Classic fiction: general and literary

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FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKYDostoevsky's beautiful writing style and universal themes make this epic 19th century novel unmissable.

Pyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell.

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.

The iconic American melodrama that inspired the 1943 cult classic film starring Bette Davis.

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.

Una historia apasionante que ahonda en el amor incondicional y en la lucha por sobrevivir a un destino ya escrito.

This is the first critical edition of Richardson''s sequel to Pamela, the most influential English novel of the eighteenth century.

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.

This exciting new translation of the Chinese classic is designed to delight modern readers.

Implementation of the Common Core State Standards with the integration of children's literature can transform teaching and learning into a holistic and engaging experience.

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.

One of the finest and most original writersand one of the greatest Polish writers of [the 20th] century.

A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then a tavern.

Within a Budding Grove (1919) is the second volume of Marcel Proust's seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time.

 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.

Jeanie Deans, a dairymaid, decides she must walk to London to gain an audience with the Queen.

When Elfrise Swanston meets Stephen Smith she is attracted to his handsome face, gentle bearing and the sense of mystery which surrounds him.

Edward Waverly enjoyed a privileged upbringing, despite his family's drama.

An exploration of the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality in the work of Philip K.

Though he's the illegitimate nephew of a German baron, Candide grows up in a castle under the tutelage of the scholar Pangloss.

An extraordinary look at an ordinary day-June 16, 1904-in the life of a middle-aged Jewish man living in Dublin, Ireland.

Ein Roman aus dem Berlin der JahrhundertwendeDie Schustertochter Laura lebt mit ihren Eltern in einem Berliner Mietshaus, in dem sich die unterschiedlichsten Gesellschaftsschichten begegnen.

'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today.

This critical edition publishesfor the first time anywherethe original manuscript and revised versions of Pudd'nhead Wilson.

The Melancholy Hussar/ A Tragedy of Two Ambitions/ The First Countess of Wessex/ Barbara of the House of Grebe/ For Conscience' Sake/ The Son's Veto/ On the Western Circuit/ An Imaginative Woman/ A Changed Man/ Enter a Dragoon The 11 short storiesin this collection range from those with the Wessex setting familiar from Hardy's novels, to aristocratic historical fantasies set in the 17th and 18th centuries, and tragic or ironic contemporary dramas.

Sabine Peters` Roman erzählt vom behüteten Aufwachsen mit religiösen und literarischen Prägungen, thematisiert aber auch die Ängste, die vor niemandem haltmachen.

She is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed Anita Brookner Hugo Potts is a successful London playwright enjoying his moment of notoriety.

Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning.

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudiceis arguably the forerunner of all romantic comedies and certainly one of her most popular and irreverent works.

In this unique collection of short stories composed between 1910-62, Evelyn Waugh's early juvenilia are brought together with later pieces, some of which became the inspirations for his novels.

Four novels—including a Pulitzer Prize winner and a National Book Award winner—by the #1 New York Times–bestselling master.

Following World War II, a British widow joins a Benedictine monastery in this poignant New York Times bestseller from the author of Black Narcissus.

A celebration of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 people who took it in radical new directions.

Dracula, by Bram Stoker, one of literature's most beloved and frightening stories, is now available in a fine exclusive collector's edition featuring a laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping, making it ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike.

While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit.

Out of print for several decades, here is Edith Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised bestseller when it was first published in 1927.

If one theme unifies the 11 tales collected here, it is that of longing.

The Oxford Book of the American South resonates with the words of black people and white, women and men, the powerless as well as the powerful.

Volume two of Le Morte D'Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory's powerful and elegaic version of the Arthurian legend, recounts the adventures of Sir Tristram de Liones and the treachery of Sir Mordred, and follows Sir Launcelot's quest for The Holy Grail, his fatally divided loyalties, and his great, forbidden love for the beautiful Queen Guenever.

»Margery Allingham sticht heraus wie ein Licht in der Dunkelheit.

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"e;The interpreter's dream-text,"e; as one critic called Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym has prompted critical approaches almost as varied as the experiences it chronicles.