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Henry VIII by William Shakespeare

Henry VIII

William Shakespeare · 1670

History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides · 1526

Hudibras by Samuel Butler

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1662

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare · 1656

King John by William Shakespeare

King John

William Shakespeare · 1623

King Lear by William Shakespeare

King Lear

William Shakespeare · 1608

Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory

Le Morte d’Arthur

Thomas Malory · 1557

Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft

Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

Mary Wollstonecraft · 1796

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes · 1651

Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare

Love’s Labour’s Lost

William Shakespeare · 1598

Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth

Lyrical Ballads

William Wordsworth · 1798

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Macbeth

William Shakespeare · 1508

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare · 1700

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius · 1626

Metamorphoses by Ovid

Metamorphoses

Ovid · 1479

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

Moll Flanders

Daniel Defoe · 1722

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare · 1600

Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle · 1558

Olney Hymns by John Newton

Olney Hymns

John Newton · 1779

Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto

Orlando Furioso

Ludovico Ariosto · 1584

Othello by William Shakespeare

Othello

William Shakespeare · 1622

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton · 1667

Pericles by William Shakespeare

Pericles

William Shakespeare · 1609

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen · 1789