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Obras fundamentales de la literatura de Oriente y Occidente que marcaron un antes y un después en la historia de las letras. Siglos de belleza, dolor, sabiduría y sueños humanos.
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Literatura Griega y Romana
Las tragedias completas
Esquilo, ca. 5.º siglo a.C.
Edipo Rey
Sófocles, ca 430 a.C.
Product Description Considerada por Aristóteles en su Poética como la más perfecta de las tragedias griegas en muchos de sus aspectos, Edipo rey es un drama de revelación que propone la búsqueda de los que se esconde tras las apariencias, la indagación en la esencia de lo que uno es. Contiene la esencia de tragedia clásica y su peso literario a lo largo de los siglos carece de parangón, como tema eterno propuesto a la reflexión teatral. About the Author SÓFOCLES (c. 496-406 a. C.) es uno de los grandes autores del teatro griego. Nacido en Colono Hípico, su vida estuvo estrechamente vinculada a la época de mayor esplendor de Atenas, donde desempeñó un papel destacado en su vertiente cultural. Es el principal responsable de la consolidación del arte dramático como género, tanto por sus invenciones formales como por sus hallazgos temáticos y conceptuales. Autor de más de un centenar de obras, tan solo se han conservado íntegras siete de sus tragedias (Áyax, Antígona , Las Traquinias, Edipo Rey, Electra, Filoctetes y Edipo en Colono), algunas de las cuales son indiscutibles cimas de la literatura universal.
Las metamorfosis
Ovidio, 8 d.C.
Eneida
Virgilio, s. I a.C.
Esta traducción, realizada por el escritor y periodista chileno Egidio Poblete, es considerada la contribución chilena más importante a los estudios clásicos latinos. En esta nueva edición se ha elaborado un completo prólogo que ilustra el estado actual de las investigaciones virgilianas. Edición al cuidado de Nicolás Cruz y Antonio Arbea.
La Iliada
Homero, s. VIII a.C.
One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2023 • A Washington Post Best Book of the Year 2023 • One of Atlantic's Best Books of 2023 • One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 • One of New Statesman's 2023 Books of the Year • One of Electric Literature's Best Poetry Collections of 2023<br/><br/>The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.<br/>When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017―revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)―critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira, New York Times) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time.<br/>The Iliad roars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished cries of dying men. It sings, too, of the sublime magnitude of the world―the fierce beauty of nature and the gods’ grand schemes beyond the ken of mortals. In Wilson’s hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem’s deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even “complicated,” characters―both human and divine.<br/>The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity’s most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson’s Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation. 5 maps
La Odisea
Homero, s. VIII a.C.
Fedón
Platón, ca. 360 a.C.
Ningún diálogo de Platón (c. 427 &ndash, 347 a. C.) ha sido tan leído, estudiado y comentado a lo largo de la historia como Fedón, que no es una mera serie de preguntas y respuestas sin otro objeto que poner en evidencia el error de una teoría o la verdad de un principio, sino una composición de distinto género, en la que,
Antígona
Sófocles, 441 a.C.
Renacimiento y siglo de oro
El Cantar Del Mio Cid
Anonymous, ca. 1200
Poema épico, se trata del texto más representativo del arte de los juglares españoles de la Edad Media. El poema probablemente fue escrito en 1110, inmediatamente después de sucedidos los hechos a los que se refiere. El poema, dividido en tres partes o cantares, narra el destierro y las aventuras del Cid, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar. El tema del deshonor y la recuperación de la honra, constituyen el eje central de la obra, que describe la mentalidad y los valores éticos de la época. Muchos de los personajes y hechos que nos muestra están atestiguados lo cual le confiere un gran valor histórico.
