Classics of Literature

Academica

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The work presented is a scholarly edition of Cicero’s Academica, produced in the late nineteenth century by…

The Works of Horace

Horace

The volume presents Horace’s lyric poetry in English translation, gathering a series of odes that address a…

Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae"

Boethius

This volume presents Geoffrey Chaucer’s Middle‑English prose rendering of Boethius’s De Consolatione…

Othello

William Shakespeare

This work is Shakespeare’s tragic drama Othe Othello, set in Venice and revolving around the Moorish general…

Familiar Studies in Homer

Agnes M. Clerke

Familiar Studies in Homer is a scholarly yet accessible survey that seeks to bridge the gap between recent…

Een Kerstlied in Proza

Charles Dickens

Dit is een kerstvertelling in proza, geschreven door Charles Dickens toen hij dertig was en al bekend als de…

El libro de las mil noches y una noche; T. 1

Anonymous

Este volumen reúne la primera parte de la famosa colección árabe conocida como Las mil noches y una noche,…

The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Complete

Dante Alighieri

This volume presents the third canticle of Dante Alighieri’s three‑part epic, the Purgatory of the Divine…

The Bruce

John Barbour

John Barbour’s The Bruce is a medieval epic poem that celebrates the life and wars of Robert I, King of Scots…

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm

Grimm’s Fairy Tales gathers the German folk narratives that Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected from the…

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 20 — Miscellaneous Literature and Index

The volume presents a sweeping overview of Joseph Addison’s Spectator, the early‑18th‑century essay series…

Parzival: A Knightly Epic (vol. 1 of 2)

von Eschenbach Wolfram

Parzival is Wolfram von Eschenbach’s monumental medieval romance, the German counterpart to the Grail legends…

The Bacchae of Euripides

Euripides

The Bacchae is a Greek tragedy that opens on the ramparts of Pentheus’s palace, where the god Dionysus…

The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman, Volume 1

William Langland

The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman, Volume 1, presents William Langland’s allegorical poem in a…

Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1

Henry Fielding

The work is Henry Fielding’s first novel, a comic and affectionate bildungsroman that follows the adventures…

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

Anonymous

The Arabian Nights Entertainments is a collection of folk narratives that originated in the Arabic‑speaking…

Les misérables Tome III: Marius

Victor Hugo

Ce troisième tome, centré sur le personnage de Marius, s’inscrit dans la vaste fresque historique de Victor…

The Seven Plays in English Verse

Sophocles

The volume presents the seven extant tragedies of Sophocles in English verse, rendered from the translator’s…

Notre-Dame de Paris

Victor Hugo

Ce roman historique, signé Victor Hugo, s’ouvre sur une méditation acerbe à propos des dégradations subies…

Le avventure di Pinocchio: Storia di un burattino

Carlo Collodi

Il racconto di Carlo Collodi si presenta come una favola giovanile incentrata sul burattino Pinocchio, ma il…

The Birds

Aristophanes

Aristophanes’ The Birds is a full‑blown comedy that launches with two weary Athenians, Euelpides and…

The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare

J. J. Jusserand

The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare is a scholarly survey that traces the emergence of English prose…

Oliver Twist, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist, Vol. 1 is a Victorian social novel that begins in the bleak confines of a workhouse, where the…

Henri VI (3/3)

William Shakespeare

Cette pièce, tirée du troisième volet de la trilogie « Henri VI » de William Shakespeare, se déroule au cœur…