"Would you realize what Revolution is, call it Progress; and would you realize what Progress is, call it Tomorrow."—Victor Hugo

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Table of Contents
ROMANTICISM
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from Faust
Prologue in Heaven Drama 768
from The First Part of the Tragedy Drama 773

Comparing Literary Works
Alexander Pushkin I Have Visited Again Poem 796
Heinrich Heine The Lorelei Poem 799
The Lotus Flower Poem 800

Victor Hugo from The Expiation: Russia 1812 Poem 806

Comparing Literary Works
Charles Baudelaire Invitation to the Voyage Poem 814
The Albatross Poem 816
Arthur Rimbaud The Sleeper in the Valley Poem 817
Ophelia Poem 818
Paul Verlaine Autumn Song Poem 822

REALISM
Comparing Literary Works
Guy de Maupassant Two Friends Short Story 828
Leo Tolstoy How Much Land Does a Man Need? Short Story 835
Anton Chekhov A Problem Short Story 850

Henrik Ibsen A Doll House
Act One Drama 864
Act Two Drama 897
Act Three Drama 923