English & Later

Father of English poetry (c. 1343–1400) — The Canterbury Tales.

Ben Jonson
• The Alchemist
  Ben Jonson · English · 31.0k words
  Also in volume: Chaucer · Spenser · Jonson · Donne
• Volpone
  Ben Jonson · English · 31k words
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Edmund Spenser
• The Faerie Queene, Book I
  Edmund Spenser · English · 73.5k words
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Geoffrey Chaucer
• The Canterbury Tales
  Geoffrey Chaucer · English · 265.3k words
  Also in volume: Chaucer · Spenser · Jonson · Donne
John Donne
• Holy Sonnets
  John Donne · English · 3.3k words
  Also in volume: Chaucer · Spenser · Jonson · Donne

The Bard (1564–1616) — 38 plays, sonnets, and poems. Public-domain text.

• A Lover's Complaint
  William Shakespeare · English · 2.6k words
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• A Midsummer Night's Dream
  William Shakespeare · English · 16.6k words
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• All's Well That Ends Well
  William Shakespeare · English · 23.6k words
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• Antony and Cleopatra
  William Shakespeare · English · 25.3k words
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• As You Like It
  William Shakespeare · English · 22.2k words
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• Coriolanus
  William Shakespeare · English · 28.3k words
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• Cymbeline
  William Shakespeare · English · 28.0k words
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• Hamlet
  William Shakespeare · English · 30.7k words
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• Henry IV, Part 1
  William Shakespeare · English · 24.9k words
  Also in volume: Histories
• Henry IV, Part 2
  William Shakespeare · English · 26.7k words
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• Henry V
  William Shakespeare · English · 26.7k words
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• Henry VI, Part 1
  William Shakespeare · English · 22k words
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• Henry VI, Part 2
  William Shakespeare · English · 26.1k words
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• Henry VI, Part 3
  William Shakespeare · English · 25.5k words
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• Henry VIII
  William Shakespeare · English · 24.7k words
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• Julius Caesar
  William Shakespeare · English · 20.1k words
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• King John
  William Shakespeare · English · 21.5k words
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• King Lear
  William Shakespeare · English · 26.4k words
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• Love's Labour's Lost
  William Shakespeare · English · 21.4k words
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• Macbeth
  William Shakespeare · English · 17.7k words
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• Measure for Measure
  William Shakespeare · English · 21.9k words
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• Much Ado About Nothing
  William Shakespeare · English · 21.7k words
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• Othello
  William Shakespeare · English · 26.6k words
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• Pericles
  William Shakespeare · English · 19.2k words
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• Richard II
  William Shakespeare · English · 22.6k words
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• Richard III
  William Shakespeare · English · 30.5k words
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• Romeo and Juliet
  William Shakespeare · English · 25k words
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• Sonnets
  William Shakespeare · English · 17.4k words
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• The Comedy of Errors
  William Shakespeare · English · 15.8k words
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• The Merchant of Venice
  William Shakespeare · English · 21.6k words
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• The Merry Wives of Windsor
  William Shakespeare · English · 22.8k words
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• The Passionate Pilgrim
  William Shakespeare · English · 3.1k words
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• The Phoenix and the Turtle
  William Shakespeare · English · 353 words
  Also in volume: Romances · Poems
• The Rape of Lucrece
  William Shakespeare · English · 15.2k words
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• The Taming of the Shrew
  William Shakespeare · English · 21.2k words
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• The Tempest
  William Shakespeare · English · 16.8k words
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• The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  William Shakespeare · English · 17.5k words
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• The Two Noble Kinsmen
  William Shakespeare · English · 24.9k words
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• The Winter's Tale
  William Shakespeare · English · 25.3k words
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• Timon of Athens
  William Shakespeare · English · 19k words
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• Titus Andronicus
  William Shakespeare · English · 21k words
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• Troilus and Cressida
  William Shakespeare · English · 26.2k words
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• Twelfth Night
  William Shakespeare · English · 20.5k words
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• Venus and Adonis
  William Shakespeare · English · 10k words
  Also in volume: Romances · Poems

Epic poet (1608–1674) — Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes.

• Paradise Lost
  John Milton · English · 82.8k words
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• Paradise Regained
  John Milton · English · 15.8k words
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• Samson Agonistes
  John Milton · English · 14.2k words
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