Ernest Everhard, a young Revolutionary Socialist, fights against the powerful state organization known as The Iron Heel, whose goal is to crush the working class at any cost, so that he and his wife can live freely.
Presents literary critic George Bernard Shaw's analysis ofthe plays of Ibsen, providing commentary on such individual plays as "HeddaGabler," "A Doll's House," and "Ghosts.".
Examines the life and work of sixteenth-century Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote, " discussing his activities as an adventurer, spy, soldier, hostage, and writer.
Contains fifteen short stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published between 1880 and 1921, and includes stories about Egyptian mummies, conventional ghosts, and man-eating plants.
Impey Barbicane, president of an elite Baltimore Gun Club in the years following the Civil War, suggests the members build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon, but things get out of control when an adversary wagers against the project, and a volunteer lobbies to make the mission a manned flight.
A collection of fifteen short stories featuring the English aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves, including the first eight stories along with the complete Reggie Pepper series.
Collects nineteen N? plays, including works by Seami and such classics as "Aoi No Uye" ("Princess Hollyhock"), and "Hatsuyuki" ("Early Snow"), and includes the ky?gen "Esashi J??" ("The Bird-Catcher in Hell") and summaries of fifteen other plays.