Six Great American Poets: Poems by Poe, Dickinson, Whitman, Longfellow, Frost and Millay
Title | Six Great American Poets: Poems by Poe, Dickinson, Whitman, Longfellow, Frost and Millay PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780486274256 |
The Bourgeois Gentleman
Title | The Bourgeois Gentleman PDF eBook |
Author | Molière |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780486415925 |
Classic satire, one of the best by France’s greatest comedic playwright, pokes fun at the sham and hypocrisy of 17th-century French society. A wealthy tradesman, Monsieur Jourdain, yearns to become a gentleman in order to win the hand of a marchioness—disregarding the inconvenient fact that he is already married—but only succeeds in making a fool of himself.
The Egg and Other Stories
Title | The Egg and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Sherwood Anderson |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780486414119 |
Published two years after the innovative, influential 1919 masterpiece Winesburg, Ohio, this collection of short stories solidified the author's reputation as a major American writer. These stories explore intriguing psychological depths, redolent with personal epiphanies, erotic undercurrents, and sudden eruptions of passion among seemingly repressed, inarticulate Midwesterners.
Joseph Andrews
Title | Joseph Andrews PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Fielding |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2012-05-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486110826 |
First English realistic novel depicts misadventures of Joseph and his old tutor, Parson Adams, and their travels — along the way exposing, through their own innocence and honesty, the hypocrisy and affectation of others.
An Ideal Husband
Title | An Ideal Husband PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2001-02-01 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 9780486414232 |
Although Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are still staples of the theatrical repertoire. An Ideal Husband revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards — providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale continually exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the play moving at a lively pace. ike most of Wilde's plays, this scintillating drawing-room comedy is wise, well-constructed, and deeply satisfying. An instant success at its 1895 debut, the play continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later. An Ideal Husband is a must-read for Wilde fans, students of English literature, and anyone delighted by wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.
Swann's Way
Title | Swann's Way PDF eBook |
Author | Marcel Proust |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2012-05-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 048611533X |
The first volume of the 7-part masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, Swann's Way introduces the reader to Charles Swann, a wealthy connoisseur in 19th-century Paris and a victim of an agonizing romance.
Nostromo
Title | Nostromo PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Conrad |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2013-01-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486157652 |
Tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set in a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men.