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The Mahabharata is the more recent of India's two great epics, and by far the longer. First composed by the Maharishi Vyasa in verse, it has come down the centuries in the timeless oral tradition of guru and sishya, profoundly influencing the history, culture, and art of not only the Indian subcontinent but, most of south-east Asia. At 100,000 couplets, it is seven times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined: far and away the greatest recorded...
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The Green Hat is a novel written by Michael Arlen, first published in 1924. It is a work that gained significant attention during the Jazz Age and is notable for its portrayal of a glamorous and decadent world. The novel was adapted into a film in 1928, starring Greta Garbo. The film, titled "A Woman of Affairs," had to tone down some of the more scandalous elements of the novel due to the censorship standards of the time. In summary, "The Green Hat"...
3) The Iliad
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The Iliad, by Homer, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary historical,...
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Em plena Idade Média, à sombra da catedral parisiense, a bela bailarina Esmeralda desperta paixões. Mendigos e vadios, o poeta Gringoire e o capitão dos guardas Febo rodeiam-na e admiram-na, e o temível arquidiácono Cláudio Frollo é levado ao crime. Suspeita e votada ao suplício, Esmeralda é salva pelo sineiro de Nossa Senhora de Paris, Quasímodo, que a protegerá e adorará ate que a morte os una.
5) Hazard
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Auszug: "Ein köstlicher Septembertag! – Der Himmel spannt sich weit und fleckenlos über die Ebene in einem wunderlichen Farbengemisch von Grau und Blau, welches trotz seiner Klarheit aussieht, als zittere ein ganz feiner Dunstschleier darüber hin. Nach dem Horizonte zu färbt sich derselbe gelblich. – Über den Stoppelfeldern schwirren die Lerchen und Staare, schwankt hie und da noch eine nachgewachsene Kornblume wie ein treues Sternchen, welches...
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Excerpt: "Where are you going, Philippa?" Mrs. Jackman asked sharply as Flip turned away from the group of tourists standing about in the cold hall of the Chateau of Chillon "I'm going for a walk," Flip said Her father put his hand on her shoulder. "I'd rather you stayed with us, Flip." She looked up at him, her eyes bright with pleading. "Please, father!" she whispered. Then she turned and ran out of the chateau, away from the dark, prisoning stones,...
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Excerpt: "The funeral was over, and the mourners had returned to the small villa which had been the abode of Mrs. Abbot and her little daughter to discuss what was to be done with the few bits of poor furniture, and to decide where Mousey was to make her future home. Mousey, whose real name was Arabella, but who had always been called Mousey on account of her quiet ways and soft brown eyes, was beginning to awaken from the dream-like feeling which...
8) Lavinia
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Excerpt: ""I shall never get over it." This is a phrase that has issued from the same lips very often before; and in general Lavinia Carew listens to it silently, in the impatient confidence that at her next visit to Mrs. Prince, that lady will have got over "it" so completely as to have forgotten that "it" ever existed. She is silent now, but from an opposite reason to that which has hitherto tied her tongue. In her opinion neither Mrs. Prince nor...
9) Heidi
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Die beiden Kinderbücher Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre und Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat der Schweizer Autorin Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) aus den Jahren 1880 und 1881 gehören zu den bekanntesten Kinderbüchern der Welt. Mit ihren Heidi-Büchern schuf Johanna Spyri ein noch heute weit verbreitetes romantisches und idealtypisches Bild der Schweiz.
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Excerpt: ""Are you asleep, Jackie?" Bob Middleton, closed the door of the attic which served as a bedroom for himself and his little five-year-old brother as he spoke, and stepped softly to the bedside. No, Jackie was not asleep. He had sprung up in bed at the sound of Bob's voice, and now cried chokingly - "Oh, Bobbie, Bobbie!" "Why, what is the matter, old chap?" Bob, inquired. The question was needless, for he knew his little brother was crying...
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Creation of the Sun and the Moon is B.Traven's retelling of the beautiful Mexican legend of a young Indian hero who saves the world by rekindling the sun after it's been extinguished by evil spirits, from the reclusive author of The Treasure of Sierra Madre.
This novella includes color illustrations
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Excerpt: "There was, and (by the grace of God) there still is, a lovely woman whom it once pleased a young man to call Shelmerdene, because, he said, though it is not her real name, it becomes her better than any real name could. And about Shelmerdene books have been written and for her men have died, which just shows you the sort of woman she was. Now it happened one day that Shelmerdene returned to England after a long absence abroad in Persia,...
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Excerpt: ""Joy, I wish you'd put down that stupid book, and talk! You can't think how curious I feel! And how you can sit there reading so quietly when mother's in the next room with that strange gentleman, I can't imagine! I wonder what he's saying to her! I don't believe you're in the least curious to know!" Joy, whose real name was Joyce, shut her book, and looked at the speaker-her sister Celia-with thoughtful, grey eyes. Her mind was still occupied...
14) Bel-Ami
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Bel-Ami é um romance realista publicado em 1885 sob a forma de folhetim. O romance explora a sociedade e as atitudes em relação à riqueza, ao poder e ao oportunismo, retratando a ascensão social de Georges Duroy, homem ambicioso e sedutor, além de arrivista e oportunista, lançado ao topo sociedade parisiense graças à ajuda das amantes e do conluio entre a imprensa, as finanças e a política. Maupassant descreve as ligações existentes entre...
15) Maria Francisca
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Auszug: "Wir hatten den sommerheißen Tag in der engen, trägen Postkutsche fast ganz verschlafen. Denn die Fenster waren zu schmal, um uns bequem an den wolkenlosen Linien des Gebirges, dem wir entgegenfuhren, zu weiden, und Sonnenbrand und Staub hatten das flache Vorland seit Wochen übel heimgesucht. In einer Art von trotziger Müdigkeit und wehmütiger Verstocktheit aller Sinne saß mein Freund, der Maler, mir gegenüber, und mit einem kräftigen...
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Edited and introduced by P.H. Scott & Ian Gordon.
Galts two great political novels date from around the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. The Member has claims to be the first political novel in the English language and is a tour de force of wit, observation, and a devastating critique of political self-seekings. Its hero is a Scot, newly returned from India, who purchases a seat in a rotten borough. As a study of the corruption of the pre-reform...
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Brother and sister Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert look forward to meeting the young orphan boy whom they hope to give a good life to at their Avonlea farm, Green Gables. When they are accidentally sent Anne Shirley instead, they make the most of the orphanage's mistake, and welcome the imaginative girl with loving arms. Under their care and through the friendships she forges at school, Anne enjoys adventures and experiences that teach her how to be...
18) Hands up!
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Excerpt: "Als Margaret Maddison beim Frühstück die Morgenzeitung liest, fällt ihr Blick auf das Foto eines hageren Mannes."Kennen sie diesen Mann?" steht drunter. Er war an einem Mord beteiligt."
19) Amos Judd
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This story follows the mysterious Amos Judd who immigrates to the United States as a young child from a foreign land. Being adopted by a farmer and his wife, Amos' identity is further clouded with jewels, rich garments, and extensive amounts of cash that he brings with him as a child. As the book continues we are introduced to a young women who a then older Amos falls in love to. This romance continues as the mystery behind Judd is further explored...
20) Agnes Grey
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Agnes Grey is the debut novel of English author Anne Brontë.
The novel follows Agnes Grey, a governess, as she works within families of the English gentry. Scholarship and comments by Anne's sister Charlotte Brontë suggest the novel is largely based on Anne Brontë's own experiences as a governess for five years. Like her sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre, it addresses what the precarious position of governess entailed and how it affected a young...
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