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Against Sainte-Beuve and Other Essayby Marcel ProustISBN 0140444971 (0-14-044497-1)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Andromacheby Richard Wilbur, Jean RacineISBN 0156075105 (0-15-607510-5)
Softcover, Harcourt on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Andromache'Book summary:A skillful translation of the classical French tragedy about the captivity of Hector's wife after her abduction by the son of Achilles. The rhymed couplets retain the simplicity of form and powerful language of the original. "[This translation] is a striking tour de force" (Hudson Review). Drawings by Igor Tulipanov.[via]More editions of Andromache:
Andromache/Britannicus/Bereniceby Jean RacineISBN 0140441956 (0-14-044195-6)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Anna Kareninaby Leo TolstoyISBN 0140267433 (0-14-026743-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:A magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, "Anna Karenina" is the moving story of people whose emotions conflict with the dominant social mores of their time. Tolstoy's masterful novel is one of the greatest works of world literature...it is a novel of social realism that perfectly bares the Russian soul, set against the fascinating panorama of life in nineteenth-century Russia.
With a full-cast and stirring music, this compelling story of one woman's fate is brought to life in this powerful BBC production. [via]More editions of Anna Karenina:
- Anna Karenina: ISBN 0140440410 (0-14-044041-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Anna Karenina: ISBN 019251007X (0-19-251007-X)
Softcover, Oxford University Press - Anna Karenina: ISBN 0192100351 (0-19-210035-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Anna Karenina: ISBN 0140267433 (0-14-026743-3)
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Anna Kareninaby Richard Pevear, Leo Tolstoy, Larissa VolokhonskyISBN 0142000272 (0-14-200027-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:"Anna Karenina" tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this "Anna Karenina" will be the definitive text for generations to come.
"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English, and their superb rendering allows us, as perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of Tolstoy's 'characters, acts, situations.'" (James Wood, "The New Yorker") [via]More editions of Anna Karenina:
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Anna Karenina: Oprah #5by Leo TolstoyISBN 0143035002 (0-14-303500-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina: Oprah #5'Book summary:[via]The must-have Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest Russian novels ever written, soon to be a film adapted by Tom Stoppard and starring Kiera Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, and Emily Watson
Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as flawless, Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness.
While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This authoritative edition, which received the PEN Translation Prize and was an Oprah Book Club" selection, also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come.More editions of Anna Karenina: Oprah #5:
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The Atheist's Massby Sylvia Raphael, Honore De BalzacISBN 0146001990 (0-14-600199-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Atheist's Mass'Book summary:One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]
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The Black Tulipby Alexandre Dumas, Robin BussISBN 0140448926 (0-14-044892-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Tulip'Book summary:Cornelius von Baerle lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But when his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in a deadly political intrigue. Falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival, Cornelius is condemned to life in prison. His only comfort is Rosa, the jailer's beautiful daughter, who helps him concoct a plan to grow the black tulip in secret. As Robin Buss explains in his informative introduction, Dumas infuses his story with elements from the history of the Dutch Republic (including two brutal murders) and Holland's seventeenth-century "tulipmania" phenomenon.[via]More editions of The Black Tulip:
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The Book of Lamentationsby Rosario CastellanosISBN 0141180331 (0-14-118033-1)
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The Book of the City of Ladiesby Christine, Rosalind Brown-GrantISBN 0140446893 (0-14-044689-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of the City of Ladies'Book summary:Christine de Pizan (c.1364-1430) was France's first professional woman of letters. Her pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer's tirade against women, Christine has a dreamlike vision where three virtuesReason, Rectitude and Justiceappear to correct this view. They instruct her to build an allegorical city in which womankind can be defended against slander, its walls and towers constructed from examples of female achievement both from her own day and the past: ranging from warriors, inventors and scholars to prophetesses, artists and saints. Christine de Pizan's spirited defence of her sex was unique for its direct confrontation of the misogyny of her day, and offers a telling insight into the position of women in medieval culture. The Book of the City of Ladies provides positive images of women, ranging from warriors and inventors, scholars to prophetesses, and artists to saints. The book also offers a fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture.[via]More editions of The Book of the City of Ladies:
