William Shakespeare's Avengers: The Complete Works by Ian Doescher

It is, indeed, the Avengers films. The others are at most referenced by the Chorus, which doesn't help the plot understanding.

Some glorious moments, though it's a bit hampered by the way the story was not designed to be done in dialog.

The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

a satiric poem overdramatizing an incident where a young man cuts off a lock of a young woman's hair.

The nature of which can be nicely grasped by looking at the array of comparisons here:

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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book by J.R.R. Tolkien

A collection of verse by the author of Lord of the Rings -- given a frame to fit in the universe.  Most existed and were in fact published in places before that work. . . Tom appeared in Lord from here, not vice versa ( Read more... )

Three Chinese Poets by Vikram Seth

Three T'ang dynasty poets -- Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu -- in English translation. Some of the lovely imagery translates marvelously well.

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: First and Fifth Editions by Edward FitzGerald

The famous translation.  It can be interesting to compare the editions' differences.

Short poems tending to love of wine, cynicism, carpe diem and fatalism.  Can be very beautiful.

The Homeric Hymns by Homer

A series of hymns of ancient Greece.

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William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return by Ian Doescher

One last time -- you know the plot.

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William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher

Once again you know the plot. . . .

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William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher

We all know the plot, I trust. . . .

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The Coloured Lands by G. K. Chesterton

A posthumous collection of some of the more whimsical works of Chesterton, including essays, cartoons, poetry, and -- tales, I think is better than stories.  Most are more striking for their creative ideas than for the care with which he worked out the world-building.  A number are juvenilia.

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