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The Tempest
by William ShakespeareThis bewitching play, Shakespeare's final work, articulates a wealth of the playwright's mature reflections on life and contains some of his most familiar and oft-quoted lines. The story concerns Miranda, a lovely young maiden, and Prospero, her philosophical old magician father, who dwell on an enchanted island, alone except for their servants — Ariel, an invisible sprite, and Caliban, a monstrous witch's son. Into their idyllic but isolated lives comes a shipwrecked party that includes the enemies who usurped Prospero's dukedom years before, and set him and his daughter adrift on the ocean. Also among the castaways is a handsome prince, the first young man Miranda has ever seen. Comedy, romance, and reconciliation ensue, in a masterly drama that begins with a storm at sea and concludes in joyous harmony.
From Ritual to Romance
by Jessie L. WestonAn examination and investigation of the Arthurian legends and "the Grail Problem."
How Tell a Story and Others
by Mark TwainThe Humorous Story an American Development. Its Difference from Comic and Witty Stories.
The Aran Islands
by John M. SyngeHere is the complete title: Collected Plays and Poems and The Aran Islands
La dama de las camelias
by Alejandro DumasInspirándose en un personaje real, dibujó Alexandre Dumas (hijo) a «la dama de las camelias», una de las heroínas más seductoras de toda la literatura romántica, cuya «expresión virginal, incluso infantil» sobrenada en medio de su vida cortesana. El verdadero drama empieza cuando un respetable joven burgués se enamore de ella y ella decida aceptarlo.
Cuentos
by Charles PerraultUn gato que se las trae; Pulgarcito, un niño tan pequeño como valeroso; una Caperucita Roja que se deja engañar ingenuamente; la hermosa Cenicienta y sus envidiosas hermanastras... son los principales personajes cuyas aventuras y desventuras se narran en estos cuentos inmortales.