’I have no secrets; my unhappiness is the story of my entire life.’ A key figure in the literary world of post-Revolutio......more
’impossible here, absurd, depraved, ludicrous and yet sacred, still honourable, even here: "I love you!"’ This volume co......more
The Second World War is now recognized as a watershed for British poetry. The changes that arose were masked for some ti......more
"He has grasped the falsity of the hedonistic attitude to life." Orwell read Hitler--and believed him. In this blisterin......more
’How many things dismissed out of hand yesterday turn out to be true tomorrow?’ Written in the first half of the career ......more
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translat......more
Celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, this book is a charming collection of notable quotes from her most celebrated ......more
’To know when to let things alone is a high pitch of good sense.’ George Savile, Marquess of Halifax was among the great......more
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring George Eliot pushed the boundaries of fiction and of Victorian soc......more
’To find citizens ruled by good and wholesome laws, that is an exceeding rare, and hard thing.’ Thomas More’s Utopia pre......more
’My little puma! My darling cat! My mountain lion! How will you go on living if we leave each other?’ Colette (1873-1954......more
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an e......more
"It is in vain that an old man yearns for the love of a woman as he had it first from his mother." In some of the most d......more
In this new book, Walker Zupp demonstrates the need to reevaluate the connection between Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosoph......more
John Donne and the Line of Wit: From Metaphysical to Modernist is a study of influence, adaptation, historical imitation......more
For centuries, cats have padded beside us, not just as pets but as enigmatic companions, shaping lives with their subtle......more
"Three or four families in a country village," wrote Jane Austen to a niece, "is the very thing to work on." This messag......more
The essential lecture delivered by the 2023 Nobel Laureate in Literature, published for the first time in a collectible ......more
"Shakespeare’s comedy in updated language that maintains the humor at the heart of the play while making it accessible f......more
"Updated language makes this cautionary fable about frailty, power, and the perils of legislating morality accessible fo......more
Shakespeare’s early comedy reimagined for modern audiences. Love’s Labour’s Lost is a wacky comedy of disguise and misch......more
1523 was a crucial year for the German Reformation. This volume presents two-lesser known short pamphlets which illustra......more
This book serves as a portal to ancient secrets and shadowed truths, reviving the olden myths that have danced on the ed......more
"We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger......more
""J’âecrirai por venger ma race". It was as a young woman that Annie Ernaux first wrote these words in her diary, giving......more
The White Rose was a student resistance group organized in Nazi Germany, for the purpose of resisting the Hitler regime.......more
A renowned scholar of the English language, Tolkien is today celebrated as the father of the high fantasy genre. Drawing......more
Georg Ebers’ captivating novel "The Elixir" mixes history, intrigue, and the enduring search for immortality. This book ......more
The fascinating universe of Georg Ebers’ "The Greylock: A Fairy Tale" transports readers to a place where dreams and rea......more
First published in 1927, E. M. Forster’s "Aspects of the Novel" compiles a series of lectures given to Trinity College a......more
In 1926 Vita Sackville-West wrote and published this travelogue after traveling to Iran to visit her husband, Harold Nic......more
In this essay, originally published anonymously in The Westminster Review (1856), George Eliot examines the state of wom......more
Martin Luther’s Open Letter on Translation and the Intercession of Saints (1530) is a seminal work in German literature,......more
"Poverty is what I am writing about". In the late 1920s, Eric Blair resigned his post as a colonial policeman in Burma, ......more
- Do you love wine tasting? Discover diverse wines as a wine lover and refine your wine tasting and sense of smell with ......more
"No vices are so hard to eradicate as those which are popularly regarded as virtues. Among these the vice of reading is ......more
"I love this series of poems with a passion that comes from my own sense of identification with them. They speak to me-o......more
""The Soul of Man Under Socialism"" is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde in which he expounds a libertarian socialist worldvi......more
Confessions of a Young Man (1888) is a memoir by George Moore. Originally written in French, it is a record of his life ......more
Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant (1902) is a posthumously published autobiography by Walter Besant. Although he is mor......more
The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood (1915) is a monograph by George Whicher. Highly regarded by feminist scholar......more
My First Book (1894) is a collection of reminiscences by some of the leading fiction writers of the Victorian era. Begin......more
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With authors such as Voltaire, Honore De Balzac, Victor Hugo, and so many more, French literature can be as intimidating......more
Discover the delightful world of **Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge** by the master of Cana......more
With authors such as Voltaire, Honore De Balzac, Victor Hugo, and so many more, French literature can be as intimidating......more
Tremendous Trifles is comprised of 39 chapters, each functioning as their own essay or story. With whimsical, light-hear......more
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‘This is the story of one man who went to Spain with an intellectual sympathy for socialist doctrine and came back. . . ......more
You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business. As a struggling writer i......more
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Of unknown date, and surviving in a tenth-century manuscript, Beowulf is the tale of a young Geatish hero and his strugg......more