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Five Plays
76%
This volume contains English translations of: «Ivanov», «The Seagull», «Uncle Vanya», «Three…
Frankenstein
96%
»Frankenstein» was Mary Shelley's immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she,…
The Great Gatsby
98%
»He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of…
Jacob's Room
69%
»Jacob's Room» is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man,…
The Jungle Books
66%
»The Jungle Books» can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. But they also…
Les Liaisons dangereuses
66%
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make «Les Liaisons dangereuses» (1782) one…
A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections
97%
'I doubt whether it would be possible to mention any author of note, whose personal obscurity was…
Memoirs from the House of the Dead
87%
In this almost documentary account of his own experiences of penal servitude in Serbia, Dostoevsky…
The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales
87%
The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword…
Notes from the Underground and The Gambler
67%
»Notes from the Underground» (1864) is one of the most profound works of nineteenth-century…
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy
75%
Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, is one of the immortals of children's literature. J. M.…
The Poetic Edda
86%
The collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the «Poetic Edda»…
Selected Poetry
97%
William Blake (1757-1827) was a poet of striking originality, whose poetic world of myth and…
Selected Poetry
97%
Byron was a legend in his own lifetime and the dominant influence on the Romantic movement. The…
Selected Poetry
97%
John Donne (1572-1631) is perhaps the most important poet of the seventeenth century. In his day it…
A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings
55%
'Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.' Celebrated in its own…
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
78%
»Sir Gawain and The Green Knight», with its intricate plot of enchantment and betrayal is probably…
South Sea Tales
87%
The literary world was shocked when in 1889, at the height of his career, Robert Louis Stevenson…
Twenty Years After
68%
»Twenty Years After» (1845), the sequel to «The Three Musketeers», is a supreme creation of…
Typhoon and Other Tales
78%
»Typhoon», «Falk», «Amy Foster», «The Secret Sharer» The four tales in this volume share…