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Notes from Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky • 2022
The unnamed narrator, "too conscious" of his thoughts, leads to a world of self-criticism and indecision. Society's burdensome expectations push him away from the world and into the underground. His reflections on the nature of society and the stupidity of the "normal man" lead to his passionate, heartfelt critique on the notion of a social utopia.<br/><br/>Mankind is innately irrational, and action with any level of certainty reflects this irrational nature. This reasoning leads to a push toward "inertia," an intentional omission of any action whatsoever as a superior choice to any uninformed action. Does the choice toward inertia lead to some sort of enlightenment for the narrator? Or is there something else that his withdrawal into the underground reveals about the nature of humanity altogether?<br/><br/>A staple in philosophy and literature classes alike, Dostoevsky's pivotal treatise continues to inspire and confound readers from high school to college and beyond. The classic is presented here in its traditional form, designed for ease of reading. Perhaps his most revolutionary work, Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground challenges readers to question the very foundation they stand on.
Capturing the Devil (Stalking Jack the Ripper, 4)
Kerri Maniscalco • 2020
<br><b>In the shocking finale to the bestselling series that began with <i>Stalking Jack the Ripper</i>, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the depraved, elusive killer known as the White City Devil. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse has them fighting to stay one step ahead of the brilliant serial killer---or see their fateful romance cut short by unspeakable tragedy.</b><b><br></b>Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have landed in America, a bold, brash land unlike the genteel streets of London. But like London, the city of Chicago hides its dark secrets well. When the two attend the spectacular World's Fair, they find the once-in-a-lifetime event tainted with reports of missing people and unsolved murders. <br>Determined to help, Audrey Rose and Thomas begin their investigations, only to find themselves facing a serial killer unlike any they've encountered before. Identifying him is one thing, but capturing him---and getting dangerously lost in the infamous Murder Hotel he constructed as a terrifying torture device---is another. <br>Will Audrey Rose and Thomas see their last mystery to the end---together and in love---or will their fortunes finally run out when their most depraved adversary makes one final, devastating kill?
Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack the Ripper, 2)
Kerri Maniscalco • 2018
Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper Book 3)
Kerri Maniscalco • 2018
Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, 1)
Kerri Maniscalco • 2016
This #1 New York Times bestseller and deliciously creepy horror novel has a storyline inspired by the Ripper murders and an unexpected, blood-chilling conclusion.<br/><br/>Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine.<br/><br/>When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her back to her own sheltered world. The story's shocking twists and turns, augmented with real, sinister period photos, will make this dazzling, #1 New York Times bestselling debut from author Kerri Maniscalco impossible to forget.
The Bell Jar (Modern Classics)
Sylvia Plath • 2005
<p><i>The Bell Jar</i> chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made <i>The Bell Jar</i> a haunting American classic.</p> <p>This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.</p>
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë • 1992
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde • 1998
The Secret History
Donna Tartt • 1992
<b><b><b><b>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • </b>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "a<b>n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (<i>Village Voice</i>)</b>, f<b>rom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>The Goldfinch.<br><br></i></b></b></b>One of <i>The Atlantic</i>’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years</b><br><br>Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.<br><br><b>“A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —<i>The New York Times</i></b>
Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky • 2002
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read<br/><br/>Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.<br/>This vivid translation by David McDuff has been acclaimed as the most accessible version of Dostoyevsky’s great novel, rendering its dialogue with a unique force and naturalism. This edition also includes a new chronology of Dostoyevsky’s life and work.
