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La Rochefoucauld MaximsAfter abandoning politics when he was about forty, Fran ois, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) began to write down his maxims, which were first published in book form in 1665. Poetic, ironic, and frequently humorous, his wise observations can also be blunt and brutally...
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Rain and Other South Sea StoriesW. Somerset Maugham led many lives, including that of a doctor in London's slums, a successful playwright and novelist, an agent for British Intelligence during World War I, and a world traveler. In 1917, he took the first of many voyages to the Pacific...
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The Immoralist/l'Immoraliste: A Dual-Language BookA master of modern French literature, André Gide (1869-1951) explored the motivation and function of the will, self-cultivation, and individual conduct in contemporary society. His perception, integrity, and purity of style brought him much acclaim, in addition to the Nobel Prize for Literature in...
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Best Short Stories: A Dual-Language BookStudents of German language and literature will welcome this dual-language edition of five stories by Franz Kafka (1883-1924). Considered one of the greatest modern writers, Kafka wrote tales that brilliantly explore the anxiety, futility, and complexity of modern life.The stories in this volume are...
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Gothic VoicesAuthor: Matt FoleyPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 02/09/2023Pages: 74Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15dISBN: 9781009162562
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On Moral FictionA genuine classic of literary criticism, On Moral Fiction argues that "true art is by its nature moral."Author: John GardnerPublisher: Basic BooksPublished: 10/05/1979Pages: 234Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.04h x 5.16w x 0.52dISBN: 9780465052264About the AuthorJohn Gardner (1933-1982) was a bestselling novelist and one of...
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Lord JimA bold young English sailor has despised himself ever since an impulsive moment of cowardice. Jim moves East to Patusan, where natives worship him-and he may be able to find redemption...Author: Joseph ConradPublisher: Signet BookPublished: 06/02/2009Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 6.76h x 4.24w x...
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Christ in ConcreteGiving voice to the hardworking Italian immigrants who worked, lived, and died in New York City shortly before the Great Depression, this American classic ranks with Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as one of the 20th century's great works of social protest. Largely autobiographical,...
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A Documentary History of the United StatesHere, in a single volume, are the documents, speeches, and letters that have forged American history, now updated with new content such as Trump's inaugural address. Accompanied by interpretations of their significance by noted historian Richard D. Heffner and journalist Alexander Heffner, this book...
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Herland and Selected StoriesAt the turn of the twentieth century, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a celebrity--acclaimed as a leader in the feminist movement and castigated for her divorce, her relinquishment of custody of her daughter, and her unconventional second marriage. She was also widely read, with stories...
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Sex Theories and the Shaping of Two Moderns: Hemingway and H.D.This book examines the impact of scientific and sexologic theories on the creation of character in the prose of two moderns, Hemingway and H.D.Author: Deirdre Anne McVicker PettipiecePublisher: RoutledgePublished: 09/11/2014Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9780415866842This title is not returnable
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A Bell for AdanoThis classic novel and winner of the Pulitzer Prize tells the story of an Italian-American major in World War II who wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople when he searches for a replacement for the 700-year-old town bell that had been...
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Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in ChildhoodEver wondered why little children love listening to stories, why older ones get lost in certain books? In this enthralling work, Maria Tatar challenges many of our assumptions about childhood reading. Much as our culture pays lip service to the importance of literature, we...
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Best-Loved Folktales of the WorldThis collection of over two hundred folk and fairy tales from all over the world is the only edition that encompasses all cultures. Arranged geographically by region--West and East Europe, British Isles, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe, Middle East, Asia, the Pacific, Africa, North America,...
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Washington SquareWashington Square follows the coming-of-age of its plain-faced, kindhearted heroine, Catherine Sloper. Much to her father's vexation, a handsome opportunist named Morris Townsend woos the long-suffering heiress, intent on claiming her fortune. When Catherine stubbornly refuses to call off her engagement, Dr. Sloper forces...
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Adventures of Huckleberry FinnIntroduction by George Saunders Commentary by Thomas Perry Sergeant, Bernard DeVoto, Clifton Fadiman, T. S. Eliot, and Leo Marx "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn," Ernest Hemingway wrote. "It's the best book we've had." A complex...
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The Return of the NativeOne of Thomas Hardy's most powerful works, The Return of the Native centers famously on Egdon Heath, the wild, haunted Wessex moor that D. H. Lawrence called "the real stuff of tragedy." The heath's changing face mirrors the fortunes of the farmers, inn-keepers, sons,...
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The Woman in WhiteGenerally considered the first English sensation novel, The Woman in White features the remarkable heroine Marian Halcombe and her sleuthing partner, drawing master Walter Hartright, pitted against the diabolical team of Count Fosco and Sir Percival Glyde. A gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness,...
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The Vintage Book of Modern Indian LiteratureIn recent years American readers have been thrilling to the work of such Indian writers as Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth. Now this extravagant and wonderfully discerning anthology unfurls the full diversity of Indian literature from the 1850s to the present, presenting today's brightest...
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Dictionary of the UndoingFor John Freeman--literary critic, essayist, editor, poet, "one of the preeminent book people of our time" (Dave Eggers)--it is the rare moment when words are not enough. But in the wake of the election of 2016, words felt useless, even indulgent. Action was the...
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