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The plot, the people, the point and the ending — then the Boovie film, where there is one.
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The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10)
Giovanni Boccaccio · short story
The story in one page
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
A plague ravages Florence, so ten friends hide in a villa to gossip professionally.
Giovanni Boccaccio · short story
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The Decameron, Volume I
Giovanni Boccaccio · short story
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The Decameron, Volume II
Giovanni Boccaccio · short story
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The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 1 (of 3)
of Naucratis Athenaeus · play
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The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 2 (of 3)
of Naucratis Athenaeus · manual
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The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 3 (of 3)
of Naucratis Athenaeus · ideas
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The dialogues of Plato in five volumes, Vol. 2 (of 5)
Plato · ideas
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The divine comedy
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 01
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 02
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 03
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 04
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 05
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 06
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 07
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 08
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 09
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 10
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, Complete
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, Volume 1
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, Volume 2
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, Volume 3
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Complete
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 1
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 2
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 3
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 4
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 5
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory
Dante Alighieri · poetry
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The Divine Comedy, Volume 3, Paradise
Dante Alighieri · poetry
The story in one page
The Economist
Socrates teaches estate management, proving that keeping your pantry orderly is basically a military operation.
Xenophon · dialogue
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The Electra of Euripides
Euripides · play
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The Elegies of Tibullus
Tibullus · poetry
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The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
Aristophanes · play
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The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
Aristophanes · play
The story in one page
The Enchiridion
An ex-slave explains why your reputation, your property, and your body are none of your business.
Epictetus · ideas
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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)
Francis James Child · poetry
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The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare
J. J. Jusserand · novel
The story in one page
The English Rogue: Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, a Witty Extravagant
A career criminal writes his autobiography to warn you against the very lifestyle he clearly enjoyed.
Richard Head · novel
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The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
Mark Twain · collection
The story in one page
The Epic of Gilgamish
A prehistoric king dreams of falling stars while a wild satyr learns that beer and bread are the keys to civilization.
Stephen Langdon · myth
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The Europeans
Henry James · novel
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The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · short story
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
A grumpy Welsh squire leads his eccentric relatives across Britain while their new footman accidentally reveals his bare backside.
T. Smollett · novel
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The Extant Odes of Pindar
Pindar · poetry