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Preface to Shakespeare

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare published in 1765 is a comment on the argument over the ancients and moderns. Johnson forwards his criticism with moral consideration and prescribes imitation w..

Sermão de Santo António aos Peixes

António Vieira

Father António Vieyra SJ was a Jesuit priest, Portuguese diplomat, orator, preacher, philosopher, writer, and member of the Royal Council to the King of Portugal...

Jean-Christophe Journey's End

Romain Rolland

Jean-Christophe Journey's End is a fiction work by Romain Rolland, a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tr..

Mr. Joseph Hanson, The Haberdasher

Mary Russell Mitford

Mr. Joseph Hanson, The Haberdasher is a collection of short stories written by Mary Russell Mitford, an English author and dramatist. She was born at Alresford in Hampshire. She is best know..

Papin rouva

Juhani Aho

Papin rouva is a fiction novel written by Juhani Aho, a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature twelve times...

The Torch and Other Tales

Eden Phillpotts

The Torch and Other Tales is a collection of short stories written by The Torch and Other Tales, an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon..

A Catechism of Familiar Things

Anonymous

This book, a reprint of a successful English publication, has been so enlarged as to be to all intents and purposes new. It has been carefully revised by a Reverend gentleman, who for some time filled..

Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre

Marguerite de Valois

The Memoirs, of which a new translation is now presented to the public, are the undoubted composition of the celebrated princess whose name they bear, the contemporary of our Queen Elizabeth; of equal..