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David Copperfield
(Penguin Classics, 1850)Drawing on Charles Dickens's own, often difficult childhood, to create a compelling story of personal success, David Copperfield is edited with an introduction and notes by Jeremy Tambling in Penguin Classics. David ... -
Death of a salesman
(Morosco Theatre, 1949)Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. Willy Loman has spent his entire life believing he ... -
Desire Under the Elms
(Goodman Theatre, 1953)Desire Under the Elms - A Play in Three Parts by Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953). Desire Under the Elms is a play by Eugene O'Neill, published in 1924, and is now considered an American classic. Along with Mourning Becomes ... -
Dickens' a tale of two cities/ Notes
(IDG Books Worldwide, Inc, 2000)The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and ... -
The divine comedy
(thewritedirection.net, 2004)The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between c. 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the per-eminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world ... -
A doll's house
(1879)A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. -
A Doll's House
(T. Fisher Unwin, 1989)One of the best-known, most frequently performed of modern plays, A Doll's House richly displays the genius with which Henrik Ibsen pioneered modern, realistic prose drama. In the central character of Nora, Ibsen epitomized ... -
A doll’s house
(thewritedirection.net, 2004)The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because she wants ... -
Dubliners
(thewritedirection.net, 2004)Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories ... -
The Earliest english poems
(Penguin Groups, 1977)Michael Alexander has translated the best of the Old English poetry into modern English and into a verse form that retains the qualities of Anglo-Saxon metre and alliteration. Included in this selection are the "heroic ... -
Emma
(Giuseppe Ierolli, 2012)When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen's immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and ... -
An Essay Of Dramatick Poesie
(Read How You Want, 1668)A superb piece of literary criticism by Dryden written during the Plague of 1666 and first published in 1668. The essay is a discourse between 4 speakers including Dryden himself. They discuss the necessity of abiding by ... -
The Fairy Queen
(An Electronic Classic Series Publication, 1998)‘Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine’ The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser ... -
A Farewell to Arms
(Pitman, 1995)The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway’s frank portrayal ... -
The fault in our stars
(Penguin Group, 2012)Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters ... -
The Garden party and other stories
(Penguin Books, 1997)"The Garden Party and Other Stories" is full of a sense of urgency and was Katherine Mansfield's last collection to be published during her lifetime. The fifteen stories featured, many of them set in her native New Zealand, ... -
A glossary of literary terms
(Hainle & Hainle, 1999)A Glossary of Literary Terms contains succinct essays on the terms used in discussing literature, literary history, and literary criticism. This text is an indispensable reference for students. This edition discusses ... -
A Grammar of Contemporary English
(Longman Group, 1972)The first attempts at producing a grammar of English were made when there were less than ten million speakers of English in the world, almost all of them living within100 miles or so of London. Grammars of English have ... -
Great Expectations
(Planet PDF, 2001)In this unflaggingly suspenseful story of aspirations and moral redemption, humble, orphaned Pip, a ward of his short-tempered older sister and her husband, Joe, is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to ... -
The great gatsby
(thewritedirection.net, 2004)The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily ...