Grandes esperanzas
Charles Dickens, 1861
Written In The Last Decade Of Dickens' Life, 'great Expectations' Was Praised Widely And Universally Admired. It Was His Last Great Novel, And Many Critics Believe It To Be His Finest. Readers And Critics Alike Praised It For Its Masterful Plot, Which Rises Above The Melodrama Of Some Of His Earlier Works, And For Its Three-dimensional, Psychologically Realistic Characters—characters Much Deeper And More Interesting Than The One-note Caricatures Of Earlier Novels. It Depicts The Growth And Personal Development Of An Orphan Named Pip. The Novel Was First Published In Serial Form In Dickens's Weekly Periodical 'all The Year Round', From 1 December 1860 To August 1861. It Is Set Among The Marshes Of Kent And In London In The Early To Mid-1800s. The Great Expectations Contains Some Of Dickens Most Memorable Scenes, Including Its Opening, In A Graveyard, When The Young Orphan Pip Is Accosted By The Escaped Convict, Abel Magwitch. It Is Full Of Extreme Imagery, Poverty, Prison Ships, Barriers And Chains, And Fights To The Death. Upon Its Release, Thomas Carlyle Spoke Of All That Pip's Nonsense. Later, George Bernard Shaw Praised The Novel As All Of One Piece And Consistently Truthfull. Dickens Felt Great Expectations Was His Best Work, Calling It A Very Fine Idea. Throughout The Narrative, Typical Dickensian Themes Emerge: Wealth And Poverty, Love And Rejection, And The Eventual Triumph Of Good Over Evil. This Book Has Become Very Popular And Is Now Taught As A Classic In Many English Classes. It Has Been Translated Into Many Languages And Adapted Many Times In Film And Other Media. Publisher : General Press
Guerra y paz
Lev Tolstói, 1869
La Vida Del Buscón Llamado Don Pablos
Francisco de Quevedo, 1626
Decamerón
Giovanni Boccaccio, 1353
The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Some believe many parts of the tales are indebted to the influence of The Book of Good Love. Many notable writers such as Chaucer are said to have drawn inspiration from The Decameron
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
Miguel de Cervantes, 1605
Lazarillo de Tormes
Anónimo, 1554
La celestina
Fernando de Rojas, 1499
Amor y tragedia
Cien años de soledad
Gabriel García Márquez, 1967
Orgullo y prejuicio
Jane Austen, 1813
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.
Macbeth
William Shakespeare, 1606
Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Macbeth; full title The Tragedy of Macbeth, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of James I, who was patron of Shakespeare's acting company, Macbeth most clearly reflects the playwright's relationship with his sovereign. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death.
Hamlet
William Shakespeare, ca. 1600 - 1601
Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.<br/>Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and is considered among the most powerful and influential works of world literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others". It was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most performed, topping the performance list of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessors in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1879.<br/>It has inspired many other writers—from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Charles Dickens to James Joyce and Iris Murdoch—and has been described as the world's most filmed story after Cinderella. A True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!
El amor en los tiempos del cólera
Gabriel García Márquez, 1985
Anna Karenina
Lev Tolstói, 1878
Cumbres Borrascosas
Emily Brontë, 1847
Romeo y Julieta
William Shakespeare, 1597
Filosofía y pensamiento
El Hombre En Busca Del Sentido
Viktor Emil Frankl, 1946
Así habló Zaratustra
Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883 - 1885
El Banquete
Platón, ca. 385–370 a.C.
Apología de Sócrates
Platón, ca. 399–390 a.C.
1984
George Orwell, 1949
Edizione originale in lingua inglese, con nota introduttiva in italiano<br/><br/>”Il potere non è un mezzo, è un fine. Non si stabilisce una dittatura nell’intento di salvaguardare una rivoluzione; ma si fa una rivoluzione nell’intento di stabilire una dittatura. Il fine della persecuzione è la persecuzione. Il fine della tortura è la tortura. Il fine del potere è il potere.”<br/><br/>Il romanzo, pubblicato pochi anni dopo la conclusione del secondo conflitto mondiale, è una spietata e profetica riflessione sul potere. È considerato una delle più lucide rappresentazioni del totalitarismo e anche uno dei primi e più importanti esempi di romanzo distopico. L’azione si svolge infatti in un futuro prossimo del mondo (l’anno 1984) in cui il potere si concentra in tre immensi superstati: Oceania (con capitale Londra), Eurasia ed Estasia. Al vertice del potere politico in Oceania c’è il Grande Fratello (“Big Brother”), onnisciente e infallibile, che nessuno ha visto di persona ma di cui ovunque sono visibili grandi manifesti. Il Ministero della Verità, nel quale lavora il protagonista Smith, ha il compito di censurare libri e giornali non in linea con la politica ufficiale, di alterare la storia e di ridurre le possibilità espressive della lingua. Per quanto sia tenuto sotto controllo da telecamere, Smith comincia però a condurre un'esistenza “sovversiva”.<br/><br/>“Big Brother is watching you”: con questo slogan l’autore britannico ha mostrato la propria lungimiranza, ponendo l’accento su uno dei temi più caldi al giorno d’oggi: il controllo del potere sull’opinione pubblica perpetrato mediante i mezzi di comunicazione. Pietra miliare della letteratura inglese, 1984 è uno dei romanzi più conosciuti e forse più controversi del secolo scorso. Un romanzo in grado di smuovere le coscienze e di portare il lettore a riflettere sul passato, sul presente e soprattutto sul futuro.<br/><br/>George Orwell è lo pseudonimo di Eric Arthur Blair, nato in India da una famiglia scozzese nel 1903 e morto a Londra nel 1950. Giornalista culturale, saggista, critico letterario, Orwell è oggi considerato uno dei maggiori autori di lingua inglese del Novecento.<br/><br/>Con nota introduttiva.<br/>Collana Il Disoriente - Luoghi della lettura
La Divina Comedia
Dante Alighieri, 1472
Rayuela
Julio Cortázar, 1963
Crimen y castigo
Fiódor M. Dostoievski, 1866
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu, s VI a.C.
