18 books like Faust
Wilhelm Tell
"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…
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Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (German: Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade), usually shortened to Marat/Sade (pronounced [ma.ʁa.sad]), is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss. The…
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The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
Marlowe's play has two different recognized texts, with most editions based on the B text. Due to recent arguments for the authenticity of A, this edition is based on the A text. It includes a discussion of biographical, dramatic and theatrical aspects of the play.
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Doctor Faustus
"Doctor Faustus is a classic; its imaginative boldness and vertiginous ironies have fascinated readers and playgoers alike. But the fact that this play exists in two early versions, printed in 1604 and 1616, has posed formidable problems for critics. How much of either version was written by Marlowe, and which is the more authentic? Is the play orthodox or radically interrogative?" "Michael…
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Les tragiques
La douloureuse histoire des guerres de religion, Agrippa d'Aubigné l'a vécue, jour après jour, dans le camp protestant, dès sa plus tendre enfance. Très tôt, il fut le témoin de scènes de massacre et il participa tout jeune aux combats. Ecuyer d'Henri de Navarre, il partagea avec lui une vie d'aventures et, immobilisé par une blessure, composa le long poème des Tragiques. Cette œuvre de colère…
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Egmont
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is considered the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.
He was a German writer and statesman. His works include: four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.
This collection includes the following:
The Sorrows of Young Werther…
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Samson Agonistes
In 1796, William Hayley named John Milton the “greatest English author,” high praise considering Milton (1608-1674) lived during the Age of Shakespeare. Regardless of whether Milton is truly the greatest English author, few question his legacy as one of the greatest writers of the English language and one of the most important philosophers of modern Europe. 
Living during a tumultuous period…
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Maria Stuart
''Maria Stuart'' (biography), a biography of Mary, Queen of Scots
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Euripide
Ten tragedies by one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, namely Hecuba, Orestes, The Phœnician Virgins, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, The Bacchæ, The Heraclidæ, Iphigenia in Aulis, and Iphigenia in Tauris.
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The complete plays of Sophocles
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…
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En attendant Godot
Waiting for Godot is a play by Irish author Samuel Beckett. It is Beckett's best-known literary work and is regarded by critics as "one of the most enigmatic plays of modern literature." It was written (1948–1949), first published (1952), and first performed (1953) in French as En attendant Godot. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's own English-language adaptation. Subtitled "tragicomedy in two acts",…
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Candida
The Reverend James Mavor Morell, a respectable socialist clergyman, spends his days giving lectures and sermons while his wife, Candida, sees to his comfortable London home. That home is disrupted by the arrival of the poet Eugene Marchbanks, who is in love with Candida and determined to rescue her from what he sees as an unromantic life. Shaw wrote Candida as a reaction to Henrik Ibsen’s social…
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The Taming of the Shrew
This play within a play is a delightful farce about a fortune hunter who marries and tames" the town shrew. The comedy, often produced today because of its accessibility, is one of the plays Shakespeare intended for the general public rather than for the nobility.
CliffsComplete combines the full original text of The Taming of the Shrew with a helpful glossary and CliffsNotes-quality commentary…
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Winter's Tale
"Neither comedy nor tragedy, The Winter's tale contains elements of each genre, and defies easy classification. It experiments, like many of Shakespeare's late plays, with different styles and tones, and draws on a wide range of sources and inspirations. Full of mysteries and miracles, grief and dark humour, this strange play has fascinated critics and theatregoers for centuries. Theatrical and…
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The gentle shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd
Allan Ramsay, scottish poet, playwright and publisher (1686-1758)
This ebook presents «The Gentle Shepherd», from Allan Ramsay. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK
-02- PREFACE
-03- THE LIFE OF ALLAN RAMSAY
-04- REMARKS ON THE WRITINGS OF ALLAN RAMSAY
-05- ESSAY ON RAMSAY'S GENTLE SHEPHERD
-06-…
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Measure for Measure
In the Duke's absence, a cruel regent condemns a noble to death under an old law against fornication. When his sister pleads for his life, the regent basely bargains for her virginity, but the Duke restores justice.
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As You Like It
This play has two principal settings: the court that Frederick has usurped from his brother, the rightful Duke, and the Forest of Arden, where the Duke and his followers (including the disgruntled Lord Jaques and the jester Touchstone) are living.
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
When Falstaff meets Mistresses Page and Ford, two married women said to control their own financial affairs, he writes identical love letters to each of them, never imagining that they will compare notes. When they do, they vow to trick Falstaff.
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