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  • The Diary of a Young Girl
    UNKNOWN
    ?I haven’t written for a few days, because I wanted first of all to think about my diary. It’s an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I ? nor for that matter anyone else ? will be interested in the unbosoming of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Still, what does that matter? I want to ...
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    20,85 €

  • Much Ado About Nothing
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    Treated as one of the great comedy plays of Shakespeare, this presents the main plot of obstacles that occur in the union of two lovers ? Claudio and Hero. A much more interesting and entertaining sub plot runs parallel, and that heightens the humour of the situations: the ’merry war’ of love between Beatrice and Benedick. The contrast between these two pairs of lovers is indee...
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    14,56 €

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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    Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, who has written many scientific fictions, historical novels, plays, romances, poetries and nonfiction stories, is most popularly known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes. The book features Sherlock Holmes, who along with Dr. Watson, unravels various mysteries and provides a vivid description of nineteenth century England taking ...
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    20,00 €

  • Three Men in a Boat
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    The most ordinary circumstances turn hilarious as an idler who exhibits a 'general disinclination to work of any kind,' and his friends journey up the Thames River. Getting into many scrapes along the way, the friends consider 'assaulting a policeman' just to have 'a night’s lodging in the station-house, 'when they get lost, but ultimately reject the preposition, fearful that h...
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    21,92 €

  • Gulliver’s Travels Part I and Part II
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    Considered the greatest satire ever written in English, Jonathan Swift?s Gulliver?s Travels chronicles the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, principally to four marvelous realms: Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land inhabited by giants; Laputa, a wondrous flying island; and a country where the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, are serv...
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    19,83 €

  • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    UNKNOWN
    One of the founding fathers of the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin was a leading author, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. Franklin was interested in science and technology, and gained international fame for his famous experiments, discoveries and theories regarding electricity. An early supporter ...
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    25,79 €

  • O Pioneers!
    Willa Cather
    O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York. It is the first novel of her Great Plains trilogy, followed by The Song of the Lark (1915) and My Ántonia (1918).Part I – The Wild LandOn a windy January day in Hanover, Nebraska, Alexandra Bergson is with her five-year-old brother Emil, whose little kitten has climbed a teleg...
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    11,80 €

  • O Pioneers!
    Willa Cather
    O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York. It is the first novel of her Great Plains trilogy, followed by The Song of the Lark (1915) and My Ántonia (1918).Part I – The Wild LandOn a windy January day in Hanover, Nebraska, Alexandra Bergson is with her five-year-old brother Emil, whose little kitten has climbed a teleg...
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    21,90 €

  • Utopia
    Thomas More / Gilbert Burnet
    Unabridged English value reproduction of Utopia by Thomas More and translated by Gilbert Burnet, in this affordably printed volume, is a book that belongs on everyone’s shelf. Published originally in 1516, More made popular the common usage of the term Utopia, “as a communal place where everything is perfect.”  A lawyer himself, Utopia includes no lawyers due to the law’s simpl...
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    6,42 €

  • Utopia
    Thomas More / Gilbert Burnet
    Unabridged English value reproduction of Utopia by Thomas More and translated by Gilbert Burnet, in this affordably printed volume, is a book that belongs on everyone’s shelf. Published originally in 1516, More made popular the common usage of the term Utopia, “as a communal place where everything is perfect.”  A lawyer himself, Utopia includes no lawyers due to the law’s simpl...
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    16,50 €

  • Gitanjali
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    'Gitanjali' or song offerings, is a collection of poems written by Rabindranath Tagore. These poems are primarily devotional, with mystic aura and sublimated ecstasy. They are the thoughts of a seer and the perfect union of beauty and truth in poetry from the pen of the greatest poet of modern India. While introducing this small volume to the West, W. B. Yeats wrote: '[Though t...
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    14,56 €

  • The Wisdom of Father Brown
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    Hailed as the ’King of Paradox’, G.K. Chesterton was a prolific writer who made diverse contributions in different genres of literature. As for his fictions, they were all detective and fantastic stories, infused with funny and insightful comparisons and supernatural elements, which were entertaining and thought provoking. ...
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    20,89 €

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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    'One of the early comedies of Shakespeare, *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* can be suitably called as a ’wedding play’, as it presents an atmosphere of wedding celebration. ...
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    14,33 €

  • Gulliver’s Travels Part III and Part IV
    Unknown
    Considered the greatest satire ever written in English, Jonathan Swift?s Gulliver?s Travels chronicles the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, principally to four marvelous realms: Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land inhabited by giants; Laputa, a wondrous flying island; and a country where the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, are serv...
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    33,53 €

