16 must-read classics books like Rudens by T. Plautus

Rudens

By: T. Plautus

3.39

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

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Cover of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

1. The Comedy of Errors

By: William Shakespeare

3.72

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Excerpt from Die Kom�die der Irrungen Geste Grayorum or the History of the High and mighty Princ… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • comedy
"Why should their liberty than ours be more?"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"El tiempo es insolvente y debe más de lo que tiene."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"Mi corazón ora por él, aunque mi lengua lo maldiga."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"¡A cuántos tontos enamorados esclaviza la locura de los celos!"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

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2. Les Fleurs du Mal

By: Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard

4.20

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

Charles Baudelaire's 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex … read more

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  • classics
"L'orage rajeunit les fleurs"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"I am the vampire at my own veins."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"Beauty, you walk on corpses, mocking them;"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

Cover of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library

3. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • comedy
"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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4. The Eunuch

By: Terence , A.J. Brothers

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

When first performed, The Eunuch was a great success. Today, with its larger-than-life characters (… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • comedy
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5. Love's Labour's Lost

By: William Shakespeare , Henry R. Woudhuysen

4.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To begin the introduction, the editor discusses the link between Love's Labour's Lostand the writin… read more

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  • classics
  • plays

6. The Trojan Women

By: Euripides , Gilbert Murray

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

"This is a new translation of the classic play. It combines a poet's translation with a scholar's i… read more

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  • classics
  • plays
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7. The Children of Herakles

By: Euripides , Henry S. Taylor , Robert A. Brooks

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

One of the shortest plays in Greek drama, The Children of Herakles offers enough action for two or … read more

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  • classics
  • plays
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8. Hiroshima Mon Amour

By: Marguerite Duras , Caridad Martínez

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

El presente volumen contiene la totalidad del material literario de Marguerite Duras para la pelicu… read more

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  • classics
  • plays

9. Brodie's Report

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

At the age of seventy, after a gap of twenty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned to writing short sto… read more

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  • classics
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10. Menaechmi; Or, the Twin-Brothers

By: Plautus , Henry Thomas Riley

3.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

Considered to be Plautus's greatest play, "Menaechmi; Or, The Twin-Brothers" is the story of two tw… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • comedy

11. Sergüzeşt

By: Samipaşazade Sezai

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kafkasya'dan kacirilip esir olarak Istanbul'daki konaklara satilan, hor gorulen esir Dilber, Asaf P… read more

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12. Memories of My Melancholy Whores

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A New York TimesNotable Book On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himsel… read more

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13. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.22

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stori… read more

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14. The Merchant of Venice

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , None

3.78

Format: 247 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the … read more

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  • classics
  • plays
"He will fence with his own shadow."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"You speak an infinite deal of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"i buy a thousand pound a year! i buy a rope!"

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

15. Alcestis

By: William Arrowsmith , Euripides

3.84

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets… read more

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16. The Captivi of Plautus

By: Plautus

2.00

Format: None pages,

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17. Another Country

By: James Baldwin

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Another Countryappeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly stor… read more

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18. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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19. Aululária

By: Plautus

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

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20. Othello

By: William Shakespeare

4.48

Format: None pages,

In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (betwee… read more

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21. Cat's Cradle

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on o… read more

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22. Mañana y tarde

By: Jon Fosse

3.88

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Un niño que se llamará Johannes llega al mundo. Fallece un anciano llamado Johannes. Entre estos do… read more

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  • roman
"Ahora tú también estás muerto, Johannes, dice Peter Te moriste esta mañana, dice Y como yo era tu mejor amigo, me enviaron a recogerte, dice Pero ¿por qué hemos pescado cangrejos? dice Johannes Tenía…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

"Vart ska vi fara? säger Johannes Nej nu frågar du som om du fortfarande var vid liv, säger Peter Inte till någon plats? säger Johannes Nej dit vi nu ska, det är inte någon plats, och därför har den h…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

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23. Minor Detail

By: Adania Shibli

4.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more

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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

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24. Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

By: Tove Ditlevsen

4.10

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

The first volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, the searing portrait of a woman's journey through love,… read more

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  • classics
"Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can’t get out of it on your own."

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

"Eine Hure ist eine Dame, die es für Geld macht, was mir viel mehr einleuchtet, als es umsonst zu machen."

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

"Jokin ahdistaa rintaani kun kiipeän portaita ylös. Ihmiselämän nurja puoli ammottaa entistä avoimempana minua vasten, ja sitä on entistä vaikeampi kattaa niillä kirjoittamattomilla, vapisevilla sanoi…"

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

"Aikuisten lapsuus roikkuu repaleisena ja puhkottuna heidän sisimmässään kuin käytetty ja koinsyömä matto jota kukaan ei ajattele eikä tarvitse. Heistä ei näe että heillä on ollut lapsuus, eikä heiltä…"

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy #1)

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25. Recitatif

By: Toni Morrison

4.31

Format: 19 pages, Audiobook

A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the … read more

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  • classics
"Difficult to “move on"

-Toni Morrison, Recitatif

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26. All's Well

By: Mona Awad

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Miranda Fitch’s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career le… read more

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"I'm supposed to feel bad that I'm better now? I'm supposed to cry over a little cut. To what? To make you feel like I'm not a monster. I need to perform my little bit of pain for you so you'll know I…"

-Mona Awad, All's Well

"I gesture to the window and smile. Budding branches. Pale green leaves. Spring. Spring, does she see that? A time when everything is in bloom. Everything is having sex. Everything is so damp and frag…"

-Mona Awad, All's Well

"But not too much pain, am I right? Not too much, never too much. If it was too much, you wouldn't know what to do with me, would you? Too much would make you uncomfortable. Bored. My crying would lea…"

-Mona Awad, All's Well

"What, am I supposed to feel guilty?" I say. He looks confused. "Guilty?" "That I feel fine for once? That I'm not limping and moaning around? Dragging my leg like Briana? Lying on the floor, crying i…"

-Mona Awad, All's Well

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27. Gorgojo

By: Plautus

3.18

Format: 61 pages, Paperback

El arte plautino, su comicidad con una agilidad nunca precipitada y un ritmo cuidadosamente medido,… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • comedy

28. Rudens

By: T. Plautus

3.39

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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  • roman
  • classics
  • comedy
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29. Kader Üzerine

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

3.49

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

"Öncül bir neden olmadan hiçbir şeyin olamayacağı kabul edilse bile, bu nedenlerin ebedî nedenlerde… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Palavracı Asker (Miles Gloriosus) by Plautus

30. Palavracı Asker (Miles Gloriosus)

By: Plautus

3.82

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Latin Komedyasının en önemli temsilcisi olan Plautus (İ.Ö.254-184), Antik Yunan komedyası ile Roma … read more

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11 Top plays books like Rudens by T. Plautus

Transform Your Habits

The Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

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The Eunuch

Terence , A.J. Brothers

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Love's Labour's Lost

William Shakespeare , Henry R. Woudhuysen

4.82

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18 must-read fiction books like The Trojan Women by Euripides, Gilbert Murray

Transform Your Habits

Women of Trachis

C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Ecclesiazusae (or Women in Council) ()

Aristophanes

3.67

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Lysistrata

Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

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Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

Sophocles , John Harrison , Shomit Dutta

3.92

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