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Hávamál · 1986 · 157p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Glossaries, Concordances, Language, Poetry with this book.

Lays of ancient Rome Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1800 · ★ 4.1 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Noteworthy among Macaulay's works are his poems, of which the 'Lays of Ancient Rome' are chief. Here his purpose is to embody his conception of the heroic historical ballads which must have been current among the early Romans as among the medieval English Shares Rome, Poetry

Shakespeare's bawdy Eric Partridge · 1947 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Glossaries, Language, History and criticism with this book.

Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus · 1554 · ★ 3.3 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Includes an introduction to this Roman poet, selections from his poetry, vocabulary and grammatical notes, and glossaries on meters and figures of speech. Shares Latin Elegiac poetry, Latin Love poetry, Latin language, Poetry

Carmina Horace · 1712 · ★ 4.0 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. Their subtlety of tone and brilliance of technique have often proved elusive, especially when - as has usually been the case - a single translator ventures to maneuver through Horace's infinite variety. Now for the first time, leading poets from America, England, and Ireland have collaborated to bring all 103 odes into… Shares Language, Latin language, History and criticism, Poetry

Gabriel Conroy Bret Harte · 1875 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Novel of an honest young miner in the mountains and his family and troubles. Shares Glossaries, Language

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares Poetry

Ovid with an English translation: Heroides and Amores Ovid · 1637 · ★ 2.0 · 523p · ≈ 17h · Challenging Index of proper names appended Shares Latin Love poetry, History and criticism, Romance & Relationships, Poetry

Heroides Ovid · 1502 · ★ 4.1 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The "autres ouvrages" of Bachet are, "Virginis Deiparæ ad Christvm filium. Epistola. Nec non, & alia quædam poëmatia", and "Rime toscane" Shares Latin Love poetry, History and criticism, Romance & Relationships, Poetry

In memoriam Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1850 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging craftsmanship of tennyson in In Memorium Shares In literature, History and criticism, Poetry

Carmen 63 Gaius Valerius Catullus · 1861 · ★ 2.5 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Challenging "Catullus, who lived during some of the most interesting and tumultuous years of the late Roman Republic, spent his short but intense life (?84-54 B.C.E) in high Roman society, rubbing shoulders with various cultural and political luminaries including Cesar, Cicero, and Pompey, Catullus's poetry is by turns ribald, lyric, romantic, satirical; sometimes obscene and always intelligent, it offers us… Shares Latin Elegiac poetry, Latin Love poetry, Poetry

Metamorphoses Ovid · 1479 · ★ 4.1 · 417p · ≈ 13h · Challenging The Metamorphoses is a narrative poem penned by the Roman poet Ovid. Widely considered to be his ultimate work, comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths. The poem portrays a history of the world from creation up to the deification of Julius Caesar. Metamorphoses is viewed as one of the most influential works in Western culture, inspiring authors such as Dante, Shakespeare, Chaucer, and… Shares Latin Love poetry, Latin language, Poetry

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

Helen of Troy Andrew Lang · 1882 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Challenging In Greek mythology, Helen, better known as Helen of Sparta or Helen of Troy, was daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of king Menelaus of Sparta and sister of Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra. Her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. Helen was described as having the face that launched a thousand ships. Helen or Helene is probably derived from the Greek word meaning "torch" or… Shares In literature, Poetry

The joys of Yiddish Leo Calvin Rosten · 1968 · ★ 4.3 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Do you know when to cry Mazel tov -- and when to avoid it like the plague? Did you know that Oy! is not a word, but a vocabulary with 29 distinct variations, sighed, cried, howled, or moaned, employed to express anything from ecstasy to horror? Here are words heard 'round the English-speaking world: chutzpa, or gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, "...that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed… Shares Glossaries

The oriental tale in England in the eighteenth century Martha Pike Conant · 1908 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares In literature, History and criticism with this book.

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