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Paradise Lost by Stephen M. (EDT) John (EDT); Fallon William (EDT); Rumrich John; Kerrigan Milton
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Category: Poetry | Series: Modern Library Classics
Rimbaud Complete by Arthur Rimbaud; Wyatt Mason (Editor, Translator, Introduction by)
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Category: Poetry | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Enduring icon of creativity, authenticity, and rebellion, and the subject of numerous new biographies, Arthur Rimbaud is one of the most repeatedly scrutinized literary figures of the last half-century. Yet almost thirty years have elapsed without a major new translation of his writings. Remedying this ...Show more
Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of "War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, " and "Anna Karenina, " which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to "The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, " a collection of thirty of Chekhov' ...Show more
The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle; John Berendt (Introduction by)
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... do. "There is a well-known agency for governesses in the "West End called Wes ...Show more
The Arabian Nights by Richard F. Burton (Translator); A. S. Byatt (Introduction by)
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad alway ...Show more
The Best Short Stories of Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky; David Magarshack (Translator)
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
After a brief military career, the illustrious Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky quickly turned to writing as a profession with the publication of his first novel, "Poor Folk," in 1846. This novel sparked a literary career that would eventually cement Dostoyevsky's reputation as one of the greatest nove ...Show more
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
The Call of the Wild--Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time To this day Jack London is the most widely read American writer in the world," E. L. Doctorow wrote in The New York Times Book Review. Generally considered to be London's greatest achievement, The Call of the ...Show more
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
The story of an endearing, unlikely friendship set against the backdrop of a remote and beautiful Maine coastal town, The Country of the Pointed Firs is one of Sarah Orne Jewett's most loved works, and it quickly earned her a reputation as a talented writer upon its publication. Praised by Alice Brown f ...Show more
The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation by Rilke, Rainer Maria
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Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time. "A great poet's reflections on our greatest mystery."--Billy Collins "A treasure . . . The solace Rilke offers is uncommon, uplifting and necessary."--The ...Show more
The Riddle of the Sands : A Record of Secret Service by Erskine Childers
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics
I have read of men who, when forced by their calling to live for long periods in utter solitude-- save for a few black faces-- have made it a rule to dress regularly for dinner in order to maintain their self-respect and prevent a relapse into barbarism. It was in some such spirit, with an added touch o ...Show more
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
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Category: History | Series: Modern Library Classics
The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex is a sequel to Edmund Morris's classic bestseller The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. It begins by following the new President (still the youngest in American history) as he comes down from Mount Marcy, New York, to take his emergency oa ...Show more