books i like (˶◜ᵕ◝˶) ♡
books i've grown fond of. not all books i've read, but those books that i really liked or caught my attention ⊹
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to read ✿
The Stranger
Albert Camus · 1989
White Nights
Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1848
Embark on a poignant journey through the streets of St. Petersburg with Fyodor Dostoevsky’s "White Nights." This classic novella weaves an intricate tapestry of longing and ephemeral romance, capturing the essence of human emotion in a world where dreams and reality blur.<br/><br/>Meet the nameless narrator, a lonely dreamer who roams the city’s shimmering nights, filled with hope and heartache. His solitary existence takes a turn when he encounters Nastenka, a spirited young woman yearning for love. Their chance meeting unfolds a tender yet tragic tale, exploring themes of unfulfilled desires, the nature of love, and the contrasts between reality and fantasy.<br/><br/>Perfect for fans of classic literature and deep psychological insights, "White Nights" invites readers to reflect on their own experiences of love and isolation. Dostoevsky’s lyrical prose and profound character development resonate with timeless relevance, making this novella a must-read for anyone seeking an introspective escape into the human soul.<br/><br/>Join the ranks of literary enthusiasts and discover why "White Nights" remains a beloved work in the canon of world literature. Immerse yourself in this emotional landscape, and let Dostoevsky's genius illuminate the depths of your heart.
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1880
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1991
Classical portrayal of love and violence during the Twenties.
Madonna in a Fur Coat
Sabahatinn Ali
The bestselling Turkish classic of love and longing in a changing world, available in English for the first time. 'It is, perhaps, easier to dismiss a man whose face gives no indication of an inner life. And what a pity that is: a dash of curiosity is all it takes to stumble upon treasures we never expected.' A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade in 1920s Berlin. The city's crowded streets, thriving arts scene, passionate politics and seedy cabarets provide the backdrop for a chance meeting with a woman, which will haunt him for the rest of his life. Emotionally powerful, intensely atmospheric and touchingly profound, Madonna in a Fur Coat is an unforgettable novel about new beginnings and the unfathomable nature of the human soul. 'Passionate but clear . . . Ali's success [is in ] his ability to describe the emergence of a feeling, seemingly straightforward from the outside but swinging back and forth between opposite extremes at its core, revealing the tensions that accompanies such rise and fall.' Atilla Özkirimli, writer and literary historian
Dracula
Bram Stoker • 2011
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival. In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath • 2024
Esther Greenwood, a bright and ambitious college student from the suburbs, wins a coveted internship at a prominent New York magazine. However, what should be a thrilling experience turns into disillusionment as she becomes increasingly disconnected from her surroundings and her own aspirations. Plath vividly portrays Esther's sense of alienation and her grappling with societal pressures, particularly regarding gender roles, marriage, and career. After returning home, Esther’s mental health deteriorates, leading to a series of failed attempts to reintegrate into daily life. She undergoes various treatments, including electroconvulsive therapy, which are portrayed with harrowing detail. The "bell jar" becomes a metaphor for her suffocating depression, encapsulating her in a stifling world of despair and hopelessness. Despite its dark themes, the novel concludes with a glimmer of hope as Esther begins to emerge from her struggles, though the outcome remains ambiguous. The Bell Jar is a deeply personal and powerful narrative, offering an unflinching look at mental illness and societal expectations, and remains one of the most significant works of modern literature.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë • 2016
"The Brontës' gifted biographer provides us with another superlative Norton Critical Edition of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel. For the classroom and for the general reader, there's no better way to experience the context in which Jane Eyre was written, illuminating modern commentary, and the novel itself in an authoritative text."―Fred Kaplan, Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York This Norton Critical Edition includes:<br/>-The third-edition text (1848), the last corrected by Charlotte Brontë, accompanied by revised and expanded explanatory footnotes.<br/>-"Contexts," highlighting Jane Eyre as a bildungsroman through diary entries and letters by the author about her experiences as a student, teacher, and governess as well as her feelings about friendship, love, and writing.<br/>-Five major critical interpretations by Virginia Woolf, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, Susan Meyer, Carla Kaplan, and Kelly A. Marsh.<br/>-A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy • 1997
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels,- of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically, and there is much that evokes despair, yet set beside this is an abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures, and a profusion of comic relief.
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho • 2015
<p>A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho.<br></p><p>Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.<br></p><p>Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.<br></p>
Carta Al Padre
Franz Kafka • 1984
105 páginas.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde • 2021
Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mood in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic world view: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life.<br/>Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied amoral experiences while staying young and beautiful; all the while, his portrait ages and records every sin.
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov • 1989
Awe and exhiliration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in <b>Lolita</b>, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. <b>Lolita</b> is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. Most of all, it is a meditation on love--love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen • 1995
Set in a small English village during 1812, this classic novel is one of the greatest love stories ever told!<br/>A poor country squire is trying to find husbands for his five daughters. When one of them, Elizabeth, meets rich Mr. Darcy at a dance, they don't find much in common. But during the next few months, they overcome their differences and fall in love.
