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Charlotte's Web and Other Illustrated Classics by E.B. White
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor more than half a century, E. B. White's novel Charlotte's Web has charmed readers with its account of Charlotte, the resourceful spider, and the love and friendship she brings to her farmyard friends. Charlotte's Web and Other Illustrated Classics collects in a single volume all of E. B...Categorized as:
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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird by Harold Bloom
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPublished in 1960 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, To Kill a Mockingbird is required reading for many middle and high school students. The coming-of-age tale of its young narrator, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, of Maycomb, Alabama, is interwoven with explorations of the issues of prejudice, innocence, compassion, and hypocrisy...Categorized as:
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Beatrix Potter Illustrated Collection by Beatrix Potter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings22 Books and 660 Illustrations! The works of Beatrix Potter are some of the most beloved children's stories of all time. Now enjoy them all in a single, high quality collection at an amazing price. The convenient table of contents will allow you to jump instantly to any of the 22 books, including timeless characters like Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Squirrel Nutkin, and many more... -
![The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe (V. 5) by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe (V. 5) by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMany of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork... -
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The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMaria Tatar's The Annotated Brothers Grimm celebrates the powerful cultural legacy of the stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm —tales that have enchanted children and adults alike for generations... -
![The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges]()
The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTranslation to English of the Spanish short story "El Aleph", originally published in 1945...Categorized as:
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The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnder-appreciated in his own time, Poe's unique genius for exploring the darker corridors of the human imagination raised nightmares to the level of art. This collection includes poetry and prose, including "The Conqueror Worm", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", and "The Pit and the Pendulum". 1,186 pp...Categorized as:
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![The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid by Homer, Virgil]()
The Iliad/The Odyssey/The Aeneid by Homer, Virgil
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagles's award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literatureONE OF THE PREEMINENT translators of our time, Robert Fagles's interpretations of these epic poems give new life to three seminal works in the Western canon... -
![The Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEnormously popular and widely admired, Edgar Allan Poe occupies an extraordinary place in American literature. Technically skillful and spiritually haunting, Poe's body of work poems, tales, a novel, and essays—awakens readers to the darker side of humanity. This Norton Critical Edition includes Poe's most important writing, introduced, annotated, and edited by leading Poe scholar G. R. Thompson... -
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![The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm, Volume 1 by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm]()
The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm, Volume 1 by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEnchanting, brimming with the wonder and magic of once upon a time, the fairly tales of the Brothers Grimm are the special stories of childhood that stay with us throughout our lives. But most Americans know them only secondhand, in adaptations that greatly reduce the tales' power to touch our emotions and intrigue our imaginations...Categorized as:
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![Bestiary: The Selected Stories of Julio Cortázar by Julio Cortázar]()
Bestiary: The Selected Stories of Julio Cortázar by Julio Cortázar
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA collection of masterful short stories in Julio Cortazar's sophistocated, powerful and gripping style.A grieving family home becomes the site of a terrifying invasion. A frustrated love triangle, brought together by a plundered Aztec idol, spills over into brutality. A lodger’s inability to stop vomiting bunny rabbits inspires a personal confession...Categorized as:
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The Complete Plays by Sophocles
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsHere in one volume are the full texts of the seven extant plays of the Greek playwright Sophocles, regarded by the Greeks of his time as a kind of "tragic Homer". This collection includes the revised and updated translations by Paul Roche of the Oedipus cycle, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, as well as all-new translations of Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philocetes...Categorized as:
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Uttara Kaanda by S.L. Bhyrappa
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Rama tells Sita, ‘I fought for my clan’s glory, not for you.’ Do you expect sita to remain unchanged?On the original release of Uttara Kaanda, S.L. Bhyrappa's twenty-fourth novel, the stalwart of Kannada literature said that he had been so overwhelmed by Valmiki's Ramayana that he couldn't go beyond Ayodhya Kaanda... -
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![La casa de Asterión by Jorge Luis Borges]()
La casa de Asterión by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCuento "La casa de Asterión", de Jorge Luis Borges, originalmente publicado en el libro El Aleph, en 1949... -
![The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by Stefan Zweig]()
The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by Stefan Zweig
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe collected stories of Stefan Zweig, one of the most popular writers of short fiction of the twentieth century This collection brings together twenty-three of Stefan Zweig's best-loved short stories. Written in his typically flowing and readable style, these tales are characterised by their pacing, their psychological insightfulness, and above all their pervading humanity...Categorized as:
