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The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems
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The Signet Book of American Essays
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Pygmalion and My Fair Lady (50th Anniversary Edition)
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The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels
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Drama in five acts by William Shakespeare, performed about1601-02 and printed in a quarto edition in 1609. Although this playis included among the tragedies in the First Folio, many criticsprefer to classify it with the "problem plays" or the "darkercomedies." Based on George Chapman's translation of the Iliad andon 15th-century accounts of the Trojan War by John Lydgate andWilliam Caxton, Troilus and Cressida is an often cynicalexploration of the betrayal of love, the absence of heroism, andthe emptiness of honor. The play was also influenced by GeoffreyChaucer's love poem Troilus and Criseyde, although Shakespeare'streatment of the lovers and his attitude toward their dilemma is insharp contrast with Chaucer's. Cressida, a Trojan woman whosefather has defected to the Greeks, pledges her love to Troilus, oneof King Priam's sons. However, when her father demands her presencein the Greek camp, she quickly switches her affections to Diomedes,the Greek soldier who is sent to escort her. The legendary Gree
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Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is an almost comically innocentChrist figure in aland of sinners, one whose faith in beautycontrasts sharply with that of hissociety's. Revised reissue.
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A masterpiece of Western culture, "The Metamorphoses" is thefirst attempt to link all the Greek myths in a cohesive whole tothe Roman myths of Ovid's day. In this modern translation, Gregoryturns his own poetic gifts toward a deft reconstruction of Ovid'sancient themes. Revised reissue.
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The Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories 100th Anniversary Edition
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Twelfth Night or, What You Will
From School Library Journal Grade 9Up-William Shakespeare's comedy of disguised and deceptive love isentertainingly brought to listeners on these high-qualityaudiocassettes. Using the complete text from the New CambridgeShakespeare text, the production presents a full cast ofaccomplished Shakespearean actors and actresses who skillfullyconvey the emotion and meaning, confusion and humor of this popularplay. When twins Sebastian and Viola are shipwrecked and separatedoff the coast of Illyria, each believes the other is dead. Violadisguises herself as a boy, becomes a page of Duke Orsinio, andfalls in love with him. The Duke is hopelessly in love with Olivia,but she is in the process of mourning her brother's death andbecomes infatuated with Viola as she/he delivers messages for theDuke. When Sebastian shows up, Olivia confuses him with the Duke'spage (Olivia) and marries the astonished young man. All is clearedup eventually when Viola and Sebatian meet and recognize eachother. In the midst of all of this ro
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The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
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From the Back Cover Although this play isa romantic comedy, as the story of a young merchant who cannotrepay a debt to vindictive money lender, it has a very darkobstacle in the character of Shylock, one of the most vivid andmemorable characters in Shakespeare's works. The CliffsComplete The Merchant of Venice is a revised and expandedstudy edition. It contains Shakespeare's original play, a glossary,and expert commentary in a unique, 2-column format. To enhance yourlearning, notes and definitions appear directly opposite the linein which they occur, and a review section follows the play. Thisedition also introduces you to the life, works, and times ofWilliam Shakespeare. --This text refers to an alternate Paperbackedition.
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Les Miserables Complete and Unabridged
On one level Les Miserables is a detective story in which therelentless Inspector Javert obsessively pursues the escaped convictJean Valjean. On another level, it is a drama of crime, punishmentand rehabilitation set against a panoramic de*ion of Frenchsociety after Napoleon. But above all, Hugo’s masterpiece is aboutthe metaphysical struggle between good and evil in the soul ofevery man. It is a plea for social justice, political enlightenmentand personal charity.
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With a brand-new Afterword by Malachy McCourt, this edition ofone of the most famous short story collections in Englishliterature draws a vivid, unflinching portrait of Joyce's Dublin atthe turn of the 20th century, with rich imagery andcharacterization. Revised reissue.
