title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Tales from Shakespeare | | en | | | | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stories, plots, etc. -- Juvenile literature; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations | 1996-06-01 |
Dante: His Times and His Work | Butler, Arthur John, 1844-1910 | en | | The thirteenth century -- Guelfs and Ghibelines -- Dante's early days -- Florentine affairs till Dante's exile -- Dante's exile -- The "Commedia" -- The minor works -- Appendix I. Some hints to beginners -- Appendix II. Dante's use of classical literature. | | | 2009-02-04 |
Jacob Faithful | Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848 | en | | | | Seafaring life -- Fiction; Picaresque literature; Orphans -- Fiction; Sea stories; Thames River (England) -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Fiction; Barges -- Fiction | 2007-05-21 |
Philippine Folklore Stories | Miller, John Maurice | en | | | | Folklore -- Philippines; Folk literature, Philippine | 2004-01-01 |
Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship | Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 | en | | Biographical -- My First Visit to New England -- First Impressions of Literary New York -- Roundabout to Boston -- Literary Boston As I Knew It -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- The White Mr. Longfellow -- Studies of Lowell -- Cambridge Neighbors -- A Belated Guest -- My Mark Twain. | | American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Authors, American | 2004-10-22 |
Historic Boys
Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times | Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 | en | | Marcus of Rome -- Brian of Munster -- Olaf of Norway -- William of Normandy -- Baldwin of Jerusalem -- Frederick of Hohenstaufen -- Harry of Monmouth -- Giovanni of Florence -- Ixtlil' of Tezcuco -- Louis of Bourbon -- Charles of Sweden -- Van Rensselaer of Rensselaerswyck. | | Boys -- Biography; Biography -- Juvenile literature | 2008-11-04 |
Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges | Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 | en | | | Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933 [Editor] | Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702-1714 -- Fiction; Humorists, English; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Hanover, House of; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century | 2009-07-10 |
Essays from 'The Guardian' | Pater, Walter, 1839-1894 | en | Unaccented version in 7essg10.txt and 7essg10.zip, accented versions in 8essg10.txt and 8essg10.zip | English literature -- Amiel's "Journal intime." -- Browning -- "Robert Elsmere." -- Their Majesties' servants -- Wordsworth -- Mr. Gosse's poems -- Ferdinand Fabre -- The "Contes" of M. Augustin Filon | | | 2003-05-01 |
Letters on Literature | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | Introductory: of modern English poetry -- Of modern English poetry -- Fielding -- Longfellow -- A friend of Keats -- On Virgil -- Aucassin and Nicolette -- Plotinus (200-262 A.D.) -- Lucretius -- To a young American bookhunter -- Rochefoucauld -- Of vers de société -- On vers de société -- Richardson -- Gérard de Nerval -- On books about red men. | | | 1998-07-01 |
Ulysses | Joyce, James, 1882-1941 | en | This eBook is based on the pre-1923 print editions.
Cf. Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel) | | | Domestic fiction; Epic literature; Psychological fiction; Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction; Artists -- Fiction; Jewish men -- Fiction; Married people -- Fiction; Male friendship -- Fiction; City and town life -- Fiction; Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction | 2003-07-01 |
Oedipus Trilogy | Sophocles, 495? BC-406 BC | en | Three Greek plays | Antigone -- Oedipus at Colonus -- Oedipus The King. | Storr, Francis, 1839-1919 [Translator] | Classical literature; Oedipus (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Antigone (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Tragedies | 2006-03-08 |
Charles Dickens and Music | Lightwood, James T. | en | | | | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Knowledge -- Music; Music and literature | 2005-08-25 |
Caleb in the Country | Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879 | en | Images of the original pages are available through the Florida Board of Education, Division of Colleges and Universities, PALMM Project (Preservation and Access for American and British Children's Literature). See http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/tex | | | Christian life -- Juvenile fiction; Country life -- Juvenile fiction; Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-12-24 |
Peter Pan | Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937 | en | Currently for US distribution only!
