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The Torrents of Spring by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Never had he felt such weariness of body and of spirit. He had passed the whole evening in the company of charming ladies and cultivated men; some of the ladies were beautiful, almost all the men were distinguished by intellect or talent; he himself had talked with great success, even with brilliance … and, for all that, never yet had the taedium vitae of which the Romans talked of old, the ‘disgust for life,’ taken hold of him with such irresistible, such suffocating force. Had he been a little younger, he would have cried with misery, weariness, and exasperation: a biting, burning bitterness, like the bitter of wormwood, filled his whole soul. A sort of clinging repugnance, a weight of loathing closed in upon him on all sides like a dark night of autumn; and he did not know how to get free from this darkness, this bitterness. Sleep it was useless to reckon upon; he knew he should not sleep.
The Tower Menagerie by Edward Turner Bennett
Edward Turner Bennett’s ‘The Tower Menagerie’ is a book comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment with anecdotes of their characters and history. This book has illustrated portraits of each animal, taken from life, by William Harvey.
The Toys of Peace and Other Papers by Saki
The present book ‘The Toys of Peace and Other Papers’ consists various stories and artcles written by the famous English author HH Munro who is best known by his pen name Saki. It was first published in the year 1919.
The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was performed first circa 1607 at the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre by the King’s Men. Its first appearance in print was in the Folio of 1623.
The Tragedie of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599.
The Tragedie of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a play by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius’s brother and Prince Hamlet’s father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king’s widow and Prince Hamlet’s mother. The play vividly portrays both true and feigned madness – from overwhelming grief to seething rage and explores themes of treachery, revenge, and moral corruption. William Shakespeare (circa 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon.” His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare
Kent. I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall.
The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare
Othello is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603. It is based on the story Un Capitano Moro by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565.
The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
First published in the year 1894, noted American writer Mark Twain’s novel ‘The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson’ is set in the fictional Missouri frontier town of Dawson’s Landing on the banks of the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Chor. Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whose misadventur’d piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love,
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove,
Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus’ is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust. It was first performed sometime between 1588 and Marlowe’s death in 1593. The powerful effect of early productions of the play is indicated by the legends that quickly accrued around them—that actual devils once appeared on the stage during a performance, “to the great amazement of both the actors and spectators”, a sight that was said to have driven some spectators mad.
