Books like The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles

A classic tale of revenge and obsession against the mighty Moby Dick.

The Odyssey, an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, follows Odysseus on his long journey home after the Trojan War and stands as the second oldest surviving work of Western literature.

A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’ allegorical novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, whose miserly ways are transformed through visits from Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Candide: A Tale of Conviviality and Optimism in a Wretched World

A classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles in which Oedipus, king of Thebes, discovers he has fulfilled a grim prophecy that he will murder his father and marry his mother, a fate intertwined with his own hubris.

A curated collection of William Shakespeare’s 37 plays and 6 poems, featuring classic works such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and sonnets.

A powerful Greek tragedy about Medea, a woman who decides to take drastic measures to avenge her betrayal and reclaim her stolen children.

Aeschylus’ tragedy, *Prometheus Bound*, depicts the Titan’s agonizing punishment—being chained to a rock by Zeus—for granting fire to humanity.

Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy Electra follows the Argive siblings Electra and Orestes as they plot vengeance against their mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon, years after the Trojan War.

Aeschylus’s ancient Greek tragedy "Agamemnon", translated into English, was staged by the Classical Department in 1906 at the stadium.

A comprehensive collection of William Shakespeare’s major works, including 38 plays—from tragedies like Hamlet and Macbeth to comedies such as Twelfth Night—and 5 poems, sonnets, and occasional lyric pieces.

Contains 37 plays by William Shakespeare, including classics like Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth.

"Life's a Dream (La vida es sueno, 1636) is the best known and most widely admired play of Catholic Europe's greatest dramatist, Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Calderon's long life (1600-1681) witnessed both the pinnacle and collapse of Spanish political power as well as the great flowering of Spanish classical literature." "Despite its longtime place atop the Hispanic canon, Calderon's masterpiece remains relatively unknown by general readers outside the Spanish-speaking world. Michael Kidd's new prose translation aimed to correct this deficiency by rendering the play into a transparent, modern American idiom that preserves the beauty and complexity of Calderon's Baroque Spanish. The result is a text that is enhanced by a selection of supporting materials, including a thorough critical introduction and glossary."--BOOK JACKET.

Contains: PLAYS (38) All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) Julius Caesar King Henry IV. Part 1 King Henry IV. Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI. Part 1 King Henry VI. Part 2 King Henry VI. Part 3 King Henry VIII King John King Lear King Richard II King Richard III Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream [Much Ado About Nothing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362691W) Othello Pericles [Romeo and Juliet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362705W/Romeo_and_Juliet) Taming of the Shew [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W) Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona **Two Noble Kinsmen** Winter's Tale POEMS (5) & Sonnets Lover's Complaint Phoenix and the Turtle Rape of Lucrece Sonnets Venus and Adonis

Robert Fagles’ translation of Sophocles’ Theban plays—Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus—brings the ancient Greek tragedies of the Theban cycle to English readers.

A comprehensive compilation of William Shakespeare’s comedies, histories, tragedies, romances, poems and brief accounts of lost plays, encompassing classic titles such as *Hamlet*, *Macbeth* and *Romeo and Juliet* as well as lesser‑known fragments.