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From Library Journal Though Summer is not out of print, the September film release ofMartin Scorsese's production of Wharton's The Age of Innocence isbound to have caused a renewed interest in all her books. Bantam'sedition is the least expensive offering of this title currently onthe market. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refersto the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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The Best of Oscar Wilde Selected Plays and Writings
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This novel remains the most popular of Cooper's'Leatherstocking Tales', a classic story of the French and IndianWar. The battles and exciting pursuits, which constitute the book'splot, are rounded out by interesting Indian lore and de*ionsof the wilderness. --Masterpieces of World Literature The beauty of the unspoiled wilderness and sorrow at itsdisappearance, symbolized in Hawkeye's Mohican Indian friend, thelast of their tribe, are important themes of the novel. --MerriamWebster's Encyclopedia of Literature [Cooper's] worldwide fame attests his power of invention, for hisnovels have been popular principally for their variety of dramaticincidents. . . but. . . [there has been] a revival of interest intheir creation of tension between different kinds of society. . .between civil law and natural rights as these suggest issues ofmoral and mythic import. --The Concise Oxford Companion to AmericanLiterature
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The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories
Review Allegorical short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1843and included in his short-story collection Mosses from an Old Manse(1846). Following the path of Christian in John Bunyan's ThePilgrim's Progress, the narrator travels from the City ofDestruction to the Celestial City--not on foot as had the originalpilgrim but as a passenger on the Celestial Railroad. Mr.Smooth-it-away, a friendly fellow traveler, comments contemptuouslyabout the arduous trip the old-fashioned pilgrims had to undergo.At the journey's end, Mr. Smooth-it-away leaves the otherpassengers and divulges his true identity by breathing fire andbrimstone. The narrator awakens and realizes, with great relief,that it has all been a dream. -- The Merriam-Webster Encylopedia ofLiterature --This text refers to an out of print or unavailableedition of this title.
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All three volumes of Dante's "The Divine Comedy" are nowavailable in striking new packages, translated by John Ciardi andeach one featuring a new Afterword by Edward M. Cifelli. Revisedreissue.,
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The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Review Short story by Nikolay Gogol, published in 1835 as "Zapiskisumasshedshego." Diary of a Madman, a first-person narrativepresented in the form of a diary, is the tale of Poprishchin, agovernment clerk who gradually descends into insanity. At theoutset, the narrator records his frustrations and humiliationsstraightforwardly, rationalizing various affronts to his dignity.Over time, however, reason gives way to delusion. His intermittentencounters with Sophie, the radiant daughter of his officialsuperior, provoke an obsession that leads to his "overhearing" twodogs discussing his hopelessness. As such hallucinations becomemore frequent, he finds solace--and his ultimate rationale--in anew identity as the rightful king of Spain, whose enemies haveengineered his exile. Throughout the story, interludes of sanityprovide striking counterpoint to the deepening psychosis. -- TheMerriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature --This text refers to anout of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Selected Stories 150th Anniversary Edition
One of the great masters of the short story, Tolstoy calledChekhov an "incomparable artist of life," who wrote about theeveryday world with humor, insight, and honesty.
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Frankenstein; Dracula; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Concerned with the destructive conventions of marriage and theEnglish class system, "Jude the Obscure" is a raging indictment ofVictorian society; the censure of this insightful book was almostwithout precedent in the history of English literature. Includes anew Afterword. Revised reissue.
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
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Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
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A Room with a View and Howards End
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Death in Venice and Other Stories
Review [One of] the greatest writers of [his] time. -- WilliamFaulkner Review [One of] the greatest writers of [his] time. (WilliamFaulkner)
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Four Great Comedies The Taming of the Shrew; A Midsummer Nig
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It seems almost sacrilege to infringe upon a book as soulful andrich as Willa Cather's My ?ntonia by offering comment. Firstpublished in 1918, and set in Nebraska in the late 19th century,this tale of the spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant familyplanning to farm on the untamed land ("not a country at all but thematerial out of which countries are made") comes to us through theromantic eyes of Jim Burden. He is, at the time of their meeting,newly orphaned and arriving at his grandparents' neighboring farmon the same night her family strikes out to make good in their newcountry. Jim chooses the opening words of his recollectionsdeliberately: "I first heard of ?ntonia on what seemed to be aninterminable journey across the great midland plain of NorthAmerica," and it seems almost certain that readers of Cather'smasterpiece will just as easily pinpoint the first time they heardof ?ntonia and her world. It seems equally certain that they, too,will remember that moment as one of great light in an otherwiseun
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