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One of the world's most famous and influential books, Meditations, by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-180), incorporates the stoic precepts he used to cope with his life as a warrior and administrator of an empire. Ascending to the imperial throne in A.D. 161, Aurelius found his reign beset by natural disasters and war. In the wake of these challenges, he set down a series of private reflections, outlining a philosophy of commitment to virtue above pleasure and tranquility above happiness.
Reflecting the emperor's own noble and self-sacrificing code of conduct, this e...
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Pride and Prejudice (Dover Thrift, unabridged)

By: Austen, Jane

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Publisher: December 2015

Seller ID: 470646

ISBN: 0486284735

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, Pride and Prejudice was penned as a popular entertainment. But the consummate artistry of Jane Austen (1775-1817) transformed this effervescent tale of rural romance into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country life that is now regarded as one of the principal treasures of English language.
In a remote Hertfordshire village, far off the good coach roads of George III's England, a country squire of no great means must marry off his five vivacious daughters. At the heart of this all-consuming enterprise are his ...
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Jane Eyre

By: Bronte, Charlotte

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Seller ID: 469566

ISBN: 0486424499

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Determined to make her heroine "as poor and plain as myself," Charlotte Bront made a daring choice for her 1847 novel. Jane Eyre possesses neither the great beauty nor entrancing charm that her fictional predecessors used to make their way in the world. Instead, Jane relies upon her powers of diligence and perception, conducting herself with dignity animated by passion.
The instant and lasting success of Jane Eyre proved Bront 's instincts correct. Readers of her era and ever after have taken the impoverished orphan girl into their hearts, following her from the custody of cruel ...
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Wuthering Heights

By: Bronte, Emily

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Publisher: August 2015

Seller ID: 455639

ISBN: 0486292568

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Considered lurid and shocking by mid-19th-century standards, Wuthering Heights was initially thought to be such a publishing risk that its author, Emily Bront , was asked to pay some of the publication costs. A somber tale of consuming passions and vengeance played out against the lonely moors of northern England, the book proved to be one of the most enduring classics of English literature.
The turbulent and tempestuous love story of Cathy and Heathcliff spans two generations -- from the time Heathcliff, a strange, coarse young boy, is brought to live on the Earnshaws' windswept ...
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Tarzan of the Apes

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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Publisher: Jul-11

Seller ID: 439345

ISBN: 486295702

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Duel and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

By: Chekhov, Anton

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Publisher: Dover Publications: February 2003

Seller ID: 463097

ISBN: 0486426769

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This captivating collection of short stories, selected from works written during Chekhov's prolific period, displays those qualities for which the Russian author and playwright is famous: a natural aptitude for detail, dialogue, humor, and compassion.
The six masterfully executed tales, reprinted here in the authoritative Constance Garnett translation, include "The Darling," a poignant piece supporting the claim that life has no meaning without love; "The Kiss," a fanciful confection recounting an officer's brief encounter with an unknown woman; as well as "Anna on the Neck," "The Man in...
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Awakening

By: Chopin, Kate

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Publisher: April 2013

Seller ID: 456196

ISBN: 0486277860

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female marital infidelity. Audiences accustomed to the pieties of late Victorian romantic fiction were taken aback by Chopin's daring portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, who seeks and finds passionate physical love outside the straitened confines of her domestic situation.
Aside from its unusually frank treatment of a then-controversial subject, the novel is widely admired today for its literary qualities. Edmund Wilson characterized it as a work "quite uninhibited and beautif...
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems

By: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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Publisher: December 2010

Seller ID: 453932

ISBN: 0486272664

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

One of the great narrative poems in English, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is admired for its fluid meter and masterly structure, accurate observation of sensuous detail and mystic power. Coleridge asserted that his aim in writing the poem was to make the supernatural seem real. Now readers can enjoy this landmark of English literature and over twenty other poems by Coleridge in this inexpensive, authoritative edition. Included are two other famous narrative poems, "Kubla Khan" and "Christabel," along with a selection of sonnets, lyrics, and odes. Among these are the moving "Sonnet: To a F...
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems

By: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Price: $1.00

Publisher: December 2010

Seller ID: 455448

ISBN: 0486272664

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Analects

By: Confucius

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Publisher: May 2012

Seller ID: 468643

ISBN: 0486284840

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Rich distillation of the timeless precepts of extremely influential Chinese philosopher and social theorist. Includes "Concerning Fundamental Principles," "Concerning Government," "The Eight Dancers: Concerning Manners and Morals," "Concerning Virtue," "Concerning Certain Disciples and Others," "Concerning Certain Disciples and Other Subjects," "Concerning the Master Himself," and much more. Footnotes.
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Heart of Darkness

By: Conrad, Joseph

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Publisher: Aug-15

Seller ID: 455324

ISBN: 486264645

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Heart of Darkness

By: Conrad, Joseph

Price: $1.00

Publisher: Aug-15

Seller ID: 461268

ISBN: 486264645

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Red Badge of Courage

By: Crane, Stephen

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Publisher: Oct-11

Seller ID: 414099

ISBN: 486264653

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Moll Flanders

By: Defoe, Daniel

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Publisher: August 2013

Seller ID: 473481

ISBN: 048629093X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

One of the earliest picaresque novels in English, Moll Flanders has both captivated and shocked countless readers since it was first published in 1722. A masterpiece of fiction, written in the form of an autobiographical memoir, the novel describes Moll on the original title page as having been "Born in Newgate ... Twelve Year a Whore, Five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent."
Daniel Defoe's roguish ...
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Notes From the Underground

By: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Price: $1.00

Publisher: March 2015

Seller ID: 467057

ISBN: 048627053X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In 1864, just prior to the years in which he wrote his greatest novels -- Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed and The Brothers Karamazov -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) penned the darkly fascinating Notes from the Underground. Its nameless hero is a profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-analysis there is a search for the true and the good in a world of relative values and few absolutes. Moreover, the novel introduces themes -- moral, religious, political and social -- that dominated Dostoyevsky's later works. Notes from the Un...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

By: Douglass, Frederick

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Publisher: November 2013

Seller ID: 469203

ISBN: 0486284999

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) led an astounding life. Physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy plagued his early years, yet through sheer force of character he was able to overcome these obstacles to become a leading spokesman for his people.
In this, the first and most frequently read of his three autobiographies, Douglass provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic ...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

By: Douglass, Frederick

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Publisher: November 2013

Seller ID: 472360

ISBN: 0486284999

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) led an astounding life. Physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy plagued his early years, yet through sheer force of character he was able to overcome these obstacles to become a leading spokesman for his people.
In this, the first and most frequently read of his three autobiographies, Douglass provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic ...
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Where Angels Fear to Tread (Dover Thrift Editions)

By: E. M. Forster

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Publisher: Dover Publications: Mar-11

Seller ID: 459179

ISBN: 486277917

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions)

By: Edwin A. Abbott

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Publisher: Dover Publications: Sep-92

Seller ID: 461982

ISBN: 048627263X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years. The work of English clergyman, educator and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), it describes the journeys of A. Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women-thin, straight lines-are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status.
Through strange occurrences that bring him into contact with a host of geometric forms, Square has a...
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