The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka’s Prague: A Literary Walking Tour
A biographer of Kafka, Johannes Urzidil, writes that "Kafka was Prague and Prague was Kafka." Discover Franz Kafka's birthplace on this literary walking tour of Prague. Explore the sights and sounds that influenced Kafka's writing and experience his lasting legacy in the city he called home.

Kafka in the Comics
View a selection of Foxtrot comic strips dealing with Franz Kafka's story The Metamorphosis. Each strip humorously addresses some aspect of Kafka's tale about a man who wakes up one morning and discovers that he has been transformed into a cockroach.

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

1898 Review of Cyrano de Bergerac
Read the original 1898 review of Cyrano de Bergerac's opening-night London performance. Learn how Edmund Rostand's unconventional tale of one man's search for true love was received by its first English-speaking audience over a hundred years ago. How does the reviewer predict the play will hold up over time? Was he correct?

Chekhov: Four Plays by Anton Chekhov, translated by Carol Rocamora

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
Learn more about the life of Russian author Anton Chekhov and read some letters in which he gives advice and shares his opinions with other playwrights

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Bardlibs!
Try your hand at rewriting some of the Bard's most famous passages at this Cleveland Shakespeare Festival site. Go to each play, filling in the blanks to create your own Shakespearean Mad Libs.

The Ramsay Scallop by Frances Temple

The Middle Ages
What was it really like to live in Europe during the Middle Ages, the setting of The Ramsay Scallop? At this site you will learn about everyday medieval life and find out how people lived, dressed, and were entertained. You may also listen to musical instruments of the times and test your knowledge of medieval health treatments.