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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen • 2002
Austen's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy<br/><br/>Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. This Penguin Classics edition, based on Austen's first edition, contains the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner and an updated introduction and notes by Viven Jones.<br/><br/>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Água Viva
Clarice Lispector • 2019
Clarice Lispector tinha o hábito de dormir cedo, acordar de madrugada e ficar sentada na sua sala pensando, fumando e ouvindo a Rádio Relógio, acompanhada apenas de seu cachorro, Ulisses. Nesses momentos de solidão, nasceram muitas de suas obras, que, depois, ela escreveria com a máquina de escrever apoiada sobre as pernas. "Escrevo-te sentada junto de uma janela aberta no alto do meu ateliê", diz ela em determinado trecho do romance Água viva, em que a autora se confunde com a personagem, uma solitária pintora que se lança em infinitas reflexões sobre o tempo, a vida e a morte, os sonhos e visões, as flores, os estados da alma, a coragem e o medo e, principalmente, a arte da criação, do saber usar as palavras num jogo de sons e silêncios que se combinam, a especialidade da própria Clarice. Água viva, longo texto ficcional em forma de monólogo, foi lançado pela primeira vez em 1973, poucos anos antes da morte de Clarice que, nessa época, já se consagrara como um dos valores mais sólidos da nossa literatura, por seu estilo único, em que a grande preocupação era a busca permanente pela linguagem. Água viva é um desafio emocionante para quem lê ou relê Clarice Lispector. Traz uma linguagem que não se perde no tempo; ao contrário, é ricamente metafórica, em que coisas, ações e emoções do dia-a-dia se transformam em grandiosas digressões indagadoras sobre o sentido da existência e da vida. Seguindo a linha de características introspectivas de seus livros, Clarice cria uma obra singular, verdadeiro relato íntimo que projeta em flashes, como num caleidoscópio, verdadeiros resumos de estados de espírito em tom de confidência, onde a subjetividade sobrepuja o factual e a narradora é responsável pela cadência do texto. Nova edição do de um dos livros mais conhecidos de Clarice Lispector, agora com projeto gráfico de Victor Burton e capa criada a partir de pinturas da própria Clarice. Esta edição traz posfácio do poeta Eucanaã Ferraz.
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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley • 2003
The world’s most famous work of horror fiction: a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read<br/><br/>Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror. Based on the third edition of 1831, this Penguin Classics edition, with an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle, contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley’s preface to the first edition. It also includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with "A Fragment" by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori’s "The Vampyre: A Tale."<br/><br/>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Clarice Lispector • 2019
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde • 2023
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray<br/><br/>The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1891 gothic and philosophical novel by Irish writer and playwright Oscar Wilde. First published as a serial story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the editors feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted five hundred words before publication.<br/><br/>Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press.<br/><br/>Wilde revised and expanded the magazine edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) for publication as a novel; the book edition (1891) featured an aphoristic preface — an apologia about the art of the novel and the reader. The content, style and presentation of the preface made it famous in its own literary right, as social and cultural criticism. In April 1891, the editorial house Ward, Lock and Company published the revised version of The Picture of Dorian Gray.<br/><br/>A True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!
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O Conto da Aia
_ • 2000
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.<br/><br/>O romance distópico O conto da aia, de Margaret Atwood, se passa num futuro muito próximo e tem como cenário uma república onde não existem mais jornais, revistas, livros nem filmes. As universidades foram extintas. Também já não há advogados, porque ninguém tem direito a defesa. Os cidadãos considerados criminosos são fuzilados e pendurados mortos no Muro, em praça pública, para servir de exemplo enquanto seus corpos apodrecem à vista de todos. Para merecer esse destino, não é preciso fazer muita coisa – basta, por exemplo, cantar qualquer canção que contenha palavras proibidas pelo regime, como “liberdade”. Nesse Estado teocrático e totalitário, as mulheres são as vítimas preferenciais, anuladas por uma opressão sem precedentes. O nome dessa república é Gilead, mas já foi Estados Unidos da América.<br/><br/>Uma das obras mais importantes da premiada escritora canadense, conhecida por seu ativismo político, ambiental e em prol das causas femininas, O conto da aia foi escrito em 1985 e inspirou a série homônima (The Handmaid’s Tale, no original), produzida pelo canal de streaming Hulu em 2017.<br/><br/>As mulheres de Gilead não têm direitos. Elas são divididas em categorias, cada qual com uma função muito específica no Estado. A Offred coube a categoria de aia, o que significa pertencer ao governo e existir unicamente para procriar, depois que uma catástrofe nuclear tornou estéril um grande número de pessoas. E sem dúvida, ainda que vigiada dia e noite e ceifada em seus direitos mais básicos, o destino de uma aia ainda é melhor que o das não-mulheres, como são chamadas aquelas que não podem ter filhos, as homossexuais, viúvas e feministas, condenadas a trabalhos forçados nas colônias, lugares onde o nível de radiação é mortífero.<br/><br/>Com esta história assustadora, Margaret Atwood leva o leitor a refletir sobre liberdade, direitos civis, poder, a fragilidade do mundo tal qual o conhecemos, o futuro e, principalmente, o presente.
Van Gogh. The Complete Paintings
Rainer Metzger • 2015
Vincent van Gogh’s story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, feted museums, and record prices of tens of millions of dollars at auction.<br/>Yet as he was painting the canvases that would subsequently become these sell-out modern masterpieces, van Gogh was battling not only the disinterest of his contemporary audiences but also devastating bouts of mental illness, with episodes of depression and paralyzing anxiety which would eventually claim his life in 1890, when he committed suicide shortly after his 37th birthday.<br/>This comprehensive study of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) pairs a detailed monograph on his life and art with a complete catalogue of his 871 paintings.<br/><br/>About the series<br/>Bibliotheca Universalis — Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!
Looking for Alaska
John Green • 2015
A gorgeous collector's edition of the critically acclaimed debut novel by John Green, #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars<br/><br/>A perfect gift for every fan, this deluxe hardcover features a stunning special edition jacket and 50 pages of all-new exclusive content, including:<br/><br/>- An introduction by John Green<br/>- Extensive Q&A: John Green answers readers’ most frequently asked questions<br/>- Deleted scenes from the original manuscript<br/><br/>★ Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award<br/>★ A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist<br/>★ A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller<br/>★ NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels<br/>★ TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time<br/>★ A PBS Great American Read Selection<br/><br/>NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES!<br/><br/>Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.<br/><br/>Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry • 2000
<p>This beloved, world-famous allegorical classic about a young prince on a quest for knowledge is an essential read for every home library.</p> <p>Combining Richard Howard's translation with restored original full-color art, this definitive English-language edition of The Little Prince will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.</p> <p>Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. When a pilot crashes in the Sahara Desert, he meets a little boy who asks him to draw a sheep. Gradually the Little Prince reveals more about himself: He comes from a small asteroid, where he lived alone until a rose grew there.</p> <p>But the rose grew demanding, and he was confused by his feelings about her. The story unfolds further from one planet to the next in a thoughtful philosophical exploration of love and the ephemeral.</p>
