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One wintry morning academic Prudencia Hart sets off to a conference in the Scottish Borders. Stranded there by snow, she is swept off on a dream-like journey of self discovery, complete with magical……続きを見る

Kerry McSweeney critiques such readings of Romantic, Victorian, and 19th-century American poems. In What's the Import? he proposes and exemplifies an aesthetic or intrinsic critical model rooted in ……続きを見る

Paradise Road is the story of Kevin McGarry a young man from the West of Scotland, who as a youngster was one of the most talented footballers of his generation in Scotland. Through a combination of……続きを見る

A short, funny, history play, for 7-11 year olds, Set in ancient Britain. Emperor Claudius has brought the Roman army back to Brittania, but the locals don't seem to be scared.In fact they are makin……続きを見る

A selection on eclectic poetry and prose on various topics which will hopefully entertain, inspire and stimulate the mind. 続きを見る

Jonathon was head of a typical middle-England family. As Zorba the Greek once said, 'Wife, children, house; the full catastrophe.' They live in Worcestershire. He and his wife Katie, and their tw……続きを見る

* Illustrated * Author Biography * Interactive Table of Contents * Free Audiobook Download Bleak House [ Illustrated ] [ Free Audiobooks Download ] leak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, publishe……続きを見る

The title tells all. It is something I came up with, while writing a screenplay titled KICKS. In the screenplay a character says: "Life sure is a crooked map made under twisted stars." which is used……続きを見る

William Shakespeare is widely considered the greatest writer in the history of the English language, so renowned and respected that the time period in which he lived is often known as the Age of Sha……続きを見る

The Essential Alfred Tennyson Collection, in one book: Beauties of Tennyson The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson Enoch Arden &c. Idylls of the King The Last Tournament The Princess The Suppressed……続きを見る

This is a collection of poems that celebrates the moods and landscapes of mind and vision. It is a journey of physical and mental discovery. Sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical, but always sincer……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

The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, T……続きを見る

The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, first published in the First Folio in 1623. Although it was listed as a comedy when it first appeared, some modern editors have relabeled the play……続きを見る

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……続きを見る

A collection of 50 poems – ranging from amusing to emotional - written for some of the various pets my family or I have had. The pets mentioned in this collection include 4 hamsters, 2 rabbits, 4 do……続きを見る

Mystery, suspense and family drama combine in this dramatic debut novel. Late summer, 2000. Fourteen-year-old Davey Reynolds has witnessed a crime and his only friend, Danny, is missing. Are t……続きを見る

Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time, and Rapture is essential reading for the broken-hearted of all ages' - Rose Tremain The effortless virtuosity, directness, drama a……続きを見る

"In His Steps" is a classic of Christian literature whose premise centers on the idea of emulating Christ in one's everyday life. When faced with the challenges of everyday life the book suggests th……続きを見る

"His name is Percy Bysshe Shelley, and he is the author of a poetical work entitled Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude." With these words, the radical journalist and poet Leigh Hunt announced his di……続きを見る

The Portable Blake contains the hermetic genius's most important works: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience in their entirety; selections from his "prophetic books"ーincluding The Marriage of……続きを見る

This is a collection of the plays of George Bernard Shaw that includes "The Millionairess", "Too True to be Good" and "The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles". 続きを見る

King Henry the Fifth by William Shakespeare "Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, based on the life of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battl……続きを見る

The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the moneylender Shylock, who i……続きを見る

In an illustrious career, David Harsent has published eight collections of poetry, from A Violent County in 1969, to Legion, winner of the Forward Prize in 2005. This selection, made by the author h……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS I. IRISH POEMS II. WELSH POEMS III. OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES IV. CHURCH FESTIVALS V. GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS VI. PERSONAL AND VARIOUS 続きを見る

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer i……続きを見る

Samson Agonistes draws on the story of Samson from the Old Testament, Judges 13-16; in fact it is a dramatization of the story starting at Judges 16:23. The drama starts in medias res. Samson has be……続きを見る

This is part of our Creating History series and is a short, funny play for 7 - 11 year olds, including craft ctivities. Set during the second world war. some girls are going out for the evening to t……続きを見る

Critic, essayist, educator and poet, author of The Scholar Gypsy, Dover Beach, The Forsaken Merman and other popular poems. 続きを見る