Search PDFBooksWorld

PDF Books in All Subjects


Gargantua and Pantagruel

Gargantua and Pantagruel

by Francois Rabelais

Gargantua and Pantagruel written by François Rabelais, an author of French origin who has been regarded as fantasy writer and one of the great writers of world literature and modern European writing. The story is based on the themes of satire and fantasy in nature, narrates the life of giants Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. Gargantua wife dies..

Swann's Way

Swann's Way

by Marcel Proust

Swann's Way is written by Marcel Proust, a writer of French Origin remembered for his masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, which was published in seven volumes. Swann's Way is first of the seven volumes, was rejected initially by many publishers. The story is narrated by unnamed character, who has inability to sleep and his wish for getting his m..

Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King

by Sophocles

Oedipus the King written by Sophocles is the first of The Oedipus Trilogy which portrays the tragic hero Oedipus’s birth to blinding his eyes with pins removed from his mother’s dress. Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta in the kingdom of Thebes. The infamous prophecy said, on attaining the adulthood Oedipus will kill his father, ma..

Oedipus at Colonus

Oedipus at Colonus

by Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus written by Sophocles is the second play of The Oedipus Trilogy which portrays the tragic hero Oedipus’s exit from Thebes till his death at Athens. Oedipus was expelled from the kingdom by his sons Eteocles and Polynices, and travel to Athens accompanied by his daughters Antigone and Ismene to die in the holy land. On reaching ..

Antigone

Antigone

by Sophocles

Antigone written by Sophocles is the third play of The Oedipus Trilogy which portrays the braveness of Oedipus daughter Antigone and the tragedy of the Thebes ruler Creon. The death of Oedipus triggered the civil war and the sons of Oedipus died in an attempt for the throne. Creon, the ruler of the Thebes has decided to honor Eteocles and Polyne..

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

by E.M. Berens

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome is written by E.M. Berens, a historian who has written many books in mythology and religion genres such as The history of the prayer book of the Church of England, Olympian Divinities: Third Dynasty, The Argonauts, Christmas stories, Pronouncing Ancient Greek And Roman Names, and Six Collections of Mytho..

Middlemarch

Middlemarch

by George Eliot

Middlemarch written by George Eliot, a leading English novelist of the Victorian era is described by Martin Amis as "The greatest novel" in the English language. The novel narrates the lives of four couples with didactic tone and is based on many subjects such as marriage, self-interest, idealism, hypocrisy, religion, and education.   Doroth..

The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems is the magnum opus of Geoffrey Chaucer who is known as the father of English literature. Written as verse and prose, these stories are narrated as the story telling contest during a travel to Canterbury Cathedral by Pilgrims. Unlike other works by the author, The Canterbury Tales does not define any audience. ..