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| "Selected Works by Cicero (Paperback, 1960)" |
| "Collecting the most incisive and influential writings of one of Rome's finest orators Cicero's Selected Works is translated with an introduction by Michael Grant in Penguin ClassicsLawyer philosopher statesman and defender of Rome's Republic Cicero was a master of eloquence and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over two thousand years in matters of politics philosophy and faith This selection demonstrates the diversity of his writings and includes letters to friends and statesmen on Roman life and politics; the vitriolic Second Philippic Against Antony; and his two most famous philosophical treatises On Duties and On Old Age - a celebration of his own declining years Written at a time of brutal political and social change Cicero's lucid ethical writings formed the foundation of the Western liberal tradition in political and moral thought that continues to this dayThis translation by Michael Grant conveys the elegance of Cicero's writings His introduction describes their social and political background while maps genealogical charts timelines and a glossary place the works in contextMarcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator and statesman was born at Arpinium to a wealthy local family Having been educated in Rome by 70 BC he had established himself as a leading barrister and was beginning a successful political career Cicero received honours usually reserved only for the Roman aristocracy and was one of the greatest Roman oratorsIf you enjoyed Selected Works you might like Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives by Plutarch (Paperback, 1960)" |
| "Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens from the legendary days of Theseus the city's founder through Solon Themistocles Aristides Cimon Pericles Nicias and Alcibiades to the razing of its walls by Lysander"
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| "On the Good Life by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Paperback, 1971)" |
| "For the great Roman orator and statesman Cicero 'the good life' was at once a life of contentment and one of moral virtue - and the two were inescapably intertwined This volume brings together a wide range of his reflections upon the importance of moral integrity in the search for happiness In essays that are articulate meditative and inspirational Cicero presents his views upon the significance of friendship and duty to state and family and outlines a clear system of practical ethics that is at once simple and universal These works offer a timeless reflection upon the human condition and a fascinating insight into the mind of one of the greatest thinkers of Ancient Rome"
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| "The Marquise of O -: And Other Stories by Heinrich Kleist (Paperback, 1978)" |
| "In The Marquise of O- a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this happened she must prove her innocence to her doubting family and discover whether the perpetrator is an assailant or lover Michael Kohlhaas depicts an honourable man who feels compelled to violate the law in his search for justice while other tales explore the singular realm of the uncanny such as The Beggarwoman of Locarno in which an old woman's ghost drives a heartless nobleman to madness and St Cecilia which portrays four brothers possessed by an uncontrollable religious mania The stories collected in this volume reflect the preoccupations of Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) with the deceptiveness of human nature and the unpredictability of the physical world"
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| "Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney by Penguin Books Ltd (Paperback, 1981)" |
| "Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth legend and history The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action it tells of an era when the islands were still part of the Viking world beginning with their conquest by the kings of Norway in the ninth century The saga describes the subsequent history of the Earldom of Orkney and the adventures of great Norsemen such as Sigurd the Powerful St Magnus the Martyr and Hrolf the conqueror of Normandy Savagely powerful and poetic this is a fascinating depiction of an age of brutal battles murder sorcery and bitter family feuds"
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| "Natural History by Pliny the Elder (Paperback, 1991)" |
| "Pliny&39;s Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD whether describing the danger of diving for sponges the first water-clock or the use of asses&39; milk to remove wrinkles Pliny himself died while investigating the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79 and the natural curiosity that brought about his death is also very much evident in the Natural History - a book that proved highly influential right up until the Renaissance and that his nephew Pliny the younger described &39;as full of variety as nature itself&39;"
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| "The Essays by Michel Montaigne (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought The Essays A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by MA Screech in Penguin ClassicsTo overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children conscience and cowardice coaches and cannibals and above all himself On Some Lines of Virgil opens out into a frank discussion of sexuality and makes a revolutionary case for the equality of the sexes In On Experience he superbly propounds his thoughts on the right way to live while other essays touch on issues of an age struggling with religious and intellectual strife with France torn apart by civil war These diverse subjects are united by Montaigne's distinctive voice - that of a tolerant man sceptical humane often humorous and utterly honest in his pursuit of the truthMA Screech's distinguished translation fully retains the light-hearted and inquiring nature of the essays In his introduction he examines Montaigne's life and times and the remarkable self-portrait that emerges from his worksMichel