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John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language....

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings Romeo and Juliet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....

Ever since Colin Firth's Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world....

The complete "box set" of T. H. White's epic fantasy novel of the Arthurian legend....

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Hamlet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....

A vicious 15-year-old "droog" is the central character of this 1963 classic, a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom....

In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town....

Renowned poet and critic Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation into English verse of Dante’s The Divine Comedy....

For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions....

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, brings A Midsummer Night's Dream to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition....

The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers and listeners for 700 years and has entered the human imagination....

There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece....

Fear stalks familiar ground. Acting DCI Rob Marshall is back in the Borders with a permanent promotion dangled in front of him – but storm clouds are gathering, with his new boss eyeing cutting Marshall’s Major Investigation Team.

Stranded on Prehistoric Earth since the end of the first series, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are once again trying to hitch their way off the planet....

In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce....

Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play....

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....

Finnegans Wake is the greatest challenge in 20th-century literature. In the rich nighttime and the language of dreams, here are history, anecdote, myth, folk tale and, above all, a wondrous sense of humor....

General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar—because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers....

Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written....

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven....

Nurse Gemma Tate is heartbroken when she hears that one of her young charges at the Foundling Hospital has been killed. She knows that police inspector Sebastian Bell will work tirelessly to uncover the truth, but he’ll need her help navigating the cloistered world of the orphanage.

This Audiobook contains the following works : 1. Little women by Louisa May Alcott Start at Chapters 1, 2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane...

Every woman wants to be Elizabeth Bennet Darcy - beautiful, gracious, universally admired, strong, daring and outspoken - a thoroughly modern woman in crinolines....

In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved....

I stole a Mafia heir. Now his father is here to steal me. Three years ago, I disappeared with a secret—Luca Marchesi’s son and built a new life as a lawyer in Miami. I thought I was safe. I thought he’d never find us. I was wrong. Luca tracks me down, his presence as lethal as ever. He’s twelve years older then me, cruel, and utterly unforgiving. I expect him to take Rafa and walk away. Instead, he gives me an impossible choice: Marry him, or lose our son forever. Now, I’m trapped in a forced marriage to the most brutal alpha I’ve ever met. A man who doesn’t believe in love. A...

Six Novels, Six Women, Six Secret Diaries. Jane Austen’s novels spotlight the romantic triumphs of her principled heroines. Yet, within the pages also dwell the audacious ladies who ditch decorum and surrender to their passions, often chasing the charms of dashing young men and social advancement. From the bold pursuits of Lydia in Pride and Prejudice to Lucy Steele’s cunning schemes in Sense and Sensibility, these diaries shed light on the unspoken challenges and desires that drive them. Reconsider what it truly means to be a "bad girl" in a world governed by strict societal ...

This complete collection brings together the full scope of Nietzsche's radical and transformative philosophy in a single, meticulously curated work.

Asterton's popular garden fair is interrupted by the shocking news that Jacob, the elderly gardener at Winterfrost Hall, lies dead. But worse news is to come. Inspector Strong soon ascertains that Jacob was strangled by an unknown assailant. Who would want to kill a harmless old gardener? What possible motivation could the murderer have? These are the questions that the intrepid schoolmistress Miss Penny will try to answer with the help of her animal and ghost friends. She will also use her supernatural powers during a séance to summon the late gardener and appeal to him to help throw ...

Guided by the Roman poet Virgil and the love of his life, Beatrice, Dante traverses the three realms of the dead—Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven—encountering sinners, souls seeking forgiveness, and divine beings. With vivid imagery, sharp social commentary, and profound spiritual insight, The Divine Comedy is an unforgettable exploration of the human soul’s journey toward salvation.

Jane Austen’s beloved novel Emma concludes with the marriage of Emma Woodhouse and George Knightley. As the newlyweds begin married life together at Highbury in Surrey, England, they are exuberant over the happy turn of their lives and hopeful for the future. Writes Miss Austen, “The wishes, the hopes, the confidence, the predictions of the small band of friends who witnessed the ceremony, were fully answered in the perfect happiness of the union.” For more than two centuries, readers have wondered what lay ahead for the Knightleys and their friends, the Churchills, the Westons, and ...

I fell in love with the one woman who only exists in my dreams. I took a bullet in a warehouse ambush where I should’ve died. Instead, I woke up in a mansion. Too vivid to be a dream. Too haunting to be real. That's where I met Nichole. Staring like she’d been waiting her whole life for me to find her. Every night I return, she’s there. I can’t stop touching her. Wanting her. And when I wake up, I need her more. She doesn’t belong in my world, but she becomes my obsession. But everything’s falling apart in reality. There’s a traitor within the ranks tearing my empire apart. ...

Les livres sont des portes... Cassie Andrew travaille dans une petite librairie new-yorkaise. Elle mène une vie plutôt tranquille jusqu'au jour où un de ses clients préférés, un charmant vieux monsieur, est pris d'un malaise et meurt sous ses yeux. La jeune femme est surprise de retrouver près de lui un petit ouvrage rempli de dessins et de notes étranges dont il allait lui faire cadeau, Le Livre des portes. Cassie et sa colocataire Izzy vont bientôt découvrir que cet ouvrage a un incroyable pouvoir : faire voyager dans l'espace et dans le temps.

I found out the woman of my dreams is the daughter of my enemy… Now she’s pregnant with my child. I went searching for the woman of my dreams. Then I found out she’s a Beretti, a bloodline I swore to wipe out. I should’ve walked away the second I saw her. But the moment our eyes met, I knew I couldn’t breathe without making her mine. I caress her mind until I’m the only one in her thoughts. I touch her as if I’ve known her body my whole life. And I take her up against the wall like I’d done it a hundred times. Because I have. In every dream. And as I blew her back out, she ...

