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7 best books like Milton's Comus (John Milton): Troilus and Cressida, Richard II, King Henry VI, Part 2, All's Well That Ends Well, The Rape of the Lock, Descent into Hell, The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends

Troilus and Cressida
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
ISBN0671669168

When I was young and naive, I loved Troilus and Cressida for its brave cynicism, but now that I am older--and my outlook is bleaker--I appreciate it for its realism and compassion. Shakespeare shows us a world in which lovers yearn to be true and warriors strive to be brave, but both inevitably fail,...
Richard II
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
ISBN0198320043
Tragedy of King Richard II , William Shakespeare
King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some...
King Henry VI, Part 2
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 2 = 2 Henry VI (Wars of the Roses #6), William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part 2, is a history play, by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Henry VI, Part 2, focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering...
All's Well That Ends Well
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
ISBN0743484975
Helena, a ward of the Countess of Rousillion, falls in love with the Countess's son, Bertram. Daughter of a famous doctor, and a skilled physician in her own right, Helena cures the King of France-who feared he was dying-and he grants her Bertram's hand as a reward. Bertram, however, offended by the inequality...
The Rape of the Lock
AuthorAlexander Pope
ISBN1557429162
I’ve always believed that miracles can happen and that great physical and/or mental suffering can engender greatness. This indeed proved to be the case with this splendid work by Alexander Pope.

I find Pope a fascinating individual. He was a catholic, at a time when legislation was repressive...
Descent into Hell
AuthorCharles Williams
ISBN0802812201
Wow! I am so glad I returned to this story! It took me less time to read it this second time but I got so much more out of it. Rereading Williams’s tale in relation to C. S. Lewis's book The Great Divorce made all the difference. Having read Many Dimensions, another Williams thriller, during the intervening...
The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
AuthorHumphrey Carpenter
ISBN0395276284
Overall, it’s worth reading if you are studying Lewis. He does talk about the other men (for example, there were also some interesting details about Warnie and John Wain that I hadn’t seen before). But it’s half an Inklings discussion, and half a biography of C. S. Lewis. The author admits this...
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