The Complete Dramatic Works

8 best books like The Complete Dramatic Works (Samuel Beckett): The Crying of Lot 49, The Italian, At Swim-Two-Birds, Mother Courage and Her Children, Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, Dantons Tod, Best Detective Stories of Agatha Christie, Complete Works, Vol. 1: The Birthday Party / The Room / The Dumb Waiter / A Slight Ache / A Night Out / The Black and White / The Examination

The Crying of Lot 49

Author

Thomas Pynchon

Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot 49 opens as Oedipa Maas discovers that she has been made executrix of a former lover's estate. The performance of her duties sets her on a strange trail of detection, in which bizarre characters crowd...

The Italian

Author	Ann Radcliffe
ISBN	0140437541

From the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ellena, he is captivated by her enigmatic beauty and grace. But his haughty and manipulative mother is against the match and enlists the help of her confessor to come between them. Schedoni, previously a leading...

At Swim-Two-Birds

Author

Flann O'Brien

A wildly comic send-up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim-Two-Birds is the story of a young, lazy, and frequently drunk Irish college student who lives with his curmudgeonly uncle in Dublin. When not in bed (where he seems to spend most of his time) or reading he is composing a mischief-filled novel...

Mother Courage and Her Children

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her Children" is Bertolt Brecht's most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling -- "Mother Courage" -- an itinerant trader, as she pulls...

Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

Author	Oscar Wilde
ISBN	0007144350

In print since 1948, this is a single-volume collection of Oscar Wilde's texts. It contains his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters. Illustrated with many photographs, the book includes introductions to each section by Wilde's grandon,...

Dantons Tod

Author	Georg Büchner
ISBN	3150060605

Fransız İhtilali'nin beşinci yılı. Devrimde önemli rol oynayan Danton, Camille, Herault, Lacroix ve Philippeau, Robespierre ve Saint-Just tarafından ihanetle suçlanıyorlar ve devrim mahkemesine çıkarılıyorlar.
"Ahlak düşüklüğünü yaftalayıp afaroz edemezsin,...

Best Detective Stories of Agatha Christie

Author	Agatha Christie
ISBN	0582275237

Staigājot pa grāmatnīcu pamanīju grāmatu „Best detective stories of Agatha Christie”. Tā kā es nebiju vēl nekad lasījusi detektīvus, lai gan biju dzirdējusi par dažām Agatas Kristi filmām. Nolēmu pamēģināt izlasīt šo grāmatu. Sākumdaļā ir aprakstīts par pašu...

Complete Works, Vol. 1: The Birthday Party / The Room / The Dumb Waiter / A Slight Ache / A Night Out / The Black and White / The Examination

Author	Harold Pinter
ISBN	0802150969

Harold Pinter has long been acknowledged as one of the most influential playwrights in contemporary theatre; his arresting and original works have left a lasting imprint on the development of the stage and screen while delighting audiences around the world.
This, the first of four volumes, contains...