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The Historical Nights' Entertainment, Second Series, is the second collection of historical stories by Rafael Sabatini, published in 1919. It includes the stories of The Absolution (Affonso Henriques, First King Of Portugal), The False Demetrius (Boris Godunov And The Pretended Son Of Ivan The Terrible),...

According to Wikipedia: "Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his stage name Molière, (January 15, 1622 - February 17, 1673) was a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière's best-known dramas are Le Misanthrope, (The Misanthrope),...

This file includes three volumes: Poems of the First, Second, and Third Periods, in English translation. According to Wikipedia: "Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 9 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life...

According to Wikipedia: "Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his stage name Molière, (January 15, 1622 - February 17, 1673) was a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière's best-known dramas are Le Misanthrope, (The Misanthrope),...

According to Wikipedia: "Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his stage name Molière, (January 15, 1622 - February 17, 1673) was a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière's best-known dramas are Le Misanthrope, (The Misanthrope),...

According to Wikipedia: "Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (1 April 1868 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during...

According to Wikipedia: "Harriet Martineau (June 12, 1802 June 27, 1876) was born and attended school in England. She wrote more than 50 books and is significant to sociologists today because of her argument that "When one studies a society, one must focus on all its aspects, including key political,...

First published in 1824. "We live in a day when the most distant parts of the earth are opening as the sphere of Missionary labours. The state of the heathen world is becoming better known, and the sympathy of British Christians has been awakened, in zealous endeavours to evangelize and soothe its sorrows.In...

According to Wikipedia: "Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book...

This file includes: The Emperor of Portugalia, Invisible Links, Jerusalem, The Treasure, and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. According to Wikipedia: "Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (20 November 1858 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature,...

According to Wikipedia: "Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1845 July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years....

This book covers Faustina Bordoni, Catarina Garielli, Sophie Arnould, Elizabeth Billington, Angelica Catalani, Giuiditta Pasta, and Henrietta Sontag.

According to Wikipedia: "Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 1777 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him."

This file includes: The Perfect Wagnerite: a Commenary on the Niblung's Ring (1898); Maxims for Revolutionists (1903); Treatise on Parents and Children (1910); and The Revolutionist's Handbook. According to Wikipedia: "George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a...