While Henry Adams did not follow in the illustrious footsteps of his grandfather, John Quincy Adams, and his great grandfather, John Adams, to enter politics, he was successful in his own right as an author, journalist, and historian. The Education of Henry Adams, in which he examines his life and the development of the United States, earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1919. ..

Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley in 1818, is one of the most well-known Gothic novels. After discovering how to animate matter, Frankenstein creates a being that possesses extraordinary strength and size, but has a frightening appearance. Shunned by people and suffering from loneliness, the creature asks Frankenstein to make a female companion. When Frankenstein refuses, the monster goes on a murderous rampage and eventually ends its own life...

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This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

In the first play of the Oresteia, Clytemnestra murders her husband, Agamemnon, to avenge his sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia to bring good sailing weather for his fleet. Their son, Orestes, goes into exile. The Libation Bearers opens with his return and a discreet meeting with his sister Electra, in which they call upon their dead father's spirit to strengthen their resolve to avenge his death. The final blood-letting in the house of Atreus is perpetrated by Orestes, who first kills his mother?s lover and then kills Clytemnestra. The horror of his acts brings the Furies to haunt him and he flees from the scene, sick in heart and mind...

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Prometheus incurs the jealous wrath of Zeus when he bestows on humankind the gifts of fire and the arts. Prometheus is nailed to a rock high in the Caucasus Mountains to suffer as long as it pleases Zeus. The story of the strong and courageous hero who champions the vulnerable against the oppression of the powerful holds a special place in literature...

In Greek myth, Eumenides, or Furies, are spirits who avenge intrafamily offenses, especially the murder of one family member by another. In Aeschylus?s play Eumenides, Orestes is pursued by these spirits after he murders his mother, Clytemnestra. He flees to Athens where he pleads his case to the goddess Athena. Aeschylus gives us what is perhaps the first courtroom drama, in which the spirits prosecute and Orestes presents his own defense. Athena breaks the tied judges' vote on Orestes's innocence or guilt...

The first drama in Aeschylus's trilogy Oresteia, opens with the return of Agememnon from the Trojan War and closes with his murder by his wife, Clytemnestra, to avenge his sacrificing their daughter to the gods. This tragedy sets off a violent cycle of murder and revenge that plagues the house of Atreus. Aeschylus is considered the founder of Greek tragedy and the language, structure, and ideas have imparted lasting significance to his plays for centuries...

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The fifty daughters of Danaus flee to Argos to escape marriage to their cousins, the sons of the king of Egypt. When they arrive, they plead for protection and their fate is put to a vote by the king of Argos. The people vote in the women’s favor and the Egyptians’ request to surrender them is rejected...

After Oedipus abdicates the throne, his sons, Eteocles and Polynices, engage in a struggle for power. The dispute is settled when the Thebans declare that the brothers are to share the throne, ruling in alternate years. However, when Eteocles' term ends, he refuses to relinquish the throne and banishes his brother. Polynices raises an army and marches on the city to take the throne by force. Messengers bring news to Eteocles of the army and the seven champions who stand ready to lead the attack at each of the city's seven gates. Eteocles and Polynices face each other at the seventh gate and engage in a fight to the death. Because Polynices waged war against his city, he is denied burial. ..