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  • The Ultimate Christmas Collection: 150+ authors & 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends

    by Louisa May Alcott, James Allen, Hans Christian Andersen, L. Frank Baum, William Blake, Anne Brontë, Willa Cather, Anton Chekhov, G. K. Chesterton, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, F. Marion Crawford, Emily Dickinson, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Van Dyke, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nikolai Gogol, The Brothers Grimm, Kenneth Grahame, Thomas Hardy, Frances Ridley Havergal, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Felicia Hemans, O. Henry, Oliver Herford, E. T. A. Hoffmann, William Dean Howells, Ben Jonson, Washington Irving, John Keble, James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, Selma Lagerlöf, Winifred Kirkland, Andrew Lang, Stephen Leacock, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, H. P. Lovecraft, George MacDonald, Charles Mackay, William Topaz McGonagall, Alice Duer Miller, Emily Huntington Miller, Olive Thorne Miller, John Milton, S. Weir Mitchell, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Clement C. Moore, William Morris, Mary Noailles Murfree, John Mason Neale, Thomas Nelson Page, Elia W. Peattie, Marjorie Pickthall, Beatrix Potter, Katharine Pyle, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Mary Darby Robinson, Christina Rossetti, Damon Runyon, Saki, Walter Scott, Edmund Hamilton Sears, William Shakespeare, Nora Archibald Smith, Robert Southwell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Frank Stockton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Algernon Charles Swinburne, John Addington Symonds, John Banister Tabb, Booth Tarkington, Nahum Tate, Sara Teasdale, Lord Alfred Tennyson, William Makepeace Thackeray, Edward Thring, Henry Timrod, Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Tusser, Mark Twain, Katharine Tynan, Henry Vaughan, Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Lucy Wheelock, John G. Whittier, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Oscar Wilde, John Strange Winter, George Wither, William Wordsworth, William Butler Yeats, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, George Orwell, Agatha Christie, F. Scott Fitzgerald, H.P. Lovecraft, Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allan Poe ...
    If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, ... Read more

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  • Volpone

    by Ben Jonson ...
    Volpone by Ben Jonson is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within shakespeare and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: Act I Scene 1 Act II Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 ... Read more

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  • The Alchemist

    by Ben Jonson ...
    First performed in 1610, *The Alchemist* is one of Ben Jonson's greatest comedies. Written for the King's Men-the acting company to which Shakespeare belonged-it was first performed in Oxford because the playhouses in London were closed due to the plague. It was an immediate success and has remained a popular staple ever since.The play centers around a con man, his female accomplice, and a roguish ... Read more

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  • The Sad Shepherd

    by Ben Jonson ...
    The Sad Shepherd by Ben Jonson is a pastoral drama that blends romance, folklore, enchantment, and poetic reflection in a lyrical exploration of love and loss. Left unfinished at the time of Jonson's death, the play remains one of his most atmospheric works, offering a rich depiction of rural life intertwined with mythic and magical elements. Set in a woodland landscape inhabited by shepherds, ... Read more

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  • The Case is Altered

    by Ben Jonson ...
    The Case is Altered by Ben Jonson is an early comedic play that blends mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, legal confusion, and social satire in a lively theatrical narrative. First performed in the late 16th century, the play reflects Jonson's developing dramatic style and showcases his skill in combining classical influences with contemporary humor. Set within a bustling urban ... Read more

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  • The Alchemist

    by Ben Jonson ...
    Ben Jonson came of the stock that was centuries after to give to the world Thomas Carlyle; for Jonson's grandfather was of Annandale, over the Solway, whence he migrated to England. Jonson's father lost his estate under Queen Mary, "having been cast into prison and forfeited." He entered the church, but died a month before his illustrious son was born, leaving his widow and child in poverty. ... Read more

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  • Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems

    by Ben Jonson ...
    Delve into a profound collection of thoughts, observations, and poetic reflections on the human condition. Wisdom gathered over a lifetime of literary brilliance is presented through incisive essays and evocative verses. The pieces explore the complexities of art, the nature of governance, and the intricate workings of the mind. It offers an intimate glimpse into the intellect of a masterful ... Read more

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  • Every Man out of His Humour

    by Ben Jonson ...
    The biting satire intensifies as a group of deeply flawed individuals are pushed to their absolute breaking points, forcing them to abandon their defining obsessions. Through a series of harsh lessons and public humiliations, their rigid personalities are dramatically shattered. The narrative mercilessly exposes the folly of pride, envy, and affectation in a society obsessed with appearances. This ... Read more

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  • Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy

    by Ben Jonson ...
    Step into a chaotic, vibrant marketplace teeming with eccentric characters, cunning swindlers, and unsuspecting fools. A colorful cast of Puritans, cutpurses, and naive visitors collide in a hilarious frenzy of misunderstandings and mischief. Amidst the roasted pig stalls and bustling tents, societal hypocrisies are mercilessly mocked and exposed. This boisterous comedy captures the raw energy of ... Read more

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  • Every Man Out of His Humour

    by Ben Jonson ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • Every Man in His Humour

    by Ben Jonson ...
    A fascinating portrait of a city populated by eccentrics, each completely dominated by their own peculiar obsession or humour. From jealous husbands to boasting cowards, their intersecting lives create a cascade of misunderstandings and comedic brilliance. As the mastermind behind the chaos pulls the strings, every character is eventually forced to face their own ridiculousness. Enjoy a ... Read more

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  • Sejanus: His Fall

    by Ben Jonson ...
    In the cutthroat political arena of ancient Rome, an ambitious favorite climbs dangerously close to the absolute power of the Emperor. Corruption, espionage, and ruthless betrayal are the currencies of this dark court, where no one is safe from the executioner's blade. As hubris blinds the protagonist to the perilous traps being laid around him, a spectacular and bloody downfall becomes inevitable ... Read more

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