THE HAPPY PRINCE

1888

THE HAPPY PRINCE

Oscar Wilde

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Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) - An Irish-born English poet, novelist, and playwright. Considered an eccentric, he was the leader of the aesthetic movement that advocated “art for art’s sake” and was once imprisoned for two years with hard labor for homosexual practices. The Happy Prince (1888) - A fairy tale about a swallow who falls out of love with a reed then lands on and falls in love with the stature of the Happy Prince.

THE GIRL WHO TROD ON THE LOAF

1872

FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

THE GIRL WHO TROD ON THE LOAF

Hans Christian Andersen

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Andersen, Hans Christian (1805-1875) - A Danish writer who is remembered as one of the world’s greatest story-tellers. Although most of his poems, novels, and dramas have been forgotten, his Fairy Tales, (compiled 1835- 1872), have gained him lasting fame. The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf - One of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales. The story of the cruel girl who trod on a loaf of bread to keep her shoes from getting soiled and sank into the Marsh Woman’s brewery.

THE FIRST ORATION AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS

44 BC

THE FIRST ORATION AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS

(Called also the First Philippic)

Marcus Tullius Cicero

translated by Charles Duke Yonge, A.B.

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC) - Rome’s greatest orator, philosopher, and rhetorician, he developed a style of speaking that was emulated for centuries thereafter. Cicero was influential in the development of Latin as more than just a utilitarian language. The First Oration Against Marcus Antonius (44 BC) - Also called the “First Philippic.” Cicero, allying himself with Octavius, attacked Antonius. Octavius, however, would later join Antonius in declaring Cicero an outlaw.

THE CONCEITED APPLE-BRANCH

1872

FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

THE CONCEITED APPLE-BRANCH

Hans Christian Andersen

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Andersen, Hans Christian (1805-1875) - A Danish writer who is remembered as one of the world’s greatest story-tellers. Although most of his poems, novels, and dramas have been forgotten, his Fairy Tales, (compiled 1835- 1872), have gained him lasting fame. The Conceited Apple-Branch - One of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales. An apple-branch, put on display by a young countess, looks out a window at the poor despised dandelions and is glad not to be as common and ugly.

CAIUS AND TIBERIUS GRACCHUS WITH AGIS AND CLEOMENES

75 AD

THE COMPARISON OF TIBERIUS AND CAIUS GRACCHUS WITH AGIS AND CLEOMENES

Plutarch

translated by John Dryden

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Plutarch (46-120) - Greek biographer, historian, and philosopher, sometimes known as the encyclopaedist of antiquity. He is most renowned for his series of character studies, arranged mostly in pairs, known as “Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans” or “Parallel Lives.” Tiberius and Caius Gracchus and Agis and Cleomenes Compared (75 AD) - Compares and contrasts the lives of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus, Roman statesmen and leaders, and Agis and Cleomenes, Spartan kings.