... with the wild Cossack people. Sevastopol Sketches, based on Tolstoy's own experiences of the siege of ... him gave him the creative impulse for his two greatest novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877 ...
... as the eighteenth century came to a close and the nineteenth century began. Each of the novels is a love story and a story about marriage - marriage for love, for financial security, for social status. But they are not ...
... famous anti-war novel ever written. The story is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see all the realities of war; under fire, on patrol, waiting ...
... book does much more than that, elucidating and expanding on the cryptic aphorisms of Beyond Good and Evil and signalling ... his death in 1900 include Will to Power, based on his notebooks, and Ecce Homo, his autobiography ...
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... Major Frederick Browning, with whom she had three children. Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's ...
... discussing Tolstoy's breakdown and the effect this had on his writing, as well as a chronology, further reading ... him gave him the creative impulse for his two greatest novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877 ...
... one of the most well-known of the hundreds of stories he wrote over the course of his life and on which his literary reputation now rests. He also wrote six novels, including Bel-Ami (1885) and Pierre et Jean (1888 ...
... IN SAMARRA (1934). His success only grew with the publication of his second novel, the classic BUTTERFIELD 8 (1935). A long-time writer of stories for The New Yorker, his many awards include the National Book Award for ...
... travel, du Maurier interweaves past and present together in a novel that is as rich and imaginative as anything she ever ... . Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, ...
... circulate about disease spreading through the city. 'A story of the voluptuousness of doom' Thomas Mann About ... a million copies in Germany alone. His second great novel, The Magic Mountain, was published in 1924 and the ...
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... of the Sixties is the story of a young couple who want to enjoy life, but the only way they know how to do so is through ownership of 'things'. Perec's first novel won the Prix Renaudot and became the cult book for a ...
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... observers of Australian life, Henry Lawson has become part of the Australian national psyche, and his short stories and verse have come to affect how Australian's view their country.Yet at his best Lawson transcends ...
... narrative of romance and murder in the haute bourgeoisie of St. Petersburg, this volume includes all five stories originally collected as The Tales of the Late P. Belkin. These include "An Amateur Peasant Girl," "The ...
... manor is acquired by a no-nonsense American family with no use for the supernatural, hilarity ensues. Three other stories feature "The Sphinx Without a Secret," a tale of an enigmatic woman who carries a mystery's key to ...
... in Tennessee," "About Barbers," "The Stolen White Elephant," "A Literary Nightmare," "How to Tell a Story," more. Author: MARK TWAIN. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Literature, Poetry & Plays Non-Fiction Prose ...
... of latter-day authors such as Proust, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Kafka. This collection of his short stories offers thought-provoking glimpses into the Russian author's moving portrayals of the conflict between flesh and ...
... these memorable tales: "Ball-of-Fat," regarded by many as technically one of the finest short stories ever written, "The Necklace," "A Piece of String," "Mme. Tellier's Establishment," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "Miss Harriet ...
... , Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D. H. Lawrence, and ten other great writers. Prime examples of the classic short story, these enduring literary treasures will be invaluable to students and teachers as well as to anyone who ...
... volumes Bliss, The Garden Party and In a German Pension, and fifteen tantalizing fragments of unfinished stories published after her tragic death, including 'Honesty', an intriguing tale of two bachelors, and 'The Doves ...
... the submarine must set sail through the bleak ocean to search for signs of life. On the Beach is Nevil Shute's most powerful novel. Both gripping and intensely moving, its impact is unforgettable. About the Author Nevil ...
... that I write,' Mansfield said, 'all that I am - is on the borders of the sea. It is a kind of playing.' ... wandering life in search of health. Her second book of stories, Bliss , was published in 1921, and her third, The ...
... . Lafcadio Hearn, a master storyteller, drew on traditional Japanese folklore, infused with memories of ... their own right. About the Author The improbable life story of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) included a peculiarly ...
... This edition also includes a publishing history and notes for each story, a chronology and further reading. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was born in Taganrog, a port on the sea of Azov. In 1879 he travelled to Moscow, where ...
... but, as this collection of her complete short stories demonstrates, Parker's talents extended far beyond ... Not Married To,' in which Parker sardonically reflects on some familiar social and emotion realities. Edited by ...
... volume presents Lu Xun's complete fiction, including The Real Story of Ah-Q, Diary of a Madman, The Divorce and ... also includes suggested further reading, a note on Chinese names and pronunciation, a chronology and ...
... About the Author Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on the 13 November 1850. He studied at Edinburgh University and ... of the South Seas. He died in Samoa on 3 December 1894. Author: Robert Louis Stevenson. Format ...
... on the Western Front is the most famous anti-war novel ever written. Now published for the first time alongside Brian Murdoch's new translation of the novel's ... What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' ...
... 1861 but before that Mill published his System of Logic (1843), Principles of Political Economy (1848) and On Liberty (1839). His other works include his classic Autobiography (1873). Mill retired in 1858 and became the ...
... ) where he continued to write verse. He eventually became a recluse, living on the outskirts of Edo in a hut. When he traveled he relied entirely on the hospitality of temples and fellow-poets. In his writings he was ...
... it. IN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of On the Road -typed as a single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper, which he later taped together to form a 120-foot ...
