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The OXFORD SHAKESPEARE: Othello: The Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare & Michael Neill
epub |eng | 2008-04-16 | Author:William Shakespeare & Michael Neill [Shakespeare, William & Neill, Michael]

Conclusion The one conclusion we can safely draw from this protracted history of debate is that the textual mystery of Othello is unlikely ever to be resolved to general satisfaction. ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory March 25,2014 )
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2010-03-24 | Author:William Shakespeare [Shakespeare, William]

2. Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1953: a snarling and spitting Michael Redgrave as Shylock with a warm and dignified Peggy Ashcroft as Portia. London’s National Theatre mounted two critically acclaimed ...
( Category: Shakespeare March 25,2014 )
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-03-24 | Author:William Shakespeare [Shakespeare, William]

ACT 3 SCENE 1 Lucentio and Hortensio vie for Bianca’s attentions as they tutor her, but Bianca shows a distinct preference for Lucentio. Under the pretense of translating a passage ...
( Category: History & Criticism March 25,2014 )
Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-03-24 | Author:William Shakespeare [Shakespeare, William]

ACT 4 SCENE 2 Lines 1–82: Although extremely ill, King Henry talks with Warwick and two of his sons, Clarence and Gloucester, about his plans for a crusade once the ...
( Category: Drama March 25,2014 )
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-25 | Author:William Shakespeare [Shakespeare, William]

Lines 1–157: Roman citizens are preparing to mutiny over recent food shortages, believing that the patricians are hoarding corn and charging high prices for it. One citizen urges them all ...
( Category: Shakespeare March 25,2014 )
Henry IV (Part 1) by William Shakespeare
epub, mobi | | 2009-08-11 | Author:William Shakespeare [Shakespeare, William]

ACT 5 SCENE 4 The royal party enters, with Worcester and Vernon as prisoners. The king lays responsibility for the day’s bloodshed on Worcester for not accepting his offer of ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory March 25,2014 )
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2011-06-30 | Author:William Shakespeare [Shakespeare, William]

maids; it was thought she was a woman, and was turned into a cold fish for she would not exchange flesh with one that loved her. The ballad is very ...
( Category: Shakespeare March 25,2014 )
Antigone, Oedipus the King and Electra by Sophocles
epub, mobi |eng | 1998-09-16 | Author:Sophocles [Sophocles]

730 IOCASTA. So it was said—indeed, they say it still. OEDIPUS. Where is the place where this encounter happened? IOCASTA. They call the country Phokis, and a road From Delphi ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical March 25,2014 )
The Complete Plays of Sophocles by Sophocles
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Sophocles

OEDIPUS How can it be groundless if I’m their son? MESSENGER But Polybos was no relation to you. OEDIPUS What? Polybos was not my father? 1160 MESSENGER No more than ...
( Category: Dramas & Plays March 25,2014 )
Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises (Penguin Classics) by Xenophon
epub |eng | 2006-03-29 | Author:Xenophon [Xenophon]

CHAPTER 9 [1] So far I have covered how to avoid being swindled when buying a colt or a horse, how to treat a horse so as to avoid spoiling ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical March 25,2014 )
Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-09-23 | Author:Maya Angelou [Angelou, Maya]

Celia Cruz There are certain artists who belong to all the people, everywhere, all the time. The list of singers, musicians, and poets must include David the harpist from the ...
( Category: Authors March 25,2014 )
Fear Itself by Walter Mosley
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2003-07-01 | Author:Walter Mosley [Mosley, Walter]

I TURNED ON A SMALL LAMP and pulled a burgundy hassock up to the double shelf. Most of the books were romances and westerns. There were a few magazines stacked ...
( Category: Booksellers & Bookselling March 25,2014 )
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-12-28 | Author:Manning Marable [Marable, Manning]

Despite continuing threats, the Littles struggled to build a UNIA organization. On Sunday, May 8, 1926, the local branch held a meeting that featured “Mr. E. Little” as its principal ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 25,2014 )
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
epub, mobi |eng | 1977-02-15 | Author:Maya Angelou [Angelou, Maya]

Yet I could not detect a shred of superciliousness on his face or in his soft yielding manner. I thanked him. Tom said he would be in touch with me ...
( Category: Women March 25,2014 )
Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2001-06-05 | Author:Walter Mosley [Mosley, Walter]

FEARLESS AND I FINISHED our drinks in silence. Then we went toward the door. He was the first one through, and I was just about to follow when someone grabbed ...
( Category: Booksellers & Bookselling March 25,2014 )

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