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![Tales from Ovid by Ovid]()
Tales from Ovid by Ovid
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen Michael Hofmann and James Lasdun's ground-breaking anthology After Ovid (also Faber) was published in 1995, Hughes's three contributions to the collective effort were nominated by most critics as outstanding...Categorized as:
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![Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus by David Grene, Aeschylus]()
Greek Tragedies, Volume 1: Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus by David Grene, Aeschylus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of The Complete Greek Tragedies...Categorized as:
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![The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten]()
The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the spirit of Amor Towles and George Saunders, the renowned, bestselling Norwegian author Frode Grytten takes listeners on a quietly epic ferry driver Nils Vik’s last route along the fjord, on what he knows will be his last day alive. Nils Vik wakes up on November the 18th and knows it will be the day he dies... -
![The Overcoat, and Other Tales of Good and Evil by Nikolai Gogol]()
The Overcoat, and Other Tales of Good and Evil by Nikolai Gogol
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWith the publication of "The Overcoat" in 1842, Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) inaugurated a new chapter in Russian literature, in which the underdog and social misfit is treated not as a figure of fun or an object of charity, but as a human being with as much right to happiness as anybody else...Categorized as:
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![The Collected Works of George MacDonald: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) by George MacDonald]()
The Collected Works of George MacDonald: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) by George MacDonald
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 28900 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Princess and the Goblin• Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women• Lilith: A Romance• The Princess and the Goblin• At the Back of the North Wind• The Light Princess• A Book of Strife in the... -
![Three Beloved Classics by E. B. White: Charlotte's Web/the Trumpet of the Swan/Stuart Little by E.B. White]()
Three Beloved Classics by E. B. White: Charlotte's Web/the Trumpet of the Swan/Stuart Little by E.B. White
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIncludes three of the best loved classics in children's literature. Charlotte's Web is a Newberry Award-winning story of one fine swine and a spider named Charlotte who changed his life forever. The Trumpet of the Swan is the joyous tale of Louis, a trumpeter swan in search of his voice. Stuart Little is the story of a most unusual mouse that sets out on the adventure of a lifetime... -
![Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida by Robert Chandler, Various]()
Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida by Robert Chandler, Various
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture...Categorized as:
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![Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis by David Grene, Aeschylus]()
Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis by David Grene, Aeschylus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreek Tragedies, Volume III contains Aeschylus’s “The Eumenides,” translated by Richmond Lattimore; Sophocles’s “Philoctetes,” translated by David Grene; Sophocles’s “Oedipus at Colonus,” translated by Robert Fitzgerald; Euripides’s “The Bacchae,” translated by William Arrowsmith; and Euripides’s “Alecestis,” translated by Richmond Lattimore...Categorized as:
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![Artificios by Jorge Luis Borges]()
Artificios by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBRAND NEW softcover (see our CORRECT cover image), free tracking number, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent... -
![La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats]()
La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLa Belle Dame sans Merci (French: "The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy") is a ballad written by the English poet John Keats. It exists in two versions, with minor differences between them. The original was written by Keats in 1819. He used the title of a 15th century poem by Alain Chartier, though the plots of the two poems are different... -
![El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha II by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]()
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha II by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMany of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork...Categorized as:
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![Brand New Ancients by Kae Tempest]()
Brand New Ancients by Kae Tempest
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYes, the gods are on the park bench, the gods are on the bus, / The gods are all here, the gods are in us. / The gods are timeless, fearless, fighting to be bold, / conviction is a heavy hand to hold, / grip it, winged sandals tearing up the pavement -- / you, me, everyone: Brand New Ancients... -
![Le Morte d'Arthur Volume 2: King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory, D. Gardner]()
Le Morte d'Arthur Volume 2: King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory, D. Gardner
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe full work of Thomas Malory... -
![The Book of Sand & Shakespeare's Memory by Jorge Luis Borges]()
The Book of Sand & Shakespeare's Memory by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe acclaimed translation of Borges's valedictory stories, in its first stand-alone edition Jorge Luis Borges has been called the greatest Spanish-language writer of the twentieth century. Now Borges's remarkable last major story collection, The Book of Sand, is paired with a handful of writings from the very end of his life...Categorized as:
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![The Bacchae and Other Plays by Euripides]()
The Bacchae and Other Plays by Euripides
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEuripides (c.484-406 B.C.) was the most controversial of the three great Greek tragedians and the most modern. His major themes- religious scepticism, the injustices suffered by women and the destructive folly of war-are issues still vitally important today... -
![Poems and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin]()
Poems and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMichael Hamburger has been translating the poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) for over half a century. This lifelong preoccupation culminates in this fourth bilingual edition, incorporating revisions, new translations and other supplementary material. It is the classic English edition of Hölderlin's poetry for our age... -
