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Verses 1889-1896
Verses 1889-1896
Rudyard Kipling
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Volume 11 of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) was an English author and poet. Born in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai), he is best known for his works The Jungle Book (1894) and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1902), his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), If— (1910); and his many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works speak to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2] The author Henry James said of him: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the prize, and to date he remains its youngest recipient. Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined."
The Puritan Widow or the Puritaine Widdow, Shakespeare Apocrypha
The Puritan Widow or the Puritaine Widdow, Shakespeare Apocrypha
William Shakespeare
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Elizabethan play, sometimes attributed in part to Shakespeare. According to Wikipedia: "William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright."
The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine, Shakespeare Apocrypha
The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine, Shakespeare Apocrypha
William Shakespeare
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Elizabethan play, sometimes attributed in part to Shakespeare. According to Wikipedia: "William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright."
As You Like It/ Wie Es Euch Gefallt: Bilingual edition
As You Like It/ Wie Es Euch Gefallt: Bilingual edition
William Shakespeare
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Bilingual, English and German. Shakespeare comedy in English with line numbers and translated to German. According to Wikipedia: "As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio, 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility. As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester, to find safety and eventually love in the Forest of Arden. " Zweisprachig, Englisch und Deutsch. Shakespeare-Kom?die in Englisch mit Zeilennummern und ins Deutsche übersetzt. Laut Wikipedia: "As You Like It" handelt es sich um eine Pastoralkom?die von William Shakespeare, die vermutlich im Jahr 1599 oder Anfang 1600 geschrieben und erstmals im First Folio 1623 ver?ffentlicht wurde. Die erste Aufführung des Stücks ist ungewiss, obwohl eine Aufführung im Wilton House in 1603 wurde als eine M?glichkeit vorgeschlagen, wie Sie es m?gen, folgt seine Heldin Rosalind, wie sie Verfolgung in Hof ihres Onkels flieht, begleitet von ihrer Cousine Celia und Touchstone der Hofnarr, um Sicherheit und schlie?lich Liebe im Wald von Arden zu finden.
Salome: a short biblical play, in the original French
Salome: a short biblical play, in the original French
Oscar Wilde
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Court jeu biblique. Selon Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900) était un dramaturge irlandais, romancier, poète et auteur de nouvelles, connu pour son esprit barbelé, il fut l'un des dramaturges les plus réussis de Londres victorienne tardive. ? la suite d'un célèbre procès, il a subi une chute dramatique et a été emprisonné pour deux ans de travaux forcés après avoir été reconnu coupable de ?grossière indécence?.
Shakespeare's Winter's Tale in French
Shakespeare's Winter's Tale in French
William Shakespeare
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Le conte d'hiver de Shakespeare en traduction fran?aise. "Selon Wikipedia:" The Winter's Tale est une pièce de William Shakespeare, initialement publié dans le premier folio de 1623. Bien qu'il ait été regroupé parmi les comédies, certains éditeurs modernes ont ré-étiqueté la pièce comme une des dernières romances de Shakespeare. Certains critiques, parmi lesquels W. W. Lawrence, considèrent que c'est un des ?problèmes de jeu? de Shakespeare, parce que les trois premiers actes sont remplis de drame psychologique intense, tandis que les deux derniers actes sont comiques et fournissent une fin heureuse.
Henry VI Part 3, with line numbers
Henry VI Part 3, with line numbers
William Shakespeare
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The classic Shakespeare history play, with line numbers. According to Wikipedia: "William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright."
King Henry IV Part 2, with line numbers
King Henry IV Part 2, with line numbers
William Shakespeare
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The classic Shakespearean history, with line numbers. According to Wikipedia: "Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V."
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde
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Classic play. According to Wikipedia: "An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest it is his most popularly produced play... Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years of hard labour after being convicted of the offence of 'gross indecency.'"
14 Plays
14 Plays
William S. Gilbert, Arthur Sulllivan
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This book includes: Gondoliers, Grand Duke, H.M.S Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Ruddigore, The Sorcerer, Thespis, Trial by Jury, Utopia Limited, Yeomen of the Guard, and Patience. All of these plays/operettas were written 1871 to 1896. According to Wikipedia: "Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). Together, they wrote fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado are among the best known. Gilbert, who wrote the words, created fanciful "topsy-turvy" worlds for these operas, where each absurdity is taken to its logical conclusion—fairies rub elbows with British lords, flirting is a capital offence, gondoliers ascend to the monarchy, and pirates turn out to be noblemen who have gone wrong. Sullivan, six years Gilbert's junior, composed the music, contributing memorable melodies that could convey both humour and pathos. Producer Richard D'Oyly Carte brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and nurtured their collaboration. He built the Savoy Theatre in 1881 to present their joint works—which came to be known as the Savoy Operas—and he founded the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which performed and promoted their works for over a century. The Gilbert and Sullivan operas have enjoyed broad and enduring international success and are still performed frequently throughout the English-speaking world. The collaboration introduced innovations in content and form that directly influenced the development of musical theatre through the 20th century. The operas have also influenced political discourse, literature, film and television and have been widely parodied and pastiched by humorists."
