For the best blank verse in English, read "Dr. Faustus," the masterpiece of Marlowe, who gave Shakespeare lessons in playwriting. This genius knew the secret of gripping drama. (Volume 19, Harvard Classics)
Marlowe died June 1, 1593.
Introductory Note: Charles Lamb
On the Tragedies of Shakespeare, by Charles Lamb
Introductory Note: Thomas Dekker
The Shoemaker’s Holiday (Act I & II), by Thomas Dekker
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species (Ch. 1 Variation under Domestication), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Blaise Pascal
Thoughts (The Misery Of Man Without God), by Blaise Pascal
Introductory Note: Virgil
The Æneid (The Passion of the Queen), by Virgil
Introductory Note: Voltaire
Letters on the English (On Inoculation), by Voltaire
Introductory Note: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
The Valiant Little Tailor, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Introductory Note: Alfred Tennyson
Morte d’Arthur, by Alfred Tennyson
Introductory Note: Friedrich von Schiller
William Tell (Act III, Scene III), by Friedrich von Schiller
Introductory Note: Thomas Carlyle
Sir Walter Scott, by Thomas Carlyle
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