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  The Idiot

  Fyodor Dostoevksy

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  Acclaimed by the 20th-century Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin for its "polyphony" (a literary concept introduced by Bakhtin to describe a plurality of voices within a narrative), The Idiot is regarded by modern critics as one of Dostoevsky's most experimental and artistically uneven novels.
  The novel follows the entrance of the epileptic Prince Muishkin - a character Dostoevsky meant to represent a "positively good and beautiful man" - into a circle of Russian high society characterized by vanity, greed, and social ambition. Thanks to his epileptic condition and his simplicity, earnestness, and kindness of heart, Muishkin is frequently branded by his newfound social circle as the titular "idiot"; but in reality, he's a man of extraordinary sensitivity and insight. His arrival in society sets off a series of dramatic events and interpersonal strife centered around himself and his distant relations.
  The Idiot drew upon many of Dostoevsky's significant personal experiences, such as his Russian Orthodox faith, his experience of nearly being executed in 1849, and his own struggle with epilepsy, all of which inform his depiction of Prince Muishkin's distinctive psychology.

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  The Divine Comedy

  Alighieri Dante

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  The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a timeless literary masterpiece that has captivated readers, scholars, and seekers for over 700 years. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a timeless literary masterpiece that has captivated readers, scholars, and seekers for over 700 years. This complete edition includes all three parts of Dante's epic journey: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise).
  
  This masterpiece is more than just poetry, it's a map of the soul, a mirror of human nature and a quest for divine fate.
  
  Through Dante's poetic genius and profound symbolic storytelling, you'll explore the depths of sin, the trials of redemption, and the heights of celestial enlightenment. Whether you're drawn to philosophical reflection, spiritual insight, or classical literary criticism, this work continues to inspire modern thinkers just as it did during the Italian Renaissance.
  
  Inside this book, you'll discover:
  
  ✔ A vividly detailed descent into Dante's Inferno—a vision of hell that shaped Western imagination.
  ✔ The transformative climb through Purgatory, where souls purge their sins and strive toward light.
  ✔ A breathtaking ascent into Paradise, guided by divine love and illuminated wisdom.
  ✔ Eternal themes of justice, grace, fate, and the search for truth that echo into today's world.
  
  This divine comedy is far more than historical poetry—it's a spiritual funnel, pulling readers from chaos to clarity, from confusion to conviction. It has influenced philosophers, theologians, artists, and visionaries, and continues to be studied in universities, discussed in literature circles, and referenced in modern storytelling.
  
  Whether you're rediscovering this classic or encountering it for the first time, The Divine Comedy belongs on every bookshelf.
  
  Are you ready to uncover it's profound secrets?

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  A Chameleon - From their pens to...

  Anton Chekhov

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  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on 29th January 1860 in Taganrog, on the south coast of Russia.  
  His family life was difficult; his father was strict and over-bearing but his mother was a passionate story-teller, a subject Chekhov warmed to. As he later said; ‘our talents we got from our father, but our soul from our mother’.  
  At school Chekhov was distinctly average. At 16 his father mis-managed his finances and was declared bankrupt. His family fled to Moscow. Chekhov remained and eked out a living by various means, including writing and selling short sketches to newspapers, to finish his schooling. That completed and with a scholarship to Moscow University obtained he rejoined his family. 
  He was able to help support them by selling satirical sketches and vignettes of Russian lifestyles and gradually obtained further commissions. In 1884, he qualified as a physician and, although it earned him little, he often treated the poor for free, he was fond of saying ‘Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress.’ 
  His own health was now an issue as he began to cough up blood, a symptom of tuberculosis.  Despite this his writing success enabled him to move the family into more comfortable accommodation.  
  Chekhov wrote over 500 short stories which included many, many classics including ‘The Kiss’ and ‘The Lady with a Dog’.  His collection ‘At Dusk’ won him the coveted Pushkin Prize when was only 26.  
  He was also a major playwright beginning with the huge success of ‘Ivanov’ in 1887.   
  In 1892 Chekhov bought a country estate north of Moscow. Here his medical skills and money helped the peasants tackle outbreaks of cholera and bouts of famine. He also built three schools, a fire station and a clinic.  It left him with less time for writing but the interactions with real people gained him detailed knowledge about the peasantry and their living conditions for his stories.  
  His most famous work, ‘The Seagull’ was received disastrously at its premiere in St Petersburg. It was later restaged in Moscow to highlight its psychological aspects and was a huge success. It led to ‘Uncle Vanya’, ‘The Three Sisters’ and ‘The Cherry Orchard’.  
  Chekhov suffered a major lung hemorrhage in 1897 while visiting Moscow. A formal diagnosis confirmed tuberculosis and the doctors ordered changes to his lifestyle.  
  Despite a dread of weddings the elusive literary bachelor quietly married the actress Olga Knipper, whom he had met at rehearsals for ‘The Seagull’, on 25th May 1901. 
  By May 1904 with his tuberculosis worsening and death imminent he set off for the German town of Badenweiler writing cheerful, witty letters to his family and assuring them his health was improving.  
  On 15th July 1904 Anton Chekhov died at Badenweiler.  He was 44.

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  The Grey Lady - Two Brothers a...

  Henry Seton Merriman

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  A Grey Lady of the sea, a Corsican coast, an English girl with money and the men arranging her life around it. Merriman was Hugh Stowell Scott, a Lloyd's underwriter who used a pen name so the City would not learn he wrote novels, and died at forty-one; he travelled where he set his books, and the Mediterranean here is a working sea, not a holiday. Fifty-eight plates of coastal painting, from Constable to Bonington, track the working sea Merriman's characters sail.

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  The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly...

  Charles Lever

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  An Anglo-Irish family with a great house, a doubtful title to it, and children who each want a different future. Lever knew the class from inside and wrote about its decline without much pity, which is why the Dublin reviewers disliked him. This edition binds 44 plates with the text, among them paintings by John Frederick Herring, Sr., Francis Danby and Francis Sartorius, alongside 16 illustrations restored and coloured for this printing.

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  A Christmas Carol

  Charles Dickens

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  A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. In the process, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

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