A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find the…
“Brain, character, soul— only as one sees more of life does one understand how distinct is each. Prolog: Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth,—a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centered upon his own silly self. If anything could have driven me from Gladys, it would have been the thought of such a f…
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf delves a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post First World War England. The novel began with two short stories, "Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" and the unfinished The Prime Minister". The book describes Clarissa's preparations for a party she will host in the evening and the ensuing party. With an interior perspective, the st…
Black Beauty adalah sebuah novel tahun 1877 yang ditulis oleh penulis Inggris Anna Sewell. Novel tersebut langsung menjadi best-seller dengan Sewell meninggal hanya lima bulan setelah penerbitannya, tetapi telah hidup cukup lama untuk melihat satu-satunya novelnya menjadi sukses. Kisah ini dinarasikan sebagai orang pertama sebagai memoar otobiografi yang diceritakan oleh kuda tituler bernama Bl…
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy: It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock e meat it feeds on.” Othello adalah seorang komandan militer Moor yang menjabat sebagai jenderal tentara Venesia dalam mempertahankan Siprus melawan invasi Turki Ottoman. Dia baru saja menikah dengan Desdemona, seorang wanita Venesia yang cantik dan kaya jauh lebih muda dari dirinya, bertentangan dengan keingina…
With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils - and even for ordinary citizens in the courts of law. In response, the technique of rhetoric rapidly developed, bringing virtuoso performances and a host of practical manuals for the layman. While many of these were lit…
PANGERAN CILIK termasuk buku yang paling banyak diterjemahkan di dunia. Konon pernah disadur ke dalam 230 bahasa. Buku ini memang luar biasa. Tampaknya seolah cerita anak-anak, tapi sebenarnya dinikmati dan direnungkan juga oleh orang dewasa. Lewat cerita seorang anak yang mengamati dunia dengan mata naif dan lugu, Saint-Exupéry menyentuh beberapa nilai dan pengalaman manusia yang paling dasar…