de Montaigne (1533-1586) studied law and spent a number of years working as a counsellor before devoting his life to reading writing and reflection If you enjoyed The Essays A Selection you might like Francis Bacon's The Essays also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "The Complete Fables by Aesop (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "A slave who represented his masters in court and negotiations Aesop relied on allegorical animal stories collected here in The Complete Fables to convey his key points This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by Olivia and Robert Temple with an introduction by Robert TempleIn a series of pithy amusing vignettes Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him Each jewel-like fable provides a warning about the consequences of wrongdoing as well as offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of Ancient Greeks All Aesop's fables full of humour insight and savage wit as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern editionLittle is known for certain about the life of Aesop (c620-564 BC) though details of his life are scattered throughout the works of ancient Greek writers including Aristophanes Xenophon Aristotle and Herodotus who give grounds for thinking that he was a slave and Plutarch who identifies him as an entertaining storyteller executed by the Delphians by being thrown off a cliffIf you enjoyed The Complete Fables you might like Ovid's Metamorphoses also available in Penguin Classics'Ground-breaking this version of the fables is a revelation the translation is excellent'Peter Jones Sunday Telegraph'Aesop remains a fundamental figure in Western literature'Frederic Raphael Sunday Times"
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| "Maxims and Reflections by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "Throughout his long hectic and astonishingly varied life Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) would jot down his passing thoughts on theatre programmes visiting cards draft manuscripts and even bills Goethe was probably the last true Renaissance Man' Although employed as a Privy Councillor at the Duke of Weimar's court where he helped oversee major mining road-building and irrigation projects he also painted directed plays carried out research in anatomy botany and optics - and still found time to produce masterpieces in every literary genre His fourteen hundred Maxims and Reflections reveal some of his deepest thought on art ethics literature and natural science but also his immediate reactions to books chance encounters or his administrative work Although variable in quality the vast majority have a freshness and immediacy which vividly conjure up Goethe the man They make an ideal introduction to one of the greatest of European writers"
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| "Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Infamous as the inspiration for the novel which slowly corrupts Oscar Wilde&39;s Dorian Gray Joris-Karl Huysmans&39; Against Nature (A Rebours) is translated by Robert Baldick with an introduction by Patrick McGuinness in Penguin Classics A wildly original fin-de-siècle novel Against Nature contains only one character Des Esseintes is a decadent ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and excess Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise) rich perfumes and a kaleidoscope of sensual experiences Against Nature in the words of the author exploded &39;like a meteorite&39; and has enjoyed a cult following to this day This revised edition of Robert Baldick&39;s lucid translation features a new introduction and a chronology and reproduces Huysmans&39;s original 1903 preface as well as a selection of reviews from writers including Mallarmé Zola and Wilde Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) is now recognized as one of the most challenging and innovative figures in European literature and an acknowledged principal architect of the fin-de-siècle imagination He was a career civil servant who wrote ten novels most notably A Rebours and Là-Bas If you enjoyed Against Nature you might like Huysmans&39;s The Damned (La-Bas) also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "Njal's Saga by Robert Cook, Leifur Eiricksson (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Written in the thirteenth century Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson Full of dreams strange prophecies violent power struggles and fragile peace agreements Njal's Saga tells the compelling story of a fifty-year blood feud that despite its distance from us in time and place is driven by passions familiar to us all This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction chronology index of characters plot summary explanatory notes maps and suggestions for further reading"
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| "Egil's Saga by Leifur Eiriksson (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality The saga recounts Egil's progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his father's exile from Norway defend his honour against the Norwegian King Erik Bloodaxe and fight for the English King Athelstan in his battles against Scotland Exploring issues as diverse as the question of loyalty the power of poetry and the relationship between two brothers who love the same woman Egil's Saga is a fascinating depiction of a deeply human character"
