Schopenhauer's two essays On the Freedom of the Will and On the Basis of Morals form his complete system of ethics. Their doctrines are here presented in more accessible, self-contained form than in his larger work, and in a new translation,... Zobraziť viac
A gripping crime story and profound philosophical debate. Family secrets, faith, freedom, and guilt collide in a masterpiece of human expression. Zobraziť viac
A young woman finds her quiet life disrupted by charming newcomers and the allure of the stage. She must navigate complex relationships and her own desires within a grand estate. Zobraziť viac
Woods awaken, ancient forces stir. A collection of unsettling tales exploring the uncanny borderlands between worlds, human and alien. Zobraziť viac
The Gallic War, published on the eve of the civil war which led to the end of the Roman Republic, is an autobiographical account written by one of the most famous figures of European history. On one level a straightforward narrative of the campaigns... Zobraziť viac
After a two-year absence a husband returns to find his wife wearing the scarlet 'A' for Adulteress on her breast. Determined to find her lover, he embarks on a destructive path of revenge. This edition uses the most authoritative text, with a wide-... Zobraziť viac
Kim, one of Kipling's masterpieces, is the story of Kimball O'Hara, the orphaned son of an officer in the Irish Regiment who spends his childhood as a vagabond in Lahore. The book is a carefully organized, powerful evocation of place and of a young man... Zobraziť viac
Persuasion celebrates romantic constancy in an era of turbulent change. Written as the Napoleonic Wars were ending, the novel examines how a woman can at once remain faithful to her past and still move forward into the future. Anne Elliot seems to have... Zobraziť viac
The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offer authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers - a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited... Zobraziť viac
'The people are silent' So ends Pushkin's great historical drama Boris Godunov, in which Boris's reign as Tsar witnesses civil strife and intrigue, brutality and misery. Its legacy is an uncertain future for the new Tsar whose... Zobraziť viac
Based on Hawthorne`s own experience of a Utopian socialist community outside Boston, The Blithedale Romance tells of the attempts of a like-minded group to begin reforming a dissipated America. However, rather than dropping bad habits and changing the... Zobraziť viac
This new edition is based on the quarto, the version closest to the original manuscript. The introduction illminates the plays'' origins and practicalities of composition, its reception and influence. Detailed notes pay especial attention to language... Zobraziť viac
On War is one of the most important books ever written on the subject of war. Clausewitz, a Prussian officer who fought against the French during the Napoleonic Wars, sought to understand and analyze the phenomenon of war so that future leaders could... Zobraziť viac
Wit, dandy, literary anarchist, self-publicist, and homosexual martyr, Oscar Wilde achieved fame and notoriety at a time when mass culture and communication promoted the 'new' in every area of British life. This edition, part of Oxford's new Authors in... Zobraziť viac