Thomas A. Copeland
Paradise Lost (version 2)
As Vergil had surpassed Homer by adapting the epic form to celebrate the origin of the author’s nation, Milton developed it yet further to r…
A Princess of Mars (Version 3)
John Carter is mysteriously conveyed to Mars, where he discovers two intelligent species continually embroiled in warfare. Although he is a …
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Edition 1831)
A mentally unstable genius, Victor Frankenstein, inspired by the dreams of ancient alchemists and empowered by modern science, creates a hum…
The Gods of Mars (version 2)
In this second volume of the Barsoom series, John Carter returns to Mars to learn that his heroic effort to salvage the atmosphere plant sav…
The Warlord of Mars (version 2)
In this third installment of the adventures of John Carter on Mars, our hero labors under sentence of death (for having returned from the la…
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women (version 2)
An author who means to end a story with some variation of “And they all lived happily ever after” had better deal before that point not just…
The Faerie Queene Version 2
Spenser planned a 24-book romance-epic consisting of two parts, of which he completed half of the first. The first twelve books were to illu…
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (version 2)
John Carter's son, Carthoris, falls in love with his father's true friend, Thuvia of Ptarth, but she has been promised to another and is kid…
The Chessmen of Mars (version 2)
Tara of Helium, John Carter's second child, is nearly as beautiful as her mother, Deja Thoris, and as independent-minded as her father. Thes…
Fifty-One Tales
Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany invites listeners into a world where the boundaries of reality blur and the extraordinary becomes commonplac…
Orlando Furioso
Charlemagne's nephew Orlando (AKA Roland) is driven insane by the infidelity of his beloved Angelica. Angelica's relationship with him and o…
The Master of Ballantrae
Heir to a noble Scottish house in the mid 18th century, the Master is a charming, clever, and resourceful villain whose daring but ill-advis…
The Moon Maid
Sabotage accidentally takes Earth's first manned interplanetary expedition to the Moon, where a sublunar adventure ensues, involving two int…
Paradise Regain'd (version 2)
Having been publicly acknowledged as God's "beloved Son," Jesus retires to the desert to meditate upon what it means to be the Mes…
Hero and Leander (version 2)
Two young people, the epitome of young masculine and feminine beauty, fall in love at first sight, but their union is forbidden by the tyran…
The Sea Lady (Version 2)
A mermaid contrives to have herself "rescued from drowning" and adopted by a respectable family on the English coast. Her motive,…
Le Paradis Perdu
Comme Virgile a développé l’épopée à célébrer l’origine de sa propre patrie, Milton l’a ada…
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
This final volume of detective stories was Doyle’s effort to put his most famous creation behind him at long last. It includes a variety of …
Areopagitica (Version 2)
The noblest and most extensive defense of freedom of the press in English. Although Milton was sufficiently practical to serve as a censor o…
Balder Dead (version 2)
The poem begins with the beloved god Balder, thought to be invulnerable, dead at the hands of the inoffensive blind god Hoder, in a game. L…