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2) Henry V
Author
Publisher
SparkNotes
Publication Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
3) Othello
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the unabridged text of Shakespeare's classic tragedy in which Othello, a Moorish general, is led by a jealous and evil ensign to believe his wife, Desdemona, has been unfaithful.
4) Hamlet
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
5) Macbeth
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Description
"The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967." -- Amazon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used.
9) Medea
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The influence of Euripides on the development of the dramatic genre cannot be overstated. Along with Sophocles and Aeschylus he is regarded as one of the three great Greek tragedians from classical antiquity. One of the most important of Euripides' surviving dramas is "Medea", the story of its title character, the wife of Jason of the Argonauts, who seeks revenge upon her unfaithful husband when he abandons her for a another bride. Set in Corinth...
12) Julius Caesar
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An absorbing work of literary historical fiction that brings to life a little-known chapter of the American Revolution from the author of The Widow's War. William Franklin, the son of Benjamin and his favorite mistress, Anne, is raised by Deborah, Benjamin's wife. A steadfast loyalist, he and his father cannot reconcile their wildly disparate views, causing a rift in the bond both thought unbreakable. Fascinating and heartbreaking, Benjamin Franklin's...
15) Barnaby Rudge
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publication Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Fully entitled "Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty," this novel was Dickens' first attempt at a historical novel. As such, it is the precursor to his more famous "A Tale of Two Cities", in which his exploration of mob violence, and especially the effect of public events on individual lives, becomes apparent. This work centers on Barnaby Rudge, a mentally simple son, and his loving mother, who are a part of the small village of Epping Forest,...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Winter's Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love.
A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what's right. In defending...
A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what's right. In defending...
17) King Lear
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
18) Sovereign
Publisher
Universal
Publication Date
2025
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, Sovereign follows a struggling father who indoctrinates his young son into the radical sovereign citizen movement, where laws are mere illusion. As their beliefs spiral into extremism, they clash with an unyielding police chief in a confrontation that leads toward a deadly standoff.
19) School Ties
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
A talented quarterback gets a football scholarship to an elite prep school, but is advised to hide his Jewish faith. All goes well until his rival and his love interest both find out the truth.
20) Professor T
Publisher
Pbs
Publication Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Jasper Tempest is a Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University. He is obsessed with cleanliness, structure and order, but his genius for solving crimes means he is constantly having to get his hands dirty, helping the police to crack their most difficult cases.
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