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According to Wikipedia: "George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 - 26 July 1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe. Over the course of his wa……続きを見る

This beautiful collection of poems tells tales of blossoming springs and fruitful summers; in Honey Harvest Armstrong depicts Spring with the overweight apple blossom nodding on their branches and t……続きを見る

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" - Charles Dickens' stirring tale of the French Revolution. One edition of this novel is now an Oprah’s Book Club pick, together with "Great Expe……続きを見る

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600, it is likely to have been first performed in the autumn or winter of 1598-1599, and it remains one of Shakespeare'……続きを見る

Interactive table of contents Richard III is a drama in five acts by William Shakespeare. The play is an unflattering depiction of the short reign of Richard III of England, and is believed to ha……続きを見る

Exiles is a play by James Joyce, who is principally remembered for his novels. It draws on the story of "The Dead", the final short story in Joyce's first major work, Dubliners, and was rejected by ……続きを見る

'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic gen……続きを見る

From the Poetic Works of Robert Browning, this book includes: Incident of the French Camp, The Patriot, My Last Duchess, Count Gismond, The Boy and the Angel, Instans Tyrannus, Mesmerism, The Glove,……続きを見る

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English writer who wrote many classic romantic fictions with her most famous novels being Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. It was not until well after Au……続きを見る

Being a descendant of Charles Darwin might not make William Pryor a celebrity but his memoir ought to. Survival of the Coolest is a deep read about a man with a legacy for greatness who instead dive……続きを見る

Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him,……続きを見る

What do you mean you don't like poetry? Too stuffy; bland? Yes, I see. But don't be so glum; I make it fun. Read me!!!! It's my destiny. 続きを見る

An eclectic eccentric selection of rhyming poetry from the mind of a mad man. 続きを見る

The Sonnets, A Lover's Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, The Rape of Lucrece, and Venus and Adonis in French translation. 続きを見る

Four Drama Scripts presented in Radio format broadcast as radio theatre productions by the BBC 'Somebody' by Liz Wainwright Roy and Eileen have won a holiday, a week at the Carnival in Nice, a secon……続きを見る

The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and tragic story of a kingdom held in the thrall of an aging r……続きを見る

A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female charactersーthe seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a ……続きを見る

'Ghosts' started out as two collections of poetry written between 2001 and about 2008, one called Heroes and the other Ghosts. Since then, I've pruned them both, losing several pieces that had meant……続きを見る

They used to call it the English disease. Football Hooliganism was rampant on the terraces of English clubs through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and is still very much alive today but on a different le……続きを見る

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in Campden hill, Kensington on May 29th 1874. Originally after attending St Pauls School he went to Slade to learn the illustrators art and literature. In 1896 h……続きを見る

Restoration London's leading actor and theatre manager Thomas Betterton has not been the subject of a biography since 1891. He worked with all the best-known playwrights of his age and with the firs……続きを見る

I couldn't care less girl, a play with a cast of 8 set at the university of Royal Holloway in London, where once a year the Devil and Angel meet to discuss their perspectives on life. 続きを見る

This anthology offers a full introduction to Renaissance theatre in its historical and political context, along with newly edited and thoroughly annotated texts of the following plays: * The Spanish……続きを見る

The essential lyric works of the great Elizabethan playwrightーnewly revised and updated Though best known for his playsーand for courting danger as a homosexual, a spy, and an outspoken atheistーCh……続きを見る

Gabriel Rosenstock is one of the finest and most prolific poets of our time and has been a notable force in Irish writing since he first put pen to paper. He is one of the INNTI generation of poets ……続きを見る

When Hope Can Kill & the Midnight Sun Poems is about how relationships form and dissolve in the most unlikely of places, how the old wars of the heart bemuse and confound. In the twilight world wher……続きを見る

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At Yalta, in Russia, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet in February 1945. World War 2 is nearing its bloody conclusion with Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. Stali……続きを見る

An inventive new collection by the writer whom Colm Tóibín called “an assured and brilliant voice in Irish poetry.” Go Giants, Nick Laird’s stunning third volume of poetry, is full of "epic ambition……続きを見る

Thomas Chatterton was born on November 20th, 1752 in Bristol. Somewhat lonely as a child his consuming interest was the contents of several chests of books, parchments and documents in the church a……続きを見る