Analectas
Confucio, s. V a.C.
En la historia de la humanidad son muy pocos los libros que han ejercido tanta influencia sobre más personas y durante más tiempo que las Analectas de Confucio. Nacido en el 551 a. de C., conocido en su época como El Maestro, Confucio puede considerarse uno de los más importantes filósofos de todos los tiempos, a la par que un extraordinario conocedor y analista de la naturaleza humana. Su legado sigue presente como un invalorable modelo de sabiduría aplicable en el ámbito de la reflexión ética y política, y con la misma vigencia que hace veinticinco siglos. En cuanto al texto, este consiste en una serie de sentencias breves, pequeños diálogos y anécdotas, que fueron recopilados por dos generaciones sucesivas de discípulos a lo largo de unos 75 años después de la muerte de su maestro, considerándose el único testimonio donde podemos encontrarnos un Confucio vivo y real. Asimismo, hay que destacar la magnífica traducción plena de rigor y lucidez, que convierten esta versión en una de las más importantes nunca publicadas, permitiendo una lectura ágil y directa.
Crítica de la razón pura
Immanuel Kant, 1781
Discurso del método
René Descartes, 1637
El Príncipe
Nicolás Maquiavelo, 1532
Ensayos Completos
Michael De Montaigne, 1580
Metafísica
Aristóteles, s. IV a.C.
Metafisica de Elvira, Tomas/Clavell, Luis/Melendo, Tomas. Eunsa , 1984.
Fantástico y terror
Pedro Páramo
Juan Rulfo, 1955
<p>"Desconcertante, lista a inquietar a la crítica, está ya en los escaparates la primera novela de Juan Rulfo, "Pedro Páramo", que transcurre en una serie de transposiciones oníricas, ahondando más allá de la muerte de sus personajes, que uno no sabe en qué momento son sueño, vida, fábula, verdad, pero a los que se les oye la voz al través de la 'perspicacia despiadada y certera' de tan sin duda extraordinario escritor." Con estas palabras iniciaba Edmundo Valadés la primera reseña de Pedro Páramo, aparecida el 30 de marzo de 1955 y conservada por Rulfo entre sus papeles. Desde entonces, escritores como Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Gunter Grass, Susan Sontag y Mario Vargas Llosa, o el cineasta Werner Herzog, entre muchos más de cualquier lengua, coinciden en calificar esta novela como una de las obras maestras de la literatura de todos los tiempos. <p>The work of Juan Rulfo (1917-1986) is doubtless the Mexican literary creation which has received the greatest acclaim both in Mexico and abroad. The novel "Pedro Páramo" underwent a long gestation. Rulfo mentioned it for the first time in a letter in 1947, and was able to work on it in 1953-1954 thanks to a grant from the Centro Mexicano de Escritores. Excerpts were published in three maga¬zines in 1954, before the novel appeared in book form in 1955. This masterpiece has numbered Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Susan Sontag among its admirers. "Pedro Páramo" evokes the very essence of Mexico through the most advanced literary forms and techniques of the twentieth century. Few works affect a Mexican reader as deeply as this novel, which also holds a place as a classic of world literature. It has been translated into almost fifty languages and new versions appear every year.</p>
Cuentos de Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, 1830 - 1849
El retrato de Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde, 1890
Moby Dick
Herman Melville, 1851
La Metamorfosis
Franz Kafka, 1915
El fantasma de Canterville
Oscar Wilde, 1887
El fantasma de la Ópera
Gastón Leroux, 1910
Product Description La Ópera de París se convierte en teatro de horrores en la más célebre obra del periodista y escritor de novelas detectivescas Gaston Leroux. En un ambiente de novela gótica, su escenario esconde tras sus tramoyas la morada del Fantasma: pasadizos secretos que serpentean alrededor de un lago subterráneo.Esta fascinante historia recrea el mito de la Bella y la Bestia: una joven y delicada artista es el objeto de amor un tenebroso ser que oculta su identidad tras una máscara. Para conseguir a su amada Christine, una bailarina convertida en diva, este ser atormentado por su deformidad y fealdad revive su pasado de inventor de trampas y mazmorras. Publicada por primera vez por entregas en 1909, El fantasma de la Ópera es uno de los argumentos preferidos del teatro y el cine por el misterio de la trama, la progresión del horror, el extremado y melodramático amor del protagonista y las imaginativas posibilidades del espacio creado por Leroux. Su fama se revalida en el éxito mundial del musical de Andrew Lloyd Weber que sigue en las tablas desde 1986. Book Description En un ambiente de novela gótica, el escenario de la Ópera de Paris esconde la morada del Fantasma y sus intrigas para conseguir a su amada bailarina About the Author Gaston Leroux (París, 1868 – Niza, 1927) ha