Britannicus ; Phaedra ; Athaliahby C. H. Sisson, Jean RacineISBN 0192510371 (0-19-251037-1)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Candide And Other Storiesby Voltaire, Roger PearsonISBN 0192807269 (0-19-280726-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide And Other Stories'Book summary:Candide, the wittiest and best-loved book of a genius who is still unequaled in his ability to spin art out of philosophy, became a huge bestseller in Europe after it was published in 1759. Voltaire, skeptical of the systems of philosophy that were floated about to explain the workings of the world, used this satirical story about the optimist Candide and his friend Dr. Pangloss to interrogate and discredit the philosophies and approach more closely the truth about human life, suffering, and happiness in the real world. Now, the short novel Candide is considered one of the most important texts of the enlightenment. [via]
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Charactersby Jean De LA BruyereISBN 0140442219 (0-14-044221-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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Cid Cinna: The Theatrical Illusionby John Cairncross, Pierre CorneilleISBN 0140443126 (0-14-044312-6)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cid Cinna: The Theatrical Illusion'Book summary:The Cid , Corneille's masterpiece set in medieval Spain, was the first great work of French classical drama; Cinna , written three years later in 1641, is a tense political drama, while The Theatrical Illusion , an earlier work, is reminiscent of Shakespeare's exuberant comedies. [via]
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The City of Ladiesby Christine De Pizan, Rosalind Brown-GrantISBN 0143037544 (0-14-303754-4)
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The Claudine Novelsby Antonia White, ColetteISBN 0140183221 (0-14-018322-1)
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre Dumas, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0140373535 (0-14-037353-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Count of Monte Cristo'Book summary:The Count of Monte Cristo was inspired by an anecdote from the Parisian police archives, a pearl of a story, Dumas called it, 'A rough, shapeless pearl, of no value, waiting for its jeweller'. Edmond Dantè's betrayal, his incarceration in the fortress-prison of If, his search for Abbé Faria's hidden treasure, and his reappearance, now fabulously rich, as the brooding, Byronic and vengeful Count of Monte-Cristo - these are the bare outlines of a book which Thackeray, for one, found impossible to put down. Dumas set his magnificent novel of L'action et l'amour in nineteenth-century metropolitan Paris with interludes in Marseilles and Rome. In it he gave free rein to the sensational - hashish-smoking, vampirism and sex - and to his interest in travel, classical myth, the orient, human psychology and disguises. The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-46) is one of the great popular novels of all time, and a landmark in the development of modern popular fiction.[via]More editions of Count of Monte Cristo:
Delta of Venusby Anais NinISBN 0156029030 (0-15-602903-0)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Delta of Venus'Book summary:Anais Nin's Delta of Venus is a stunning collection of sexual encounters from the queen of literary erotica. From Mathilde's lust-filled Peruvian opium den to the Hungarian baron driven insane by his insatiable desire, the passions and obsessions of this dazzling cast of characters are vivid and unforgettable. Delta of Venus is a deep and sensual world that evokes the very essence of sexuality. [via]
Diary of Anais Ninby Anais Nin, Gunther StuhlmannISBN 0156260328 (0-15-626032-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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The Diary of Anais Nin 1934-1939by Anais Nin, Gunther StuhlmannISBN 0156260263 (0-15-626026-3)
Softcover, Harcourt on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diary of Anais Nin 1934-1939'Book summary:Beginning with Nin's arrival in New York, this volume is filled with the stories of her analytical patients. There is a shift in emphasis also as Nin becomes aware of the inevitable choice facing the artist in the modern world. "Sensitive and frank...[Nin's] diary is a dialogue between flesh and spirit" (Newsweek). Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann; Index.[via]More editions of The Diary of Anais Nin 1934-1939:
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Diary of Anais Nin 1939-1944by Anais Nin, Gunther StuhlmannISBN 0156260271 (0-15-626027-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diary of Anais Nin 1939-1944'Book summary:Nin's years of struggle and final triumph as an author in America. "Transcending mere self-revelation... the diary examines human personality with a depth and understanding seldom surpassed since Proust...dream and fact are balanced and...in their joining lie the elements of masterpiece" (Washington Post). Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann; Index.[via]More editions of Diary of Anais Nin 1939-1944:
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The Diary of Anais Nin, 1931-1934by Anais Nin, Gunther StuhlmannISBN 0156260255 (0-15-626025-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diary of Anais Nin, 1931-1934'Book summary:This celebrated volume begins when Nin is about to publish her first book and ends when she leaves Paris for New York. Edited and with a Preface by Gunther tuhlmann; Index.[via]More editions of The Diary of Anais Nin, 1931-1934:
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Diderot's Letters to Sophie Volland: A Selectionby Denis Diderot, Sophie VollandISBN 0192125516 (0-19-212551-6)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diderot's Letters to Sophie Volland: A Selection'Book summary:"Without meaning to, I am doing what I have so often wished for. Why, I said, an astronomer will spend thirty years of his life on top of an observatory, his eyes glued day and night to the end of a telescope, simply to determine the movement of a star, and no one makes a study of himself, no one has the courage to keep an accurate record of all the feelings that agitate his heart, all his sorrows and joys."
