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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Bedbug and Selected Poetry
Vladimir Mayakovsky · 317 pages
The Rape of the Lock
Alexander Pope · 79 pages
A satiric poem about Belinda and the evil Baron who wants to steal a lock of her hair, it is a commentary on the battle of the sexes and the contemporary social world of high society.
Storm
Tim Minchin · 96 pages
A storm is brewing at a London dinner party. When Tim meets the mysterious fifth guest at the table, small talk descends into a battle between science and belief.
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer · 506 pages
A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde, Hous
The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker · 480 pages
The Epigrams
Marcus Valerius Martialis · 245 pages
It was to celebrate the opening of the Roman Colosseum in A.D. 80 that Martial published his first book of poems, "On the Spectacles." Written with satiric wit and a talent for the memorable phrase, the poems in this collection record the broad spectacle of shows in the new arena. The great Latin epigrammist's twelve subsequent books capture the spirit of Roman life - both public and private - in
Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
Bo Burnham
A strange and charming collection of hilariously absurd poetry, writing, and illustration from one of today's most popular young comedians... EGGHEAD: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone Bo Burnham was a precocious teenager living in his parents' attic when he started posting material on YouTube. 100 million people viewed those videos, turning Bo into an online sensation with a huge and dedicated
Don Juan
George Gordon Byron, George Gordon · 348 pages
Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in ottav
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde · 1,216 pages
Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals
Patricia Lockwood · 73 pages
"A breathtaking new collection from one of today's boldest and most adventurous poets; Colloquial and incantatory, the poems in Patricia Lockwood's second collection address the most urgent questions of our time, like: what if a deer did porn? Is America going down on Canada? What happens when Niagara Falls gets drunk at a wedding? Is it legal to marry a stuffed owl exhibit? What would Walt Whitma
Transformations
Anne Sexton · 111 pages
" ... retelling many of the Grimms' fairy tales in poetry"--Page ix.
Angle of Yaw
Ben Lerner · 127 pages
"Angle of Yaw, Ben Lerner's ambitious second book of poetry, is an extended meditation on the commercialization of public space and speech. Combining philosophical insight with poetic experiment, political outrage with personal experience, Lerner's prose poems and lyrical sequences examine how technologies of viewing - aerial photography in particular - feed our spectacular culture an image of its
Eugene Onegin
Alexander Pushkin · 233 pages
The Russians, revering Alexander Pushkin as a national hero, see his novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, as the pinnacle not only of his oeuvre, but of their entire literature. Its brilliant sonnets are traditionally memorized by youngsters, and even today nearly any Russian adult can quote many passages with fervor. No literary work plays a comparable role in the English-speaking world. The plot swir
The Tent
Margaret Atwood · 158 pages
The Tent is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 2006. Although classified with Atwood’s short fiction, The Tent has been characterized as an “experimental” collection of “fictional essays" or “mini-fictions.” The work also incorporates line drawings by Atwood. Source: [Wikipedia][1] [1]: https://g.co/kgs/6Gge4p
Collected Poems
W.H. Auden · 976 pages
This is a reprint of the original 1976 edition, with corrections made by The Estate of W.H. Auden.
The Trouble With Poetry - And Other Poems
Billy Collins · 88 pages
A collection of poetry by American poet Billy Collins which reflects themes on boyhood, jazz, love, the passage of time, and writing.
Face
Sherman Alexie · 159 pages
From the Publisher: In this first full collection in nine years, Alexie's poems and prose show his celebrated passion and wit while also exploring new directions. Novelist, storyteller and performer, he won the National Book Award for his YA novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. His work has been praised throughout the world, but the bedrock remains what The New York Times Book R
The Real Mother Goose
Blanche Fisher Wright · 128 pages
An illustrated collection of popular nursery rhymes, reprinted from the 1916 original.