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Philoctetes by Sophocles

Philoctetes

Sophocles · 1553

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

Phillis Wheatley · 1773

Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

Pudd’nhead Wilson

Mark Twain · 1758

Richard II by William Shakespeare

Richard II

William Shakespeare · 1597

Richard III by William Shakespeare

Richard III

William Shakespeare · 1597

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare · 1597

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

She Stoops to Conquer

Oliver Goldsmith · 1773

Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

John Locke · 1693

Tartuffe by Molière

Tartuffe

Molière · 1707

The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason

Thomas Paine · 1793

The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

The Alchemist

Ben Jonson · 1612

The American Crisis by Thomas Paine

The American Crisis

Thomas Paine · 1776

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin · 1791

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer · 1478

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole · 1764

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

The Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare · 1734

The Conscious Lovers by Richard Steele

The Conscious Lovers

Richard Steele · 1723

The Country Wife by William Wycherley

The Country Wife

William Wycherley · 1675

The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

The Duchess of Malfi

John Webster · 1640

The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

Henry Adams · 1777

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser · 1590

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

Samuel Johnson · 1759

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon · 1776

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Henry Fielding · 1749