
3.52
Format: 339 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781853260735. The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Fla… read more
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"I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm."-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
"I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over..."-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
"Thus the Government of our Virtue was broken and I exchang'd the Place of Friend for that unmusical harsh-sounding Title of Whore."-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
"He look'd a little disorder'd, when he said this, but I did not apprehend any thing from it at that time, believing as it us'd to be said, that they who do those things never talk of them; or that th…"-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
3. A Rose for Emily
By: William Faulkner
3.83
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the fami… read more
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"So the next day we all said, “She will kill herself"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"She died in one of the downstairs rooms, in a heavy walnut bed with a curtain, her gray head propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with age and lack of sunlight."-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"When the Negro opened the blinds of one window, they could see that the leather was cracked; and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the s…"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that whic…"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
4. Madame Bovary
By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall
3.70
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more
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"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
5. White Nights
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.06
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more
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"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
6. Brokeback Mountain
By: Annie Proulx
4.00
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary lite… read more
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"I wish I knew how to quit you."-Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain
"You know, friend, this is a goddamn bitch of a unsatisfactory situation."-Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain
"There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it."-Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain
"Again the ranch is on the market and they’ve shipped out the last of the horses, paid everybody off the day before, the owner saying, ‘Give them to the real estate shark, I’m out a here,"-Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain
7. A Lodging for the Night
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
It was late in November 1456. The snow fell over Paris with rigorous, relentless persistence; somet… read more
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8. The Importance of Being Earnest
By: Oscar Wilde
2.50
Format: None pages,
Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements … read more
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9. Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods , T.J. Reed
3.69
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, has become a class… read more
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10. Waiting for Godot
By: Samuel Beckett
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more
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11. Never Let Me Go
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
A tale of deceptive simplicity that slowly reveals an extraordinary emotional depth and resonance -… read more
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12. The Waste Land
By: T.S. Eliot , Michael North
3.80
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
The text of Eliot's 1922 masterpiece is accompanied by thorough explanatory annotations as well as … read more
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13. The Children Act
By: Ian McEwan
4.10
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A fiercely intelligent, well-respected High Court judge in London faces a morally ambiguous case wh… read more
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14. Pool (No Water) & Citizenship
By: Mark Ravenhill
4.16
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
A famous artist invites her old friends out to her luxurious new home and, for one night only, the … read more
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15. Red
By: John Logan
3.66
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF SIX TONY AWARDS A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the twe… read more
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16. Attempts on Her Life
By: Martin Crimp
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Attempts on her Life 17 scenarios for the theatre by Martin Crimp Attempts to describe her? Attemp… read more
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17. Hamlet
By: William Shakespeare , Richard Andrews , Rex Gibson
4.02
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role o… read more
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"Therein lies the rub."-William Shakespeare, Hamlet
"Brevity is the soul of wit."-William Shakespeare, Hamlet
"Conscience doth make cowards of us all."-William Shakespeare, Hamlet
"A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear."-William Shakespeare, Hamlet
18. Un giorno questo dolore ti sarà utile
By: Peter Cameron , Giuseppina Oneto
4.00
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
James ha 18 anni e vive a New York. Finita la scuola, lavoricchia nella galleria d'arte della madre… read more
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19. Atonement
By: Ian McEwan
4.06
Format: 663 pages,
Ian McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides a… read more
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20. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
By: Washington Irving
3.44
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Headless horsemen were staples of Northern European storytelling, featuring in German, Irish (e.g. … read more
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21. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
By: Tom Stoppard , None
3.48
Format: None pages,
Hamlettold from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenster… read more
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22. Romeo and Juliet
By: William Shakespeare , None
3.74
Format: 281 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. I… read more
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"thus with a kiss I die"-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
"Oh, I am fortune's fool!"-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
"Ay me! sad hours seem long."-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
"Educated men are so impressive!"-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
23. René
By: François-René de Chateaubriand
4.32
Format: 480 pages,
"Levez-vous vite, orages desires, qui devez emporter Rene dans les espaces d'une autre vie !" Tout … read more
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24. Open Water
By: Caleb Azumah Nelson
4.04
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships … read more
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"Trauma makes you considerate."-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water
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"You do not want to die before you can live"-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water
"...love was not always synonymous with care."-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water
25. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
By: Angela Chen
4.36
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
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"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
26. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
By: Guy de Maupassant
3.89
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more
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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
27. England (Oberon Modern Plays)
By: Tim Crouch
3.37
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
"The patients like to look at the paintings. It helps them to feel better about their illnesses." T… read more
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28. Scenes from an Execution (Oberon Modern Plays)
By: Howard Barker
3.87
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Commissioned to paint a vast canvas celebrating the triumphant Battle of Lepanto, the free-spirited… read more
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29. Pool (No Water)
By: Mark Ravenhill
3.77
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
A famous artist invites her old friends to her luxurious new home. For one night only, the group is… read more
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30. It's True, It's True, It's True (Modern Plays)
By: Breach Theatre
4.25
Format: 71 pages, Kindle Edition
Fringe First and Total Theatre Award- winning Breach (Tank, The Beanfield) restage the 1612 trial o… read more
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31. Three Birds Alighting on a Field
By: Timberlake Wertenbaker
3.35
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Art galleries and auction houses often artificially inflate the values of works of art and in doing… read more
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