Against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Dickens unfolds a masterpiece of drama, adventure, ...

Release Date: 12/31/1998

A pioneer in the genre of science fiction writing, Jules Verne possessed an uncanny ability to ...

Release Date: 3/31/2005

Excellent prose translation of the ancient epic poem recounts the adventures of Odysseus on his homeward ...

Release Date: 12/31/1998

One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, masterfully portraying the fierce motives driving ...

Release Date: 4/30/1993

Release Date: 2/28/1992

In this founding work in the literature of black protest, Du Bois eloquently affirms that it is beneath the ...

Release Date: 5/31/1994

Release Date: 4/30/1995

Focusing on the use of language as both a vehicle and a tool to shape persuasive argument, ...

Release Date: 9/30/2004

This anthology celebrates the wit and imaginative creativity of the Elizabethan poets with a generous ...

Release Date: 1/31/2005

Landmark of Western drama concerns the catastrophe that ensues when King Oedipus discovers he has ...

Release Date: 6/30/1991

One of literature's most gripping ghost stories depicts the sinister transformation of 2 innocent children ...

Release Date: 1/31/1991

Among the most influential books in Western civilization, the Poetics is really a treatise on fine art.

Release Date: 3/31/1997

Compact and affordable, this collection of 43 deliciously dark fairy and folk tales features "Rapunzel," "H?

Release Date: 5/31/2007

Selling more than 300,000 copies the first year it was published, Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel ...

Release Date: 8/31/2005

16th-century classic by brilliant humanist, churchman and scholar envisioned a patriarchal island kingdom ...

Release Date: 7/31/1997

Tragic story of wasted lives, set against a bleak New England background.

Release Date: 1/31/1991

Delightful collection includes the General Prologue plus three of the most popular tales: "The Knight's ...

Release Date: 10/31/1994

For nearly a century and a half, Hawthorne's masterpiece has mesmerized readers and critics alike.

Release Date: 5/31/1994

Second only to the Bible as a source or religious instruction and inspiration this fifteenth-century book ...

Release Date: 9/30/2003

One of the glories of Elizabethan drama: Marlowe's powerful retelling of the story of the learned German ...

Release Date: 10/31/1994

One of the most powerful dramas of Christian faith ever written, this captivating allegory of man's ...

Release Date: 2/28/2003

The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, ...

Release Date: 6/30/2006

Generous sampling of 24 of Whitman's best and most representative poems from Leaves of Grass .

Release Date: 5/31/1991

Classic of world drama concerns the passing of the old semifeudal order in turn-of-the-century Russia, ...

Release Date: 1/31/1991

One of the greatest of all Restoration comedies, this knowing comedy of manners depicts the scheming of a ...

Release Date: 1/31/1994

Among the masterpieces of world literature, this great verse drama by Norway's famed playwright humorously ...

Release Date: 5/31/2003

Prose translation of epic tale, best known to modern audiences as source for Wagner's Ring cycle, ...

Release Date: 2/28/2001

This engrossing tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's ghostly journeys through Christmases past, present, ...

Release Date: 6/30/1991

Definitive novel of the "Lost Generation" focuses on the coming of age of Amory Blaine, a handsome, ...

Release Date: 4/30/1996

Representative collection of 16 masterly orations, correspondence, including "House Divided" speech at the ...

Release Date: 11/30/1991