The Beggar's Opera
By: John Gay , Bryan Loughrey , T.O. Treadwell
4.07
Format: 213 pages,
The Beggar's Opera introduced to theater the ballad-opera and an immortal cast of characters. The P…
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1. The Threepenny Opera
By: Bertolt Brecht , Kurt Weill , John Willett , Ralph Manheim
3.89
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
The Threepenny Opera was Brecht's first and greatest commercial success, and it remains one of his … read more
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"He thought in other heads, and in his own, others besides himself thought"-Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera
"Mankind lives by its head Its head won't see him through Inspect your own. What lives off that? At most a louse or two."-Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera
"You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy, but till you feed us right and wrong can wait. Or is it only those who have the money who can enter the land of milk and honey?"-Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera
"1.Tanrı: Ne biçim dünya bu? Her yanda sefalet, bayağılık, pislik! Doğayı da katletmişler.Güzelim ağaçları tellerle idam etmişler.Dağların ötesinde duman bulutlarından göz gözü görmüyor. Gök gürültüsü…"-Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera
2. The Man of Mode (New Mermaids)
By: George Etherege , Goerge Etherege
3.13
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Verbal brilliance, urbane sophistication and sexual conquest are the measures of success for the fa… read more
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3. The London Merchant
By: George Lillo
2.89
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. … read more
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- 18th century
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4. Everyman
By: Anonymous , Unknown
3.27
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
Everyman is a medieval morality play that was first performed in the late 15th century. The play te… read more
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5. 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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- classics
- 18th century
"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
6. Manfred
By: Lord Byron
3.79
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
Manfred contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in Englan… read more
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"Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most must mourn the deepest o’er the fatal truth, the Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life."-Lord Byron, Manfred
"The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains.—Beautiful! I linger yet with Nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man; and in her starry…"-Lord Byron, Manfred
"The mind which is immortal makes itself Requital for its good or evil thoughts, Is its own origin of ill and end, And its own place and time; its innate sense, When stripped of this mortality, derive…"-Lord Byron, Manfred
"There is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become Old in their youth, and die ere middle age, Without the violence of warlike death; Some perishing of pleasure, some of study, Some worn with t…"-Lord Byron, Manfred
7. Goblin Market
By: Joyce Carol Oates , William Morris , Laurence Housman , Christina Rossetti , Dante Gabriel Rossetti
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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8. The Rover
By: Aphra Behn , Simon Trussler
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England and the most prolific playwright of … read more
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9. Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze
By: Eliza Fowler Haywood
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Sin… read more
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10. She Stoops to Conquer
By: Oliver Goldsmith
3.91
Format: 20 pages,
This comic masterpiece mocked the simple morality of sentimental comedies. Subtitled The Mistakes o… read more
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11. Volpone
By: Ben Jonson
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Bitter, satiric comedy in blank verse is one of the great Elizabethan dramatist's finest plays. The… read more
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12. The Beggar's Opera
By: John Gay , Bryan Loughrey , T.O. Treadwell
4.07
Format: 213 pages,
The Beggar's Opera introduced to theater the ballad-opera and an immortal cast of characters. The P… read more
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13. The Haunted Man
By: Charles Dickens
3.00
Format: None pages,
In this story, Dickens narrates the hair-raising experiences of a professor. As the protagonist dwe… read more
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14. The School for Scandal
By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
2.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The School for Scandal" is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upp… read more
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15. The Second Shepherd's Play
By: Wakefield Master
4.42
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Lisl Beer adapted this famous play from the Towley Manuscript of Old English. As observed in FaceBo… read more
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16. Oroonoko
By: Aphra Behn , Janet Todd
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, th… read more
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17. The Rape of the Lock
By: Alexander Pope
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A satirical poem that intentionally over-dramatizes an incident in which a lock of a woman's hair i… read more
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18. The Revenger's Tragedy
By: Thomas Middleton
4.13
Format: None pages,
In the family of passions none is more patient than hate. This masterpiece of the Elizabethan stage… read more
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19. Castle Rackrent
By: Maria Edgeworth
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Set in Ireland prior to its achieving legislative independence from Britain in 1782, Castle Rackren… read more
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20. The Country Wife
By: William Wycherley , None
3.91
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
'Cuckolds like lovers should themselves deceive' So concludes one of Wycherley's most revived and m… read more
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21. 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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