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100 Best-Loved Poems by Philip (EDT) Smith
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Category: Poetry | Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Popular, well-known poetry: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" "Death, be not proud," "The Raven," "The Road Not Taken," plus works by Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Coleridge, Shelley, Emerson, Browning, Keats, Kipling, Sandburg, Pound, Auden, Thomas, and many o ...Show more
Bulfinch's Medieval Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Here, in a dazzling panoply, are the legendary figures from the age of chivalry: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Robin Hood, Richard the Lionhearted and his crusaders, and a host of other famous and lesser-known characters. This collection includes tales from Camelot, dramatic narratives ...Show more
Faust Parts 1 & 2 by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Hailed as Germany's greatest contribution to world literature, Goethe's Faust drew upon a folktale and Marlowe's Dr. Faustus for inspiration. But in this epic version, Faust sells his soul not for magic powers but for a heightened sense of existence. Part One covers his pact with Mephistopheles and sedu ...Show more
Off on a Comet! by Jules Verne
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Nearly a century before space travel captured the imaginations of science-fiction writers and readers, Jules Verne envisioned an incident in which a comet impact in the vicinity of Gibraltar sends a piece of the Earth on a two-year trip around the solar system. Thirty-six unsuspecting individuals of var ...Show more
On The Social Contract by G. D. H. Jean-Jacques; Cole Rousseau
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains. Thus begins Jean-Jacques Rousseau's influential 1762 work, On the Social Contract, a milestone of political science and essential reading for students of history, philosophy, and social science. A progressive work, it inspired worldwide political reform ...Show more
Paradise Lost by John Milton
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First published in 1667, Paradise Lost is considered to be the greatest epic poem in English literature. Its roots lie in the Genesis account of the world's creation and Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden; it also references tales from the Metamorphoses, the Iliad and Odyssey, and the Aeneid.
Select Short Fiction by Charles Dickens
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In his shorter fiction, Dickens felt free to investigate hitherto unexplored themes and to engage in experiments with narrative techniques. This collection presents some of the beloved storyteller's lesser-known writings, focusing on tales that reflect his fascination with the supernatural as well as hi ...Show more
Selected Letters by JANE AUSTEN
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One of England's most popular novelists, Jane Austen wrote about life amid the gentry of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In her fiction, Austen analysed and satirized her world, particularly the expectations and duties of women in an unequal society. She was also a prolific correspondent, and he ...Show more
Selected Short Stories by Leo Tolstoy
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It is universally acknowledged that Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, was as much a master of the short story as of the full-length novel. This original collection, which features some of his most hard-to-find tales, will enchant longtime enthusiasts of Tolstoy's work as well as n ...Show more
Selected Short Stories by Henry James
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The literary career of Henry James (1843-1916) ranks among the longest and most productive in American letters. The expatriate author, who ultimately adopted British citizenship, often portrayed the conflicts of American and European manners, morals, and world views. This original selection of outstandi ...Show more
The Ego and the Id by Sigmund Freud
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All human behaviors and traits, according to this 1923 study, derive from the complicated interactions of three elements of the psyche: the id, the ego, and the superego. The root of Sigmund Freud's approach to psychiatric treatment resides in bringing the id, the hidden source of human passion, to the ...Show more
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
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The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though its themes are ...Show more