18 books like The True-Born Englishman

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The lighter side of Irish life George A. Birmingham · 1911 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares: National characteristics, Humor

A continuation of the exercises, in Scurrility HallIsaac Hunt

A continuation of the exercises, in Scurrility Hall Isaac Hunt · 1765 Shares: Politics and government, Humor

The counter-scuffle R. S. · 1626 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Demanding Shares: Early works to 1800, Humor

Ignoramus Ruggle, George · 1630 · 153p · ≈ 5h · Demanding ''Ignoramus'', a college farce written in 1615 in Latin by George Ruggle Shares: Early works to 1800, Humor

Gentle craft Deloney, Thomas · 1627 · 63p · ≈ 2h · Demanding The history of sampler-maki9ng is as colorful and varied as the craft itself. In this lavishly illustrated book, Anne Sebba charts the rise of the sampler in Great Britain and America from its sixteenth-century origins to its present day popularity among collectors of antiques. Shares: Early works to 1800, Humor

Zombie Haiku Ryan Mecum · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In your hands is a poetry journal written by an undead poet, recounting his firsthand experience during the zombie plague. Little is known about the author before he turned into a zombie, but thanks to his continued writings in this journal - even after his death - you can accompany him from infection to demise. Through the intimate poetry of haiku, the zombie chronicles his epic journey through… Shares: Humor, Poetry

American humor Constance Rourke · 1899 · ★ 1.0 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Challenging "Stepping out of the darkness, the American emerges upon the stage of history as a new character, as puzzling to himself as to others. American Humor, Constance Rourke's pioneering "study of the national character," singles out the archetypal figures of the Yankee peddler, the backwoodsman, and the blackface minstrel to illuminate the fundamental role of popular culture in fashioning a… Shares: National characteristics, Humor

Das NEINhorn Marc-Uwe Kling · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Im Herzwald kommt ein kleines, schnickeldischnuckeliges Einhorn zur Welt. Aber obwohl alle ganz lilalieb zu ihm sind und es ständig mit gezuckertem Glücksklee füttern, benimmt sich das Tierchen ganz und gar nicht einhornmäßig. Es sagt einfach immer Nein, sodass seine Familie es bald nur noch NEINhorn nennt. Eines Tages bricht das NEINhorn aus seiner Zuckerwattewelt aus. Es trifft einen… Shares: Humor

Works (American Notes / Pictures from Italy) Charles Dickens · 1800 · 521p · ≈ 17h · Challenging American Notes was the result of the author's five-month trip to America in 1842. Dickens's travelogue includes the glitter of Boston; a Broadway swarming with hogs; a gruesome penitentiary in Philadelphia; Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis; railways and steamboats. Its publication was greeted with dismay: what Dickens described as "honest and true" was regarded in America as "a compound of… Shares: National characteristics, Early works to 1800

Citt and Bumpkin Roger L'Estrange · 1680 · 38p · ≈ 1h · Demanding Citt and Bumpkin Roger L'Estrange, english pamphleteer and author (1616-1704) This ebook presents «Citt and Bumpkin», from Roger L'Estrange. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- INTRODUCTION -03- CITT AND BUMKIN IN A DIALOGUE Shares: Politics and government, Early works to 1800, Humor

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Les Contemplations est un recueil de poésie de Victor Hugo, publié en 1856. Il est composé de 158 poèmes rassemblés en six livres. La plupart de ces poèmes ont été écrits entre 1841 et 1855, mais les poèmes les plus anciens de ce recueil datent de 1830. Les Contemplations est un recueil du souvenir, de l’amour, de la joie mais aussi de la mort, du deuil et même d'une certaine foi mystique. Le… Shares: Poetry

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

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant, enduring, and influencial works in American literature. But Poe is also the author of some of the most haunting poetry ever written–poems of love, death and loneliness that have lost none of their power to enthrall in this unique Signet Classic edition. Shares: Poetry

The dispensary Garth, Samuel Sir · 1699 · 89p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Shares: Early works to 1800, Humor, Poetry

Arcadia Sir Philip Sidney · 1598 · ★ 3.7 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Demanding Basilus, a foolish old duke, consults an oracle as he imperiously wishes to know the future, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies about his family and kingdom he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of wandering princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all… Shares: Early works to 1800, Poetry

Sir John Cockle at Court. Being the sequel of the King and the Miller of Mansfield. A dramatick tale Robert Dodsley · 1738 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Demanding The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Early works to 1800, Humor

Angliae notitia Edward Chamberlayne · 1669 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Demanding Shares: Politics and government, Early works to 1800

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging It is a poetry book. Sir Walter Scott’s love of the country induced him, after his marriage in 1797, to settle in a cottage at the pretty village of Lasswade, near Edinburgh. Four years after leaving this district he took Mr. Morritt of Rokeby to see the little dwelling, telling him that, though not worth looking at, ‘it was our first house when newly married, and many a contrivance it had to… Shares: Poetry

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