This is a captivating collection of plays by the famous English novelist and playwright John Galsworthy. It includes 'The Silver Box,' in which the disappearance of a cigarette box leads to a comparison of the behavior of the son of a prosperous politician with that of an unemployed man, revealing the attitudes of different social classes. The collection features 'Strife,' a story of a prolonged unofficial strike at a factory. When the trade union and company directors try to settle the affair, causing trouble among the workers' families, there is a conflict between the company chairman and the leader of the strike. The volume also presents the story of "Joy" brought up by her great-uncles as she anxiously expects the reunion with her mother.

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet, and illustrator. This book is a collection of some of his most renowned plays. The volume contains: The Wicked World, Pygmalion and Galatea, Charity, The Princess, The Palace of Truth, and Trial by Jury. All of which showcase magic, wonder, and are able to transport readers as well as those lucky enough to witness live performances of his work to a fantastical version of the past.

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cation Date: July 18, 2014 A new pandemic - the perma effect - has taken over Earth of the near future. Whenever you play your favorite online game, beware: your mind might merge with the virtual world and dump its comatose host. Woe be to those stuck forever in Tetris! And still they're the lucky ones compared to those burning alive eternally within the scorched hulls of tank simulators. But some unfortunates - the handicapped and the terminally ill, shell-shocked army vets, wronged crime victims and other society misfits - choose to flee real life willingly, escaping to the limitless world of online sword and sorcery MMORPGs. Once a seasoned gamer and now a terminal cancer patient, Max grasps at this final chance to preserve his life and identity. So he goes for it - goes for the promise of immortality shared with a few trusty friends and the woman he loves. Together they roam the roads of AlterWorld and sample its agony and ecstasy born of absolute freedom.

This book presents a collection of literary criticism essays from the early years of Mencken's literary activity in the late 1910s. The book is written in the typical cynical style of Menken, which yet, combines deep insights into the social and political issues of his time with the author's incomparable way of thinking.