 Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe, Harry Clarke
This gorgeous anthology features 29 of Poe's stories — including "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" — illustrated with 8 full-color plates and 24 full-page drawings filled with brooding eroticism by a brilliant Edwardian-era artist.
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by Edgar Allan Poe
Nine tales of terror from the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," a gripping tale considered the first true detective story. All reprinted in large-print format.
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 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
by Edgar Allan Poe
From the author who introduced readers to chilling tales of murder comes a novella based on factual accounts of a haunting, mutinous high-seas adventure. For fans of Poe as well as maritime enthusiasts.
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| |  The Raven and Other Favorite Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe
Over 40 of the author's most memorable poems: "The Bells," "Ulalume," "Israfel," "To Helen," "The Conqueror Worm," "Eldorado," "Annabel Lee," many more. Alphabetic lists of titles and first lines. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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 The Flowers of Evil & Paris Spleen: Selected Poems
by Charles Baudelaire
Unique collection of Baudelaire's sensual poems about sex and death, rebellion, and corruption features definitive translations of 51 poems from Flowers of Evil, plus 14 prose poems from Paris Spleen.
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| |  Intimate Journals
by Charles Baudelaire, Christopher Isherwood, W. H. Auden
Collection of the notorious poet's essays transcends the squalor of his financial ruin and the torture of physical decline to offer compelling thoughts on his world, society, and philosophy.
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 Best Short Stories: A Dual-Language Book
by Franz Kafka
Five great stories in original German with new, literal English translations on facing pages: "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor" and "A Report to an Academy."
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| |  The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka
Excellent new English translations of title story (considered by many critics Kafka's most perfect work), plus "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report to an Academy." A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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 The Trial
by Franz Kafka, David Wyllie
From its gripping first sentence onward, this novel exemplifies the term "Kafkaesque." Its darkly humorous narrative recounts a bank clerk's entrapment in a bureaucratic maze, based on an undisclosed charge.
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| |  Growth of the Soil
by Knut Hamsun, W. W. Worster
A grand, sweeping saga of sacrifice and struggle by a Nobel Laureate, this tale recaptures the world of Norwegian homesteaders at the turn of the 20th century.
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 Hunger
by Knut Hamsun
A modern classic about a penniless, unemployed young writer, this powerful, autobiographical novel paints an unforgettable portrait of a man driven to the edge of self-destruction by forces beyond his control.
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 Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
Bored and unhappy in a lifeless marriage, Emma Bovary yearns to escape from the dull circumstances of provincial life. Powerful, deeply moving examination of the moral degeneration of a middle-class Frenchwoman.
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| |  Sentimental Education
by Gustave Flaubert, Dora Knowlton Ranous, Louise Bogan
Set amid the revolution of 1848, Flaubert's masterpiece combines political and social upheaval with scrutiny of individual motives in a compelling blend of romance, history, and satire.
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 Three Tales
by Gustave Flaubert, Arthur McDowall
This trio of short stories by the author of Madame Bovary consists of "A Simple Heart," "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller," and "Herodias." Translated by Arthur McDowall.
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| |  Nana
by Emile Zola, Burton Rascoe
French realism's immortal siren crawled from the gutter to the heights of society, devouring men and squandering fortunes along the way. Zola's 1880s classic is among the first modern novels.
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 Père Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac, Ellen Marriage
This outstanding French realist novel contrasts the social progress of an impoverished but ambitious aristocrat with that of a father whose obsessive love leads to personal and financial ruin. "The modern King Lear." — Leslie Stephen.
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| |  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo, A. L. Alger
A gypsy girl's beauty and charm captivate a priest, a vagabond, a soldier, and a deformed bell-ringer, in a gripping tale that culminates in a riot and murder.
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 The Last Day of a Condemned Man
by Victor Hugo, Arabella Ward, David Dow
In this profoundly moving classic by the author of Les Misérables, a condemned man facing the guillotine looks back on his life and writes of his anguish inside prison walls.
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| |  Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo, Charles E. Wilbour, James K. Robinson
A convict's heroic struggle for justice and redemption plays out against a fiery backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. This edition features the excellent original translation and a sensitive abridgment.
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 Nostromo
by Joseph Conrad
Tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set in a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men.
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| |  The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
Revolutionaries in the backstreets of 19th-century London plot the destruction of Greenwich Observatory in this masterpiece of suspense. Rich in atmosphere and psychological realism.
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 The Secret Sharer and Other Stories
by Joseph Conrad
Three of Conrad’s most powerful stories of the sea — "Youth: A Narrative" (1898), "Typhoon" (1902) and "The Secret Sharer" (1910) — each probing deeply, suspensefully into the mysteries of human character.
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| |  Under Western Eyes
by Joseph Conrad
Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as an assassination, government intrigue, and betrayal force a young student to come to terms with accountability and human integrity.
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