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    The Merchant of Venice

    500 L

    The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.

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    Julius Caesar

    500 L

    Julius Caesar Summary. Jealous conspirators convince Caesar’s friend Brutus to join their assassination plot against Caesar. To stop Caesar from gaining too much power, Brutus and the conspirators kill him on the Ides of March. Mark Antony drives the conspirators out of Rome and fights them in a battle.

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    Anne of Green Gables

    500 L

    It tells the tale of a red-headed orphan girl named Anne Shirley who lives on Prince Edward Island. She gets adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, an elderly brother and sister duo who live on a farm called Green Gables. Anne brings unexpected adventure into their lives with her curiosity and imagination.

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    The Beautiful and Damned

    500 L

    Gloria and Anthony Patch party until their money runs out; then their goal becomes Adam Patch’s fortune. Gloria’s beauty fades and Anthony’s drinking takes its horrible toll. Fitzgerald here once again displays a wariness of the upper classes.

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    Pinocchio

    500 L

    This is the classic story of the puppet who comes to life. When Gepetto decides to make a wonderful puppet who can dance and sing, he has no idea of the trouble in store.

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    Much Ado About Nothing

    500 L

    ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is a play that explores courtship, romance and marriage through a number of relationships. Most famously, that of the irrepressible Beatrice and Benedick as they trade their wits against one another, criticising the notion of marriage, yet slowly falling in love with one another as they do so.

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    Othello

    500 L

    Dramatic and powerful in its scope, ‘Othello’ explores the perils of suspicion and jealousy and the ensuing breakdown of relationships and disaster that can arise from such emotions. Othello secretly marries Desdemona, but is led to believe that she has been unfaithful to him by his ensign, Iago, leading to tragic events.

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    A Midsummer Nights Dream

    500 L

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers.

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    Romeo and Juliet

    500 L

    Arguably the greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet continues to touch modern audiences with its passionate depiction of the tragic romance between two young lovers. With a bitter feud between their respective families, Romeo and Juliet’s love is troubled from the start, and through their relationship, Shakespeare shows the fine line between love, hatred, comedy and tragedy.

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    Hamlet

    500 L

    The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet’s uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet.

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    King Lear

    500 L

    Epic and tragic in its scope, ‘King Lear’ explores a king’s demise into madness and insanity when he is betrayed by two of his manipulative and scheming daughters.

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    North and South

    500 L

    ‘But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.’

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    Three Musketeers

    500 L

    The Three Musketeers  is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice.

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    The Iliad

    500 L

    One of the great epics of Western literature, ‘The Iliad’ recounts the story of the Trojan wars. This timeless poem vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction.

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    Aesop’s Fables

    500 L

    Living in Ancient Greece in the 5th Century BC, Aesop was said to be a slave and story-teller. His much-loved, enduring fables are revered the world over and remain popular as moral tales for children. This title presents a collection of his fables.

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    The Mayor of Casterbridge

    500 L

    ‘The movements of his mind seemed to tend to the thought that some power was working against him.’