Denis Diderot was one of the most brilliant and fertile minds of the French Enlightenment; among his undoubted masterpieces are the private letters he wrote to an otherwise unknown provincial woman, Sophie Volland. Over many years these two lovers were kept apart by a jealous mother, often for months on end; Diderot, at the height of his powers, poured into these letters his love, his eloquence, his exploring mind, his confidence, and his self-doubt. In them we see the trials and pleasures of domestic existence, the life of literary Paris, the making of the great 'Encyclopedia', the endless discussions and the practical jokes of the radical 'philosophes', and Diderot's final journey to thank his imperial patroness at St Petersburg. In the words of the biographer Arthur Wilson, these letters to Sophie are "unexcelled in their revelation of a particularly interesting social milieu and of an infinitely rich, complex and humane personality".Diderot wrote more than 550 letters to Sophie over a period of about twenty years, beginning in 1755. Of these nearly 200 have survived; surprisingly they have never before been translated into English. This selection was made and translated by Peter France, lecturer in French at the University of Sussex. [via]More editions of Diderot's Letters to Sophie Volland: A Selection:
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Discourse on Method and Related Writingsby Rene Descartes, Desmond M. Clarke, Rene DecartesISBN 0140446990 (0-14-044699-0)
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"It is not enough to have a good mind; it is more important to use it well" René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy and physiology, Descartes developed the hypothetical method that characterizes modern science, and this soon came to replace the traditional techniques derived from Aristotle. Many of Descartes most radical ideassuch as the disparity between our perceptions and the realities that cause themhave been highly influential in the development of modern philosophy. This edition sets the Discourse on Method in the wider context of Descartes work, with the Rules for Guiding Ones Intelligence in Searching for the Truth (1628), extracts from The World (1633) and selected letters from 1636-9. A companion volume, Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings, is also published in Penguin Classics.More editions of Discourse on Method and Related Writings:
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Discourse on Method and the Meditationsby Rene Descartes, F. E. SutcliffeISBN 0140442065 (0-14-044206-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discourse on Method and the Meditations'Book summary:Is knowledge possible? If so, what can we know and how do we come to know it? What degree of certainty does our knowledge enjoy? In these two powerful works, Descartes, the seventeenth-century philosopher considered to be the father of modern philosophy, outlines his philosophical method and then counters the sceptics of his time by insisting that certain knowledge can be had. He goes on to address the nature and extent of human knowledge, the distinction between mind and body, the existence of God, and the existence of external objects. [via]
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Don Juanby Richard Wilbur, MoliereISBN 015601310X (0-15-601310-X)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Juan'Book summary:Don Juan, the "Seducer of Seville," originated as a hero-villain of Spanish folk legend, is a famous lover and scoundrel who has made more than a thousand sexual conquests. One of Molière's best-known plays, Don Juan was written while Tartuffe was still banned on the stages of Paris, and shared much with the outlawed play. Modern directors transform Don Juan in every new era, as each director finds something new to highlight in this timeless classic. Richard Wilbur's flawless translation will be the standard for generations to come, as have his translations of Molière's other plays. Witty, urbane, and poetic in its prose, Don Juan is, most importantly, as funny now as it was for audiences when it was first presented.[via]More editions of Don Juan:
The Early Diary of Anais Ninby Anais NinISBN 0151271852 (0-15-127185-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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The Early Diary of Anais Nin: 1923-1927by Anais NinISBN 0156272504 (0-15-627250-4)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Eroticaby Anais NinISBN 0156074702 (0-15-607470-2)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Erotica'Book summary:Steamy, seductive poetry! [via]
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Eugenie Grandetby Honore De BalzacISBN 014044050X (0-14-044050-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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This is the question that fills the minds of the inhabitants of Saumur, the setting for Eugénie Grandet (1833), one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's Comédie humaine. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently out of routine by the sudden arrival of Eugénie's cousin Charles, recently orphaned and penniless. Eugénie's emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousin, brings her into direct conflict with her father, whose cunning and financial success are matched against her determination to rebel.
