Literature
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Shakespeare’s Writing Style
Shakespeare used a metrical pattern consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, called blank verse. His plays were composed using…
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Going to a Play in Shakespeare’s London: Simon Forman’s Diary
Renaissance records of Shakespeare’s plays in performance are exceedingly scarce. However, those few contemporary accounts that have survived provide brief…
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Violence in Shakespeare: Suicide, Murder, and Combat in Shakespeare’s Plays
Introduction Elizabethan and Jacobean audiences reveled in shocking drama. While patrons liked a good comedy, they consistently packed the theatres…
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100 Famous Quote by William Shakespeare
To be, or not to be, that is the question. A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise…
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A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Princess of Mars (1912) is a science fantasy novel, the first in Burroughs’ Barsoom series. It was published in All-Story…
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Miss Crespigny by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Miss Crespigny, Ms. Burnett’s Earlier Stories, was published in 1879. “These love stories were written for and printed in Peterson’s…
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Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy was Frances Hodgson Burnett’s first children’s novel, first published as a serial in St. Nicolas Magazine (1885…
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Editha’s Burglar by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Editha’s Burglar: A Story for Children was published in 1888. It is featured in Books for Young Readers. Letter from…
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A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sometimes great story becomes lost or forgotten, or doesn’t get the attention that it should. A Little Princess is one of those…
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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Brunett created an inspirational tale of transformation and empowerment. Mary Lennox, a sickly and contrary little girl, is orphaned to…
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