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A translation from the German of a novel which chronicles the growth to maturity of a character who falls under the influence of Max Demian, a ... More

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Leo Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich begins shortly after Ivan Ilyich's death. A small group of legal professionals, court members, and a ... More

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The remote and inhospitable landscape of Iceland made it a perfect breeding-ground for heroes. The first Norsemen to colonize it in 860 found that ... More

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As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious ... More

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This selection of Kafka's shorter prose writings includes one of the few works published during his lifetime: the harrowing story of Gregor Samsa's ... More

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Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he ... More

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A milestone in the history of the English novel, "Tom Jones" draws readers into a world teeming with memorable characters. This epic of everyday life ... More

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In a panoramic sweep of the years leading up to the First Reform Bill of 1832, George Eliot explores nearly every subject of concern to modern life: ... More

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Written during World War II, this novel takes as its theme the Zen Buddhist phrase describing the narrow, painful path to enlightenment. The book ... More

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As Joris-Karl Huysmans predicted in 1884, Against Nature (A rebours) was fated to be a novel like no other. Resisting the models of classic ... More

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Lattimores translation of Homers "Odyssey" into modern English has been called the best translation there is of a great, perhaps, the greatest poet ... More

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The only available collection that brings together all of Kafka's stories--those published during his lifetime and those released after his death by ... More

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Jorge Luis Borges' "Labyrinths" is a collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's most influential and imaginative ... More

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Containing 156 stories in all, this is a modern translation of all Andersen's work.

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This 19th-century author created "some of the most colorful and haunting fiction of his century" ("Kirkus Reviews"). This sampling by the comic ... More

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Held captive by a band of unspeakable ruffians, the Marquise of O - is rescued before they can subject her to a fate worse than death. So, how, some ... More

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This is the first translation ever to make available the complete corpus of 358 fables. Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in ... More

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This essential collection from the genius Voltaire includes his masterpiece and best-known work "Candide" as well as his novel "Zadig" and 14 short ... More

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Grouped together under this new title and in newly revised translations, these stories ("The Stoker", "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgment") take on ... More

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This splendid verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum provides an entirely fresh experience of Dante's great poem of penance and hope. As Dante ascends ... More

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A superb introduction to the caustic wit and keen observations of one of the world's greatest storytellers. Included are "Tevye the Dairyman", his ... More

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"Candide" is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in ... More

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