Utopia by Thomas More
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Category: Classics
Five-hundred-year anniversary edition of More's Utopia, with writing from major science fiction writers Five hundred years since its first publication, Thomas More's Utopia remains astonishingly radical and provocative. More imagines an island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and ...Show more
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Essentials | Reading Level: near fine
Nobel prize winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells a tale of an unrequited love that outlasts all rivals in his masterpiece Love in the Time of Cholera, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed si ...Show more
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: near fine
A heartaching portrayal of a woman faced by an impossible choice in the pursuit of happiness, Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" is edited with notes by Tim Dolin and an introduction by Margaret R. Higonnet in "Penguin Classics". When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship ...Show more
Plays by Anton Chekhov
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Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, including The Seagull--now a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan, Elizabeth Moss, and Annette Bening At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of dr ...Show more
The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 by Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekhov
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
An enchanting collection of tales which showcase Anton Chekhov at the height of his power as a writer In the final years of his life, Chekhov produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces, and some of the most highly-regarded works in Russian literature. The poignant 'The Lady with the L ...Show more
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe; David Galloway (Editor, Foreword by); Tatiana Rapatzikou (Contribution by)
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. "The Fall of the House of Usher" describes the final hours of a family tormented ...Show more
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
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Category: Classics
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is written by Jules Verne in 1870. It is a story of three accidental visitors to an underwater world hosted by the mysterious Captain Nemo. From their arrival on board the Nautilus, the adventurous Ned Land, loyal Conseil, and scholarly Professor Aronnax are torn be ...Show more
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
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Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
A century has passed since the Norman Conquest, and England is still a colony of foreign warlords. Prince John is plotting to seize the throne from his brother, Richard the Lion-Hearted, and Robin Hood and his merry band are making fools out of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Wilfred, knight of Ivanhoe, th ...Show more
Works and Days by Hesiod; A. E. Stallings (Introduction by, Notes by, Translator)
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Category: Classics
The ancient Greeks revered Hesiod, believing he had beaten Homer in a singing contest and that after his dead body was thrown to sea, it was brought back by dolphins. His Works and Days is one of the most important early works of Greek poetry. Ostensibly written by the poet to chide his lazy brother, it ...Show more
The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories by Jack London
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics Ser.
"The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories" collects some of Jack London's most profound and moving allegorical tales. This "Penguin Classics" edition is edited by Andrew Sinclair with an introduction by James Dickey. "The Call of the Wild", London's masterpiece about a dog learning to survive ...Show more
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics
The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. But ...Show more
The Wealth of Nations: Books I-III by Adam Smith
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Category: Classics | Series: English Library | Reading Level: very good
Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, the book's publication in 1776 co-incided with America's Declaration of Independence. These volumes include Smith's assessment of the mercantile system, hi ...Show more