13 Best classics books like Tragedies by Stephen Greenblatt

Cover of Tragedies by Stephen Greenblatt

Tragedies

By: Stephen Greenblatt

4.49

Format: 1068 pages, Paperback

A vibrant Shakespeare that brings readers closer than ever before possible to Shakespeare's plays a…

"L’uomo deve sopportare il suo andarsene di qua, così come il venirci. La maturità è tutto"

-Stephen Greenblatt, Tragedies

"L’uomo deve sopportare il suo andarsene di qua, così come il venirci. La maturità è tutto"

-Stephen Greenblatt, Tragedies

If you liked the classics plot in Tragedies by Stephen Greenblatt , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Society of the Spectacle by Donald Nicholson-Smith, Guy Debord

1. The Society of the Spectacle

By: Donald Nicholson-Smith , Guy Debord

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The … read more

Similar categories in Donald Nicholson-Smith's The Society of the Spectacle book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

"Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"La réalité du temps a été remplacée par la publicité du temps."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity"

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

Cover of Mendel el de los libros by Stefan Zweig, Berta Vias Mahou

2. Mendel el de los libros

By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou

4.00

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Escrito en 1929, Mendel el de los libros narra la trágica historia de un excéntrico librero de viej… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Zweig's Mendel el de los libros book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
"لا ننتج الكتب إلا لكي نبقى على صلة بالبشر فيما وراء الموت فنزود بذلك عن أنفسنا ضد العدو الألد للحياة ، ضد الزمن الذي يمضي ، ضد النسيان"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"Los libros sólo se escriben para, por encima del propio aliento, unir a los seres humanos, y así defendernos frente al inexorable reverso de toda existencia: la fugacidad y el olvido"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"...avrei dovuto sapere che i libri si fanno solo per legarsi agli uomini al di là del nostro breve respiro e difendersi così dall'inesorabile avversario di ogni vita: la caducità e l'oblio."

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

Cover of Va' dove ti porta il cuore by Susanna Tamaro

3. Va' dove ti porta il cuore

By: Susanna Tamaro

3.69

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

"Va' dove ti porta il cuore", racconta una storia forte e umanissima in forma di lunga lettera - sc… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Tamaro's Va' dove ti porta il cuore book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • fiction
  • drama
"La comprensión exige silencio."

-Susanna Tamaro, Va' dove ti porta il cuore

"La comprensión nace de la humildad, no del orgullo de saber."

-Susanna Tamaro, Va' dove ti porta il cuore

"¿Existe algo más terrible que un retorno que no logra llevarse a cabo?"

-Susanna Tamaro, Va' dove ti porta il cuore

"Antes de juzgar a una persona, camina durante tres lunas con sus mocasines."

-Susanna Tamaro, Va' dove ti porta il cuore

Cover of The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

4. The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more

Similar categories in Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

Cover of Narraciones extraordinarias (I) by Edgar Allan Poe

5. Narraciones extraordinarias (I)

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.18

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Poe es el gran incomprendido de su época, sin que por ello hubiera pasado inadvertido o desconocido… read more

Similar categories in Edgar Allan Poe's Narraciones extraordinarias (I) book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Love Poems and Sonnets by William Shakespeare

6. Love Poems and Sonnets

By: William Shakespeare

3.81

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

The greatest sonnets ever written, by the greatest poet and playwright in the English language -- n… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Love Poems and Sonnets book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • poetry
  • classics
  • british literature
  • literature
  • fiction
  • plays
Cover of Confessions by Augustine of Hippo, Henry Chadwick, Albert Cook Outler

7. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

Similar categories in Augustine of Hippo's Confessions book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • classics

8. War and Peace, V1

By: Leo Tolstoy

4.06

Format: None pages,

Translated by Rosemary Jennings. read more

Similar categories in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, V1 book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of El hombre que amaba a los perros by Leonardo Padura

9. El hombre que amaba a los perros

By: Leonardo Padura

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

En 2004, a la muerte de su mujer, Ivan, aspirante a escritor y ahora responsable de un pauperrimo g… read more

Similar categories in Leonardo Padura's El hombre que amaba a los perros book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • fiction
Cover of Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Peter Salm

10. Faust: First Part

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more

Similar categories in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: First Part book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • poetry
  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Chłopi by None, Władysław Stanisław Reymont

11. Chłopi

By: None , Władysław Stanisław Reymont

3.41

Format: 616 pages, Hardcover

O wartości Chłopów decyduje przede wszystkim rozmach, z jakim powieść ta została napisana. Nadano j… read more

Similar categories in None's Chłopi book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Edward G. Seidensticker, Yukio Mishima, Donald Keene, Ivan Morris, None

12. Death in Midsummer and Other Stories

By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Yukio Mishima , Donald Keene , Ivan Morris , None

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Recognized throughout the world for his brilliance as a novelist and playwright, Yukio Mishima is a… read more

Similar categories in Edward G. Seidensticker's Death in Midsummer and Other Stories book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction

13. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

By: James Hogg , John Carey

3.88

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

James Hogg wrote about the supernatural powerfully and convincingly, especially in his best-known n… read more

Similar categories in James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

Cover of Gulliver’s Travels by Louis Rhead, Jonathan Swift, William Dean Howells, Robert DeMaria Jr.