Eugénie's moving story is set against the backdrop of provincial oppression, the vicissitudes of the wine trade, and the workings of the financial system in the aftermath of the French Revolution. It is both a poignant portrayal of private life and a vigorous fictional document of its age. [via]-
Four Essaysby Michel De Montaigne, M. A. ScreechISBN 0146000374 (0-14-600037-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Essays'Book summary:Four essays from Michel de Montaigne's "The Complete Essays." [via]
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French Short Storiesby Pamela LyonISBN 0140023852 (0-14-002385-2)
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French Poetry, 1820-1950, with Prose Translationsby William ReesISBN 0140423575 (0-14-042357-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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Gigi and the Catby ColetteISBN 0140183191 (0-14-018319-1)
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The Guermantes Wayby Marcel Proust, Christopher Prendergast, Mark TreharneISBN 0143039229 (0-14-303922-9)
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The Heptameronby Marguerite De Navarre, Paul A. ChiltonISBN 014044355X (0-14-044355-X)
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How I Became Stupidby Martin Page, Adriana HunterISBN 0142004952 (0-14-200495-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How I Became Stupid'Book summary:Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in Martin Page?s stinging satire, How I Became Stupid?a modern day Candide with a Darwin Award?like sensibility. A twenty-five-year-old Aramaic scholar, Antoine has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware in today?s culture. So tortured is he by the depth of his perception and understanding of himself and the world around him that he vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary?in order to become ?stupid? enough to be a happy, functioning member of society. What follows is a dark and hilarious odyssey as Antoine tries everything from alcoholism to stock-trading in order to lighten the burden of his brain on his soul.[via]More editions of How I Became Stupid:
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The Immoralistby Andre Gide, David WatsonISBN 0142180025 (0-14-218002-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Immoralist'Book summary:With today's headlines and talk shows, it takes a lot to shock a reader--certainly more than was required in 1902, when André Gide's The Immoralist was first published. What was seen then as a story of dereliction translates today into a tale of introspection and fierce self-discovery. While traveling to Tunis with his new bride, the Parisian scholar Michel is overcome by tuberculosis. As he slowly convalesces, he revels in the physical pleasures of living and resolves to forgo his studies of the past in order to experience the present--to let "the layers of acquired knowledge peel away from the mind like a cosmetic and reveal, in patches, the naked flesh beneath, the authentic being hidden there."
But this is not the Michel his colleagues knew, nor the man Marceline married, and he must hide his new values under the patina of what he now reviles. Bored by Parisian society, he moves to a family farm in Normandy. He is happy there, especially in the company of young Charles, but he must soon return to the city and academe. Michel remains restless until he gives his first lecture and runs into Ménalque, who has long outraged society, and recognizes in him a reflection of his torment. Finally, Michel heads south, deeper into the desert, until, as he confides to his friends, he is lost in the sea of sand, under a clear, directionless sky.
