Download or read book The Bourgeois Gentleman written by Molière and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic satire, one of the best by France’s greatest comedic playwright, pokes fun at the sham and hypocrisy of 17th-century French society. A wealthy tradesman, Monsieur Jourdain, yearns to become a gentleman in order to win the hand of a marchioness—disregarding the inconvenient fact that he is already married—but only succeeds in making a fool of himself.
Download or read book The Egg and Other Stories written by Sherwood Anderson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published two years after the innovative, influential 1919 masterpiece Winesburg, Ohio, this collection of short stories solidified the author's reputation as a major American writer. These stories explore intriguing psychological depths, redolent with personal epiphanies, erotic undercurrents, and sudden eruptions of passion among seemingly repressed, inarticulate Midwesterners.
Download or read book Joseph Andrews written by Henry Fielding and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First English realistic novel depicts misadventures of Joseph and his old tutor, Parson Adams, and their travels — along the way exposing, through their own innocence and honesty, the hypocrisy and affectation of others.
Download or read book Six Great American Poets Poems by Poe Dickinson Whitman Longfellow Frost and Millay written by and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Ideal Husband written by Oscar Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are still staples of the theatrical repertoire. An Ideal Husband revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards — providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale continually exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the play moving at a lively pace. ike most of Wilde's plays, this scintillating drawing-room comedy is wise, well-constructed, and deeply satisfying. An instant success at its 1895 debut, the play continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later. An Ideal Husband is a must-read for Wilde fans, students of English literature, and anyone delighted by wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.
Download or read book Swann s Way written by Marcel Proust and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of the 7-part masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, Swann's Way introduces the reader to Charles Swann, a wealthy connoisseur in 19th-century Paris and a victim of an agonizing romance.
Download or read book Nostromo written by Joseph Conrad and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set in a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men.
Download or read book The Suicide Club written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-12-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short story trilogy involving a club for people who wish to end their lives. The "Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts," "Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk," and "The Adventure of the Hansom Cab" chronicle the exploits of Prince Florizel of Bohemia and Colonel Geraldine through some of 19th-century London's most dangerous haunts.
Download or read book The Koran written by Arthur Jeffery and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred scripture of Islam: Mohammed's revelations concerning the omniscience and majesty of God, death and judgment, the proper conduct of the faithful, previous prophets, kindness to orphans, more.
Download or read book The Moon and Sixpence written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2006-01-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Witty, compelling." — The Boston Globe. Gripped by an overwhelming obsession, Charles Strickland, a conventional London stockbroker, decides in midlife to desert his wife, family, business, and civilization for his art. One of Maugham's most popular works, The Moon and Sixpence is a riveting story about an uncompromising and self-destructive man who forsakes wealth and comfort to pursue the life of a painter. Drifting from Paris to Marseilles, Strickland eventually settles in Tahiti, takes a mistress, and in spite of poverty and a long, terminal illness, produces his most passionate and mysterious works of art. Loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin, Maugham's timeless masterpiece is storytelling at its best — an insightful work focusing on artistic fixation that propels the artist beyond the commonplace into the selfish realm of genius.
Download or read book Darkwater written by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1999-07-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinguished American civil rights leader, W. E. B. Du Bois first published these fiery essays, sketches, and poems individually nearly 80 years ago in the Atlantic, the Journal of Race Development, and other periodicals. This volume has long inspired readers with its militant cry for social, political, and economic reforms for black Americans.
Download or read book Four Great Tragedies written by William Shakespeare and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four of the playwright's greatest works: Hamlet; Macbeth; Othello; and Romeo and Juliet, the tale of the lovers whose names are synonymous with star-crossed romance.
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Download or read book Five Great Comedies written by William Shakespeare and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inexpensive Dover edition brings together five of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, from the magic and mischief of A Midsummer Night's Dream to the rollicking farce of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Download or read book The Lower Depths written by Maksim Gorky and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling 1902 play, considered Gorky's masterpiece, centers on a group of wretched souls who congregate to play cards, tell stories, and debate whether it is better to live without illusions or to maintain a romanticized worldview. A powerful, influential drama, hailed for its realistic and memorable characterizations.
Download or read book King Solomon s Mines written by H. Rider Haggard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gentleman adventurer is hired to locate a man who has disappeared into the heart of Africa while hunting for the legendary lost diamond mines of King Solomon.
Download or read book Great Speeches written by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 27 masterly speeches: First Inaugural Address, message to Congress after Pearl Harbor ("a day that will live in infamy"), Fireside Chats, Fourth Inaugural Address, many more.
