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Über die Natur der DingeTitus Lucretius CarusMedium level · 5–10 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Die FröscheAristophanesMedium level · Under 2 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
Der Engel im HausCoventry PatmoreMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Die wahren Prophezeiungen oder Prognostikationen des Michael NostradamusNostradamusChallenging · Over 20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Das Leben ist ein TraumPedro Calderón de la BarcaMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
Römische ElegienJohann Wolfgang von GoetheMedium level · Under 2 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Sechs Jahrhunderte englischer DichtungJames BaldwinMedium level · 5–10 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
An Enemy of the PeopleHenrik IbsenMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costPaperback6,95 USDHardcover15,95 USDRead the summary
Die LusiadenLuís de CamõesChallenging · 5–10 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Die Hochzeit von Himmel und HölleWilliam BlakeMedium level · Under 2 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
Lady Windermere's FanOscar WildeMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costPaperback5,95 USDHardcover14,95 USDRead the summary
Japanische Texte der Frühzeit und des MittelaltersF. Victor DickinsMedium level · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
GeorgicaVergilMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
Beowulf: Ein angelsächsisches HeldeneposÜbersetzt von J. Lesslie HallMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Fabeln von La Fontaine — Neue Ausgabe mit AnmerkungenJean de La FontaineMedium level · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
The NibelungenliedG. H. NeedlerMedium level · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costPaperback13,95 USDHardcover22,95 USDRead and listen free
Lyrische Balladen und einige andere Gedichte (1798)William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
Die gesammelten Gedichte von Rupert BrookeRupert BrookeMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Cäsar und KleopatraBernard ShawMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
Jeder nach seiner ArtBen JonsonMedium level · 5–10 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Arms and the ManBernard ShawMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costPaperback6,95 USDHardcover14,95 USDRead the summary
Das himmlische Lied; oder Bhagavad-GitaSir Edwin ArnoldMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Major BarbaraBernard ShawMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
Twelfth Night; Or, What You WillWilliam ShakespeareMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costPaperback5,95 USDHardcover14,95 USDRead and listen free
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