What Gide's story lacks in sensationalism is fulfilled by his descriptive prose, which evokes the exotic nature of Michel's inner and outer journey: "I did not understand the forbearance of this African earth, submerged for days at a time and now awakening from winter, drunk with water, bursting with new juices; it laughed in this springtime frenzy whose echo, whose image I perceived within myself." --Joannie Kervran Stangeland [via]
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Incest: From a Journal of Love The Unexpurgated Diary of Anias Nin, 1932-1934by Anais NinISBN 0156443007 (0-15-644300-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Jacques the Fatalist and His Masterby Denis DiderotISBN 0140444726 (0-14-044472-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jacques the Fatalist and His Master'Book summary:Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was among the greatest writers of the Enlightenment, and in "Jacques the Fatalist", he brilliantly challenged the artificialities of conventional French fiction of his age. Riding through France with his master, the servant Jacques appears to act as though he is truly free in a world of dizzying variety and unpredictability. Characters emerge and disappear as the pair travel across the country, and tales begin and are submerged by greater stories, to reveal a panoramic view of eighteenth-century society. But, while Jacques seems to choose his own path, he remains convinced of one philosophical belief: that every decision he makes, however whimsical, is wholly predetermined. Playful, picaresque and comic, Diderot's novelis a compelling exploration of Enlightment philosophy. Brilliantly original in style, it is one of the greatest precursors to post-modern literature. [via]
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A Journey to the Center of the Earthby Jules VerneISBN 0140022651 (0-14-002265-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth'Book summary:It was a secret message by an ancient alchemist, found on a crumbling scrap of parchment. And if Saknussemm was right, then every theory about the molten core of the earth is wrong. Prof. Otto Lidenbrock has to learn the truth. So Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and the Icelandic hunter Hans climb down the cone of an arctic volcano and into... [via]
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Journey to the Centre of the Earthby Robert Baldick, Jules VerneISBN 0140367152 (0-14-036715-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'Book summary:Once an ancient book is opened by the eccentric Professor Lidenbrock, his life - and the life of his nephew Axel - is changed forever. An old piece of paper has tumbled from the book, a priceless parchment that will lead them on the expedition to end all expeditions. So begins a voyage thousands of feet under the sea, as the pair embark on a terrifying journey to find what lies at the centre of the earth. [via]
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The King's Wayby Francoise ChandernagorISBN 0140076999 (0-14-007699-9)
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0140444033 (0-14-044403-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:One of the great classics of Western literature, Les Miserables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalized Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary ''dramatis personae.'' The reader is also treated to the unforgettable descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo and Valjean's flight through the Paris sewers. With an Introduction and Notes by Roger Clark, University of Kent at Canterbury. [via]
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Les Miserablesby Norman Denny, Victor HugoISBN 0140444300 (0-14-044430-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:[via]He was no longer Jean Valjean, but No. 24601
Victor Hugos tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty. A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale, moving inexorably from the eve of the battle of Waterloo to the July Revolution of 1830.
Norman Dennys introduction to his lively English translation discusses Hugos political and artistic aims in writing Les Misérables.
