Featured Collection: Drama
Our Drama section includes some of the best works of literature, from the Oedipus Trilogy of Sophocles, to the complete works of Shakespeare , including the Bard's best: Hamlet , Romeo and Juliet , Twelfth Night , and more. Newer works by George Bernard Shaw are here, including Man and Superman and Pygmalion , which are a few of the playwright's best.
The master dramatist Henrik Ibsen’s plays are here, including A Doll’s House , Ghosts , and The Master Builder . Anton Chekhov is renowned world over for his plays, such as Uncle Vanya , Three Sisters and The Sea-Gull , which are widely praised as masterpieces. Tartuffe and The Miser and the Imaginary Invalid by Molière were controversial in his day, and are still great in ours. The works of Aphra Behn are here in one complete volume . Zora Neal Hurston’s Three Plays and Poker! round out our drama genre. And who could leave out Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest ?
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Adventure
When it comes to classic adventure novels, and books about adventurous characters, we have thousands of great titles from masters like Jules Verne, Jack London and H.G. Wells. The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo are a few greats from Dumas. The class...
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Autos & Bios
Autos & Bios is a goldmine of famous historical figures: authors, founding fathers, explorers, philosophers, saints, heroes of science and captains of industry.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Suetonius is an account of the 12 great rulers from Julius to ...
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Banned Books
The history of books getting banned - whether by governments, by churches, etc. - is rich and sometimes strange. Some of the books we consider harmless today have at one time or another been banned. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman? A sweet old man singing poems to himself in th...
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Best Of
Whether you're looking for the best of classic literature, immortal works of theater, influential speeches, or science fiction gold, our Best Of collection has a lifetime's worth of great reading. From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to Dante's Divine Comedy. There'...
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Classic Psychology
Modern psychology is a universe of interconnecting branches and schools of study, but at its core it is the science of the mind and behavior of human beings. In ancient Greek psychology meant “study of the soul,” which lets us know just how far the field has evolved over time. Our psycholog...
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