The Burial at Thebes, by Seamus Heaney.
In this outstanding new translation, commissioned by Ireland's renowned Abbey Theatre to commemorate its centenary, Seamus Heaney exposes the darkness and the humanity in Sophocles' masterpiece, and inks it with his own modern and masterly touch.
The First Distiller, by Leo Tolstoy.
This is the story of a peasant who is tempted by a demon. He becomes rich distilling his excess grain. When the entire village becomes drunk, Satan is very pleased.
The Forged Coupon, After the Dance, Alyosha the Pot, Miscellaneous Stories, by Leo Tolstoy.
Published posthumously, The Forged Coupon (1904) is the last novella by Leo Tolstoy. It is the story of Stepan, who lives a life of evil and crime. Out to murder and torture, he is jolted into reality as one of his victims refuses to seek mercy.
Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott.
High adventure can be found in this classic tale of chivalry and adventure, which pits a Saxon knight and a beautiful and intelligent Jewish heroine against Prince John and the evil Templar, Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert.
The Light Shines in Darkness, by Leo Tolstoy.
In this play in five unfinished acts, Tolstoy portrays the generally negative reactions of a man's family and friends to views that Tolstoy himself advocated.
The Live Corpse, by Leo Tolstoy.
A play in six parts that revolves around what happens when one man is presumed dead, his wife remarries, and then he returns - and the havoc his return causes.
The Power of Darkness, by Leo Tolstoy.
The women in this five act morality play have problems with their men and are determined to outwit them and get their ways by any means.
