Arthur Schopenhauer - Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: near fine
One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many ...Show more
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Constance Chatterley is not content. Trapped in a humdrum marriage to an impotent man, she becomes drawn to the earthy gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. They embark on a sexually-charged affair that allows them a sense of enlightenment and physical fulfilment. In Lady Chatterley's Lover, D.H. Lawrence masterfu ...Show more
Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights - Volume 1 by Ursula Lyons (Translator) Malcolm C. Lyons
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Category: Classics | Series: The\Arabian Nights Ser.
The most significant translation in one hundred years of one of the greatest works of world literature From Ali Baba and the forty thieves to the voyages of Sinbad, the stories of The Arabian Nights are timeless and unforgettable. Published here in three volumes, this magnificent new edition brings the ...Show more
Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars by Dante Dante
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Happiness beyond all words! A life of peace and love, entire and whole!' This is a collection of cantos from Paradiso, the most original and experimental part of the Divina Commedia.
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
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Category: Classics
VINTAGE DECO- Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on. 'We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?'Newland Archer and May Welland are the perfect couple. He is a wealthy young lawyer and she is a lovely and sweet-natured girl. All seems set for success until the arr ...Show more
Scoop: Popular Penguins by Evelyn Waugh
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins
Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner-party tip from Mrs Algernon Stitch ...Show more
Hidden Faces by Salvador Dali; Haakon Chevalier (Translator)
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Category: Classics | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
The only novel of the twentieth century's most acclaimed surrealist painter, a richly visual depiction of a group of eccentric aristocrats in the years preceding the Second World War.
Childhood, Boyhood, Youth by Leo Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy
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Category: Classics
Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy, "Childhood, Boyhood, Youth", in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an 'awkward mixture of fact and fiction', generations of readers have not agreed, finding the novel to be a charming and insightful portrait of inner growth against ...Show more
Early Christian Writings - The Apostolic Fathers by Various authors; Staniforth Maxwell (Translated by); Andrew Louth (Revised translation, Introduction & Notes by)
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Focuses on traditions and organisation of the infant church, during an otherwise little-known period of its development. This title presents an account of the early Church and outlines a form of early Christianity drawing on the theology and traditions of its parent religion, Judaism. Contents: Firs ...Show more