Tristan and Iseult is a legend made popular during the 12th Century through French medieval poetry, and inspired from archetypal Celtic legends . It has become an influential romance and tragedy, retold in numerous sources with as many variations. The tragic story is of the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan (Tristram) and the Irish princess Iseult (Isolde, Yseult, etc.). The narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, and ...

This edition of The Jungle Book (Illustrated) is a fully differentiated version enriched with more than 15 newly created, high-quality black-and-white illustrations.Designed to revive the magic of Rudyard Kipling's timeless classic, this edition combines faithful reproduction of the original public-domain text with exclusive artwork inspired by traditional 19th-century engraving techniques.Discover - or rediscover ...

This Play was first performed for the public on February 14, 1895, at the St. James Theatre in London, and is regarded by many critics and scholars as being the wittiest play in the English language.The Play is a classic comedy of manners in which two flippant young men – in order to impress their respected beloveds – pretend that their names are Ernest, which both young ladies believe confers magical qualities on the possessor.Working within the social conventions of late ...

Mansfield Park is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen's lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews until 1821. The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened, impoverished family sends her at age ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle; it follows her development and concludes in early adulthood.Jane Aus...