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“philip wayne”

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  • Faust

    (Part Two)

    by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...
    Translated by Philip Wayne ...
    The second part of Goethe's masterpiece opens with Faust struggling to recover from the death of his beloved Gretchen. The quick-witted demon Mephistopheles soon persuades him to look beyond his sorrow and enter the world of politics and power, but the great scholar is still eager for new sensations, and asks Mephistopheles to reveal Helen of Troy to him in a vision. Overwhelmed by her beauty, ... Read more

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  • The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English

    by Sappho ...
    Translated by John Myers O'Hara ...
    In "The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English," this collection presents a masterful reinterpretation of Sappho's ancient verses, encapsulating the intensity of her passion, the subtleties of her imagery, and the intricacies of her emotional landscapes. The book employs a lyrical and evocative English style that attempts to remain faithful to the original Greek's musicality and ... Read more

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  • Faust

    by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...
    Goethe’s "Faust" is a tragic based on a classic German legend. Goethe wrote it in two parts (Part I in 1808, Part II in 1832), and together they revise the Faustus legend to fit with Romantic sensibilities and eighteenth-century attitudes toward earthly life and the beyond. The theme of a man selling his soul to the devil for earthly desires—fame, knowledge, wealth, power—developed from a profound ... Read more

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  • Euripides

    Ten Plays

    Translated by Paul Roche ...
    by Euripides ...
    A modern translation exclusive to signetFrom perhaps the greatest of the ancient Greek playwrights comes this collection of plays, including Alcestis, Hippolytus, Ion, Electra, Iphigenia at Aulis, Iphigenia Among the Taurians, Medea, The Bacchae, The Trojan Women, and The Cyclops. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • A Story of the Golden Age

    by James Baldwin ...
    To the simple-hearted folk who dwelt in that island three thousand years ago, there was never a sweeter spot than sea-girt Ithaca. Rocky and rugged though it may have seemed, yet it was indeed a smiling land embosomed in the laughing sea. There the air was always mild and pure, and balmy with the breath of blossoms; the sun looked kindly down from a cloudless sky, and storms seldom broke the quiet ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Theocritus (Illustrated)

    by Theocritus, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 69 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    The inventor of the bucolic genre, Theocritus of Syracuse was a learned poet, who refashioned traditional literary forms in original and highly polished verse on a small scale. Theocritus is best known for poems set in pastoral landscapes, consisting of dialogues and song-contests, combining lyric tone with epic meter. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

    by Sappho, Bliss Carman ...
    According to the Introduction: "Perhaps the most perilous and the most alluring venture in the whole field of poetry is that which Mr. Carman has undertaken in attempting to give us in English verse those lost poems of Sappho of which fragments have survived. The task is obviously not one of translation or of paraphrasing, but of imaginative and, at the same time, interpretive construction. It is ... Read more

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  • Shelley: Poems

    by Percy Bysshe Shelley ...
    Series series Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
    Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was perhaps the most intellectually adventurous of the great Romantic poets. A classicist, a headlong visionary, a social radical, and a poet of serene artistry with a lyric touch second to none, Shelley personified the richly various—and contradictory—energies of his time. This compact yet comprehensive collection showcases all the extraordinary facets of Shelley ... Read more

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  • Half a Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses and The Men of Old

    by Francis Storr ...
    Half a Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses and The Men of Old by Francis Storr is a collection of mythological stories focusing on the adventures of Ulysses (Odysseus) and other heroes from ancient Greek mythology. The book recounts fifty thrilling tales of valor, cunning, and perseverance, including the famous journey of Ulysses as he attempts to return home after the Trojan War, along with the ... Read more

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  • Three Books of Poetry

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    This collection includes: The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Charmides and Other Poems, and Selected Poems. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, ... Read more

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  • The Princess

    by Alfred Lord Tennyson ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, including "In the valley of Cauteretz," "Break, break, break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, idle tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Greek Heroes - Stories Translated from Niebuhr - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

    by Niebuhr ...
    Illustrated by Arthur Rackham ...
    ‘The Greek Heroes – Stories Translated From Niebuhr’ presents a collection of thrilling stories about five Greek Heroes; ‘The Argonauts, ‘The Prowess of Hercules’, ‘The Heraclidae’, ‘The Story of Perseus’, and ‘The Story of Theseus’. Together, these stories provide a comprehensive picture of Greek myth and legend. Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776 – 1831), was a Danish-German statesman, banker, and ... Read more

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