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| "Au Bonheur des Dames (The Ladies' Delight) by Emile Zola (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Now the basis for the major BBC tv adaptation The Paradise this is a lavish drama and a timeless commentary on consumer capitalism The Penguin Classics edition of Emile Zola's The Ladies' Delight is based on an acclaimed vivid and modern translation by Robin Buss who has also introduced the novelThe Ladies' Delight is the glittering Paris department store run by Octave Mouret He has used charm and drive to become director of this mighty emporium unscrupulously exploiting his young female staff and seducing his lady customers with luxurious displays of shimmering silks satins velvets and lace Then Denise Baudu a naive provincial girl becomes an assistant at the store - and Mouret discovers that he in turn can also be enchanted With its greedy customers gossiping staff and vibrant sense of theatre The Ladies' Delight (Au Bonheur des Dames in the original French) is one of the most richly exciting novels in Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart cycleThis edition also contains a bibliography introduction chronology and explanatory notesEmile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction His principal work Les Rougon-Macquart is a panorama of mid-19th century French life in a cycle of 20 novels which Zola wrote over a period of 22 years including Au Bonheur des Dames (1883) The Beast Within (1890) Nana (1880) and The Drinking Den (1877)'A complete page-turner about the consumer society greed fashion and instant gratification'India Knight'A fine translation'The Times Literary Supplement"
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| "The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 by Anton Chekhov (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories 1896-1904 is an enchanting collection of tales which showcase Anton Chekhov at the height of his power as a writer This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Ronald Wilks with an introduction by Paul DebreczenyIn the final years of his life Chekhov produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces and some of the most highly-regarded works in Russian literature The poignant 'The Lady with the Little Dog' and 'About Love' examine the nature of love outside of marriage - its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment And in stories such as 'Peasants' 'The House with the Mezzanine' and 'My Life' Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship With the works collected here Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales - developing a broader range of characters and subject matter while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire such modern short-story writers as Ernest Hemingway and William FaulknerRonald Wilks's translation is accompanied by an introduction in which Paul Debreczeny discusses the themes that Chekhov adopted in his mature work This edition also includes a publishing history and notes for each story a chronology and further readingAnton Chekhov (1860-1904) was born in Taganrog a port on the sea of Azov In 1879 he travelled to Moscow where he entered the medical faculty of the university graduating in 1884 During his university years he supported his family by contributing humorous stories and sketches to magazines He published his first volume of stories Motley Tales in 1886 and a year later his second volume In the Twilight for which he received the Pushkin Prize Today his plays including Uncle Vanya The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard are recognised as masterpieces the world over If you enjoyed The Lady with the Little Dog you might like Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace is a sprawling epic covering the impact of Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia on five different families This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs with an afterword by Orlando Figes author of A People's Tragedy Russian Revolution 1891-1924At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805 conversations are dominated by the prospect of war Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia and the lives of three young people are changed forever The stories of quixotic Pierre cynical Andrey and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast from aristocrats and peasants to soldiers and Napoleon himself In War and Peace Tolstoy entwines grand themes - conflict and love birth and death free will and faith - with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia to create a magnificent epic of human life in all its imperfection and grandeurAnthony Briggs's superb translation combines stirring accessible prose with fidelity to Tolstoy's original while Orlando Figes's afterword discusses the novel's vast scope and depiction of Russian identity This edition also contains appendices notes a list of prominent characters and mapsLeo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born at Yasnaya Polyana in central Russia After marrying Sofya Behrs in 1862 Tolstoy settled down managing his estates and writing two of his best-known novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878) In 1884 Tolstoy experienced a spiritual crisis becoming an extreme moralist rejecting the state the church and private property His last novel Resurrection (1900) was written to raise money for the Doukhobor sect of Christian spiritualistsIf you enjoyed War and Peace you might also like Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov'A masterpiece This new translation is excellent'- Anthony Beevor'A book that you don't just read you live'- Simon Schama"
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| "The Histories by Herodotus (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "The work that established the study of history in the western world Herodotus's The Histories is a dazzling contemporary account of the ancient world translated from the Greek by Aubrey de Selincourt revised with an introduction and notes by John Marincola in Penguin Classics 'No one is fool enough to choose war instead of peace - in peace sons bury fathers but in war fathers bury sons'One of the masterpieces of classical literature the Histories describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian Empire But while this epic struggle forms the core of his work Herodotus' natural curiosity frequently gives rise to colourful digressions - a description of the natural wonders of Egypt; an account of European lake-dwellers; and far-fetched accounts of dog-headed men and gold-digging ants With its kaleidoscopic blend of fact and legend The Histories offers a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BCThis celebrated translation of The Histories has been extensively revised and includes an updated bibliography chronology glossary and additional notesA Greek historian Herodotus (c485-25 BC) left