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A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
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Category: Classics | Series: Evergreens
On his travels through the wild mountainous terrain of the Caucasus, the narrator of A Hero of Our Time chances upon the veteran soldier and storyteller Maxim Maximych, who relates to him the dubious exploits of his former comrade Pechorin. Engaging in various acts of duelling, contraband, abduction and ...Show more
Heart of Darkness and the Complete Congo Diary (Alma Classics) by Joseph Conrad
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Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
On a boat in the Thames estuary, Marlow tells his travelling companions of his reconnaissance expedition for a Belgian trading company to its most remote outpost in central Africa, which brought him on the trail of the elusive Kurtz, a brilliant idealist gone rogue. His account relates not only the peri ...Show more
Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
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Category: Fiction | Series: Evergreens
Travelling to Italy on their honeymoon, Erszi and Mihaly are ready to take in all the beauties and pleasures of the country. But when they reach Venice, it is clear that Mihaly prefers to roam around the back alleys and the canals on his own, and as they continue their journey through the Bel Paese ther ...Show more
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
Includes pictures and section on Dostoevsky's life and works The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical, and witty monologue ranges from general observations and phi ...Show more
Pantagruel and Gargantua by François Rabelais; Andrew Brown (Translator)
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Category: Fiction | Series: Evergreens Ser.
With his birth itself a monumental exploit in itself, it is clear that the giant Pantagruel is destined to great things, and the novel that bears his name chronicles his the remarkable life of the exuberant youth: from his voracious reading habits to his escapades with the knave Panurge and his prowess ...Show more
Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
"Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks..." After an accident, Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of impoverished peasants, decides to call on the aristocratic d'Urbervilles, as she believes that she is also descended from their ancient Norman lineage and ...Show more
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Category: Fiction | Series: Evergreens Ser.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.In The Canterbury TalesChaucer created one of the great to ...Show more
The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
Constantly rebuffed from the social circles he aspires to frequent, the timid clerk Golyadkin is confronted by the sudden appearance of his double, a more brazen, confident and socially successful version of himself, who abuses and victimizes the original. As he is increasingly persecuted, Golyadkin fi ...Show more
The Plays: The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, The Seagull and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
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Category: Plays | Series: Evergreens
The most widely staged dramatist after Shakespeare, Chekhov left a deep mark both on the development of Russian literature and world theatre, with plays that were remarkable not just for their dialogue but their atmosphere and the tensions expressed between the lines. Collected in this volume are Chekh ...Show more
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
Presented as a collection of confessional letters written by the eponymous protagonist, The Sorrows of Young Werther charts the emotional journey of a young man who, during a stay in a picturesque German village, falls in love with Lotte, a local woman engaged to another man. As he realizes that his pas ...Show more
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
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Category: Classics | Series: Evergreens Ser.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but t ...Show more
We by Evgenij Samjatin [ Yevgeny Zamyatin ]
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Category: Sci Fi/Fantasy | Series: Evergreens Ser.
Description: COVER DESIGNS THAT COME TO LIFE! ANIMATE THESE COVERS WITH THE FREE INSERTED SHEET The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where natur ...Show more
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