The Homeric Hymns  |
| Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) |
A collection of hymns to celebrate individual gods of Greek mythology including: Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Demeter, Gaia, Heracles, Hermes, Hestia, Pan, Poseidon, and Zeus. |
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| The Idiot |
| Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881) |
Prince Myshkin is a simple and inherently good person but his naivety earns him the title of "idiot". Captivated by Nastasya, he ends up in a web of deceit, blackmail, betrayal and ultimately, murder. In this novel, Dostoyevsky wishes to portray a truly good person, one with beauty within his soul, untouched by the ways of the world. But can he remain untouched or does he ultimately find himself a victim of society? |
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| The Man in the Iron Mask |
| Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) |
More Musketeering adventure! This time the musketeers are in conflict over the man in the iron mask who is thought to be King Louis XIV's twin brother, isolated as an infant and now held prisoner in the Bastille for the last 18 years. The throne of France is threatened as he escapes to seek revenge. Will The Three Musketeers manage to fight and save their country this time in their final saga? |
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| The Praise of Folly |
| Desiderius Erasmus (1466 - 1536) |
The Praise of Folly is considered one of the most influential works of literature in Western civilization and one of the catalysts of the Protestant Reformation. It starts as a piece of virtuoso foolery but then moves into some darker orations praising self-deception and madness. Published in 1511, Folly's influence echoed down the subsequent centuries and in part spawned the art of adoxography, the praise of worthless subjects. |
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| The Prince |
| Nicolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) |
"It is best to be both feared and loved, however, if one cannot be both it is better to be feared than loved." Politics without ethics? Doing whatever it takes to gain power? Machiavelli puts forward some thought provoking political ideas and tactics for a prince interested in gaining or maintaining power. The Prince is widely regarded as one of the most influential books on politics. One of Machiavelli's most remembered works. |
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| The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
| Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) |
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| The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
| Omar Khayyam (1048 - 1131) |
This is Edward Fitzgerald's poetic version. As a work of English literature, it was a high point of the 19th century. As a work of accurate line-by-line translation of Omar Khayyam's quatrains, it is noted more for freedom than for fidelity. This collection of four line poems have provided later authors with a rich source of titles and allusions; "The Moving Finger writes: and, having writ, Moves on: ...", "A book of verse, a jug of wine, and thou....". |
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