Here Haggard takes his formula for Victorian adventure fiction into the contemporary world, with this tale of three English adventurers who find an ancient god beneath a South Seas volcano.

It portrays the disappointments of Ivan Voynitsky ( Uncle Vanya ), who comes to see that he has wasted his life managing the business affairs of his brother-in-law, Serebryakov--who has himself squandered his entire career in a futile attempt to succeed as an academic and scholar.

The Three Dramas included in this volume are The Editor; The Bankrupt; and The King by Norwegian playwright Bjornson.

This includes three plays A Gauntlet,Leonarda and The Newly Married Couple by Bjornstjerne Bjornson.

Synge was one of the key dramatists in the world of Irish literature at the turn of the century. This volume offers all of Synge's plays, which range from racy comedy to stark tragedy, all sharing a memorable lyricism. The introduction places him in the context of the Irish literary movement.

Written in 1700, an unequalled masterpiece of English comedy and one of the most intellectually accomplished.

This is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge. On a deeper level, this play shows the decay of a person who chooses material gains (by commanding the devils to suit his desires) over spiritual belief and in so doing loses his soul.

It centers on the romantic and artistic conflicts between four theatrical characters: the ingenue Nina, the fading leading lady Irina Arkadina, her son.