The ReviseClub reading room

A world of ideas.
A clear place to start.

Find a book, explore a theme, or follow your curiosity. Read online, discover external PDFs and turn reading into understanding.

30000 catalogue resources · Free book discovery · Subscriber lessons and worksheets

Choose how you want to study

Read with a purpose. Practise with a plan.

Explore books and external reading links for free. Active English or Academy members can open our passage lessons, worked responses and printable worksheets.

Reading guides include shorter introductory guides. Catalogue discovery pages use metadata and general reading prompts; they are not full passage lessons.

Browse all collections
Art and architecture discovery (438)Art and design (2)Art history and visual culture (13)Children’s classic stories (218)Classic fiction (9)Classic fiction and drama (28)Classic fiction and prose (343)Computer science (1)Curriculum and study (1)Danish language discovery (20)Drama and performance (99)Drama discovery (890)Dutch language discovery (400)Economics and business (4)English and storytelling (1)European and classical literature (10)European collections (5)European languages (3)Fiction and storytelling discovery (4765)Finnish language discovery (359)French language discovery (1800)French-language reading (170)GCSE modern-text options (8)German language discovery (1400)German-language reading (150)Greek language discovery (75)Historical science and nature discovery (3825)History and context (2)History and journeys discovery (4848)History of ideas (10)History of science and nature (93)History, lives and journeys (156)Hungarian language discovery (200)Ideas and society discovery (4848)Italian language discovery (700)Italian-language reading (25)Latin language discovery (41)Latin-language reading (9)Mathematics (5)Mathematics and reasoning (1)Modern literature (2)Music and performance discovery (370)Music history and listening (22)Myths and classical literature (4)Nursery and shared reading (24)Philosophy and arguments (1)Philosophy, society and education (345)Poetry and close reading (8)Poetry and verse (141)Poetry discovery (2016)Polish language discovery (5)Portuguese language discovery (300)Primary and growing readers (8)Psychology and sociology (2)Science (10)Science and discovery (5)Shakespeare (28)Spanish language discovery (600)Spanish-language reading (32)Swedish language discovery (100)World history (2)

35 resources for “authority”

Clear search & filters
Research discovery / preview required

Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately published by the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne, Under the Authority of the Board of Longitude

Harrison, John, 1693-1776

Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately published by the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne, Under the Authority of the Board of Longitude — English source edition. Subject: Maskelyn...

Read onlineExplore →
Secondary

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare

Lovers, fairies and amateur performers meet in a forest where appearances and desires become unstable. The comedy gains energy from mistakes, transformatio...

External PDFExplore →
Research discovery / preview required

An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice With an Account of the Trial of Jesus

Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853

An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice With an Account of the Trial of Jesus —...

Read onlineExplore →
Sixth form / stretch

Apology

Plato

Socrates’ defence presents a relationship between public judgement and a life committed to questioning. Follow how he responds to accusations, distinguish...

Read onlineExplore →
Sixth form / stretch

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

A political pamphlet seeks to turn dissatisfaction into a case for changing government. Track how direct address, analogies and challenges to inherited aut...

Read onlineExplore →
Secondary / sixth form

Coriolanus

William Shakespeare

Military distinction does not easily translate into civic authority. Explore the encounters between Coriolanus and Rome’s citizens, then compare personal p...

External PDFExplore →
Secondary

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar stages a struggle over political authority and the meaning given to public events. Brutus and Antony address an audience whose response chang...

External PDFExplore →
Secondary / sixth form

King John

William Shakespeare

Claims to the throne collide with diplomacy, war and family vulnerability. Examine how loyalties shift when advantage changes, and compare speeches about n...

External PDFExplore →
Secondary / sixth form

King Lear

William Shakespeare

An ageing king divides his kingdom after a public test of love. Follow the distance between flattering speech and dependable care, then consider how exposu...

External PDFExplore →
Secondary / sixth form

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

A group of boys attempts to organise life on an island while fear and competing leadership reshape their rules. Trace the changing significance of objects...

Publisher editionExplore →
Upper primary / early secondary

Matilda

Roald Dahl

Matilda’s love of reading meets adults who use authority in sharply different ways. Compare the exaggerated cruelty of some scenes with quiet acts of encou...

Publisher editionExplore →
Secondary / sixth form

Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare

The enforcement of sexual law exposes the distance between public virtue and private conduct. Follow the Duke’s hidden interventions and Isabella’s difficu...

External PDFExplore →
Secondary / sixth form

Richard II

William Shakespeare

A struggle over royal authority becomes a study of the stories that sustain power. Richard’s elaborate language contrasts with Bolingbroke’s practical move...

External PDFExplore →

Know what you are opening

External PDF opens a checked provider-hosted PDF. Read online opens an external text or resource; some providers require their own free account. Collection entries open a provider hub containing further resources. Publisher edition takes you to an edition you can obtain or borrow. OpenStax pages also offer PDF options through the provider.

Catalogue discovery entries offer subject-led reading prompts. They are not full-text reviews or confirmed age ratings; teachers and parents should preview their choices.

Use your teacher’s assigned edition for quotations and page references. Study level does not mean a text is on your examination specification.