pasado a la historia de la literatura como uno de los pioneros de la literatura de misterio. Aunque ejerció como abogado durante tres años, pronto descubrió que su auténtica vocación era escribir y se dedicó a ello en cuerpo y alma. Crítico teatral, periodista (como reportero siguió los avatares de la Revolución rusa y entrevistó a algunos de los criminales más peligrosos de su época) y por encima de todo escritor, Leroux llevó una existencia pareja a la de uno de sus más célebres contemporáneos: Arthur Conan Doyle, el creador de Sherlock Holmes. Leroux, y su inmortal personaje Joseph Rouletabille, han deleitado a millones de lectores de todo el mundo a partir de historias que exploran las formas clásicas de la narrativa policíaca: los enigmas que aparentemente no tienen solución, como los «cuartos cerrados». Actualmente Leroux ocupa un lugar de honor entre los autores franceses de todas las épocas.
Drácula
Bram Stoker, 1897
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, 1818
<b>Mary Shelley’s classic novel, presented in its original 1818 text, with an introduction from National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon</b><br> <br> <b>Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s <i>The Great American Read</i></b><br> <br>The original 1818 text of <i>Frankenstein</i> preserves the hard-hitting and politically-charged aspects of Shelley’s original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also emphasizes Shelley’s relationship with her mother—trailblazing feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, who penned <i>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman</i>—and demonstrates her commitment to carrying forward her mother’s ideals, placing her in the context of a feminist legacy rather than the sole female in the company of male poets, including Percy Shelley and Lord Byron.<br> <br> This edition includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by National Book Critics Circle award-winner and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon, and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson. <br> <br>Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing 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.
Literatura Oriental
El arte de la guerra
Sun Tzu, siglo V a.C.
Las mil y una noches
Anónimo, colección medieval
Upanishads
Anónimo, c. siglo II a.C.
An “Upanisad” is a teaching session with a guru, and the thirteen texts of the “Principal Upanisads”—which comprise this volume—form a series of philosophical discourses between teacher and student that question the inner meaning of the world. Composed beginning around the eighth century BCE, the Upanisads have been central to the development of Hinduism, exploring its central doctrines: rebirth, karma, overcoming death, and achieving detachment, equilibrium, and spiritual bliss. Speaking to the reader in direct, unadorned prose or lucid verse, the Upanisads collected here embody humanity’s perennial search for truth and knowledge.<br/><br/>Valerie Roebuck’s powerful new translation blends accuracy with readability and retains the oral style of these stirring and profound philosophical explorations. This volume includes an introduction to the text, information on Sanskrit pronunciation, suggestions for further reading, explanatory notes, and a glossary.<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.
Ramayana
Valmiki, s. V a.C.
Sueño de la Cámara Roja
Cao Xueqin, 1791
Viaje al Oeste
Wu Cheng'en, siglo XVI
Genji Monogatari
Murasaki Shikibu, c. 1000
<I>Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)</I> is the Japan's earliest novel and the most famous work in Japan's literary history. It remains the finest portrayal of court life in the classical Heian period, some ten centuries ago. The author, Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki) was a member of the celebrated Fujiwara clan, which virtually created the history and culture of the Heian age.<BR><BR>The novel has for its theme the many loves of the radiantly charming Prince Genji, son of the emperor and paragon of the ladies of the court. But its underlying motif is the fleeting nature of life in a transient world of beauty and grace, of love and enmity. It is an incredibly absorbing tale, distinguished by the author's amazing insight in her treatment of human personality and human events.<br><BR>Its diversity of characters and its subtle inquiries into the meaning of life make it one of the most significant and memorable of books. Some have compared it with Proust's <I>Remembrance of Things Past</I>, and certainly there is validity in the comparison. It most decidedly deserves its place among the world's foremost literary classics. <I>Genji Monogatari</I>, an immensely long novel, is presented here in an abridged translation.<BR>
