18 books like Shakespeare Survey

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

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

Wheel of fire: essays in interpretation of Shakespeare's sombre tragedies G. Wilson Knight · 1930 · ★ 3.0 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Critique et interprétation, Shakespeare, Criticism and interpretation, Drama with this book.

Henry V William Shakespeare · 1800 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Written by William Shakespeare around 1599, The Life of Henry the Fifth, more commonly known as Henry V, chronicles the later history of King Henry the Fifth of England and his efforts during Hundred Years’ War to reclaim disputed territories in France. The play starts with Henry’s claims to be the rightful heir to the French throne and, after his invasion of France, culminates with his famous… Shares Stage history, Shakespeare, Drama, History

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Brian Vickers · 2002 · 564p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Shares Shakespeare, Criticism and interpretation, Drama with this book.

Post-colonial Shakespeares Ania Loomba · 1998 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate This collection of new essays explores the multiple possibilities for the study of Shakespeare in an emerging post-colonial period. Post-Colonial Shakespeares examines the extent to which our assumption about such key terms as 'colonization', 'race' and 'nation' derive from early modern English culture. It also looks at how such terms are themselves affected by what were established subsequently… Shares Shakespeare, Criticism and interpretation, Drama

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

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · 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

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 Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares History

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

King Lear William Shakespeare · 1800 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain that it represents. Its figures harden their hearts, engage in violence, or try to alleviate the suffering of others. Lear himself rages until his sanity cracks. What, then, keeps bringing us back to King Lear? For all the force of its language, King Lear is almost equally powerful when translated,… Shares Shakespeare, Drama

The lay of the last minstrel Sir Walter Scott · 1805 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Criticism and interpretation, Poetry with this book.

Plays Francis Beaumont · 1778 · 475p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Criticism and interpretation, Poetry, History with this book.

Macbeth William Shakespeare · 1821 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Challenging An Apple Books Classic edition.Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s darkest and most tragic works, a drama so steeped in legend that actors won’t even say its name for fear of bringing bad luck. The Bard’s shortest tragedy is a tale of murder, madness, and ambition full of iconic speeches. It’s been adapted countless times during its 400 years—and now director Joel Coen has created a bold and fierce… Shares Stage history, Shakespeare, Drama, History

Hamlet William Shakespeare · 1603 · ★ 4.0 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Challenging In this quintessential Shakespeare tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in a series of highly charged confrontations that have held audiences spellbound for nearly four centuries. Those fateful exchanges, and the anguished soliloquies that precede and follow them, probe depths of human feeling rarely sounded in any art. The title role of… Shares Stage history, Criticism and interpretation, Drama

Forster Malcolm Bradbury · 1966 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation with this book.

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