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  The Misanthrope And Tartuffe

  Molière Molière

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  The Pulitzer Prize winner’s classic translations of Moliere’s comic masterpieces satirizing shallowness, self-righteousness, and hypocrisy. 
   
  The Misanthrope is a searching comic study of falsity, shallowness, and self-righteousness through the character of Alceste, a man whose conscience and sincerity are too rigorous for his time. In Tartuffe, a wily, opportunistic swindler manipulates a wealthy prude and bigot through his claims of piety. This latter translation earned Wilbur a share of the Bollingen Translation Prize for his critically acclaimed work of this satiric take on religious hypocrisy. 
   
  In brilliant rhymed couplets, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur renders two of seventeenth-century French playwright Moliere's comic masterpieces into English, capturing not only the form and spirit of the language but also its substance. 
   
  “Mr. Wilbur has given us a sound, modern, conversational poetry and has made Moliere’s The Misanthrope brilliantly our own.” —The New York Times Book Review 
   
  “Richard Wilbur’s translation of Tartuffe is a continuous delight from beginning to end.” —Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning poet Richard Eberhart

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  Poems

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Although Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is known mainly for his tales of the macabre and the supernatural and is an acknowledged master of these genres, he thought of himself primarily as a poet. Here is a collection of over thirty of his poems including two of the best known "The Raven" and “Annabel Lee”.Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready

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  The Thrill of Love (NHB Modern...

  Amanda Whittington

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  A gripping drama about Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
  A divorcee with a young child to care for, Ruth works in the kind of nightclubs where there's more than just a drink on offer. The girls work hard, play hard and dream of a movie-star life. Then she meets the wealthy, womanising David, a racing driver with whom she becomes obsessed. Fame comes - but not in the way she imagines.
  Why does their relationship end in murder? Why does she plead not guilty but offer no defence? Why does she show no remorse? And who is she trying to protect?
  The Thrill of Love dramatises the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and takes a fresh look at the woman behind the headlines.
  'Terrific' - Guardian
  'Absorbing... the writing is playful and pin-sharp' - Telegraph
  'Tense and engaging throughout... a triumph' - The Stage

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  Dunbar Out Loud - The Poetry of...

  Bobby Norfolk

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  Here are a baker's dozen of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poems brought to life in the medium he always wrote for - the spoken word. As narrated by Bobby Norfolk, these poems evoke the range of moods - from elegy to wonder to celebration - that the poet is remembered for.
  Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872, to parents who were both former slaves. From this humble and impoverished background, he went on to achieve international recognition for his work, which he alternately rendered in African-American dialect and in standard English. His work was popular with both black and white readers. Though he died of tuberculosis at the age of 33, his output was prolific. Before his death, he published 12 poetry collections, four short-story collections, one play, and five novels.
  
  (P)2004 August House Publishers, Inc.

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  The Canterville Ghost - A...

  Bleak December, Oscar Wilde

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  Colin Baker (Doctor Who) stars in this delightful adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic tale of the ghost who has lost his knack at haunting.When a modern American family moves into an old English manor with a sinister history, they ignore the warnings and hauntings by the house's fearful, cantankerous, spectral inhabitant...Horror and hilarity will ensue in this timeless, family-friendly entertainment — featuring a full cast, sound effects, and an original musical score.

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  Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose

  Various Various

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  A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English language or are in English translation. (Summary by Alan Davis Drake) 
   
  NOTE: Poem 35, “Hills of Home,” was written around 1922 and is therefore not an 18th Century poem.

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