his native town of Halicarnassus a Greek colony to travel extensively He collected historical geographical ethnological mythological and archaeological material for his historiesIf you enjoyed The Histories you might like Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary is one of the most influential - and scandalous - novels of the nineteenth century This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Geoffrey Wall with a preface by Michele RobertsEmma Bovary is beautiful and bored trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life An ardent reader of sentimental novels she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance in voracious spending and eventually in adultery But even her affairs bring her disappointment and the consequences are devastating Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857 It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted 'Madame Bovary c'est moi'Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was born in Rouen After illness interrupted a career in law he retired to live with his widowed mother and devote himself to writing Madame Bovary won instant acclaim upon book publication in 1857 but Flaubert's frank display of adultery in bourgeois France saw him go on trial for immorality only narrowly escaping conviction Both Salammbo (1862) and The Sentimental Education (1869) were poorly received and Flaubert achieved limited success in his own lifetime - but his fame and reputation grew steadily after his death If you enjoyed Madame Bovary you might also like Stendhal's The Red and the Black also available in Penguin Classics'Its beauty is enchanting and terrible'AS Byatt author of Possession'An extraordinarily innovative work its style was at once ironic and lyrical detached and passionate ambiguous and precise'Kate Summerscale"
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| "Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "A thrilling study of guilt and power the Penguin Classics edition of Fyodor Dostoyevsky&39;s Crime and Punishment is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff Raskolnikov a destitute and desperate former student wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret He imagines himself to be a great man a Napoleon acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Porfiry a suspicious detective Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck Only Sonya a downtrodden prostitute can offer the chance of redemption As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer Dostoyevsky&39;s dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption good and evil blur and everyone&39;s faith in humanity is tested This vivid translation by David McDuff has been acclaimed as the most accessible version of Dostoyevsky&39;s great novel rendering its dialogue with a unique force and naturalism This edition also contains a new chronology of Dostoyevsky&39;s life and work Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison and in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt His other works available in Penguin Classics include The Brothers Karamazov The Idiot and Demons If you enjoyed Crime and Punishment you might like Leo Tolstoy&39;s Anna Karenina also available in Penguin Classics &39;McDuff&39;s language is rich and alive&39;The New York Times Book Review"
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| "The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Fyodor Dostoyevsky's powerful meditation on faith meaning and morality The Brothers Karamazov is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff in Penguin ClassicsWhen brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably Mitya the sensualist whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan the intellectual whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption good and evil blur and everyone's faith in humanity is testedThis powerful translation of The Brothers Karamazov features and introduction highlighting Dostoyevsky's recurrent themes of guilt and salvation with a new chronology and further readingFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison and in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt His other works available in Penguin Classics include Crime & Punishment The Idiot and DemonsIf you enjoyed The Brothers Karamazov you might like Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls also available in Penguin Classics'There is no writer who better demonstrates the contradictions and fluctuations of the creative mind than Dostoyevsky and nowhere more astonishingly than in The Brothers Karamazov'Joyce Carol Oates'Dostoyevsky was the only psychologist from whom I had anything to learn he belongs to the happiest windfalls of my life'Friedrich Nietzsche'The most magnificent novel ever written'Sigmund Freud"
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| "The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Alexandre Dumas' epic tale of suffering and revenge inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment the Penguin Classics edition of The Count of Monte Cristo is translated with an introduction by Robin BussThrown in prison for a crime he has not committed Edmond Dantes spends fourteen bitter years imprisoned in the grim fortress of If There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsive for his incarceration No longer the naive sailor who disappeared into the dungeon all those years ago he reinvents himself as the charming mysterious and powerful Count of Monte Cristo A huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s The Count of Monte Cristo has been a fixture of western literature ever since and the subject of countless film and TV adaptations Robin Buss' lively translation is complete and unabridged and remains faithful to the style of Dumas' original This edition also includes an introduction explanatory notes a new chronology and updated suggestions for further readingAlexandre Dumas (1802-70) was a pioneer of Romantic theatre in France but in 1839 he turned his attention to writing the novels for which he is best known today pften using collaborators such as Auguste Maquet to suggest plots or historical background His most famous works include The Three Musketeers (1844) The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-5) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1847) If you enjoyed The Count of Monte Cristo you might enjoy Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped also available in Penguin Classics'What makes The Count Of Monte Cristo such a superior story is that revenge is not the only emotion driving the plot it is an almost perfect story - also in the mix are love friendship jealousy faith education snobbery and class'Sunday Express'The greatest of escape stories'Guardian"
