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Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (Hardback)
- Page : 134
- ISBN : 978-9356520196
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.1 cm
Washed ashore on the Coast of Illyria after a shipwreck, Viola is separated from her twin brother Sebastian, whom she considers to be dead. A stranger to this unknown land, she disguises herself as a young man named Cesario and joins the service of Duke Orsino. Viola falls for Duke Orsino. Duke Orsino loves Countess Olivia. And Countess Olivia falls for cesario—viola’s male disguise. With this triangle begins the romantic drama of confusions, mistaken identities, and the suffering it causes.
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THE ILIAD (Unabridged Classic Red Collector’s Edition) by Homer (HB)
- Page : 644
- ISBN : 9789394885622
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 3.9 cm
Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.”In the final year of the siege of Troy, Chryses tries to ransom his daughter, Chrysies, who is held a captive by the Achaean leader, Agamemnon. as Agamemnon refuses to release her, Chryses beseeches Apollo, who inflicts plague on the Achaeans. When Achille, the Myrmidons leader, calls upon a council to discover the cause of the plague, Agamemnon is compelled to send her back. What happens as Agamemnon demands for Briseis, Achille’s captive; and enraged, Achilles refuses to the fight the war?With twenty-four thrilling books which celebrate and glorify war, Homer’s the Iliad is an exquisite composition. Considered to be one of the most influential works of the Western Canon, it is among the oldest extant works of Western literature.
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Paradise Lost ( An Original Classic ) by John Milton (H.B)
“Of man’s first disobedience and the fruitOf that forbidden tree, whose mortal tastBrought death into the world and all our woe,With loss of Eden..”Satan and his fellow rebel angels contemplate on corrupting God’s beloved new creation, Mankind. He volunteers and prepares to leave. His children—Sin and Death—build a bridge between Hell and Earth. and disguising himself as a cherub, he lands on Earth. Adam and Eve, after a long day at work, are resting in their bower. and that’s when in the form of a serpent, Satan whisper’s into Eve’s ears. Tempted to eat from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, Eve commits the sin.And hence follows the Fall of Man.. Milton’s magnum opus, Paradise Lost, threads together two stories focused on different heroes—the half-heroic, half-evil charismatic Satan and the united Adam and Eve—skillfully balancing them. the epic poem continues to remain as celebrated as ever.
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The Poetics of Aristotle By Aristotle (Hardcover)
Comedy aims at representing men as worse, tragedy as better than in actual life.” meticulously enquiring into the emotional bent of man and his psychological reactions, Aristotle’s poetics discusses the origins of epic poetry and examines all poetry as being a form of imitation. It explores the various components of tragedy-plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and song-and its effects. A masterpiece of literary criticism, poetics has majorly influenced literary theories. Even after centuries it continues to remain an evaluation benchmark for literature.
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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Hardback)
- Page : 462
- ISBN : 9789356520349
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 4 cm
The Divine Comedy (1320) is a narrative poem by Dante Alighieri. Begun in 1308 while Dante was exiled from his native Florence, The Divine Comedy-a long poem divided into three books of 33 cantos each-presents the author’s spiritual journey from sinfulness and despair to salvation and self-understanding. Written in the Tuscan vernacular, the poem was influential in establishing a standardized Italian language. In the first book, Inferno, Dante is led by the Roman poet Virgil into Hell. There, he comes to terms with his own sinfulness while observing the horrors and tortures suffered by those condemned to eternity in its circles. Along the way, Dante encounters historical figures, acquaintances, and other individuals whose violence, fraud, treachery, and betrayal led their spirits to terrible suffering.The Divine Comedy (1320) is a narrative poem by Dante Alighieri. Begun in 1308 while Dante was exiled from his native Florence, The Divine Comedy-a long poem divided into three books of 33 cantos each-presents the author’s spiritual journey from sinfulness and despair to salvation and self-understanding. Written in the Tuscan vernacular, the poem was influential in establishing a standardized Italian language. In the first book, Inferno, Dante is led by the Roman poet Virgil into Hell. There, he comes to terms with his own sinfulness while observing the horrors and tortures suffered by those condemned to eternity in its circles. Along the way, Dante encounters historical figures, acquaintances, and other individuals whose violence, fraud, treachery, and betrayal led their spirits to terrible suffering.
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