  • The Diary of a Young Girl
    UNKNOWN
    I haven’t written for a few days,because I wanted first of all to think about my diary. It’s an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never never done so before ,but because it seems to me that neither I- nor for that matter anyone else- will be interested in the unbosoming of a thirteen -year -old schoolgirl. Still , what does that matter? I wan...
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    24,09 €

  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
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    The Hound of the Baskervilles is credited as being Sherlock Holmes’ most famous and most chilling case.Sherlock Holmes and his companion. Dr. Watson, investigate the legend of a supernatural hound roaming the spooky moors near the Baskerville estate. ...
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    21,93 €

  • Up from Slavery
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    Ranked among the best autobiographies, Up from Slavery documents the personal achievement of the renowned educator, Booker T. Washington, in his long journey from being born into slavery to becoming a leading educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute, a famous speaker, and a spokesman. ...
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    21,98 €

  • The Invisible Man
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    A gripping and entertaining tale of terror and suspense, The Invisible Man is one of the signature stories in the literature of science fiction. A brilliant scientist uncovers the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder. ...
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    21,96 €

  • The Innocence of Father Brown
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    Hailed as the ’King of Paradox,’G.K. Chesterton was a prolific writer who made diverse contributions in different genres of literature. As for his fictions, they were all detective and fantastic stories, infused with funny and insightful comparisons and supernatural elements, which were entertaining and thought provoking. ...
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    21,93 €

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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    This most popular science fiction by the French Novelist Jules Verne unravels an exotic and fascinating underwater world as it presents the expeditions of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilius ,as narrated by Professor Pierre Aronnax. ...
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    26,09 €

  • Northanger Abbey
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    Jane Austen’s posthumously published novel, Northanger Abbey, is a delightful satire of the period’s Gothic novels, poking fun at romantic follies of the genteel classes. ...
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    20,91 €

  • Tess of the d’Urbervilles
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    Tess of the d’Urbervilles was Thomas Hardy’s penultimate novel and tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, who is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D’Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune. ...
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    28,19 €

  • The Phantom of the Opera
    Gastón Leroux
    Unabridged English value reproduction of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. This wonderfully spellbinding drama of hopes, dreams, and love, has characters that resonate in different ways reading after reading. Is the Phantom real? Does he deserve pity? Can he be loved?Find out in this beautifully blended tragic drama provided to the reader in a slim volume with the full...
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    18,84 €

  • The Phantom of the Opera
    Gastón Leroux
    Unabridged English value reproduction of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. This wonderfully spellbinding drama of hopes, dreams, and love, has characters that resonate in different ways reading after reading. Is the Phantom real? Does he deserve pity? Can he be loved?Find out in this beautifully blended tragic drama provided to the reader in a slim volume with the full...
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    8,43 €

  • Far from the Madding Crowd
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    Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy’s fourth novel and his first major literary success. The central character is the vivacious and independent young heiress, Bathsheba Everdene, who arrives at Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors. Each in contrasting ways unsettles her dec...
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    30,34 €

  • The Tempest
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    The Tempest is the fourth, final, and the finest of Shakespeare’s great late romances. It is classified as a romantic comedy with a mild element of tragedy in its main plot. The play is set on a remote island, now inhabited by Prospero and his daughter Miranda. He is the rightful Duke of Milan, his throne being usurped by his villainous brother Antonio. When Antonio and his fri...
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    14,56 €

  • Marius the Epicurean
    Walter Pater
    Walter Pater’s coming-of-age novel is presented whole in this edition, that readers may witness the change in Marius’s philosophical and spiritual views.Marius is a young man living in Rome in the 2nd century AD, a time when the classical traditions of philosophy were in their maturity. The educated man gravitates from one school of philosophy to another, and even enjoys a stin...
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    14,87 €

  • Three Lives
    Gertrude Stein
    Unabridged English value reproduction of Three Lives by Gertrude Stein. This wonderfully complex drama of hopes, dreams, and love, has characters that resonate with readers in different ways reading after reading. The three stories are based on her being influenced by Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso.The first book of Stein, and written in an unconventional way, this beautifully b...
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    8,43 €

  • Three Lives
    Gertrude Stein
    Unabridged English value reproduction of Three Lives by Gertrude Stein. This wonderfully complex drama of hopes, dreams, and love, has characters that resonate with readers in different ways reading after reading. The three stories are based on her being influenced by Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso.The first book of Stein, and written in an unconventional way, this beautifully b...
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    18,87 €

  • The Wonderful Wizard of OZ
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    A little Kansas farm girl, Dorothy Gale, and her dog Toto are blown away in a tornado and land in a fairyland, named Oz. Here she meets a very unusual cast of characters - a recrow, a Tin Woodman, and a Cowardly Lion. Together they go on a quest to see the Wizard of Oz, each of them seeking what they want most in life. Making their way along the Yellow Brick Road through a seri...
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    15,62 €


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