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Letters on Englandby Fran-Cois Marie Arouet De Voltaire, Leonard TancockISBN 014044386X (0-14-044386-X)
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The Life of Henry Brulardby Stendhal, John SturrockISBN 0140446117 (0-14-044611-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life of Henry Brulard'Book summary:"The Life of Henry Brulard" is the autobiography of one of France's greatest writers. In this book, written with such frankness that it remained unpublishable for more than a century after its composition, the author of "The Charterhouse of Parma" and "The Red and the Black" tells the story of his unhappy childhood in a stuffy provincial town and uncovers the roots of his rebellious and skeptical temperament. Stendhal conjures up the elusive presence of his beloved mother, who died when he was only seven, while castigating the smug complacency and social climbing of his father, and the cruelty of the aunt whose care blighted his early years. At the same time he recalls the sights, sounds, places, and people of his youth, its pleasures and sorrows, with an almost preternatural clarity and immediacy. A book of brilliant images and burning emotions, "The Life of Henry Brulard", like Nabokov's "Speak, Memory", is not only a vivid literary memoir but an extraordinary work of the imagination. [via]
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Linotte: The Early Diary of Anais Nin, 1914-1920by Anais NinISBN 0156523868 (0-15-652386-8)
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Little Birds: Eroticaby Anais NinISBN 0156029049 (0-15-602904-9)
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Little Womenby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0140380221 (0-14-038022-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:This "Penguin Classics" edition of Louisa May Alcott's inspiring tale of sisterhood, "Little Women", is edited with an introduction by Elaine Showalter. The charming story of four 'little women' - Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - and their wise and patient mother Marmee, was an instant success when first published in 1868. Enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England, the March sisters have been adored for generations. Readers have rooted for Laurie in his pursuit of Jo's hand, cried over little Beth's death, and dreamed of travelling through Europe with old Aunt March and Amy. Future writers have found inspiration in Jo's devotion to her writing. In this simple, enthralling tale, both parts of which are included here, Louisa May Alcott has created four of American literature's most beloved women. In her enlightening, thoughtful introduction, Elaine Showalter discusses Louisa May Alcott's influences, and her aspirations for "Little Women", as well as the impact the novel has had on such women writers as Joyce Carol Oates and Cynthia Ozick. This edition also includes notes on the text by Siobhan Kilfeather and Vinca Showalter. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) grew up surrounded by American writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Drawing on her experience as a volunteer nurse in the Union Army during the American Civil War, she published "Hospital Sketches" in 1863, followed by gothic romances and lurid thrillers such as "A Modern Mephistopheles" and "A Long Fatal Love Chase". In 1868, she published "Little Women", which proved so popular that it was followed by two sequels. If you enjoyed "Little Women" you might like Elizabeth Gaskell's "Wives and Daughters", also available in "Penguin Classics". [via]
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Lost Illusions: Part I, Two Poetsby Honore De Balzac, Herbert James HuntISBN 0140442510 (0-14-044251-0)
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Meditations of a Solitary Walkerby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Peter FranceISBN 014600194X (0-14-600194-X)
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The Misanthrope and Other Playsby John Wood, David Coward, MoliereISBN 014044730X (0-14-044730-X)
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The Misanthrope and Other Playsby MoliereISBN 0140440895 (0-14-044089-5)
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Misanthrope and Tartuffeby MoliereISBN 0156605171 (0-15-660517-1)
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The Miser and Other Plays : A New Selectionby Jean-Baptiste Moliere, David Coward, John WoodISBN 0140447288 (0-14-044728-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Miser and Other Plays : A New Selection'Book summary:[via]This volume of Moliere's dramatic commentaries on society presents The Miser, a misguided hero who obsessively disrupts the lives of those around him. The School for Wives is newly translated for this edition and was fiercely denounced as impious and vulgar. Moliere's response to his detractors became The School for Wives Criticized. Even more alarming to critics was his version of Don Juan. In The Hypochondriac, he produced an outrageous expose of medicine.
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The Miser and Other Playsby MoliereISBN 0140440364 (0-14-044036-4)
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Monsieur Monde Vanishesby Georges SimenonISBN 0151620989 (0-15-162098-9)
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Mount Analogue a Novel of Symbolically Authentic Nby R. DaumalISBN 0140039473 (0-14-003947-3)
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Nanaby Emile ZolaISBN 0140442634 (0-14-044263-4)
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Night Flightby De Saint ExuperyISBN 0156656051 (0-15-665605-1)
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Nightwalker: (Le Paysan De Paris)by AragonISBN 0136224806 (0-13-622480-6)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nightwalker: (Le Paysan De Paris)'Book summary:Paris Peasant (1926) is one of the central works of Surrealism, yet Exact Change's edition is the first U.S. publication of Simon Watson Taylor's authoritative translation, completed after consultations with the author. Unconventional in form--Aragon consciously avoided recognizable narration or character development--Paris Peasant is, in the author's words, "a mythology of the modern." The book uses the city of Paris as a stage or framework, and Aragon interweaves his text with images of related ephemera: café menus, maps, inscriptions on monuments and newspaper clippings. A detailed description of a Parisian arcade (nineteenth-century precursor to the mini-mall) and another of the Buttes-Chaumont park, are among the great set pieces within Aragon's swirling prose of philosophy, dream and satire. André Breton wrote of this work: "no one could have been a more astute detector of the unwonted in all its forms; no one else could have been carried away by such intoxicating reveries about a sort of secret life of the city. . . ." [via]
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Once upon the River Loveby Andrei MakineISBN 0140283625 (0-14-028362-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Once upon the River Love'Book summary:Readers of Andrei Makine's previous novel, Dreams of My Russian Summers, will recognize similar themes in Once upon the River Love: characters living in the vast isolation of the Siberian steppes; an elderly woman with memories of Paris, and, most of all, the power of imagination in young children's lives. In Makine's second novel, three adolescents come of age in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. The narrator, Alyosha, and his two friends, Samurai and Utkin, live in Svetlaya, a remote village "reduced to three essential matters: timber, gold, and the chill shadow of the camp. It was beyond us to imagine our futures unfolding outside these three prime elements." Impossible to imagine, that is, until the French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo enters their lives.
