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1) The idiot
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English
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After fifteen years of treatment for epilepsy in a Swiss institution, Prince Mishkin returns to St. Petersburg to find a jaded mid-19th century social world. At first, the kindly, almost childlike prince is taken for an idiot. But the two most beautiful women in town are soon competing for his affections in a duel that grows increasingly dangerous.
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Random House
Pub. Date
©1945
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English
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A collection of writings of the past 5000 years that are part of the rich cultural heritage of the Hebrew people and of the world-taken from the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, the Twelve Testaments, the Confessions of Josephus, the New Testament, the Talmudic writers, Spinoza through to the modern period of Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Sholom Asch. Huntting.
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English
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The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as any novel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in his Introduction, The French Revolution...
9) Ulysses
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English
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"Ulysses, one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, has had a profound influence on modern fiction. In a series of episodes covering the course of a single day, 16 June 1904, the novel traces the movements of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus through the streets of Dublin. Each episode has its own literary style, and the epic journey of Odysseus is only one of many correspondencies that add layers of meaning to the text. Today critical...
10) The city of God
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Modern Library giants volume G74
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English
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Saint Augustine is often regardarded as the most influential Christian thinker after Saint Paul, and City of God is his materpiece, a cast synthesis of religious and secular knowledge. It began as a reply to the charge that Christian otherworldiness was causing the decline of the Roman Empire. Augustine produced a wealth of evidence to prove that paganism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Then he proceeded to his larger theme, a...
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Modern Library giants volume G45
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[1957]
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English
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Modern Library giants volume G90
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[1964]
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English
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A compilation of philosophical writings on aesthetics.
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Modern Library giants volume G77
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[1953]
Language
English
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