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The Physiology of Taste
A delightful and hilarious classic about the joys of the table, The Physiology of Taste is the most famous book about food ever written. First published in France in 1825 and …
The Double and The Gambler
Dead Souls
Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the …
The Complete Short Novels
Great Expectations
One of Charles Dickens's most fascinating novels, Great Expectations follows the orphan Pip as he leaves behind a childhood of misery and poverty after an anonymous benefactor …
The Ink Dark Moon
These translated poems were written by 2 ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual …
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Tolstoy's most famous novella is an intense and moving examination of death and the possibilities of redemption, here in a powerful translation by the award-winning Richard Pevear …
A Christmas Carol
No holiday season is complete without Charles Dickens's timeless tale of redemption starring the tightfisted Mr. Scrooge, the long-suffering Bob Cratchit, kindhearted Tiny Tim, and …
Persuasion
Of all Jane Austen's great and delightful novels, "Persuasion "is widely regarded as the most moving. It is the story of a second chance. Anne Elliot, daughter of the snobbish Sir …
MADAME BOVARY
For daring to peer into the heart of an adulteress and enumerate its contents with profound dispassion, the author of Madame Bovary was tried for -offenses against morality and …
The Song of the Lark
"The time will come when she will be ranked above Hemingway." --Leon Edel In this powerful portrait of the self-making of an artist, Willa Cather created one of her most …
A Room With a View
A classic tale of British middle-class love which displays Forster's skill in contrasting British sensibilities with those of other cultures.