A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Sade, Poe, and other purveyors of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. After Emily St.... Zobraziť viac
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Ronald McCail`he sat down and wept, to think that even the rams knew more about the deeds of love than he did`Daphnis is fifteen years old, Chloe thirteen. They are drawn to each other and long to make love... Zobraziť viac
This excellent and accessible work includes many major texts in translation: Aristotle`s Poetics, Longinus` On Sublimity, Horace`s Art of Poetry, Tacitus` Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch. Based on the highly praised Ancient Literary... Zobraziť viac
Three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession are at the centre of Hugo's novel. The grotesque hunchback Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, owes his life to the austere archdeacon, Claude Frollo, who in turn is bound by a... Zobraziť viac
Called "the veriest trash" by a member of the Concord, Massachusetts Library Board that banned the novel when it was first published, Huckleberry Finn has come to be viewed, as H.L. Mencken put it, as "one of the great masterpieces of the world."... Zobraziť viac
This anthology traces the history of modern Irish literature from the revolutionary era of the late eighteenth century to the early years of political independence. It covers 150 years, from the writings of Charlotte Brooke and Edmund Burke to those of... Zobraziť viac
In his Enquiry Edmund Burke overturned the Platonic tradition in aesthetics and replaced metaphysics with psychology. His revolutions in method and sensibility influenced later philosophers and literary and artistic movements from the Gothic novel to... Zobraziť viac
Thucydides` history of the Peloponnesian War combines brilliant narrative and penetrating analysis; his writing has had more lasting influence on western thought than all but Plato and Aristotle. This masterly new translation is the most comprehensive... Zobraziť viac
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Frederick Ahl`s new translation captures the excitement, poetic energy, and intellectual force of Virgil`s epic poem in a way that has never been done before. Echoing the Virgilian hexameter the verse stays almost line for line with the original in a... Zobraziť viac
This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people of the city have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard, and when they hear that his death has been... Zobraziť viac
For the most popular of his Scottish romances, published at the end of 1817, Scott drew on the legends and historical anecdotes about Rob Roy MacGregor he had collected in his youth. The famous outlaw is only one of a series of vivid characters who... Zobraziť viac
A Roman emperor's private reflections on life's challenges, drawing on Stoic wisdom. This edition includes correspondence with his tutor, offering a deeper look at the man and his thoughts. Zobraziť viac
Admired by Woolf, Hardy, and Lawrence, her stories offer sharp insight into New Zealand and Europe. Disruption, in comic or tragic tones, echoes a life and a literary movement. Zobraziť viac
`You should know that men like Benvenuto, unique in their profession, need not be subject to the law... Zobraziť viac
A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular play, particularly as a first introduction to Shakespeare for children--filled as it is with a marvelous mixture of aristocrats, workers, and fairies. For this edition, Peter Holland's... Zobraziť viac
Edited by: Helen Cooper... Zobraziť viac
The finest of all Conrad's tales, Heart of Darkness is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his employer's agent, the renowned and formidable Mr. Kurtz. What he sees on his... Zobraziť viac
Allan Quatermain leads an expedition in search of a missing man and the fabled King Solomon's mines in deepest Africa. His exciting adventures captivated readers, and this new edition looks at Haggard's own African experiences and colonial attitudes to... Zobraziť viac
A founding text of European aestheticism and literary criticism, Poetics underpins our moden understanding of imaginative writing. Anthony Kenny`s new translation is accompanied by associated material from Plato, Sir Philip Sidney, P. B. Shelley, and... Zobraziť viac
