18 books like Works and Days

What to read after Works and Days — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Theogony Hesiod · 1953 · ★ 3.7 · 87p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Hesiod's straightforward account of family conflict among the gods is the best and earliest evidence of what the ancient Greeks believed about the beginning of the world. Includes Hesiod's "Works and Days", lines 1-201, and material from the Library of Apollodorus. Shares Agriculture, Greek Gods, Open_syllabus_project, Poetry

The seasons

The seasons James Thomson · 1771 · 203p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares Seasons, Early works to 1800, Poetry with this book.

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · 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

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.

Cyropaedia Xenophon · 1527 · ★ 3.3 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares Greek language materials, Early works to 1800, Poetry with this book.

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

Γοργίας Plato · 1827 · ★ 3.9 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Challenging There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Following under the teachings of Socrates, Plato's works are among the world's greatest literature. In the Gorgias, as in nearly all the other dialogues of Plato, we are made aware that formal logic has… Shares Greek language materials, Open_syllabus_project, Early works to 1800

Aeschyli septem quae supersunt tragoediae Aeschylus · 1937 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Greek language materials with this book.

The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1852 · ★ 3.4 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Challenging A superb depiction of a utopian community that cannot survive the individual passions of its members. In language that is suggestive and often erotic, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells a tale of failed possibilities and multiple personal betrayals as he explores the contrasts between what his characters espouse and what they actually experience in an 'ideal' community. A theme of unrealized sexual… Shares Farm life, Open_syllabus_project

Ariel Sylvia Plath · 1965 · ★ 4.2 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate "A restored edition of Sylvia Plath's collection of poems that were published after her death that restores the selection and arrangement of the poems as Plath left them at the point of her death." Upon the publication of her posthumous volume of poetry, Ariel, in the mid-1960s, Sylvia Plath became a household name. Readers may be surprised to learn that the draft of Ariel left behind by… Shares Open_syllabus_project, Poetry

The Toy-Shop; a Dramatick Satire Robert Dodsley · 1700 · 41p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Shares Early works to 1800 with this book.

Arcadia Sir Philip Sidney · 1598 · ★ 3.7 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Challenging 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

Theophrasti Characteres Theophrastus · 1628 · ★ 3.0 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "This volume collects important examples of Greek literary portraiture.". "The Characters of Theophrastus consists of thirty fictional sketches of men who are each dominated by a single fault, such as arrogance, boorishness, or superstition. Unassuming in style, his character sketches nonetheless bear resemblance to the vivid figures of the period's New Comedy. The Hellenistic poet Herodas wrote… Shares Greek language materials, Early works to 1800, Poetry

The seasons James Thomson · 1726 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Seasons, Early works to 1800, Poetry with this book.

Sophocles Sophocles · 1832 · ★ 5.0 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Sophocles' Philoctetes is one of the most widely read Greek tragedies today but is a complex and challenging play to interpret. Its representation of Philoctetes as a sufferer of physical and emotional pain gives it remarkable power and intensity. It juxtaposes Homeric and fifth-century institutions and values, explores honor, power and expediency as principles of personal and political life, and… Shares Heracles, Greek language materials

The True-Born Englishman Daniel Defoe · 1700 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Shares Early works to 1800, Poetry with this book.

Night thoughts Edward Young · 1742 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares Didactic poetry, Poetry with this book.

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