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Featured Article: Richard II

Richard II is a five-act history play by the English dramatist William Shakespeare. See more »

1984

1984 is a famous novel of social criticism written by the English author George Orwell and published in 1949.

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Adieu, Farewell Earth's Bliss

Adieu, Farewell Earth's Bliss is a lyric by the Elizabethan writer Thomas Nashe.

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All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well is a five-act play by the English dramatist William Shakespeare.

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Allen, Barbara

Allen, Barbara, is the central character in an old British ballad.

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Anglo-Saxon ANG gloh SAK suhn, Chronicle, is the first great work of English prose and the most important source for English history from about 800 to 1066.

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Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth is a poem from World War I (1914-1918) by Wilfred Owen, a British soldier and poet.

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Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra is a five-act tragedy by the English dramatist William Shakespeare.

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As You Like It

As You Like It is a five-act comedy by the English dramatist William Shakespeare.

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Ask Me No More

Ask Me No More is a poem by the English poet Thomas Carew.

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Barnaby Rudge

Barnaby Rudge is a historical novel set in the 1700's by the English author Charles Dickens.

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Beowulf

Beowulf, BAY uh wulf, is an epic poem that is considered the first great work of English literature.

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Bleak House

Bleak House is a novel of social criticism by the English author Charles Dickens that is considered to be one of his greatest novels.

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Blimp, Colonel

Blimp, Colonel, was a character created by English cartoonist Sir David Low after World War I (1914-1918).

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Bond, James

Bond, James, is a fictional English secret agent created by the British novelist Ian Fleming.

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Brave New World

Brave New World is a famous satirical science-fiction novel by the English author Aldous Huxley.

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Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales is a group of stories by the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Christmas Carol, A

Christmas Carol, A, a story by the English author Charles Dickens, is the best-known and most popular Christmas story in English literature.

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Comedy of Errors, The

Comedy of Errors, The, is a comedy by the English dramatist William Shakespeare.

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Coriolanus

Coriolanus is a five-act tragedy by the English dramatist William Shakespeare.

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Cymbeline

Cymbeline is a five-act play by the English dramatist William Shakespeare.

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