Classics of Literature

Death in Venice

Thomas Mann

The novel opens with a meticulous portrait of Gustav Aschenbach, a fifty‑year‑old writer whose disciplined…

The Frogs

Aristophanes

Aristophanes’ The Frogs is a full‑length Greek comedy that opens with a lively, self‑referential prologue.

Orlando Furioso

Lodovico Ariosto

Il poema è un poema cavalleresco del Rinascimento, incentrato sui conflitti amorosi e militari tra i paladini…

The Poems of John Donne, Volume 2 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts

John Donne

The volume presents the second half of John Donne’s poetic output, gathered from early printed editions and a…

Euthydemus

Plato

Plato’s Euthydemus is a Socratic dialogue that doubles as a satirical treatise on early logical theory.

Highways of Canadian Literature

Logan, J. D. (John Daniel); French, Donald G.

Highways of Canadian Literature is a scholarly survey that traces the development of English‑language writing…

The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 09

John Dryden

The ninth volume of the first‑ever collected works of John Dry Den presents, as its opening piece, the poet’s…

Vathek; An Arabian Tale

William Beckford

William Beckford’s Vathek is an eighteenth‑century Oriental romance that blends fantasy and Gothic elements…

From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It

Jules Verne

The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]

William Shakespeare

The volume you hold is the first of a nine‑part Cambridge edition of Shakespeare’s comedies, presenting The…

The story of Robinson Crusoe in Latin: Adapted from Daniel Defoe's famous book [or rather, translated from J.H. Campe's "Robinson der Jüngere"] by G.F. Goffeaux. Edited, amended and rearranged by P.A. Barnett

Campe, Joachim Heinrich; Defoe, Daniel

Hoc est opus adolescentibus destinatum, quod ex adaptationibus G. F. Goffeaux et emendationibus P. A.

Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Paradise

Dante Alighieri

La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete

Dante Alighieri

The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition

The Revised Edition of the Nibelungenlied presents the great German national epic in English translation,…

French Classics

William Cleaver Wilkinson

Wilkinson’s work is a scholarly survey of French literature, positioned as the fifth volume in a series that…

Sappho: Memoir, text, selected renderings, and a literal translation

Henry Thornton Wharton

This volume is a scholarly compilation that brings together a concise biography of Sappho, the complete Greek…

The Iliad

Homer

The Iliad presents itself as an epic poem rendered into English blank verse, a conscious effort by the…

The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)

The work is the concluding volume of a scholarly edition that gathers English and Scottish popular ballads,…

Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards

Evan Evans

Evan Evans’s Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards offers a modest, scholarly selection of…

Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland

Lewis Carroll

Alice’s Abenteuer im Wunderland ist ein fantasievolles Kinderbuch, das sofort mit einer ungewöhnlichen…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 (of 10)

This volume collects a swath of Arabian folklore, beginning with the famed sailor‑merchant Sindbad and moving…

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10

The volume presents a late‑Jacobean revenge tragedy, catalogued as “The Revenger’s Tragedy” and first entered…

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy is a comic, self‑reflective travel narrative…

Orlando Furioso

Lodovico Ariosto

Orlando Furioso is an Italian epic poem that weaves together a sprawling tapestry of chivalric love,…