Sheridan: 654 books

Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish playwright who also served as a Whig member of the British House of Commons for over 30 years.  Sheridan’s most famous plays are The Rivals and The School for Scandal.  This edition of St. Patrick’s Day includes a table of contents.

The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan, irish playwright and poet (1751-1816) This ebook presents «The Rivals», from Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- PREFACE...

The three plays collected in this volume demonstrate Sheridan's unerring ability to create unrivalled comedy out of ingenious plots, witty repartee, farcical situations and flamboyant characters. And while he never overtly moralizes, Sheridan uses brilliant comedy to deflate hypocrisy and satirize...

"The School for Scandal" is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upper class society in the late 1700s. Often referred to as a "comedy of manners", "The School for Scandal" is one Sheridan's most performed plays and a classic of English comedic drama.

Enduringly popular less for its plots than for its verbal brilliance and wit, The School for Scandal (1777) was the most frequently performed play of its time. Sir Peter Teazle has made the perennial mistake of elderly bachelors in English comedy and married a much younger wife in the hope that she...

In "The Critic" Richard Brinsley Sheridan turns his attention to satirize the Theatre and all the people engaged in the business of the Theatre in late 18th century England. The critic of the story is a man by the name of Mr. Dangle and the play that is the subject of criticism is a horribly written production named "The Spanish Armada". Fans of Sheridan will delight in this lesser known work.

The Duenna Richard Brinsley Sheridan, irish playwright and poet (1751-1816) This ebook presents «The Duenna», from Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- DRAMATIS...

The Critic was Sheridan's response to a very specific political and theatrical situation. In the summer of 1779, a Franco-Spanish invasion seemed imminent and patriotic fervour superseded party divisions and personal animosities. The Critic satirises the panic of the summer in the form of the comically...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish playwright who also served as a Whig member of the British House of Commons for over 30 years.  Sheridan’s most famous plays are The Rivals and The School for Scandal.  This edition of The Critic includes a table of contents.

At the Trial of Warren Hastings Richard Brinsley Sheridan, irish playwright and poet (1751-1816) This ebook presents «At the Trial of Warren Hastings», from Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- AT THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS -03- FOOTNOTES

Wylder's Hand was written in the year 1864 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. This book is one of the most popular novels of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Dogen (1200-1253) is the father of Soto Zen. Poet-Philosopher and Zen Priest Tai Sheridan has transformed twelve of his spiritual essays from the Shobogenzo (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye), into poems about non-dual wisdom, luminous mind, loving kindness, and Zen practice. The odes evolved...

Poet-Philosopher and Zen Priest Tai Sheridan's 'Buddha in Blue Jeans' is an extremely short, simple, and straight forward universal guide to the practice of sitting quietly and being yourself, which is the same as being Buddha. Sitting quietly can teach many ways to accept life, meet...

Guy Deverell - Volume I Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814-1873) This ebook presents «Guy Deverell - Volume I», from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table...