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Cover of Arms and the Man
by George Bernard Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid in Latin: "Arma virumque cano" (Of arms and the man I sing). The play was first produced on April 21, 1894 at the Avenue Theatre, and published in 1898 as part of...
Cover of The Weir
by Conor McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013

The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism; combining superbly chilling tales of the supernatural with the hilarious banter of a small community in the heart of rural Ireland. A bar in a remote part of Ireland. The local lads are swapping spooky stories...
Cover of Man and Superman, a Comedy and a Philosophy
by George Bernard Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia.com, "George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism,...
Cover of Caesar and Cleopatra
by George Bernard Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Five-act play. According to Wikipedia: "George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism,...
Cover of Lady Windermere's Fan
by Oscar Wilde
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017

Classic play. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities...
Cover of John Synge - 8 plays
by John Synge
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This file includes: The Aran Islands, Deirdre of the Sorrows, In Wicklow and West Kerry, The Playboy of the Western World, Riders to the Sea, The Tinker's Wedding, and The Well of the Saints. According to Wikipedia: "Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright,...
Cover of The School for Scandal
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012

The intrigues of such aptly named characters as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Joseph Surface, Lady Candour, and Sir Benjamin Backbite have amused theater audiences for more than two centuries. They are the invention of the Irish-born playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and they unfold, collide, and backfire...
Cover of The Yeats Reader, Revised Edition

The Yeats Reader, Revised Edition

A Portable Compendium of Poetry, Drama, and Prose

by William Butler Yeats
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011

Throughout his long life, William Butler Yeats -- Irish writer and premier lyric poet in English in this century -- produced important works in every literary genre, works of astonishing range, energy, erudition, beauty, and skill. His early poetry is memorable and moving. His poems and plays of middle...
Cover of The Collected Works of James Joyce: Chamber Music + Dubliners + A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man + Exiles + Ulysses (the original 1922 ed.)
by James Joyce
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Works of James Joyce: Chamber Music + Dubliners + A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man + Exiles + Ulysses (the original 1922 ed.)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2...
Cover of The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies
by Andrew Lang, Robert Kirk
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012

THE bibliography of the following little tract is extremely obscure. The title-page of the edition of 1815, which we reproduce, gives the date as 1691. Sir Walter Scott says in his Demonology and Witchcraft, (1830, p. 163, note), "It was printed with the author's name in 1691, and reprinted,...
Cover of The Autobiography of a Super-tramp
by W. H. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013

The experiences of a young destitute Welshman in America and Britain. William Henry Davies was born in a pub and learnt early in life to rely on his wits and his fists-and to drink. Around the turn of the century, when he was twenty-two, his restless spirit of adventure led him to set off for America,...
Cover of Oscar Wilde Complete Works – World’s Best Collection

Oscar Wilde Complete Works – World’s Best Collection

140+ Works All Plays, Poems, Poetry, Books, Stories, Fairy Tales, Rarities Plus Biographies & Bonuses

by Oscar Wilde, Alfred Douglas, Frank Harris
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018

Oscar Wilde Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Oscar Wilde collection, including the most complete set of Wilde’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright....
Cover of Works of Thomas Moore
by Thomas Moore
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013

10 works of Thomas Moore Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer (1779-1852) This ebook presents a collection of 10 works of Thomas Moore. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Life of Lord Byron – Volume I Life of...
Cover of Discoveries
by William Butler Yeats
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014

Discoveries William Butler Yeats, irish poet (1865-1939) This ebook presents «Discoveries», from William Butler Yeats. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- PROPHET PRIEST AND KING -03-...
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