Poetry

Written in 1513 for the Medici, immediately following their return to power in Florence, The Prince remains as relevant a text on the craft of ruling and the exercise of...

The two political works in this text are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese History.

‘The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the...

With a perception and universality as relevant nearly ten centuries after they were written, the great Persian polymath'sBook of Loveis a veritable anatomy of emotion and desire.Now in paperback, this...

This boxed set includes two of the greatest epic poems of ancient Greece, 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey', which tell the stories of the Trojan War and the adventures of...

Describes the adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. This poem also describes his endurance, his love...

Having lived in the city of Orphalese for twelve years, the revered Prophet is about to board a ship taking him back to the isle of his birth. Before he...

Translated, with an Introduction and Notes by John R. Williams.Goethe's Faust is a classic of European literature. Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for superhuman...

With an Introduction by Emma Hartnoll.Initially a vivacious, outgoing person, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) progressively withdrew into a reclusive existence. An undiscovered genius during her lifetime, only seven out of her...