Notes On Various Classics By British Authors

This e-book presents critical comments and summaries of seven plays of William Shakespeare, including "Julius Caesar," "Macbeth, "Hamlet," and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Also treated are "The Rivals" by Sheridan, "The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus" by Marlowe, "Pilgrim's Progress" by Bunyan, "Robinson Crusoe" by Defoe, "Paradise Regained" by Milton, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge, "A Christmas Carol" by Dickens, and "Beowulf." For children, there are summaries of "Alice in Wonderland," "Through the Looking Glass," "Gulliver's Travels," and Kipling's "The Second Jungle Book." Several short stories are also presented: one by Joseph Addison, one by Wilkie Collins, two by Robert Louis Stevenson, and twelve by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This e-book is an excellent introduction to these authors.