Full text of John Dryden's (1631-1700) Preface to The Fables (1700), the English poet's translation of Chaucer texts from the middle English. Dryden compares the styles of Ovid, Chaucer, and Boccaccio.

The published diary of a marine pilot who toured Allied aviation facilities in 1917-1918. This site provides a diary account of Captain Alfred A. Cunningham and gives the reader a view of what things were like in wartime England and...

At this website, read the full text of Henry Fielding's book, "Joseph Andrews." Includes all four books of the novel, as well as the "Introduction," "Note to General Introduction," and "Author's Preface."

A complete course in film and video production. Divided into six sections - Editing, Shooting, Sound, Lighting, Lens, and Tech. Each section has a similar structure, beginning with a preface and with headings on each page (repeated in...

This Making of America site from the University of Michigan provides the full text of Edward Everett Hale's work entitled "Sybaris and Other Homes". Be sure to read the preface for a better understanding of the book.

This is the full text of dialogue Charmides by Plato including two prefaces and an introduction. In this dialogue, the beautiful youth, Charmides, who is also the most temperate of human beings, is asked by Socrates, 'What is Temperance?'

This is the full text of the five-act British play All For Love by John Dryden. An introduction, a dedication, a preface, a list of characters, the play, and an epilogue are included.

This site from the EServer Drama Collection contains the complete text of the play. Also includes a preface and a sequel.

Swami Krishnananda's in-depth coverage of the Mandukya Upanishad. Click on the Publishers' Preface to see what each section offers.

This is the complete text of the poetry collection The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses by Andrew Barton Paterson including a preface, a prelude, and 46 poems.

This is the complete text of the novel Hard Cash by Charles Reade including a preface and a prologue.

This is the complete text of the novel Darrel of the Blessed Isles by Irving Bacheller including a preface and a prelude.

This is the complete text of the novel D'Ri and I by Irving Bacheller including an introduction and a preface.

This is the complete text of the novel The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. Yonge including a preface.

This is the complete text of the novel Danger; or Wounded in the House of a Friend by T. S. Arthur including a preface.

This is the complete text of the novel Driven Back to Eden by Edward Payson Roe including a preface.

This is the complete text of the novel Dickory Cronke by Daniel Defoe including a preface and an epitaph.

This is the complete text of the novel Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country by Irving Bacheller including a preface.

This is the full text of the British novel Erewhon by Samuel Butler including three prefaces for various editions. In a faraway land, a traveler encounters a peculiar, topsy-turvy society in which sickness is a punishable crime and crime...

Originally published in 1836, this novel was republished in the Confederate States of America in 1862 with a new preface. The 1862 edition is reproduced here in html format.

Read Jonathan Synge's "The Playboy of the Western World." This three-act play is accompanied by a preface written by Synge himself.

Read Sophocles's famous play, "Oedipus Rex," also known as "Oedipus the King" or "Oedipus, King of Thebes." This website is organized into four sections: "Preface," "Characters in the Play," "Argument," and "'Oedipus Rex': The Play."

Read Jonathan Synge's two-act play, "The Tinker's Wedding," in full. Includes a preface written by Synge.

Biography of St. Bede, followed by the preface to the "Ecclesiastical History of England" and another excerpt in modern English.