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Science Fiction
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Mary Shelley · 2018
<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.
Romance
Dracula Bram Stoker
Dracula Bram Stoker
"This e-book publication is unique which includes exclusive Introduction, Historical Background and handcrafted additional content. • This edition also includes detailed Biography, Notes, Criticisms and Interpretations. • A new table of contents with working links has been included by a publisher. • This edition has been corrected for spelling and grammatical errors."--verso.
Epic
The Odyssey
Homer · 2004
Drama
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen · 2014
Tragedy
Machbeth
William Shakespeare · 2017
Hamlet
William Shakespeare · 2021
Antigone
Sophocles • 2005
To make this quintessential Greek drama more accessible to the modern reader, this Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition? includes a glossary of difficult terms, a list of vocabulary words, and convenient sidebar notes. By providing these, it is our intention that readers will more fully enjoy the beauty, wisdom, and intent of the play.The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant translation of Sophocles? classic drama. The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Antigone is an unconventional heroine who pits her beliefs against the King of Thebes in a bloody test of wills that leaves few unharmed. Emotions fly as she challenges the king for the right to bury her own brother. Determined but doomed, Antigone shows her inner strength throughout the play. Antigone raises issues of law and morality that are just as relevant today as they were more than two thousand years ago. Whether this is your first reading or your twentieth, Antigone will move you as few pieces of literature can.
Politics
Il contratto sociale
De "Il contratto sociale" Rousseau aveva detto: "Confido che sarà un libro per tutti i tempi". E, di fatto, il pensiero del filosofo ginevrino resta di grande attualità. Egli volle fondare una libera società di uguali, in cui la volontà e la personalità dei singoli trovassero la più alta realizzazione. In cui il popolo fosse l'unico sovrano, e i governanti suoi servi, non padroni. Ancora oggi la sua analisi del patto che lega gli uomini nella società è alla base del moderno concetto di democrazia.
Autobiography
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf
Proceeds donated to Jewish Charities & Organizations<br/><br/>“In the pages of Mein Kampf Hitler presented the world with his dark vision for the future. Years would pass before he attained the power to realize that vision, but Mein Kampf’s existence denies the free world the excuse of ignorance. We dismissed him as a madman and we ignored his wretched book; the result was a tragedy of unprecedented proportions. This is yet another lesson to take from Mein Kampf: the lesson of vigilance and responsibility, of not closing our eyes to the evil around us.”—From the introduction by Abraham Foxman
Philosophy
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
