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Russian Thinkers
Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that …
The Persian Expedition
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the …
The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)
The Lost Estate is Robin Buss's translation of Henri Alain-Fournier's poignant study of lost love, Le Grand Meaulnes.'I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved …
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Classics edition of Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is …
Hesiod and Theognis
Together the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's Theogoney (c. 725 BCE) is a powerful creation myth: an …
Cousin Bette
A gripping tale of violent jealousy, sexual passion and treachery, Honoré de Balzac's Cousin Bette is translated from the French with an introduction by Marion Ayton Crawford in …
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Columbus' letters and other documents record his journeys to America
Virgil's Aeneid
For his version of the Aeneid, Dryden formed a style vigorous yet refined and drew on the deep understanding of political unrest he had acquired during the Civil Wars of 1642-51 …
The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself
One of the most influential - and best loved - spiritual autobiographies'I beg anyone who reads this account to bear in mind, for the love of the Lord, how wicked my life has …
Maigret's Mistake
'Irresistible . . . so tightly wound that there's no natural place to put it down' Independent 'Maigret had questioned thousands, tens of thousands of people in the course of his …
The Confidence-Man
Onboard the Fidèle, a steamboat floating down the Mississippi to New Orleans, a confidence man sets out to defraud his fellow passengers. In quick succession he assumes numerous …