![Sophocles II: Ajax / Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4) by Sophocles]()
Sophocles II: Ajax / Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4) by Sophocles
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase...Categorized as:
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![The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde]()
The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThis comprehensive collection showcases Oscar Wilde's brilliant storytelling skills and his amazing stylistic versatility, ranging from fairy tales and ghost stories to detective yarns and comedies of manners... -
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![Altmann's Tongue: Stories and a Novella by Brian Evenson]()
Altmann's Tongue: Stories and a Novella by Brian Evenson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-five short stories and a detective novella, The Sanza Affair, present a chilling collection of tales in which social institutions and human relationships dissolve without warning and with mayhem. A first collection.Brian Evenson has added an O... -
![The Odyssey by Tania Zamorsky, Eric Freeberg]()
The Odyssey by Tania Zamorsky, Eric Freeberg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHomer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold for younger readers, with all the drama intact. Illustrations... -
![The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm by Jack D. Zipes]()
The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm by Jack D. Zipes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe tales--116 in all--are thematically grouped. Each grouping is introduced and annotated by Jack Zipes, the genre's reigning expert. Twenty illustrations accompany the texts. Criticism includes seven important assessments of different aspects of the fairy tale tradition, written by W. G. Waters, Benedetto Croce, Lewis Seifert, Patricia Hannon, Harry Velten, Siegfried Neumann, and Jack Zipes... -
![Beauties, Beasts and Enchantment: Classic French Fairy Tales by Jack D. Zipes]()
Beauties, Beasts and Enchantment: Classic French Fairy Tales by Jack D. Zipes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBEAUTIES, BEASTS AND ENCHANTMENT: CLASSIC FRENCH FAIRY TALES A beautiful new collection of 36 French fairy tales translated into English by renowned writer and authority on fairy tales, Jack Zipes. Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sleepy Beauty, Puss In Boots, Bluebeard, and Little Red Riding Hood are some of the classic fairy tales in this amazing book... -
![The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights; Volume 3 of 3 by Anonymous]()
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights; Volume 3 of 3 by Anonymous
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning... -
![Best Loved Folktales of the World by Joanna Cole]()
Best Loved Folktales of the World by Joanna Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCollects a wide range of fairy tales, animal fables, ghost stories, and legen from the United States, England, China, Russia, Haiti, and many other countries... -
![Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson]()
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe classic poem "Because I Could not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson... -
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Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFacing old age, mythical hero Ulysses describes his discontent and restlessness upon returning to his kingdom, Ithaca, after his far-ranging travels... -
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Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll the original stories are here, as Raggedy Ann comes to Marcella's nursery and quickly becomes the leader of the dolls. After learning a lesson from a naughty ride on the pantry, Raggedy Ann's adventures show her striving to be good - and succeeding. She and the other dolls rescue Fido, the family dog, from the dogcatcher... -
![Krilof and his Fables by William Ralston Shedden Ralston]()
Krilof and his Fables by William Ralston Shedden Ralston
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReprint of the original, first published in 1869... -
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![Alice in Wonderland: A BabyLit® Colors Primer by Jennifer Adams]()
Alice in Wonderland: A BabyLit® Colors Primer by Jennifer Adams
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollow the white rabbit down the hole and drink from the purple bottle to meet an orange cat, a blue caterpillar, a mad hatter with a brown hat, and the queen of red hearts in Alice in A BabyLit® Colors Primer. Kids will love Alison Oliver’s colorful and cheeky illustrations bringing life to Little Master Carroll’s beloved children’s classic...Categorized as:
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The Erotic Poems by Ovid
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis collection of Ovid’s poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the Amores, Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress...Categorized as:
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![Aeneid: Books I-VI by Virgil, Clyde Pharr]()
Aeneid: Books I-VI by Virgil, Clyde Pharr
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature... -
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The Erotic Poems by Ovid
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis collection of Ovid’s poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the Amores, Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress...Categorized as:
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![Horace: Odes and Epodes by Michèle Lowrie]()
Horace: Odes and Epodes by Michèle Lowrie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis collection of recent articles provides convenient access to some of the best recent writing on Horace's Odes and Epodes. Formalist, structuralist, and historicizing approaches alike offer insight into this complex poet, who reinvented lyric at the transition from the Republic to the Augustan principate...Categorized as:
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Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass / The Hunting of the Snark. by Lewis Carroll
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" a very real little girl named Alice follows a very remarkable rabbit and experiences one of the strangest adventures, and meets some of the oddest and best-loved characters in all literature: the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat, and the White Rabbit, each one, more interesting and more entertaining than the previous...Categorized as:
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