... the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this landmark treatise on the art of warfare, which presented war as part of a coherent system of political thought. In ...
... convention, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels. Based on the three-volume first edition that shocked readers when published in 1891, this edition includes as appendices ...
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... novels Petals of Blood; Weep Not, Child ; and A Grain of Wheat are available in Penguin Classics. He lives in Irvine, California. Author: Es'kia Mphahlele. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories ...
... their toll, Burgess begins to write the first of the novels that would gain him fame if not money. About the ... Paperback Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories Biographies Autobiographies Literature, Poetry & Plays ...
... first book TOUCHING THE VOID, which received universal applause and was published in thirteen languages. Based on the true story of an accident that occurred when he was climbing the previously unclimbed West Face of the ...
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... Sunday Times, as well as writing a series of popular novels including The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate ... on 30 June 1973. Author: Nancy Mitford. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories ...
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... T.E. Lawrence died in a motorcycle accident on 19th May 1935. Author: T.E. Lawrence. Format: Paperback Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories Biographies Historical, Political and Military Biographies Fiction Books ...
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... events for the Roman public, knowing he faces civil war on his return to Rome. About the Author Gaius Julius Caesar ... Paperback Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories Biographies Historical, Political and Military ...
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... ), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian businessman and author of novels, plays, and short stories. His best-known novel is The Confessions of Zeno (or Zeno's Conscience ) (1923). Svevo published the ...
... Brave New World are based on, and the first modern dystopian novel SHORTLISTED FOR THE OXFORD ... Classic Fiction Fiction in Translation and Short Stories Fiction in Translation Vintage Classics Vintage Translation
... had been orphaned or made homeless by the war. Ian was determined to tell their story. Ruth, Edek, Jan and Bronia are all based on real children, and even the silver sword paper knife was real. Ian Serraillier wrote many ...
... that he began writing, and soon became a successful author. The Wind in the Willows is based on letters and bedtime stories that Graham thought up for his son, Alistair, who was nicknamed 'Mouse'. A neighbour convinced ...
... a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Based on the third edition of 1831, this text contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe ...
... all, and like Jo March she started selling sensational stories in order to help provide financial support for her ... ill. Little Women was published in 1868 and was based on her life growing up with her three sisters. She ...
... of Jane Austen's work. This edition is based on the first edition of 1818, and includes a new ... wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. Her works were published only after much revision, four novels being ...
... of Zen. He wrote countless short stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he acted. Several films have been made from his novels, including The Sound of Waves ; Enjo , which was based on The Temple of the Golden ...
... of Zen. He wrote countless stories and thirty-three plays, in some of which he performed. Several films have been made from his novels, including The Sound of Waves , Enjo which was based on The Temple of the Golden ...
... James created one of his most magnificent heroines, and a story of intense poignancy.This edition of The Portrait of a Lady, based on the earliest published copy of the novel, is the version read first and loved by most ...
... American masterpiece of the 'Roaring Twenties' based on Fitzgerald's own experience It is the ... laureate of the Jazz Age. He wrote many short stories and four novels, This Side of Paradise , The Beautiful and the ...
... Author Georges Perec (1936-82) won the Prix Renaudot in 1965 for his first novel Things: A Story of the Sixties, and went on to exercise his unrivalled mastery of language in almost every imaginable kind of writing, from ...
... , with characters based on du Maurier's own family, set against the events of the French Revolution 'Perhaps we shall not see each other again. I will write to you, though, and tell you, as best I can, the story of your ...
... and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships. This edition, based on Hardy's original 1874 manuscript, is the complete novel he never saw published, and restores its full candour and innovation ...
... shared with the composer Richard Mills, for the opera Batavia. His poetry and novels have been widely translated; four of his novels and the short story 'The Kiss' have been adapted for the stage. His most recent book is ...
... and society. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Gulliver's Travels describes ... a disturbing resemblance to humans. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all ...
... but also one of America's most important satirical novels. About the Authors Mark Twain is the pseudonym of ... in 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, based on his own experiences. The book was soon recognised ...
... it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative ... . The text and notes of this volume are based on the acclaimed Florida Edition, with a critical introduction ...
... . This edition is based on the first edition of ... 1796, which appeared before Lewis's revisions to avoid charges of blasphemy. In his introduction, Christopher MacLachlan discusses the novel's ...
... acclaimed as a masterpiece and a turning point in French literature. Told in the first person, the novel is based on the author's own experiences during the First World War, in French colonial Africa, in the USA ...
... VOLOKHONSKY Dostoevsky's genius is on display in this powerful existential novel. The apology and confession ... His 1860 book, The House of the Dead was based on these experiences. In 1857 he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva ...
... This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the German and edited with an introduction by Marcus Weigelt, based on the translation by Max Muller.Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. It presents a profound and challenging ...
... of this intractable universe that the only thing you can start with is yourself. Dark Places, a companion novel to Lilian's Story, is the tale of a man with a comically grand exterior who believes he has the right, and ...
... demonstrates Euripides' unusual willingness to give voice to a woman's case. Alcestis , a tragicomedy, is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome, and The Children of Heracles examines conflict between might ...
... , but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles - based on her shoe size or her birthday - and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the ...