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History of Troilus and Cressida (version 2)

Satire

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William Shakespeare - History of Troilus and Cressida (version 2)

The History of Troilus and Cressida has long baffled critics and audiences alike for its inconsistent tone, which ranges from bawdy comedy to somber tragedy, as well as its decidedly unheroic and unsympathetic cast...

3 hours 43 minutes

Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error

Gothic Fiction

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Matthew Lewis - Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error

The second original tragedy written by Gothic writer Matthew Lewis, Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error is a markedly more serious affair than his melodramatic output, dealing as it does with a fallen woman...

2 hours 2 minutes

Dream

Tragedy

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Joanna Baillie - Dream

The Dream is Joanna Baillie’s gothic, proto-Lynchian meditation on fear, guilt, and the prophetic power of dreams. In the cloistered confines of a Swiss monastery, a small group of monks share the same prophetic...

1 hour 46 minutes

Tragedy of King Lear (version 3)

Tragedy

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William Shakespeare - Tragedy of King Lear (version 3)

Known for its heartrending emotion and shocking violence, The Tragedy of King Lear is seen as one of Shakespeare's towering masterpieces. It tells the tale of the ageing King Lear, a British monarch who disposes of...

3 hours 43 minutes

Gamester

Tragedy

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Edward Moore - Gamester

The Gamester is Edward Moore's most famous work, and while it has fallen into relative obscurity in the last century, at the time it marked an important shift in the staging of eighteenth century tragedy. More...

2 hours 38 minutes

Oroonoko

Comedy

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Thomas Southerne - Oroonoko

Based on Aphra Behn's 1688 novel (which is one of the earliest novels in the English language), Thomas Southerne's Oroonoko is seen by scholars today as the driving force that kept Behn's work from fading into...

2 hours 47 minutes

Orra

Tragedy

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Joanna Baillie - Orra

Considered by her contemporaries a playwright “second only to Shakespeare,” Joanna Baillie was one of the most critically acclaimed writers of the Romantic Era. The Plays on the Passions, first published in 1798,...

2 hours 32 minutes

All for Love; or, The World Well Lost

Tragedy

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John Dryden - All for Love; or, The World Well Lost

All for Love is widely considered to be John Dryden's finest work, dramatic or otherwise. A tragedy written in blank verse, it retells the story of Roman general Marc Antony's love affair with the alluring Egyptian...

2 hours 44 minutes

Master Builder (Gosse & Archer Translation)

Tragedy

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Henrik Ibsen - Master Builder (Gosse & Archer Translation)

Halvard Solness is a master architect who has ruthlessly forged a preëminent career without regard for the feelings of those around him. In spite of this unscrupulous path of life, his conscience is still painfully...

Expatriate 2 hours 57 minutes

Bacchae

Tragedy

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Euripides - Bacchae

Euripides' Bacchae tells of Dionysus, the God, come to the city of Thebes, there to drive mad those who refuse participation in his ecstatic rites, sing and dance on the mountainside and worship him as God. A family...

Tony Addison 2 hours 14 minutes

Julius Caesar (version 2)

Tragedy

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William Shakespeare - Julius Caesar (version 2)

When Julius Caesar returns to Rome from conquering the Gauls, Cassius and his friends are worried that he will try to seize power and make himself emperor. Cassius must act fast. He gathers Brutus, Cinna, and others...

2 hours 25 minutes

Hedda Gabler (version 2)

Tragedy

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Henrik Ibsen - Hedda Gabler (version 2)

Hedda Gabler has just returned from her honeymoon. She has married out of ennui, and is already heartily sick of her husband, who is a plodding, pedantic academic. Upon moving into her new Christiania home, she soon...

Expatriate 3 hours 27 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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