We are indebted to Thomas Dekker for one of the most humorous characters in all Elizabethan literature; namely, Simon Eyre, an old shoemaker whose affairs became hilariously involved with those of the gentry. (Volume 47, Harvard Classics)
Introductory Note: Thomas Carlyle
Characteristics, by Thomas Carlyle
Introductory Note: Ben Jonson
The Alchemist (Act I), by Ben Jonson
Introductory Note: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Act I), by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: Sir Thomas Malory
The Holy Grail (Book XIII, Ch. VII-XII), by Sir Thomas Malory
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (Part I, Ch. VIII), by Miguel de Cervantes
Introductory Note: Sophocles
Antigone (Part I), by Sophocles
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin (#2)
The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. X), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Thomas à Kempis
The Imitation of Christ (Book II, Ch. IV-IX), by Thomas à Kempis
Introductory Note: Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Purgatory XXX-XXXII), by Dante Alighieri
Introductory Note: Herodotus
An Account of Egypt (Section 8 and 9), by Herodotus
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