L''amant
Marguerite Duras • 2014
finished ✿
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Mary Shelley · 2018
Había una vez un pájaro
Alejandra Costamagna · 2013
Trilogía
Jon Fosse · 2014
La insoportable levedad del ser
Milan Kundera · 2022
El segundo sexo
Simone de Beauvoir · 1999
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad • 1900
Rosaura A Las Diez
Marco Denevi • 1993
Antígona
Sófocles • 1900
Como agua para chocolate
Laura Esquivel • 2001
<b>Terrenal, mágico y absolutamente encantador, este relato de la vida familiar en el México finisecular se convirtió, con la mezcla acertada de romance doloroso e ingenio agridulce, en un fenómeno de best-seller.</b> <br><br>La clásica historia de amor se sitúa en el rancho De la Garza, mientras la dueña tiránica Mamá Elena corta cebolla en la mesa de cocina durante sus últimos días de embarazo. Aún dentro del útero de su madre, la futura hija llora tan violentamente que causa un parto prematuro y la pequeña Tita nace entre las especies para preparar sopa de fideos. Este temprano encuentro con la comida pronto se convierte en una forma de vida. Tita se convierte en una chef maestra y, a lo largo de la historia, comparte puntos especiales de sus recetas favoritas con los lectores.<br><br>La edición en español del best-seller <i>Como agua para chocolate</i> es, con toda razón, un notable éxito. Ahora, en esta edición en pasta blanda, miles de nuevos lectores podrán participar en el suntuoso, romántico y divertido relato de Tita, la extraordinaria cocinera que siempre pone algo extra especial en su salsa. <br><br><b>ENGLISH DESCRIPTION</b><br><br><b>The bestselling phenomenon and inspiration for the award-winning film.</b><br><br><b> Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico blends poignant romance and bittersweet wit. </b><br><br> This classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother’s womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef, using cooking to express herself and sharing recipes with readers along the way.
La última niebla
María Luisa Bombal • 2021
Toda la obra narrativa de María Luisa Bombal, madre del realismo mágico y gran silenciada del boom latinoamericano, en una edición definitiva con portada e ilustraciones de Paula Bonet y textos de Borges, Lucía Guerra y Pepe Bianco.<br/>Las mujeres que formaron parte del boom latinoamericano a menudo quedaron invisibilizadas por sus compañeros escritores. Admirada por Borges, Carlos Fuentes y García Márquez, María Luisa Bombal es considerada la madre del realismo mágico y una reconocida influencia en Juan Rulfo. En su obra se vale igualmente de lo realista y de lo sobrenatural para explorar el mundo interior femenino, especialmente el deseo, en el contexto de la sociedad patriarcal de su tiempo.<br/>La presente edición recoge toda la obra narrativa de Bombal (las novelas cortas La última niebla y La amortajada, y los relatos «El árbol», «Trenzas», «Lo secreto», «Las islas nuevas» y «La historia de María Griselda») en una edición definitiva con portada e ilustraciones interiores de Paula Bonet y textos de Borges, Lucia Guerra y Pepe Bianco que arrojan luz sobre una escritora de vida y obra fascinantes que merece, sin lugar a dudas, un puesto de honor en la literatura del siglo XX.
La Amortajada
María Luisa Bombal • 2012
La obra fundamental de María Luisa Bombal puede contenerse en un escaso volumen, del que La amortajada (1938) constituye, sin duda, una pieza central. En esta singular novela se exhibe un universo onírico y mágico, en el que realidad y sueño se confuden. La voz narrativa de una muerta (la amortajada) permite a la autora desplegar la visión de una vida femenina atormentada por el amor, el desencuentro y la imposibilidad de la vida. Representativa de la literatura femenina más importante en lengua castellana, la obra de María Luisa Bombal se sitúa entre las expresiones más puras de la literatura hispanoamericana contemporánea.
Los Invasores
Egon Wolff • 2013
A Doll''s House
Henrik Ibsen • 2020
El proceso
Franz Kafka • 2024
Todos los fuegos, el fuego
Julio Cortazar • 2012
Ensayo Sobre la Ceguera
José Saramago • 2021
1984
George Orwell • 1961
<b>Written more than 70 years ago, <i>1984</i> was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...<br><br><b>• Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s <i>The Great American Read •</i></b><br></b><br>“<i>The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.</i>”<br><br>Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...<br><br>A startling and haunting novel, <i>1984</i> creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.
Inquietudes sentimentales (Spanish Edition)
Teresa Wilms Montt • 2017
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë • 2021
El túnel
Ernesto Sabato • 2010
Novela De Estructura Casi Policial, El Túnel Presenta En El Personaje De María Iribarne La Comprensión De La Totalidad Y El Absoluto A La Vez Que Las Zonas Ocultas De Misterio Que Impulsarán A Juan Pablo Castel A Asesinarla. El Creador —pintor En Este Caso— Al Dar Forma A Su Obsesión Interna Debe Renunciar A Cualquier Otra Opción, En Un Proceso A La Vez Constructivo Y Destructivo Que Centrará El Análisis De Las Motivaciones Del Crimen. Obra Esencial De Sabato, Que Camus Refrendó Ante La Crítica Mundial, El Túnel Nos Entrega Los Elementos Básicos De Su Visión Metafísica Del Existir.
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka • 2009
"The Metamorphosis" (original German title: "Die Verwandlung") is a short novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into an insect.
Juventud en extasis
Carlos C. Sanchez • 1997
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury • 2013
"Sixty years after the original publication, Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel 'Fahrenheit 451' stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family." But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn't live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author ; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others ; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive ; and much more. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature."--taken from back cover.
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky • 1866
Supreme masterpiece recounts in feverish, compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own thoughts after he brutally murders an old woman. Overwhelmed afterwards by guilt and terror, Raskolnikov confesses and goes to prison. There he realizes that happiness and redemption can only be achieved through suffering. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
