Les Miserables

Victor Hugo

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• A thrilling tale of narrow escapes, romance in the midst of a revolution, and battlefield heroism, Victor Hugo's sprawling 1862 novel focuses on the P... Lees meer

Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill

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• How do we decide what is good and what is bad? According to the ethical theory of Utilitarianism, to do good is to always perform that act, of those a... Lees meer

Fyodor Dostoyevsky the Dover Reader

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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• Noted for his sympathetic portrayals of the downtrodden members of nineteenth-century Russian society, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) has exercised im... Lees meer

Fathers and Sons

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

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• Considered one of Ivan Turgenev's finest works, Fathers and Sons was the first of the great nineteenth-century Russian novels to achieve international... Lees meer

H. G. Wells the Dover Reader

H G Wells

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• Trained in science and as a teacher, H. G. Wells (1866-1946) harbored a passionate concern for political issues. Wells's interests are reflected in hi... Lees meer

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

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• "Like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child," Charles Dickens once wrote, "and his name is David Copperfield." Dickens' se... Lees meer

Tartuffe

Molière

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• Renowned for his satirical works, Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673) delighted in lampooning the social pretensions and conceits of 17th-cent... Lees meer

Henry IV, Part II

William Shakespeare

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• Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, laments the sleepless king of Henry IV, Part II. Despite having quelled a rebel army along the Welsh border i... Lees meer

Civil War Poetry

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• The long agony of the American Civil War inspired a wealth of contemporary verse -- from sentimental doggerel to sublime lyrics that rank among the fi... Lees meer

Food and Drink

Susan L. Rattiner

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• This entertaining little book contains scores of thoughts, opinions, witticisms, and insights on two of the necessities -- and greatest pleasures -- o... Lees meer

The Story of an African Farm

Olive Schreiner

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• In writing the first great South African novel, Olive Schreiner drew on childhood memories of life on the isolated African veld to fashion a powerful ... Lees meer

The Woodlanders

Thomas Hardy

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• Before Grace Melbury went away to school, she was in love with Giles Winterborne, a simple woodsman in the forests of Blackmoore Vale. But Grace's sch... Lees meer

Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited

Samuel Butler

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• In Erewhon, an anagram for "nowhere," sickness is a punishable crime, criminals receive compassionate medical treatment, and machines are banned, lest... Lees meer

Thr Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen a Douglas

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• One of the most significant and far-reaching events in U. S. history, the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 sharpened and brought to a head a number of ... Lees meer

The Longer Poems

William Shakespeare

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• Although we know him best as a playwright, Shakespeare was also a poet, living as he did in an age when the writing of verse enhanced an author's lite... Lees meer

Jane Austen the Dover Reader

Jane Austen

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• Two centuries after their initial publication, the novels of Jane Austen (1775-1817) continue to enchant modern readers. Like many of her heroines, th... Lees meer

Summer

Edith Wharton

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• A naive girl from a humble background meets an ambitious city boy, and a torrid romance ensues. Despite her pride, independence, and honesty, Charity ... Lees meer

The Lost World

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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• Headed by the larger than life figure of Professor Challenger, a scientific expedition sets out to explore a mysterious plateau in the Amazon rainfore... Lees meer

Five Great Short Stories

Jack London

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• One of the most widely read of all American writers, Jack London (1876-1916) based his novels and stories on the experiences and observations of a lif... Lees meer

Alexander's Bridge

Willa Cather

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• Construction engineer and world-renowned bridge builder Bartley Alexander has everything in mid-life: wealth, good looks, and fame. Yet he finds himse... Lees meer

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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• Originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in the mid-nineteenth century, these philosophical essays were written by one of America's most celebrate... Lees meer

Pierre; Or, the Ambiguities

Herman Melville

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• Pierre Glendinning is prepared to inherit his father's estate when he meets a woman claiming to be his half-sister. Attracted to the mysterious lady a... Lees meer

Aeneid

Virgil

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• Considered the greatest Roman poet, Vergil spent over a decade working on this monumental epic poem, which has been a source of literary inspiration a... Lees meer

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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• Molly Gibson is a small-town girl in England during the 1830s, kind-hearted but unwise in the ways of the world. Her widower father sends her to stay ... Lees meer