The Red and the Black
Stendhal
the most political part of the novel, in chapters 1 to 15 of Book II, and the dialogue between author and editor in chapter 22 of Book II.
Inferno
Dante Alighieri
Ciacco's prophecy about Florence (canto VI), the Ghibelline chief Farinata (canto X), the ingratitude of Florence that Brunetto announces (canto XV), the simoniac popes (canto XIX), the defeat of the Whites that Vanni Fucci predicts (canto XXIV), Guido's counsel to the pope whom the tradition reads as Boniface VIII (canto XXVII), and Mosca, who divided Florence (canto XXVIII).
Purgatory
Dante Alighieri
the invective against Italy (Canto VI), the negligent princes of the valley (Canto VII), the inventory of vices of the Arno and Romagna (Canto XIV), the two suns of Rome (Canto XVI), Hugh Capet and the kings of France (Canto XX), and the chariot of the Church attacked and transformed into a monster (Canto XXXII).
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
the crowd dispersed by the tribunes in Act I, Scene 1, the two speeches in the Forum in Act III, Scene 2, and the list of the condemned in Act IV, Scene 1.