11 must-read drama books like The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe

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The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.85

Format: None pages,

If you liked the drama plot in The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Sanshirō by Jay Rubin, Natsume Sōseki

1. Sanshirō

By: Jay Rubin , Natsume Sōseki

3.82

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving t… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Desire is a frightening thing."

-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō

"Doğa, bir mücevheri yaratana kadar kim bilir kaç yıl harcamıştır. Yine o mücevher, madencinin şansı yaver gidene dek, yıldızlar altında kaç yıl, tek başına parlamıştır?"

-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō

"Ora io sto studiando questo libro solo per l'esame, solo per guadagnarmi il pane, trattenendo rabbia e lacrime. Ricordate: sia maledetto per sempre il sistema degli esami!"

-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō

"Hirota feels strongly drawn toward nature and the natural, is hyper-sensitive to the artificial—particularly that most cramped and constraining man-made creation, society—and does his best to avoid i…"

-Jay Rubin, Sanshirō

Cover of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Cynthia Marshall

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

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3. 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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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Why should their liberty than ours be more?"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

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

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

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

-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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4. Troilus and Criseyde

By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Nevill Coghill

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Considered one of Chaucer’s finest poems, second only to The Canterbury Tales in richness and depth… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
"And after winter folweth grene May."

-Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde

"The very eyeballs in your skull look dead."

-Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde

"Not knowing, in his misery, for the nonce, What he was doing, he rushed away at once"

-Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde

"Thus in this heaven he took his delight And smothered her with kisses upon kisses Till gradually he came to know where bliss is."

-Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde

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5. 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
  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama) by Sophocles, John Harrison, Shomit Dutta

6. Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

By: Sophocles , John Harrison , Shomit Dutta

3.92

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Written in the fifth century B.C., Sophocles' tragedy concerns the shame and death of Ajax, a Greek… read more

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  • poetry
  • mythology
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"To look on self-wrought woes, when no other has had a hand in them- this lays sharp pangs to the soul."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"Which would you choose if you could: pleasure for yourself despite your friends or a share in their grief?"

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"AGAMEMNÔN. Il n’est pas facile à un roi d’être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

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7. 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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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
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8. A Pair of Silk Stockings

By: Kate Chopin

3.64

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Désirée's baby -- Miss McEnders -- The story of an hour -- Nég Créol -- A pair of silk stocking… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction

9. 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
  • mythology
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

10. The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: * printed version of the … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Purgatorio (The Divine Comedy, #2) by Dante Alighieri, Robert M. Durling

11. Purgatorio (The Divine Comedy, #2)

By: Dante Alighieri , Robert M. Durling

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

In the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri set out to write the three volumes which make the up The Divine… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
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12. The Tale of Genji

By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu

3.90

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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13. Coriolanus

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.30

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Shakespeare's last tragedy explores the career and death of a brilliant and arrogant Roman general.… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
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14. Richard III

By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
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15. The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.85

Format: None pages,

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
  • plays
  • 16th century
  • mythology
  • drama
Cover of Cymbeline by William Shakespeare, Harold Bloom, Gabriele Baldini

16. Cymbeline

By: William Shakespeare , Harold Bloom , Gabriele Baldini

3.50

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

Cymbeline also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain or The Tragedy of Cymbeline, is a play by Willia… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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17. Prometheus Bound

By: Aeschylus , None , James Scully , C. John Herington

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Featuring an insightful introduction, comprehensive commentary on plot, characters, structure, and … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • mythology
  • fiction
  • plays
Cover of Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck, None

18. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • mythology
  • fiction
  • plays
"Every medicine is vain."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"A curse burns bright on crime."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"There is no avoidance in delay."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

19. King Henry VI, Part 3

By: William Shakespeare , Eric Rasmussen , John D. Cox

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

In their lively and engaging edition of this sometimes neglected early play, Cox and Rasmussen make… read more

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20. Venus and Adonis

By: William Shakespeare , Christa Jansohn

3.28

Format: 404 pages,

Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal… read more

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21. The Rape of Lucrece

By: William Shakespeare

4.00

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

The Rape of Lucrece is a 1594 narrative poem. In 509 BC Lucretia was raped by the son of Tarquin th… read more

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22. The White Devil

By: John Webster

3.49

Format: 465 pages,

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23. The Aeneid

By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more

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24. Timon of Athens

By: William Shakespeare , Thomas Middleton

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

Timon of Athensis a bitterly intriguing study of a fabulously rich man who wastes his wealth on his… read more

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25. Paradiso (The Divine Comedy, #3)

By: Dante Alighieri , Dorothy L. Sayers , Barbara Reynolds

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dorothy L. Sayers's landmark translation follows Dante's terza rimastanza's and brings his poetry v… read more

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26. The Winter's Tale

By: William Shakespeare

4.75

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emph… read more

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27. King John

By: William Shakespeare , Paul Werstine

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ru… read more

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28. The Spanish Tragedy

By: Thomas Kyd , None

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Large Format for easy reading. Highly popular and influential in the development of Elizabethan dra… read more

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29. Measure for Measure

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

4.38

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Measure for Measureis among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare's plays. In it, a duke t… read more

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30. Plutus

By: Aristophanes

3.60

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

The story of 'Plutus' concerns Chremylus, a poor but just man, who accompanied by his body-servant … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • mythology
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"My country's where my comfort's best secured."

-Aristophanes, Plutus

"Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for jus…"

-Aristophanes, Plutus

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3.82

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3.71

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William Shakespeare

3.72

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3.76

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Walt Whitman

3.22

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Anton Chekhov

3.66

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Sarah Orne Jewett , Douglas Alvord

3.26

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Edith Wharton

4.62

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