The Underwear Uprising Nobody Asked For (But Everyone Needs): EPIC EXITS III is Here There are books. There are bold books. And then there’s EPIC EXITS III — The Story of an Underwear Revolution: a chaotic, sweat-drenched, lion-roaring, menopause-powered masterpiece that somehow—against all odds —makes perfect sense. This is not just a book. This is a movement. (And in some cases, a pelvic one—see: **Spuddle Man Pants™**.) Bollocky & Buff, once a forgotten relic of bargain bins and uncomfortable gussets, has risen like a phoenix in properly ventilated knickers—and you’re ...

Discover a collection of Rudyard Kipling’s poems written during the Great War. Depicting the war from the perspective of a patriotic citizen who struggles between his duty to his country and the outrage of the horrors that were coming out of the Western Front.

A moving and insightful anthology of personal essays by Irish autistic adults. Wired Our Own Way: An Anthology of Irish Autistic Voices is the first collection of personal essays written by autistic Irish adults.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘novel in verse’ is an epic poem that voices with enchanting beauty and literary courage the perspective of Victorian women. Aurora Leigh forges her own path to become a poet, successfully proving her worth, defying the ideals of her era, and rescuing her spirit from the suppression of a routine domestic life. Infusing the work with her own experience and passion, Browning produced a true masterpiece.

Forrest Gump cambia el banco por una playa de Chipiona, y la caja de bombones por una de fresones. La metáfora sigue funcionando. Nunca sabes lo que te vas a encontrar. Aunque los fresones pueden parecer los mimos, a nadie le saben igual, ni el desfile de homenajes, empezando por Juan Ramón Jiménez, sonará igual a quien se adentre en La efervescencia de la aspirina, en Todas las veces que no he podido ir a Cádiz, en El nombre exacto de las fosas, y en La vida cotidiana. Como decía Yasunari Kawabata, en Lo bello y lo triste, uno no puede sentarse a esperar el pasado; el tiempo y los ...

La vida se evapora igual que una cerveza helada en el desierto de Tabernas, y nos deja la espuma de la resaca, el suspiro fugaz del sabor evocado, la morosa acumulación de todas las ausencias que invaden, a veces, el presente. Los japoneses usan la palabra “nagori” para nombrar algo de esa nostalgia que nos dejan las olas al marcharse, que nos muestran sus huellas, que nos recuerdan aquel verso del canto primero, de la Íliada, donde Homero viene a decir que: “…y se fue silencioso por la orilla del estruendoso mar”. La huella de las olas es un poemario que abraza muchos distintos...

Ein Buch wie ein Gesang auf die Natur. Ein malerisches Dorf im rauen Tal der Haute Provence und eine Verbeugung vor der zornigen Natur und dem weiblichen Mut. Ein Klassiker der französischen Literatur in großartiger Neuübersetzung. "Der Wind teilt sich in den Bäumen. Er verliert sich darin, zerrinnt zu Musik, wird zur Brise." Auf einem Bauernhof in den Bergen ist Marie glücklich im Kreise ihrer Familie. Sie ist schön, sie ist jung, sie strahlt, aber eines Tages kreuzt ihr Weg den von Olivier. Sie küssen sich, doch dann geht er weg. Und das Schicksal nimmt seinen Lauf.

Dans un service d'addictologie, Lara accompagne l'équipe qui soigne des adolescents drogués aux écrans. Il y a Julien, un collégien déscolarisé depuis trois ans, Lou, neuf ans, qui passe ses nuits sur son portable, ou Stefania, tétanisée à l'idée de sortir de chez elle. Les failles de ces enfants sont pour Lara le miroir de ses propres addictions. Celles dont elle peut parler en riant, celles qui lui pèsent et qu'elle essaie régulièrement d'abandonner, celles plus honteuses qu'elle tait. Au fil des consultations, ses souvenirs refont surface.

In Dänemark war Meter pro Sekunde der erfolgreichste Roman der letzten Jahre. Seine besondere Mischung aus Humor, Menschenfreundlichkeit und Sprachkunst macht es zum Buch unserer Tage. Kühe, Windräder und die sonderbare Welt einer Internatsschule: Eine junge Mutter zieht mit Mann und Baby nach Westjütland, ins "Land der kurzen Sätze". Eine einfache Unterhaltung wird für sie zum Wagnis, und das Leben selbst ist auf einmal voller Hindernisse. Mutterschaft, Ehe und Fahrprüfung: alles kaum zu schaffen.

This Volume IV on Cervantes is the final in my Cervantes series on the novel Don Quixote de La Mancha. I discuss the remaining chapters in this great, sprawling novel about honor, passion, imagination, delusion, tragedy, and comedy set in the Spain of the 1500s and 1600s. What is interesting, as this pioneering novel winds down, is the continued and surprising emergence of Sancho Panza, the peasant squire of Don Quixote, as the central character of the novel. His combination of malapropisms, ubiquitous proverbs often beside the point, shrewd common-sense realism, and authentic, deep ...

'What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth' So wrote the Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) in 1817. This collection The Complete Poetry of John Keats contains all of his poetry: the early work, which is often undervalued even today, the poems on which his reputation rests including the Odes and of the uncompleted epic Hyperion, and work which only came to light after his death including his attempts at drama and comic verse. It all demonstrates the extent to which he tested his own dictum throughout his short creative life.