14. 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

Similar categories in Louis Rhead's Gulliver’s Travels book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"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

15. Die dunkle Königin (Das Lied von Eis und Feuer, #8)

By: George R.R. Martin , Andreas Helweg

3.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Aber wenn sie auch als Eroberin ins vom Burgerkrieg geschwachte Westeros kommt, so konnte sie doch … read more

Similar categories in George R.R. Martin's Die dunkle Königin (Das Lied von Eis und Feuer, #8) book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

16. The Satanic Verses

By: Salman Rushdie

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Versesis Salman Rushdi… read more

Similar categories in Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

17. The Lost Stradivarius

By: John Meade Falkner

4.12

Format: 192 pages,

Chilling in the extreme, The Lost Stradivariusis a classic tale of the supernatural. While practici… read more

Similar categories in John Meade Falkner's The Lost Stradivarius book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

18. The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings

By: Octavio Paz , Lysander Kemp , Yara Milos

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Octavio Paz has long been acknowledged as Mexico's foremost writer and critic. In this internationa… read more

Similar categories in Octavio Paz's The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

19. William Shakespeare: Complete Plays

By: William Shakespeare

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

King Lear. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Romeo and Juliet. Macbeth. Othello, the Moor of Venice. A Mid… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's William Shakespeare: Complete Plays book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

20. The Night in Lisbon

By: Erich Maria Remarque , Эрих Мария Ремарк , Ralph Manheim

4.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

History and fate collide as the Nazis rise to power in The Night in Lisbon, a classic tale of survi… read more

Similar categories in Erich Maria Remarque's The Night in Lisbon book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

21. Shakespeare's Sonnets

By: William Shakespeare , Katherine Duncan-Jones

4.45

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

T.S. Eliot once wrote that, "Shakespeare gives the greatest width of human passion," and it is this… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Shakespeare's Sonnets book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

22. The Death of Superman (The Death and Return of Superman, #1)

By: Rick Burchett , Roger Stern , Dennis Janke , Jerry Ordway , Dan Jurgens , Louise Simonson , Doug Hazlewood , Tom Grummett , None , Jon Bogdanove , Brett Breeding , None

4.30

Format: 373 pages,

The story that drew national media attention when DC Comics killed their greatest hero is collected… read more

Similar categories in Rick Burchett's The Death of Superman (The Death and Return of Superman, #1) book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

23. The House of Mirth

By: Edith Wharton , Nina Bawden

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

First published in 1905, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, p… read more

Similar categories in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

24. Cosmopolis

By: Don DeLillo

4.00

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

It is a stunningly eventful day in the life of Eric Packer, a multi-billionaire who has recently ma… read more

Similar categories in Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

Cover of Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli by Radek Rak

25. Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli

By: Radek Rak

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Baśń jest próbą stworzenia na nowo mitologii Galicji. Nie jest powieścią historyczną, i choć napisa… read more

Similar categories in Radek Rak's Baśń o wężowym sercu albo wtóre słowo o Jakóbie Szeli book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • fiction
Cover of Roma soy yo: La verdadera historia de Julio César by Santiago Posteguillo

26. Roma soy yo: La verdadera historia de Julio César

By: Santiago Posteguillo

4.54

Format: 752 pages, Kindle Edition

Roma, año 77 a.C. El cruel senador Dolabela va a ser juzgado por corrupción, pero ha contratado a l… read more

Similar categories in Santiago Posteguillo's Roma soy yo: La verdadera historia de Julio César book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • fiction
Cover of The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin

27. The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

Format: 5 pages, ebook

In The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, visionary author Ursula K. Le Guin retells the story of human… read more

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
Cover of How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety by Ellen Hendriksen

28. How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety

By: Ellen Hendriksen

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Picking up where Quiet ended, How to Be Yourself is the best book you'll ever read about how to con… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hendriksen's How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

"Meeting people"

-Ellen Hendriksen, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety

"friendship is fostered, not found."

-Ellen Hendriksen, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety

"We like people more when they’re imperfect."

-Ellen Hendriksen, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety

"As one of my clients, Anthony, exclaimed after we stood on a subway platform for an hour of looking at faces, “But wait, these are just people!"

-Ellen Hendriksen, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety

Cover of Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin by Friedrich Hölderlin

29. Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin

By: Friedrich Hölderlin

4.18

Format: 63 pages, Paperback

Von Walther von der Vogelweide als dem größten Lyriker vor Goethe zu sprechen ist nicht falsch. (Es… read more

Similar categories in Friedrich Hölderlin's Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
"Some are shy of going to the source For riches begin in the sea."

-Friedrich Hölderlin, Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin

"When Hölderlin’s Oedipus and Antigone appeared in spring 1804, the learnèd said at once that they must be the work of a madman."

-Friedrich Hölderlin, Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin

Cover of Tragedies by Stephen Greenblatt

30. Tragedies

By: Stephen Greenblatt

4.49

Format: 1068 pages, Paperback

A vibrant Shakespeare that brings readers closer than ever before possible to Shakespeare's plays a… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • poetry
  • classics
  • british literature
  • literature
  • collections
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • reference
  • plays
  • drama
"L’uomo deve sopportare il suo andarsene di qua, così come il venirci. La maturità è tutto"

-Stephen Greenblatt, Tragedies

Cover of El capital I by Karl Marx

31. El capital I

By: Karl Marx

4.30

Format: 841 pages, Kindle Edition

Este libro ha sido convertido a formato digital por una comunidad de voluntarios. Puedes encontrarl… read more

Similar categories in Karl Marx's El capital I book and Stephen Greenblatt's Tragedies

  • classics

14 Top fiction books like Tragedies by Stephen Greenblatt

Transform Your Habits

Mendel el de los libros

Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Va' dove ti porta il cuore

Susanna Tamaro

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Narraciones extraordinarias (I)

Edgar Allan Poe

4.18

View all the books

13 best-selling fiction books like Love Poems and Sonnets by William Shakespeare

Transform Your Habits

The Bridge

Hart Crane , Waldo Frank , Thomas A. Vogler

4.08

Transform Your Habits

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)

Virginia Woolf

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)

William Carlos Williams , Charles Tomlinson

4.16

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.