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| "Old Man Goriot by Honore de Balzac (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house At first his wealth inspires respect but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters Goriot's fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders the young social climber Eugene Rastignac who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin who is hiding darker secrets than anyone Weaving a compelling and panoramic story of love money self-sacrifice corruption greed and ambition Old Man Goriot is Balzac's acknowledged masterpiece A key novel in his Comedie Humaine series it is a vividly realized portrait of bourgeois Parisian society in the years following the French Revolution"
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| "Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Voltaire's brilliant satirical assault on what he saw as the naively optimistic philosophy of the Enlightenment Candide or Optimism is a dazzling picaresque novel translated and edited by Theo Cuffe with an introduction by Michael Wood in Penguin ClassicsBrought up in the household of a German Baron Candide is an open-minded young man whose tutor Pangloss has instilled in him the belief inspired by Leibniz that 'all is for the best in this the best of all possible worlds' But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered Candide is cast out to make his own fortune As he and his various companions roam over the world an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes syphilis a brush with the Inquisition murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism In Candide Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of his time to create one of the most glorious satires of the eighteenth centuryTheo Cuffe's translation brilliantly conveys Voltaire's acerbic humour In his introduction Michael Wood discusses Voltaire's satirical attack on contemporary philosophy This edition also contains a map extensive notes table of dates further reading and appendices including extracts from Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) better known by his pseudonym Voltaire was a French writer and satirist the embodiment of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment Among his best-known works is the satirical novel Candide (1759)If you enjoyed Candide you might like Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman also available in Penguin Classics'The prince of philosophical novels'John Updike author of Rabbit Run'An excellent new translation'Robert McCrum Observer"
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| "Notes from Underground and the Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "Collected here in Penguin Classics are two of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's shorter works Notes from Underground and The Double translated by Ronald Wilks with an introduction by Robert Louis JacksonAlienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own insignificance the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life With bitter irony he describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground' The seemingly ordinary world of St Petersburg takes on a nightmarish quality in The Double when a government clerk encounters a man who looks exactly like him - his double perhaps or possibly the darker side of his own personality Like Notes from Underground this is a masterly tragicomic study of human consciousnessRonald Wilks's extraordinary new translation is accompanied here by an introduction by Robert Louis Jackson discussing these pivotal works in the context of Dostoyevsky's life and times This edition also contains a chronology bibliography table of ranks and notes on each workFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison and in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt His other works available in Penguin Classics include Crime and Punishment The Brothers Karamazov The Idiot and DemonsIf you enjoyed Notes from Underground and The Double you might like Dostoyevsky's Demons also available in Penguin Classics'Notes from Underground with its mood of intellectual irony and alienation can be seen as the first modern novel That sense of meaninglessness of existence that runs through much of twentieth-century writing - from Conrad and Kafka to Beckett and beyond - starts in Dostoyevsky's work'Malcolm Bradbury"
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| "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Jon Scieszka introduces some really stupid off-the-wall fairy tales including Chicken Licken' The Princess and the Bowling Ball'; The Really Ugly Duckling' and Jack's Bean Problem'Chosen by children as the Book of the Year for the Federation of Children's Book Groups the book was described by She magazine as The most delightful collection of stories a young cynic could hope to read'"
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| "The Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence Parry Heide, Judith Heide Gilliland (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "Ahmed drives his donkey cart through the streets of Cairo delivering butane gas cylinders to his father's customers He knows everyone and has a part to play in the life of the city He is proud to be strong enough to help his family but most of all he is proud of his precious secret a secret that he keeps until the end of the day The book reveals a lot about Ahmed's life and finally his secret - that he can write his name"