Into a wintry world of snow and ice, of spiritual paucity, loveless coupling, and quiet despair Belmondo flashes his insouciant smile, vanquishes enemies, seduces willing beauties, and faces every danger with panache. The effect is earth-shattering. "On the whole, we understood little of the universe of Belmondo.... But we perceived the essential: the surprising freedom of this multiple world, where people seemed to escape those implacable laws that ruled our own lives, from the humblest workers' canteen to the imperial hall of the Kremlin, not forgetting the silhouettes of the watchtowers fixed over the camp." What would be an imminently forgettable film in the West becomes a beacon to the three boys; suddenly, the world is much bigger than the frozen Siberian taiga and each boy sees some part of Belmondo in himself: Alyosha the lover, Samurai the warrior, Utkin the poet.
Makine's novel is framed with short sections at beginning and end that are set in Brighton Beach, New York, 20 years later. We learn, briefly, what has happened to these young men--and in the disparity between the reality of their destinies and the heroism of their youthful imaginings lies both the irony and the heartbreak of Once upon the River Love --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Penguin Book of French Poetry 1820-1950by William ReesISBN 0140423850 (0-14-042385-0)
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Philosophical Dictionaryby Voltaire, Theodore BestermanISBN 014044257X (0-14-044257-X)
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Rameau's Nephew and D'Alembert's Dreamby Denis Diderot, Leonard TancockISBN 0140441735 (0-14-044173-5)
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The Reveries of a Solitary Walkerby Jean J. RousseauISBN 0140443630 (0-14-044363-0)
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Salammboby Gustave Flaubert, A.J. KrailsheimerISBN 0140443282 (0-14-044328-2)
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby OrczyISBN 014037454X (0-14-037454-X)
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Selected Short Storiesby Guy De Maupassant, Roger ColetISBN 014044243X (0-14-044243-X)
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Selected Short Storiesby Honore De Balzac, Sylvia RaphaelISBN 0140443258 (0-14-044325-8)
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Selected Poems [of] Verlaineby Joanna Richardson, Paul VerlaineISBN 0140421793 (0-14-042179-3)
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Servitude and Grandeur of Armsby Roger Gard, Alfred De VignyISBN 014044663X (0-14-044663-X)
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A Simple Heartby Gustave Flaubert, Robert BaldickISBN 0146001532 (0-14-600153-2)
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Sodom and Gomorrahby Marcel Proust, John SturrockISBN 0143039318 (0-14-303931-8)
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A Survey of French Literature.by Morris BishopISBN 0155849638 (0-15-584963-8)
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Survey of French Literature of the Nineteenth Centuryby Morris BishopISBN 0155849646 (0-15-584964-6)
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Three Talesby Gustave Flaubert, Geoffrey Wall, Roger WhitehouseISBN 0140448004 (0-14-044800-4)
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The Wild Ass's Skinby Honore De BalzacISBN 0140443304 (0-14-044330-4)
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Zazie in the Metroby Barbara Wright, Raymond QueneauISBN 0142180041 (0-14-218004-1)
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