18 books like Comedies

What to read after Comedies — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

He, the one who gets slapped Леонид Николаевич Андреев · 1912 · ★ 3.5 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Paul Beaumont is a scientist who labored for years alone to prove his radical theories on the origin of mankind. Baron Regnard becomes his patron, enabling him to do research while living in his mansion. One day, Beaumont announces to his beloved wife Marie and the baron that he has proved all his theories and is ready to present them before the Academy of the Sciences. He leaves the arrangements… Shares Continental european drama, Literary Criticism, Drama

Cha guan She Lao · 1980 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, Drama with this book.

Seneca's tragedies Seneca the Younger · 1916 · 189p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Latin drama, Drama with this book.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1897 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A Representation at the Hotel de Bourgogne. The hall of the Hotel de Bourgogne, in 1640. A sort of tennis-court arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance. The hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible. On both sides of the stage are benches.… Shares Drama

The complete plays of Sophocles Sophocles · 1967 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Oedipus the King - Antigone - Electra - AjaxTrachinian Women - Philoctetes - Oedipus at ColonusThe greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, surpassing his older contemporary Aeschylus and the younger Euripides in literary output as well as in the number of prizes awarded his works. Only the seven plays in this volume have survived intact. From… Shares Continental european drama, Drama

Euripide Euripides · 1884 · 594p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Shares Continental european drama, Drama with this book.

R.U.R. and The insect play Karel Čapek · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "In 1920 Čapek wrote what was to become his most famous work, the play 'R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)', a meditation on the themes of humanity and subjugation that introduced the 'robot'. He was prolific throughout the 1920s, his plays addressing a range of subjects, although best remembered as a writer of early science fiction. Čapek also dealt with contemporary moral and political issues,… Shares Continental european drama, Drama

Walter Hawkesworth's Labyrinthus

Walter Hawkesworth's Labyrinthus Walter Hawkesworth · 1988 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, Drama with this book.

L'Ecole Des Femmes Molière · 1950 · ★ 4.0 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Chrysalde. Vous venez, dites-vous, pour lui donner la main ? Arnolphe. Oui, je veux terminer la chose dans demain. Chrysalde. Nous sommes ici seuls ; et l'on peut, ce me semble, sans craindre d'etre ouis, y discourir ensemble : voulez-vous qu'en ami je vous ouvre mon coeur ? Votre dessein pour vous me fait trembler de peur ; et de quelque facon que vous tourniez l'affaire, prendre femme est a… Shares Literary Criticism

History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck · 1911 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The wide use of the author's History of English Literature, the favor with which it has been received in all parts of the United States, and the number of earnest requests for a History of American Literature on the same plan, have led to the writing of this book. It has not appeared sooner because the author has followed his rule of making a careful first-hand study, not only of all the matter… Shares Literary Criticism

History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides · 1526 · ★ 4.0 · 399p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c.460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war. He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt… Shares Ancient & Classical, Literary Criticism

Plays of George Colman the Younger George Colman · 2019 · 796p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, Drama with this book.

Les tragiques Agrippa d' Aubigné · 1800 · 203p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares Continental european drama with this book.

Tragoediae Seneca the Younger · 1513 · 348p · ≈ 11h · Challenging v.1. Hercules furens. Troades. Medea. Hippolytus. Oedipus -- v.2. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules Oetaeus. Phoenissae. Octavia. Shares Latin drama, Drama

Wilhelm Tell Friedrich Schiller · 1800 · ★ 3.2 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "When Schiller completed Wilhelm Tell as a 'New Year's Gift for 1805' he foretold that it would cause a stir. He was right. In the midst of Great Power politics a play that drew substance from one of the fourteenth-century liberation movements proved both attractive and inflammatory. Since then the work has become immensely popular. This new English translation by William F. Mainland brings out… Shares Continental european drama, Drama

Othello William Shakespeare · 1941 · 23p · ≈ 46m · Moderate Othello, a successful Moorish general in the service of Venice, elopes with Desdemona, the daughter of a Venetian noble. His evil lieutenant Iago works on his jealousy and persuades him that his wife is unfaithful. Overwrought, Othello strangles her then kills himself in grief after the truth is revealed. Shares Ancient & Classical, Literary Criticism, Drama

Le barbier de Séville Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais · 1776 · ★ 3.7 · 115p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares Continental european drama, Literary Criticism with this book.

Plays August Strindberg · 1906 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate For contents, see Author Catalog. Shares Continental european drama, Drama

About the book { book.title } → · Compare with He, the one who gets slapped ⚔