Translator Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude
Publisher: Good Press
"The Live Corpse" is a riveting drama by the legendary Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy. Delving into the depths of human emotions and societal expectations, this Slavic masterpiece offers readers a profound exploration of life, love, and the choices we make. It's a testament to Tolstoy's unparalleled storytelling prowess.
"Your judging eyes interpret quickly with assurance upon the view,Yet what they tell you is not always true,Below our outer shield with structure and mind beats a heart honest and trueYou cannot judge a person by viewOnly through love can you understand."Poems by Durlston School & Clive AsherIllustrations by Nanou Blair GouldShow book
Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 005: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.Show book
Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar on the erroneous belief that she has been unfaithful. This edition of Much Ado About Nothing is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous comedy, narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of Shakespeare's original drama.Show book
Why does Shakespeare write in the way he does? And how can actors and directors get the most out of his incomparable plays? In Speaking the Speech, Giles Block - 'Master of the Words' at Shakespeare's Globe - sets out to answer these two simple questions. The result is the most authoritative, most comprehensive book yet written on speaking Shakespeare's words. Throughout the book, the author subjects Shakespeare's language to rigorous examination, illuminating his extraordinary ability to bring his characters to life by a simple turn of phrase, a breath or even a pause. Block shows how we can only fully understand these characters, and the meaning of the plays, by speaking the words out loud. Drawing on characters from across all of Shakespeare's plays - and looking in detail at Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing - Block covers everything the actor needs to know, including: the essential distinctions between prose, rhymed verse and unrhymed verse, and the different strategies to be used when speaking them; the difference between 'you' and 'thou'; Shakespeare's use of silence; and the vital importance of paying attention to Shakespeare's 'original' punctuation. Speaking the Speech is a book for actors and directors who want to improve their understanding of Shakespeare's language in order to speak it better. It is also a fascinating read for anyone who wants to deepen their appreciation of Shakespeare's language and the way it comes to life when spoken aloud. 'We call Giles our 'Text Guru' at the Globe, partly in jest, and partly out of respect for the depth of his knowledge, the gentleness of his teaching, and the sudden illuminations he can throw across a play. If this book can afford even a small part of the pleasure and insight Giles can provide in person, then it will be a great asset.' Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, Shakespeare's Globe 'Giles deepened my love for Shakespeare and for the way we all speak. I trust you will have a similar experience reading his book.' Mark Rylance, from his ForewordShow book
Black men growth and successes are still marked by problems of black on black crime, hopelessness, stagnation and poor parenting. Still, many rises above the odds society predestine for them and try become better men than their past or current conditions. Black men want to become better fathers to their children, but joblessness, court system and poor guidance impede their progress. Black men hurt everytime they try to do good, police brutality murders them. When they want to better men to their women and wives, unfaithfulness or poor spirituality leads to separation. They want to be providers and leaders in their communities, but crime or being victimized by crime destroys their positive efforts. The world does not see that black men are hurting to do good because maybe they close their eyes to their efforts or hoping that black men continue to hurt so they can destroy themselves. This book is a message to the world, that black men are hurting to do good, and now it is the world's turn to help them or be hurt by them.Show book
This vast and teeming metropolis that many of us call home sits astride a small river on a small island anchored off the north-west shores of Europe. Yet its very name ‘London’ is famed, admired and known worldwide. Its growth from hamlet, town, fortification, city and centre of Empire is one of rich reward. Within its ever-changing borders that are forever moving outwards are gems of architecture across cultures, times and influences that exist in very few other places. Its diaspora of peoples and cultures overlap, thrive, compete and influence this leviathan of a world city. 1 - Fifty Shades of London - An Introduction 2 - A Ballad of London by Richard Le Gallienne 3 - London by Joanna Baillie 4 - Dear Old London by Eugene Field 5 - The London Bobby by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 6 - London Types - Bus Driver by William Ernest Henley 7 - The Cockney Soul by Henry Lawson 8 - London Roses by Willa Silbert Cather 9 - Behind the Scenes. Empire by Arthur Symons 10 - A London Fete by Coventry Patmore 11 - London Hast Thou Accursed Me by Henry Howard 12 - London by William Blake 13 - A London Thoroughfare. 2 AM by Amy Lowell 14 - Impression de Nuit (London) by Lord Alfred Douglas 15 - London, My Beautiful by F S Flint 16 - London in July by Amy Levy 17 - A London Plane Tree by Amy Levy 18 - In a London Square by Arthur Hugh Clough 19 - London I by Julian Bell 20 - London Poets by Amy Levy 21 - Chatterton in Holborn by Ernest Rhys 22 - West London by Matthew Arnold 23 - Ballade of the 'Cheshire Cheese' in Fleet Street by T W Rolleston 24 - Hyde Park At Night Before the War; Clerks by D H Lawrence 25 - London After The Great Fire 1666 by John Dryden 26 - His Tears To Thamesis by Robert Herrick 27 - The Thames At Mortlake by Ben Jonson 28 - Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth 29 - London Interior by Harold Munro 30 - Compensation by Arthur Conan Doyle 31 - In A London Drawingroom by George Eliot 32 - Freedom in a Suburb by Ernest Radford 33 - Death In A London Lodging by Richard Le Gallienne 34 - In Westminster Abbey, October 12th 1892 by John Todhunter 35 - On the Tombs At Westminster Abbey by Francis Beaumont 36 - Scenes In London I - Piccadilly by Letitia Elizabeth Landon 37 - Scenes In London II - Oxford Street by Letitia Elizabeth Landon 38 - Scenes In London III - The Savoyard In Grosvenor Squeare by Letitia Elizabeth Landon 39 - London Snow by Robert Seymour Bridges 40 - From Piccadilly in August by John Freeman 41 - Piccadily Circus At Night; Street Walkers by D. H. Lawrence 42 - Letter From Town; on a Grey Morning in March by D H Lawrence 43 - The Call to London by Radclyffe Hall 44 - The Foggy Dew by Katharine Tynan 45 - The Little London Girl by Kate Greenaway 46 - Farewell to London in the Year 1715 by Alexander Pope 47 - Written in London on the 19th March 1796 by Matilda Betham 48 - On My Leaving London, June the 29th by Sarah Fyge-Egerton 49 - His Return to London by Robert Herrick 50 - A Satire Against the Citizens of London by Henry Howard 51 - London, A Poem, In Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal by Samuel JohnsonShow book
