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By: Titus Lucretius Carus (94? BC - 49? BC) | |
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On the Nature of Things
Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, "De Rerum Natura") is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Epicurean philosophy to the Roman audience. Among digressions about the importance of philosophy in men's life and praises of Epicurus, Lucretius created a solid treatise on the atomic theory, the falseness of religion and many kinds of natural phenomena. With no harm to his philosophical scope, the author composed a didactic poem of epic flavor, of which the imagery and style are highly praised. |
By: Euripides (480-406 BC) | |
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The Trojan Women
Euripides' play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and as their remaining families are about to be taken away as slaves. However, it begins first with the gods Athena and Poseidon discussing ways to punish the Greek armies because they condoned Ajax the Lesser for dragging Cassandra away from Athena's temple. What follows shows how much the Trojan women have suffered as their grief is compounded when the Greeks dole out additional deaths and divide their shares of women. |
By: Lucian of Samosata (120—180) | |
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Trips to the Moon
The endeavour of small Greek historians to add interest to their work by magnifying the exploits of their countrymen, and piling wonder upon wonder, Lucian first condemned in his Instructions for Writing History, and then caricatured in his True History, wherein is contained the account of a trip to the moon, a piece which must have been enjoyed by Rabelais, which suggested to Cyrano de Bergerac his Voyages to the Moon and to the Sun, and insensibly contributed, perhaps, directly or through Bergerac, to the conception of Gulliver’s Travels. The Icaro-Menippus Dialogue describes another trip to the moon, though its satire is more especially directed against the philosophers. | |
By: A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew (1842-) | |
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A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 |
By: William Strunk Jr. | |
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style (1918) by William Strunk, Jr. is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the best-known and most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading in U.S. high school and university composition classes. The original 1918 edition of The Elements of Style detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, “a few matters of form”, and a list of commonly "misused" words and expressions... |
By: Valmiki | |
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The Ramayana Book 2
The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India, the other being Mahabharata. It is the story of Rama, who emabrks on an epic journey followed by the fight with Ravana, the demon king who abducted Rama's wife, Sita. The epic depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife and the ideal king. (Introduction by Om123) | |
Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala |
By: Romesh C Dutt | |
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The Mahabharata by Vyasa: the epic of ancient India condensed into English verse
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahabharata is attributed to Vyasa. With more than 74,000 verses, Mahabharata is said to be the longest poem. Mahabharata tells the story of the epic Kurukshetra War and the fates of the cousin brothers Kauravas and the Pandavas. But more than that the Mahabharata contains much philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or 'purusharthas'. The latter are enumerated as dharma (right action), artha (purpose), kama (pleasure), and moksha (liberation). (Introduction by om123) |
By: Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) | |
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Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero | |
Sielanka: An Idyll |
By: Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837) | |
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Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse | |
The Queen Of Spades | |
Boris Godunov: a drama in verse |
By: Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) | |
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Daughter of the Commandant
"The Daughter of the Commandant" (better known as "The Captain's Daughter") is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin, and is considered to be his finest prose work. The novel is a romanticized account of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773-1774. The 17-year-old Pyotr Andreyich is sent by his father to military service in a remote Russian outpost, where he leans honor and love while being caught up in a violent uprising of tribal groups against the imperial government. |
By: Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837) | |
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Marie; a story of Russian love |
By: Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) | |
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Roget's Thesaurus |
By: Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) | |
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Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist |
By: Hélène A. Guerber (1859-1929) | |
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Contes et légendes 1re Partie |
By: Sofronio G. Calderón (1878-1954?) | |
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Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog Con partes de la oracion y pronunciacion figurada |
By: Ivan S. Turgenev (1818-1883) | |
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Fathers and Children | |
Rudin
Rudin is the first and perhaps least known novel by Ivan Turgenev, a famous Russian writer best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. The story focuses on a romantic involvement between Rudin and Natalya, a serious, intelligent young woman. The topic of the “superfluous man” and his inability to act, which was a major theme of Turgenev's literary work, is explored. – Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudin by Lee Smalley | |
Virgin Soil | |
On the Eve
On the Eve appeared in 1860, two years before Fathers and Sons, Turgenev's most famous novel. It is set in the prior decade (by the end of the novel, the Crimean War (1853-56) has already broken out. It centers on the young Elena Nikolaevna Stakhov, daughter of Nikolai Arteyemvitch and Anna Vassilyevna Stahov. Misunderstood by both her parents (Nikolai Artemyevitch is at least as interested in his German mistress as in members of her family) she is on friendly terms with both the would-be professor Andrei Petrovitch Bersenyev and the rising young sculptor Pavel Yakovitch Shubin, both of whom might be -- or might not be -- in love with her... | |
A Desperate Character and Other Stories | |
A Nobleman's Nest | |
The Rendezvous 1907 |
By: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) | |
