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Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, the great English playwright, author of Hamlet and of history plays about the kings of England.

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin

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• The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin
• Self-Help, Samuel Smiles

  William Shakespeare (1564-1616), an English playwright and poet. Smiles cites him as an example of a talent that cannot be created by labour alone.

• Essays: First Series, Ralph Waldo Emerson

  William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright and poet.

• Love and Marriage, Ellen Key

  William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright and poet, author of the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”.

• On Love, Stendhal

  William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright and one of Stendhal's favourite authors.

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