One of twentieth-century America's most politically influential novels, The Jungle is Upton Sinclair's hard-hitting expose of the meat-packing industry.
David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English writer and poet whose work famously examined the results of industrialisation on contemporary society.
Esta edição reúne Vidas Secas e São Bernardo, dois romances essenciais de Graciliano Ramos, um dos maiores nomes da literatura brasileira do século XX.
First published in 1873, "e;Work: A Story of Experience"e; is a semi-autobiographical novel written by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888).
Raised by her wealthy relatives, Fanny Prince's modesty and integrity stand in stark contrast to the glamorous yet ambiguous lives around her in this most controversial of Jane Austen's novels.
Arguably one of the best-loved novels in English literature, having sold more than 20 million copies, follow the spirited Elizabeth Bennet in a timeless tale of love, class, and social intrigue.
From the American author and immigrant civil activist, Mary Antin, The Lie is an enlightening short story that illustrates what life was like for young immigrants in early twentieth-century America.
The story's heroine, seventeen year old Catherine Morland, is invited by her neighbours, the Allens, to accompany them to visit Bath for a number of weeks.
It's 1783 and wealthy Paul Deroulede has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrespectfully of his latest infatuation, Adele de Montercheri.
Metropolis is set in 2026 in a technologically advanced city, which is sustained by the existence of an exploited class of laborers who live underground, far away from the gleaming surface world.
THE SERPENT AND THE HUMMINGBIRD tells of men and a women who find themselves brought together as they seek common ground in a world close to our own, but bizarre enough to approach the grotesque that Flannery O'Connor said was necessary to shock readers into a realization of the misshapen nature of our times.
Published in two volumes a decade apart, 'Don Quixote of La Mancha' is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon.
Published in two volumes a decade apart, 'Don Quixote of La Mancha' is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon.
Published in two volumes, but complete here, a decade apart, 'Don Quixote of La Mancha' is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon.
'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language.
'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language.
'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language.
'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language.
'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language.
'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language.