The Wolves and the Lamb
The Wolves and the Lamb
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Classic play. According to Wikipedia: "Thackeray is most often compared to one other great novelist of Victorian literature, Charles Dickens. During the Victorian era, he was ranked second only to Dickens, but he is now much less read and is known almost exclusively for Vanity Fair. In that novel he was able to satirize whole swaths of humanity while retaining a light touch. It also features his most memorable character, the engagingly roguish Becky Sharp. As a result, unlike Thackeray's other novels, it remains popular with the general reading public; it is a standard fixture in university courses and has been repeatedly adapted for movies and television. In Thackeray's own day, some commentators, such as Anthony Trollope, ranked his History of Henry Esmond as his greatest work, perhaps because it expressed Victorian values of duty and earnestness, as did some of his other later novels. It is perhaps for this reason that they have not survived as well as Vanity Fair, which satirizes those values."
The Inspector General
The Inspector General
Nikolai Gogol
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Classic satiric play. According to Wikipedia: "Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol ( 1809 - 1852) was a Russian writer of Ukrainian ethnicity. Although his early works were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing and identity, he wrote in Russian and his works belong to the tradition of Russian literature; often called the "father of modern Russian realism," he was one of the first Russian authors to criticize his country's way of life. The novels Taras Bul'ba (1835; 1842 [revised edition]), Dead Souls (1842), the play The Inspector-General (1836, 1842), and the short story The Overcoat (1842) are among his masterpieces."
The Taming of the Shrew, with line numbers
The Taming of the Shrew, with line numbers
William Shakespeare
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Classic Shakespearean comedy, with line numbers. According to Wikipedia: "The Taming of the Shrew is an early comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a drunken tinker named Sly is tricked into thinking he is a nobleman by a mischievous Lord. The Lord has a play performed for Sly's amusement with a primary and sub-plot. The main plot depicts the courting of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate, and eponymous shrew. Katherina is at first an unwilling participant in the relationship but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments - the "taming" - until she is an obedient bride. The sub-plot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's less intractable sister, Bianca."
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Poems, Songs, and Corresponde
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Poems, Songs, and Corresponde
Robert Burns
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Edition of 1855. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Burns (25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best-known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a 'light' Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these pieces, his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement..."
The London Prodigal, Shakespeare Apocrypha
The London Prodigal, Shakespeare Apocrypha
William Shakespeare
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Elizabethan play, sometimes attributed in part to Shakespeare. According to Wikipedia: "William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright."
The Wagnerian Romances
The Wagnerian Romances
Gertrude Hall
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Chapters cover: PARSIFAL, THE RHINE-GOLD, THE VALKYRIE (DIE WALK?RE), SIEGFRIED, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS (DIE G?TTERD?MMERUNG), THE MASTER-SINGERS OF NUREMBERG, TRISTAN AND ISOLDE, LOHENGRIN, TANNH?USER, and THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. According to Wikipedia: "Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813, Leipzig, Germany – 13 February 1883, Venice, Italy) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they were later called). Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works."
Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum
Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum
William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare-Kom?die in deutscher ?bersetzung. Nach Wikipedia: "Ein Sommernachtstraum ist ein Stück, das von William Shakespeare geschrieben wurde. Es soll zwischen 1590 und 1596 entstanden sein. Es zeigt die Ereignisse um die Hochzeit des Herzogs von Athen, Theseus und der K?nigin von Athen die Amazonen, Hippolyta.Sie schlie?en die Abenteuer von vier jungen athenischen Liebhabern und einer Gruppe von 6 Laiendarstellern ein, die von den Feen, die den Wald bewohnen, in dem das meiste Stück spielt, manipuliert werden.Das Stück ist eines von Shakespeares beliebtesten Werken für die Bühne und wird auf der ganzen Welt weit verbreitet. "
Romeo und Juliette
Romeo und Juliette
William Shakespeare
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Die Shakespeare-Trag?die, übersetzt von Christoph Martin Wieland. Wikipedia: "Romeo und Julia ist eine Trag?die, die früh in der Karriere von William Shakespeare über zwei jugendliche" Stern-überkreuzte Liebende "geschrieben wurde, deren pl?tzlicher Tod ihre verfeindeten Familien vereint. Es war zu Shakespeares popul?rsten Stücken zu seinen Lebzeiten mit Hamlet, ist eines seiner am h?ufigsten aufgeführten Stücke. Heute gelten die Titelfiguren als archetypische junge Liebhaber. "
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
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All three series. This edition is based on on the first published collection, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson, which was released in three "series", the first of which appeared in 1890. According to Wikipedia, Mabel Loomis Todd "became friends with the Dickinsons, and though she never met Emily Dickinson in person, the two women exchanged letters. After Emily's death in 1886, hundreds of her unpublished poems were discovered. In 1888, Emily's sister Lavinia asked Todd to copy and organize the poems, which were to be sent to the publisher Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The first volume of Poems by Emily Dickinson was published in 1890. This version included many alterations by Todd. In 1896, Todd and the Dickinson family had a falling-out over a legal battle regarding property owned by Austin Dickinson. As a result, Emily Dickinson's manuscripts were split between the two families. In 1945, Todd's daughter Millicent published some of the poems from Todd's portion of the manuscripts."
Romeo and Juliet, with line numbers
Romeo and Juliet, with line numbers
William Shakespeare
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The classic tragedy. According to Wikipedia: "Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers."
6 Books of Poetry
6 Books of Poetry
Bliss Carman
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This collection includes the poetry books: Ballads of Lost Haven, Behind the Arras, Later Poems, More songs from Vagabondia, Sappho, and Songs from Vagabondia. According to Wikipedia: ""Bliss Carman (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years. In Canada Carman is classed as one of the Confederation Poets, a group which also included Charles G.D. Roberts (his cousin), Archibald Lampman, and Duncan Campbell Scott. Of the group, Carman had the surest lyric touch and achieved the widest international recognition."