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Don Juan
by Lord ByronDon Juan, a satirical poem and is known as the masterpiece of the English poet Lord Byron, his short lyric She Walks in Beauty and lengthy narrative poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage made him to be the celebrated poet of the England. Don Juan portrays the fictional libertine, Don Giovanni as a character who can be easily seduced by women, against ..
The Cynics Word Book
by Ambrose BierceThe Cynic's Word Book is written by Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, an American multifaceted personality who has many credits to his professions as a journalist, editorialist, satirist, fabulist and a short story writer. The Cynic’s work book was originally published as an occasional newspaper, later published in the book form with a title The Devil's ..
A Tramp Abroad
by Mark TwainA Tramp Abroad written by Mark Twain is a sequel to the Author’s early work The Innocents Abroad. This book is a travel literature, details the journey of the Author with his friend Harris (a fiction character based on Twain’s real friend Joseph Twichell). The destinations of the travel is through central Europe and Southern Europe with a goal o..
Euthyphro
by PlatoEuthyphro is one among the most famous Plato’s dialogues which takes place outside the court of Athens. Socrates is charged on impiety by Meletus and Euthyphro has come to prosecute his own father. Both meet outside the Athens court and the dialogue begins there. The core of the dialogue is Socrates trying to learn from Euthyphro on what is holi..
The Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary is a satirical lexicon, a work of the American journalist Ambrose Bierce, whose literary face include as a short story writer, fabulist, satirist, and literary critic. Among his numerous short stories notable are The Boarded Window, An Inhabitant of Carcosa, The Haunted Valley, A Diagnosis of Death, and An Affair of Outposts...
Essays Of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo EmersonEssays is the complete collection of essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer, and poet. The champion of individualism, who had lead Transcendentalist movement, has published numerous essays and public lectures. The writing of “Nature” made him to excel on par with the then contemporary writers. His most famous essay..
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner is written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an English poet and philosopher credited as the founder of Romantic Movement in England. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is written as poem narrates the long voyage experiences of a mariner who narrates his story to a man who is on his way to attend a wedding ceremony. Blesse..
The Consolation of Philosophy
by BoethiusThe Consolation of Philosophy is written by Boethius, a Roman philosopher of 6th century. He compiled this book during his trial for treason and this book is considered the great prison literature. Boethius was executed after one year imprisonment by King Theodoric the Great. This book is written in a conversational style between Boethius ..