Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An int...more
On June 25, 1979, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot. A massive FBI and state police investigation ultimately centered on two men of the school where Reinert taught. Wambaugh's re-creation of this astounding case makes for his most compelling book yet. HC: Morrow. (Nonficti...more
The Age of Innocence is a book written by Edith Wharton. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, The Age of Innocence is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces ...more
House of Mirth is a popular classic work written by Edith Wharton. This kindle digital edition of House of Mirth has been professionally designed and maintains the quality of the original classic publication. House of Mirth is highly recommended for those who enjoy the writings of Edith Wharton and also those discovering the works of Edith Wharton ...more
Milton takes the traditional epic and transforms it with the clarity of his moral vision and with the power of his language, turning it into triumphant blank verse--seldom used in his day except in drama--that is moving, exciting, and full of the grandeur of Milton's poetic vision. In the early parts of "Paradise Lost", he manages to convey sympath...more
From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which Twain spent his own youth. A somber undercurrent flows through the high humor and unabashed nostalgia of the novel, however, for beneath the innocence ...more