18 books like Plays (37)

What to read after Plays (37) — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets) William Shakespeare · 1838 · 1353p · ≈ 45h · Demanding Shares English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Castaways, Shipwrecks with this book. Shares English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Castaways, Shipwrecks

Works (46) William Shakespeare · 1905 · 3419p · ≈ 113h · Challenging Shares English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Castaways, Shipwrecks with this book. Shares English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Castaways, Shipwrecks

Plays (36) William Shakespeare · 1623 · ★ 3.6 · 928p · ≈ 30h · Demanding Shares English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Shipwrecks, Performing Arts with this book. Shares English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Shipwrecks, Performing Arts

Elizabethan Drama Christopher Marlowe · 1910 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Shipwrecks, Performing Arts with this book. Shares English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Shipwrecks, Performing Arts

The Tempest William Shakespeare · 1611 · ★ 3.8 · 518p · ≈ 17h · Challenging The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his… Shares English literature: Shakespeare texts, Tragicomedy, Performing Arts, Survival after airplane accidents

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate **Not many people talk about "joy" these days.** Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of… Shares Biography & Memoir, History

Cymbeline William Shakespeare · 1734 · ★ 3.6 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Cymbeline, King of Britain is one of the best-known works of William Shakespeare. It is a romantic play interwoven with war and tragedy. It revolves around Cymbeline and his daughter, Imogen. Imogen does not abide by her father's wishes and marries a lowborn gentleman, Posthumous. After their marriage, Posthumous is banished from Britain, and Imogen is held as a prisoner in the palace. As the… Shares Tragicomedy, English drama, Fathers and daughters, Drama

Thurber Carnival James Thurber · 1940 · ★ 4.2 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate James Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945, The Thurber Carnival captures the depth of his talent and the breadth of his wit. The stories compiled here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker,… Shares Drama, Biography & Memoir, History

Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare · 1730 · ★ 3.6 · 2364p · ≈ 78h · Demanding Shares Performing Arts, English drama, Classics, Drama with this book. Shares Performing Arts, English drama, Classics, Drama

When the World Shook H. Rider Haggard · 1919 · ★ 3.6 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Depicts the adventure of three Englishmen who uncover a pair of 250,000 year old super-humans in suspended animation. The super-humans, awakened, view Europe in the midst of the First World War and decide that human civilization must be destroyed. Shares Castaways, Shipwrecks

Works [37 plays, 4 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare · 1797 · 968p · ≈ 32h · Demanding Shares Performing Arts, English drama, Classics, Drama with this book. Shares Performing Arts, English drama, Classics, Drama

Lives of the Necromancers William Godwin · 1834 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares Magicians, Biography & Memoir, History with this book.

Winter's Tale William Shakespeare · 1735 · ★ 3.7 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "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… Shares Tragicomedy, Castaways, Fathers and daughters, Drama

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares Biography & Memoir

A history of autobiography in antiquity

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Mr. Nice Howard Marks · 1996 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir 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

About the book { book.title } → · Compare with Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets) ⚔