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White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky • 2021

Discover the timeless elegance of "White Nights", Fyodor Dostoevsky's poignant exploration of solitude, dreams, and fleeting connections· This slender volume offers a profound glimpse into the essence of human loneliness and the ephemeral nature of our deepest desires·<br/><br/>In the ethereal twilight of St· Petersburg's famed white nights, a tale of unrequited love and unrealized dreams unfolds· Through the eyes of a solitary dreamer, we encounter the delicate soul of Nastenka, setting the stage for a narrative rich in emotional depth and psychological insight· The dialogues between these two souls—a mesmerizing blend of realism and poetic beauty—reveal the complexity of human emotions and the universal quest for companionship·<br/><br/>Embark on a journey through the captivating streets of St· Petersburg and into the heart of a narrative that weaves loneliness, love, and the fleeting moments that define our human experience· "White Nights" is not merely a book but a passage to the soul's most hidden corners, promising to move, inspire, and transform· Allow yourself to be ensnared by the beauty of Dostoevsky's prose and the universality of his themes· Discover why this novella continues to touch hearts and provoke thought, generation after generation·<br/><br/>"White Nights" delves into the poignant depths of loneliness and fleeting love, illuminating the human yearning for connection in the brief, luminous nights of St· Petersburg·<br/><br/>Translated by Constance Garnette.

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.

Phantom of the opera

Gaston Leroux • 2023

The book is about a parisian opera house that is haunted by a mysterious and alluring phantom.

Solaris

Stanislaw Lem • 2002

“A fantastic book.” —Steven Soderbergh<br/><br/>When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in this and that other crews examining the planet are plagued with their own repressed and newly real memories. Could it be, as Solaris scientists speculate, that the ocean may be a massive neural center creating these memories, for a reason no one can identify?<br/><br/>Long considered a classic, Solaris asks the question: Can we understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?<br/><br/>“A novel that makes you reevaluate the nature of intelligence itself.” —Anne McCaffrey

Anne Green Gables

l-m-montgomery • 1997

"Since its publication in 1908, Anne of Green Gables has been an enduring best seller and arguably Canada's most famous novel. This Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition, published in 1908 by the L. C. Page Company of Boston, and features the eight original illustrations. In addition, the volume offers an unrivaled selection of biographical, contextual, and critical materials judiciously selected by leading Montgomery scholars Mary Henley Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston." ""Backgrounds" begins with eleven relevant excerpts from Montgomery's juvenilia and journals. It presents the novel's literary context through selections from Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Caroline Oliphant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Louisa May Alcott, among others. It explores the cultural context through writings by Carole Gerson, Kate Wood, and Mary Henley Rubio." ""Criticism" brings together early reviews and responses as well as modern critical interpretations. The eight early reviews (1908-42) are from Canadian, American, and British sources. The fifteen more-recent essays are by Northrop Frye, Elizabeth R. Epperly, Marah Gubar, Cecily Devereux, Gabriella Ahmansson, Frank Davey, T. D. MacLulich, Virginia Careless, Juliet McMaster, Rosemary Ross Johnston, Elizabeth Waterston, Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Calvin Trillin, Carol Shields, and Margaret Atwood. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included."--BOOK JACKET.

The Broken Wings

Kahlil Gibran • 2020

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky • 2004

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's final novel, considered to be the culmination of his life's work, "The Brothers Karamazov" is the story of the murder of Father Karamazov, whose four sons are all to some degree complicit in the crime. Within the context of this crime story evolves a brilliant philosophical debate of religion, reason, liberty, and the nature of guilt in society. Considered by Sigmund Freud as "The most magnificent novel ever written", the excellent translation of Constance Garnett is presented here in this edition of "The Brothers Karamazov".

Dead Poets Society

N. H. Kleinbaum • 2006

Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extraordinary! Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society--a secret club where, free from the constraints and expectations of school and parents, they let their passions run wild. As Keating turns the boys on to the great words of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, they discover not only the beauty of language, but the importance of making each moment count. But the Dead Poets pledges soon realize that their newfound freedom can have tragic consequences. Can the club and the individuality it inspires survive the pressure from authorities determined to destroy their dreams?

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott • 2019

A beautiful unabridged 150th Anniversary Edition with 200 original illustrations and a Foreword by Alice L. George entitled 'Why Little Women Endures 150 Years Later.'<br/>SeaWolf Press is proud to offer another book in its Illustrated Classics Collection. Each book in the collection contains the text, illustrations, and cover from the first or early edition Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. Our version has: 200 original illustrations. Don't be fooled by other versions with missing or made-up pictures. A unique Foreword explaining why the novel is still important today. Text that has been proofread to avoid errors common in other versions. A beautiful cover that replicates an early edition cover. The complete text in an easy-to-read font similar to the original. Properly formatted text complete with correct indenting, spacing, footnotes, italics, and tables.<br/><br/>Little Women was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. It follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy— from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. Although Little Women was a novel for girls, it differed notably from the current writings for children, especially girls. The book was an immediate commercial and critical success and has since been adapted for cinema, TV, Broadway and even the opera.

Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics)

Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1994

<b>Award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us a brilliantly faithful rendition of this classic novel, in all its tragedy and tormented comedy. In this second edition, they have updated their translation in honor of the 200th anniversary of Dostoevsky’s birth.</b> <br><br>One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator of Dostoevsky's most revolutionary novel is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In full retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate, obsessive, self-contradictory narrative that serves as a devastating attack on social utopianism and an assertion of man’s essentially irrational nature.

Crime and Punishment (Vintage Classics)

Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1993

<b>Hailed by <i>Washington Post Book World</i> as “the best [translation] currently available" when it was first published, this second edition of <i>Crime and Punishment </i>has been updated in honor of the 200th anniversary of Dostoevsky’s birth. • <b>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME</b></b><br><br>With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of <i>The Brothers Karamazov</i> the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of <i>Crime and Punishment, </i>Dostoevsky's astounding pyschological thriller, newly revised for his bicentenniel. <br><br>In <i>Crime and Punishment</i>, when Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the tsars, commits an act of murder and theft, he sets into motion a story that is almost unequalled in world literature for its excruciating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its depth of characterization and vision. Dostoevsky’s drama of sin, guilt, and redemption transforms the sordid story of an old woman’s murder into the nineteenth century’s profoundest and most compelling philosophical novel.

Emma

Austen Jane • 2015

Emma Woodhouse, Handsome, Clever, And Rich, With A Comfortable Home And Happy Disposition, Seemed To Unite Some Of The Best Blessings Of Existence; And Had Lived Nearly Twenty-one Years In The World With Very Little To Distress Or Vex Her. (...) The Real Evils, Indeed, Of Emma's Situation Were The Power Of Having Rather Too Much Her Own Way, And A Disposition To Think A Little Too Well Of Herself; These Were The Disadvantages Which Threatened Alloy To Her Many Enjoyments.the Danger, However, Was At Present So Unperceived, That They Did Not By Any Means Rank As Misfortunes With Her.