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| "Funnybones: The Ghost Train: The Ghost Train by Allan Ahlberg (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "The Ghost Train is one of the titles in Allan Ahlberg's iconic children's picture book series about skeletons Funnybones Despite being set in a dark dark house this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers!Whoo-ooo-ooo! It's midnight at the station and the three skeletons climb aboard the ghost train for a spooky ride But they discover something even more scary!'By far our best writer for the young' - Daily TelegraphAllan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children's picture books including Peepo! Each Peach Pear Plum and the Kate Greenaway Medal winning The Jolly Postman Other titles in the Funnybones series include Funnybones Mystery Tour The Black Cat The Pet Shop Bumps in the Night Dinosaur Dreams Skeleton Crew Give the Dog a Bone and A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection all of which are available from Puffin"
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| "Funnybones: Give the Dog a Bone by Allan Ahlberg (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "Give the Dog a Bone is one of the titles in Allan Ahlberg's iconic children's picture book series about skeletons Funnybones Despite being set in a dark dark house this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers!The dog skeleton is falling apart - bits of him are dropping off - bone by bone! Who will pick up the pieces and put him back together again?'By far our best writer for the young'- Daily TelegraphAllan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children's picture books including Peepo! Each Peach Pear Plum and the Kate Greenaway Medal winning The Jolly Postman Other titles in the Funnybones series include Funnybones The Ghost Train The Black Cat The Pet Shop Bumps in the Night Dinosaur Dreams Skeleton Crew Mystery Tour and A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection all of which are available from Puffin"
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| "About a Boy by Nick Hornby (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "About a Boy is Nick Hornby&39;s comic and heart-warming million-copy bestseller&39;How cool was Will Freeman?&39;Too cool! At thirty-six he&39;s as hip as a teenager He&39;s single child-free goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear He&39;s also found a great way to score with women attend single parents&39; groups full of available (and grateful) mothers all hoping to meet a Nice Guy Which is how Will meets Marcus the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet Marcus is a bit strange he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart looks after his mum and has never owned a pair of trainers But Marcus latches on to Will - and won&39;t let go Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? And can Marcus help Will just to grow up?This astonishing novel now a modern classic was adapted for the acclaimed 2002 film About A Boy starring Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult Fans of One Day by David Nicholls and Any Human Heart by William Boyd will devour this book as will lovers of fiction everywhere &39;A stunner of a novel Utterly read-in-one-day forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping&39; Marie Claire&39;About the awful hilarious embarrassing places where children and adults meet and Hornby has captured it with delightful precision&39; Irish Times&39;It takes a writer with real talent to make this work and Hornby has it - in buckets&39; Literary Review"
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| "Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Everything Is Illuminated is Jonathan Safran Foer&39;s bestselling novel of a search for truthThe inspiration for the Liev Schreiber film starring Elijah WoodA young man arrives in the Ukraine clutching in his hand a tattered photograph He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis Unfortunately he is aided in his quest by Alex a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre new forms; a "blind" old man haunted by memories of the war; and an undersexed guide dog named Sammy Davis Jr Jr What they are looking for seems elusive -- a truth hidden behind veils of time language and the horrors of war What they find turns all their worlds upside down &39;An astonishing feat of writing hilariously funny and deeply serious a gripping narrative Extraordinary&39;The Times&39;One of the most impressive novel debuts of recent years&39;Joyce Carol Oates The Times Literary Supplement&39;A first novel of startling originality&39;Jay McInerney Observer&39;Showy smart Made me laugh a lot&39;Susan Sontag The Times Literary Supplement&39;It seems hard to believe that such a young writer can have such a deep understanding of both comedy and tragedy&39;Erica Wagner The Times&39;A box of treasures&39;LA Times&39;&39;Funny life affirming brilliant&39;EsquireJonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977 He is the author of Everything is Illuminated which won the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book award; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close which is now a major film starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock; and Eating Animals He is also the editor of A Convergence of Birds"
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| "The Accidental by Ali Smith (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "The Accidental is Ali Smith's dazzling novel about a family holiday and a stranger who upends it Arresting and wonderful The Accidental pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the lightA novel about the ways that seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves The Accidental explores the nature of truth the role of fate and the power of storytelling'A beguiling page-turner a brilliant creation To read The Accidental is to be excited from first to last' Independent'Joyous a shot across the bows writing as rapture as giddy delight' The Times'Brilliant and engaging frequently hilarious Smith makes one look at the world afresh' Sunday Telegraph"
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