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On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 |
By: Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) | |
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Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 | |
Sonnets from the Crimea |
By: Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC) | |
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"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries |
By: Aristophanes (446BC - 385BC) | |
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Lysistrata
Lysistrata read by the Classics Drama Company at DePaul. The Classics Drama Company at DePaul is a new gathering of Thespians and Classicists dedicated to performing and understanding ancient literature. If you live in Chicago and attend DePaul University, we welcome new additions to our group. Contact Dr. Kirk Shellko (kshellko@depaul.edu), if interested.First performed in classical Athens c. 411 B.C.E., Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is the original battle of the sexes. One woman, Lysistrata, brings together the women of all Greece, exhorting them to withhold sexual contact from all men in order that they negotiate a treaty... |
By: Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) | |
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First Footsteps in East Africa |
By: Lucius Apuleius (125?-180) | |
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The Golden Asse | |
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura |
By: Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler (1880-) | |
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A First Spanish Reader |
By: C. F. (Charles Frederic) Hayes (1857-1942) | |
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English-Esperanto Dictionary |
By: James Witt Sewell (1865-1955) | |
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An English Grammar |
By: Kalidasa | |
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Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works | |
Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama |
By: Procopius | |
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Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. | |
History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War | |
History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War |
By: Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett (1858-1921) | |
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New Latin Grammar |
By: John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) | |
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Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse |
By: F. Max Müller (1823-1900) | |
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My Autobiography A Fragment |
By: George Henry Borrow (1803-1881) | |
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Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language | |
The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain |
By: Alfred Ayres (1826-1902) | |
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The Verbalist
Ayres arranges usage problems alphabetically and treats certain areas in greater detail as he sees fit. For example, his first entry is A-AN (articles). His second is ABILITY-CAPACITY, in which he distinguishes between the meanings. The alphabetical arrangement continues through to YOURS. (Introduction by Bill Boerst) |
By: John Hendricks Bechtel (1841-) | |
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Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking |
By: Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837-1899) | |
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The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 | |
Aboriginal American Authors |
By: Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884) | |
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Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland |
By: Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884) | |
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Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes (Kirby translation)
The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. The Kalevala played an instrumental role in the development of the Finnish national identity, the intensification of Finland's language strife and the growing sense of nationality that ultimately led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917... |
By: Francis Grose (1731-1791) | |
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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue |
By: Maksim Gorky (1868-1936) | |
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Mother |
By: Frederick W. Hamilton (1860-1940) | |
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Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses |
By: Maksim Gorky (1868-1936) | |
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Creatures That Once Were Men | |
Through Russia | |
The Man Who Was Afraid |
By: Frederick W. Hamilton (1860-1940) | |
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Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically |
By: Maksim Gorky (1868-1936) | |
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Creatures That Once Were Men |
By: of Samosata Lucian (120-180) | |
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Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 |
By: Confucius (551 BCE-479 BCE) | |
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Confucian Analects
The Analects, or Lunyu (simplified Chinese: 论语; traditional Chinese: 論語; pinyin: Lún Yǔ; literally "Classified/Ordered Sayings"), also known as the Analects of Confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples, as well as the discussions they held. Written during the Spring and Autumn Period through the Warring States Period (ca. 475 BC - 221 BC), the Analects is the representative work of Confucianism and continues to have a substantial influence on Chinese and East Asian thought and values today... |
By: Sherwin Cody (1868-1959) | |
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The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric |
By: Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) | |
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Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," |
By: H. Bolingbroke Mudie (1880-1916) | |
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The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 1 | |
The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 3 | |
The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 2 |
By: Hesiod | |
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Works and Days, The Theogony, and The Shield of Heracles
Works and Days provides advice on agrarian matters and personal conduct. The Theogony explains the ancestry of the gods. The Shield of Heracles is the adventure of Heracles accepting an enemy's challenge to fight. |
By: Harry Vincent Wann | |
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French Conversation and Composition |