This edition of Peter Pan has been created in the United States of America from a comparison of various editions determined by age to be in the Public Domain in the United States. There are questions concerning the | | | Children's literature; Peter Pan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Fantasy; Never-Never Land (Imaginary place) -- Fiction; Fairies -- Juvenile fiction; Pirates -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-06-25 |
Legend Land, Vol. 1
Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those
Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western
Railway. | Barham, George Basil | en | | The mermaid of Zennor -- The stone men of St. Cleer -- How St. Piran came to Cornwall -- The lost child of St. Allen -- The giants who built the Mount -- The tasks of Tregeagle -- The lady of Llyn-y-Fan Fach -- St. David and his mother -- The vengeance of the fairies -- The old woman who fooled the devil -- The women soldiers of Fishguard -- How Bala Lake began -- The furry day song. | | Tales -- England; Folk literature, English; Folklore -- England | 2006-12-23 |
The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2)
or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana | Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 | en | | | | Women -- Great Britain -- Fiction; Women -- Europe -- Fiction; Mistresses -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction; Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction; Picaresque literature; Historical fiction; Adventure stories | 2009-10-27 |
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' | Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel | en | | | | Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost; Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Knowledge -- Astronomy; Epic poetry, English -- History and criticism; Astronomy in literature | 2009-03-29 |
The Glory of English Prose
Letters to My Grandson | Coleridge, Stephen, 1854-1936 | en | | | | Coleridge, Stephen, 1854-1936; English prose literature -- History and criticism; English language -- Great Britain -- Style | 2004-10-18 |
Tales From Scottish Ballads | Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson | en | | The Lochmaben harper -- The laird o' Logie -- Kinmont Willie -- The gude Wallace -- The warlock o' Oakwood -- Muckle-mou'd Meg -- Dick o' the cow-- The heir of Linne -- Black Agnace of Dunbar -- Thomas the rhymer -- Lord Soulis -- The brownie of Blednock -- Sir Patrick Spens -- Young Bekie -- The Earl of Mar's daughter -- Hynde Horn -- The gay gos-hawk. | Stewart, Allan, 1865-1951 [Illustrator] | Ballads, Scots -- Adaptations; Ballads, Scots -- Juvenile literature | 2009-03-27 |
The Little Lame Prince | Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, 1826-1887 | en | | The little lame prince -- The invisible prince -- Prince Cherry -- The prince with the nose -- The frog-prince -- Clever Alice. | | Children's literature; Fairy tales; People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction; Princes -- Juvenile fiction | 2006-01-16 |
Mrs. Hungerford
Notable Women Authors of the Day | Black, Helen C. | en | | | | Women authors, English -- Biography; Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | 2008-12-25 |
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes
and Explanations | Ovid, 43 BC-18? | en | | | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878 [Translator] | Classical literature; Latin poetry -- Translations into English; Fables, Latin -- Translations into English; Metamorphosis -- Mythology -- Poetry; Mythology, Classical -- Poetry | 2008-07-16 |
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
Vol. I, Books I-VII | Ovid, 43 BC-18? | en | | | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878 [Translator] | Classical literature; Fables, Latin -- Translations into English; Latin poetry -- Translations into English; Metamorphosis -- Mythology -- Poetry; Mythology, Classical -- Poetry | 2007-06-08 |
Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems | Moorman, Frederic William, 1872-1919 | en | | | | English literature -- England -- Yorkshire; English language -- Dialects -- England -- Yorkshire; English poetry -- England -- Yorkshire; Dialect poetry, English -- England -- Yorkshire; Yorkshire (England) -- Poetry; Yorkshire (England) -- Languages -- History -- Sources | 2001-10-01 |
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 | en | | | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 [Other] | Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- Correspondence; Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- Correspondence; English literature -- 19th century | 2009-12-19 |