An exploration of the class struggle in nineteenth century London where a potential inheritance turns family and friends into desperate foes eager to escape their circumstance.
Publication of this exacting new translation of Tolstoy’s great Anna signifies a literary event of the first magnitude Tolstoy produced many drafts of Anna Karenina.
Agnes Grey exposes the harsh working conditions of a young governess who's hired by multiple families, including the overly critical Bloomfields and the delusional Murrays.
A captivating reimagining of the intrepid woman who 8 months pregnant and with a toddler in tow braved violent earthquakes and treacherous waters on the first steamboat voyage to conquer the Mississippi River and redefine America.
This edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales is a fantastic collection classic stories including such well-known and loved stories as 'The Frog Prince', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Cinderella', 'Snow White', 'Rumpelstiltskin' and 'Briar Rose'.
Abraham Karpinowitz (1913-2004) was born in Vilna, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania), the city that serves as both the backdrop and the central character for his stories.
For the first time in one volume, the most elegant and accessible translation of Dante's enduring masterpieceCharles Singleton's English-language translation of The Divine Comedy is widely considered to be one of the finest renderings of Dante's masterpiece.
An intellectual history of one of the most important contributions to Western society The Just State explores influential Greek and Roman ideas about justice and their institutional context, and discusses their legacy in later political thought.
A systematic etymological approach to understanding the Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes of "e;med-speak"e; Greek and Latin Roots of Medical and Scientific Terminologies explains the Greek and Latin origins of the roots, prefixes, and suffixes of terms used in med-speak, the specialized language of medicine, science, and healthcare.
A comprehensive treatment of the Classical World in film and television, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen closely examines the films and TV shows centered on Greek and Roman cultures and explores the tension between pagan and Christian worlds.
Die gefeierte Neuübersetzung von "Les Fleurs du Mal" wird hiermit ergänzt durch "Le Spleen de Paris", ein weiteres Hauptwerk Baudelaires, das den Weltruf des rebellischen Autors, dessen Werke bei Erscheinen sofort verboten wurden, mitbegründete.
Obsessed with Gothic fiction, seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is wintering in Bath when she encounters dashing gentleman Henry Tilney and the charismatic Thorpe siblings.
From the visionary author of the Alexandria Quartet comes a landmark five-part series hailed by the Sunday Times as “one of the great novels of our time.
A compilation of Sarah Orne Jewett's essential works including Deephaven, a novel about two young women who spend a summer visiting a small coastal town.
Ein Roman aus dem Berlin der JahrhundertwendeDie Schustertochter Laura lebt mit ihren Eltern in einem Berliner Mietshaus, in dem sich die unterschiedlichsten Gesellschaftsschichten begegnen.
