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Cover of The Calling of Dan Matthews
by Harold Bell Wright
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Popular novel, first published in 1909.
Cover of The Book of Humorous Verse
by Wells, Carolyn
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

According to Wikipedia: "Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet (born in Rahway, New Jersey, the daughter of William E. and Anna Wells. She died at the Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City in 1942. She had been married to Hadwin Houghton, the heir of the Houghton-Mifflin publishing empire founded by Bernard Houghton."
Cover of Confession of a Child of the Century, all three volumes in a single file, in English translation
by Alfred de Musset
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

According to Wikipedia: "Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (11 December 1810 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century, autobiographical) from 1836.["
Cover of The Comedies of Terence
by Terence
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Six comedies by the Roman dramatist, in English translation: Andria; or, the Fair Andrian; Eunuchus; or, the Eunuch; Heautontimorumenos; or, the Self-Tormentor; Adelphi; or, the Brothers; Hecyra; the Mother-in-law; and Phormio; or, the Scheming Parasite.
Cover of Schiller's Philosophical letters
by Frederick Schiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic collection of essays, including Theosophy of Julius, On the Connection Between the Animal and the Spiritual Nature in Man, Physical Connection, and Philosophical Connection. According to Wikipedia: ""Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian,...
Cover of Great Writers
by John Lord
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Lord's Lectures, Beacon Lights of History Volume 13. The series was first published 1883-1896. According to Wikipedia: "John Lord (18101894) was an American historian and lecturer. Born at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he graduated from Dartmouth in 1833 and then entered the Andover Theological Seminary,...
Cover of Eunuchus: the Eunuch, a Comedy
by Terence
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Classic Roman comedy play. With active table of contents. According to Wikipedia, "Restoration poet and playwright Sir Charles Sedley modelled his comedy Bellamira: or, The Mistress (1687) partly on this play. (161 BC) Eunuchus (The Eunuch) is a comedy written by the Roman playwright Terence featuring...
Cover of The Historical Nights' Entertainment, Second Series
by Rafael Sabatini
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

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),...
Cover of Psyche, in English translation
by Moliere
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

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),...
Cover of Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria
by Norman Bentwich
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

"It is a melancholy reflection upon the history of the Jews that they have failed to pay due honor to their two greatest philosophers. Spinoza was rejected by his contemporaries from the congregation of Israel; Philo-Judaeus was neglected by the generations that followed him. Maimonides, our third philosopher,...
Cover of Poems (from all three periods) by Schiller
by Frederich Schiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

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...
Cover of Don Juan ou Le Festin de Pierre, in French
by Moliere
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2009

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),...
Cover of LE MÉDECIN MALGRÉ LUI (in the original French)
by Moliere
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2009

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),...
Cover of The Romancers, a play in English translation
by Edmond Rostand
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

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...
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