Literary studies: general books

""One of the strangest and most enchanting works of fiction ever written.""--from the foreword by Alison Lurie  Read More >>

A compelling new verse translation of Ovid's masterpiece by the award-winning translator of Homer's Iliad (1997)...  Read More >>

In this 1876 Mission Impossible tale of intrigue set in Russia, a traitor has inspired the fierce Feofar Khan...  Read More >>

Mr. Wodehouses's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that...  Read More >>

The third of the four novels featuring Richard Hannay, set in 1917. Hannay is brought out of the battlefield to...  Read More >>

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Novelist Harold Frederic (1856-1898) played a critical role in the development of realistic American fiction. Frederic's...  Read More >>

Wilkie Collins The Dead Secret (1857) begins with the death bed confession of Mrs Treverton that will take her family...  Read More >>

First published in 1904, this book deals with Latin America. It offers a picture of an insurrectionary society and...  Read More >>

The death of his beloved wife leaves the Duke of Omnium, former Primer Minister, struggling to impose his will on...  Read More >>

Alone in the social world of New York high society in the late 19th century, with little but her wit and beauty...  Read More >>

The mathematician and engineer Charles Babbage (1791–1871) is best remembered for his automatic 'calculating machines',...  Read More >>

A little reflection will show that humbug is an astonishingly wide-spread phenomenon-in fact almost universal. And...  Read More >>

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Rolf Boldrewood's most significant work was Robbery Under Arms published in serial form in the Sydney Mail 188283,...  Read More >>

Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial school teacher Peredonov torments his students and has...  Read More >>

Written by a palace insider and published at the height of the Roman Empire, this title gives an individual portrait...  Read More >>

The Luck of Barry Lyndon The Luck of Barry Lyndon was first published as a serial in Fraser's Magazine, then...  Read More >>

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BERNARD CORNWELL When Andre-Louis witnesses the murder of his best friend by an arrogant...  Read More >>

The Magnificent Ambersons, winner of the 1919 Pulitzer prize, is considered by many to be Booth Tarkington's finest...  Read More >>

Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge is one of his best-known novels. It begins with a wife-selling, an event not as...  Read More >>

Lust, temptation, and forbidden desire drive a respected monk to the brink. But how far will he go when faced with...  Read More >>

The second novel in Willa Cather’s Great Plains trilogy, is a lyrical coming-of-age story charting the struggles...  Read More >>

The Story of Gösta Berling Set in the 1820s in central Sweden, The Story of Gösta Berling follows the saga of...  Read More >>

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