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American Notes by Charles Dickens
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Written in response to Charles Dickens' travels in the United States in 1842,American Notesis a fascinating and often highly critical portrait of the young American nation. Dickens touches on subjects as diverse as Wall Street, the American prison system, slavery, and the American press.
Behind a Mask - A Short Story Collection by Louisa May Alcott
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The author of Little Women and other beloved classics, Louisa May Alcott grew up in a community of New England transcendentalists that included Thoreau and Emerson. Because her learned but impractical father was a poor provider, she supported her family by writing magazine stories that were often publis ...Show more
Best Critical Writing by Oscar Wilde; Mark Twain; Edgar Allan Poe; John Grafton (Editor); Nora Rawn (Editor)
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A carefully curated library of the world's greatest literature, Dover Thrift Editions are the most affordable choice for today's readers. The series offers a vast selection of complete and unabridged titles, each a classic work of fiction, nonfiction, poetry or drama. Book jacket.
Bostonians by HENRY JAMES
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The Bostonians By Henry James Basil Ransom, an attractive young Mississippi lawyer, is on a visit to his cousin Olive, a wealthy feminist, in Boston when he accompanies her to a meeting on the subject of women's emancipation. One of the speakers is Verena Tarrant, and although he disapproves of all she ...Show more
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
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`Tonight When I make my sweeping bow at heaven's gate, One thing I shall still possess, at any rate, Unscathed, something outlasting mortal flesh, And that is ... My panache.'The first English translation of Cyrano de Bergerac, in 1898, introduced the word panache into the English language. This single ...Show more
Dover Beach and Other Poems by Matthew Arnold
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This superb selection of the poetry of Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) offers rich evidence of the poetic gifts that made him famous in his day, and that continue to rank him among the most loved and admired of Victorian poets. In addition to the title poem, it includes such masterpieces as "The Scholar Gips ...Show more
In Our Time: Stories by ERNEST HEMINGWAY
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Hemingway made his North American literary debut in 1925 with In Our Time, his first collection of short stories and vignettes. Widely praised at the time for what later would be considered the author's hallmark style--uncomplicated, precise language with an eye for realism--the stories' themes of alien ...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
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence
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"It ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language. As a narrative of war and adventure ... it is unsurpassable." -- Winston ChurchillT. E. Lawrence's autobiographical tale, the basis for the film Lawrence of Arabia, offers a firsthand account of the Arab Revolt against the Turks. La ...Show more
Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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On the Mountains of the Prairie, On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, Gitche Manito, the mighty, He the Master of Life, descending, On the red crags of the quarryStood erect, and called the nations, Called the tribes of men together.From his footprints flowed a river, Leaped into the light of morning, O' ...Show more
Statesman and Sophist - Two Dialogues by Plató
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These two dialogues by the greatest of the ancient Greek philosophers explore a vital concern of a democratic society: how to define the special abilities and qualities that make a genuine statesman. They further examine the distinction between an authentic statesman and the sophist, an individual who p ...Show more
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald; James Daley (Editor)
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Although better known today for his novels, in the 1920s F. Scott Fitzgerald ranked among the top writers of magazine fiction. Fitzgerald represented the dreams and aspirations of the post-World War I generation in his life as well as his works. With his glamorous wife, Zelda, and his cosmopolitan socia ...Show more