18 books like He, the one who gets slapped

What to read after He, the one who gets slapped — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Walter Hawkesworth's Labyrinthus

Walter Hawkesworth's Labyrinthus Walter Hawkesworth · 1988 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General, 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, General, Drama

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

Cha guan She Lao · 1980 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, 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 picturesque

The picturesque Christopher Hussey · 1927 · 308p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

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

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

Три сестры Антон Павлович Чехов · 1901 · ★ 3.8 · 86p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Три сестры: Драма в четырёх действиях Shares Russian drama, Continental european drama, Drama

Comedies Publius Terentius Afer · 1616 · ★ 5.0 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Shares Continental european drama, Literary Criticism, Drama with this book.

Antigone Sophocles · 1581 · ★ 3.8 · 79p · ≈ 2h · Challenging "Oedipus, the former ruler of Thebes, has died. Now, when his young daughter Antigone defies her uncle, Kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact a primal conflict between young and old, woman and man, individual and ruler, family and state, courageous and self-sacrificing reverence for the gods of the earth and perhaps self-serving… Shares Continental european drama, General, Drama

Imagining Culture Jonathan Hart · 1996 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

Tragedy Clifford Leech · 1969 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General, Drama with this book.

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Tress of the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson · 2023 · ★ 4.4 · 551p · ≈ 18h · Moderate \#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson expands his Cosmere universe shared by The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn with a new standalone novel for everyone who loved The Princess Bride. Narrated by Michael Kramer. The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from… Shares General

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

Чайка Антон Павлович Чехов · 1915 · ★ 3.9 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The scene is laid in the park on SORIN'S estate. A broad avenue of trees leads away from the audience toward a lake which lies lost in the depths of the park. The avenue is obstructed by a rough stage, temporarily erected for the performance of amateur theatricals, and which screens the lake from view. There is a dense growth of bushes to the left and right of the stage. A few chairs and a little… Shares Russian drama, Continental european drama, Drama

El sí de las ninas Leandro Fernández de Moratín · 1806 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares Literary Criticism, General, Drama with this book.

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