8 must-read classics books like Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

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Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Format: None pages,

Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a…

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1. Kenilworth

By: Walter Scott

3.68

Format: 541 pages, Hardcover

In this exciting novel, the legend of Amy Robsart and her secret marriage to the Earl of Leicester … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It is ill arguing against anything from its misuse."

-Walter Scott, Kenilworth

"I pretend not to be a champion of that same naked virtue called truth, to the very outrance. I can consent that her charms be hidden with a veil, were it but for decency's sake."

-Walter Scott, Kenilworth

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2. 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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  • poetry
  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
"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

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3. The Changeling

By: Thomas Middleton , William Rowley

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume Th… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Let me feel how thy pulses beat."

-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling

"Tis time to die, when 'tis a shame to live."

-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling

"She that in life and love refuses me, In death and shame my partner she shall be."

-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling

"FRANCISCUS: How sweetly she looks! Oh, but there's a wrinkle in her brow as deep as philosophy."

-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling

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4. A Lover's Complaint

By: William Shakespeare

3.80

Format: None pages,

pubOne.info present you this new edition. From off a hill whose concave womb re-worded read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
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5. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

By: Jonathan D. Culler

3.91

Format: 20 pages,

What is Literary Theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is L… read more

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6. Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Format: None pages,

Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • drama

7. The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 1

By: None , Harold Clarke Goddard

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

In two magnificent and authoritative volumes, Harold C. Goddard takes readers on a tour through the… read more

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  • theatre
  • classics
  • plays

8. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human

By: Harold Bloom

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books… read more

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9. The Tragedy of Mariam

By: Elizabeth Cary

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Stephanie Hodgson-Wright's excellent edition of this important work is the most user-friendly avai… read more

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10. The Iceman Cometh

By: Harold Bloom , Eugene O'Neill

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Eugene O'Neill was the first American playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He completed… read more

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11. Edward II

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

The last of Marlowe's great dramas, often considered his masterpiece. read more

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12. The Witch of Edmonton

By: John Ford , Thomas Dekker , William Rowley

3.29

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

The Witch of Edmonton has received considerable attention recently both from scholars and critics i… read more

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13. The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville, Fiction, Classics, Literary

By: Herman Melville

3.51

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Included in this Herman Melville collection are six tales that range considerably -- from "The Enca… read more

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14. Puck's Legacy

By: Katie Hall-May

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

In the dusty lights of a deserted theatre a bored young woman makes a desperate decision, and the l… read more

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"Secrets breed other secrets. That’s how they work."

-Katie Hall-May, Puck's Legacy

"Extremism, by its very nature, must always go to its extreme."

-Katie Hall-May, Puck's Legacy

"I would give anything to hear him say my name one more time. And anything not to."

-Katie Hall-May, Puck's Legacy

"It’s all just coloured water. Of course it is. Don’t you want to taste something real?"

-Katie Hall-May, Puck's Legacy

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15. Love on the Line 2 (Women at Work, #2)

By: Kirsten Fullmer

4.30

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

In part two of this extraordinary love story set in the hot, humid, summer of the wide-open mid-wes… read more

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  • fiction
  • drama
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16. Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

By: Sharon Carter

4.31

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Devastated by the death of her husband in a horrific car accident, Sage lives with a protective arm… read more

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  • fiction
  • drama
"Universe, not again. You can't cause another tragedy in my life."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

"Don't fucking move," Jacob said, pressing the gun into Nick's back."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

"I wish i could really believe that---really believe that. I'm glad the two of you met as well."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

"One thing I do know my son-in-law didn't hate you. That man loved you so much, sweetie," her father commented."

-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

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17. The Bald Soprano and Other Plays

By: Eugène Ionesco

4.03

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The leading figure of absurdist theater and one of the great innovators of the modern stage, Eugene… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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18. Projector for Sale

By: Steven Decker

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Emily Noland is a trauma survivor who never remembers her dreams. While searching for a job, her li… read more

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  • fiction
"My people believe in balance,"

-Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

"Emily was beginning to realize that the word hope had a different meaning than the word dream."

-Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

"The money we spend to help you is really to help ourselves. We invest in you because you will do great things, and we want to be part of it."

-Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

"My people are taught from a young age to try to remember their dreams, to learn from them, and to aspire to achieve their dreams in the physical world."

-Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

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19. Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid

By: John Fletcher

3.87

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's comedy Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid (1615) is an innovativ… read more

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  • plays
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20. The Island Princess

By: John Fletcher

3.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

New RSC Classics series highlights rarely performed Tudor and Jacobean plays. read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Richard III: A Failed King? (Penguin Monarchs) by Rosemary Horrox

21. Richard III: A Failed King? (Penguin Monarchs)

By: Rosemary Horrox

3.60

Format: 109 pages, Hardcover

Part of the Penguin Monarchs short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible fo… read more

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7 must-read plays books like Henry VIII by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

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Christopher Marlowe

3.80

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3.61

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William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

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3.88

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3.27

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3.47

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