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  The Metamorphosis

  Franz Kafka

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  New translation of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.Poor Gregor Samsa! This guy wakes up one morning to discover that he's become a "monstrous vermin". The first pages of The Metamorphosis where Gregor tries to communicate through the bedroom door with his family, who think he's merely being lazy, is vintage screwball comedy. Indeed, scholars and readers alike have delighted in Kafka's gallows humor and matter-of-fact handling of the absurd and the terrifying.But it is one of the most enigmatic stories of all time, with an opening sentence that's unparalleled in all of literature.

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  The Possessed or The Devils

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  Originally published in 1872, "The Possessed" (also known as "The Devils" or "Demons") is a political novel by the renowned Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The story focuses on a group of revolutionaries plotting an uprising in a provincial Russian town, exploring their motives, philosophies, and interpersonal dynamics. It delves deep into the psychology of its characters, offering a scathing critique of radical ideologies and the intellectuals who espoused them during Dostoyevsky's time. As with much of his work, the narrative is a profound exploration of good and evil, freedom and enslavement, and the nature of power.

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  The Old Man and The Sea

  Ernest Hemingway

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  "The Old Man and the Sea" is one of Ernest Hemingway's most enduring works, earning him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and contributing to his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. The novella tells the tale of Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who has not caught a fish for 84 days. In his relentless pursuit of a great marlin, Santiago embarks on a solitary journey that becomes as much about his internal struggle and resilience as it is about the physical battle with the fish. The narrative delves into themes of man versus nature, pride, aging, and the eternal struggle for personal triumph against odds.

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  The Mysterious Island - Stranded...

  Yvonne Schaefer

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  Five escaped prisoners. One raging hurricane. An uncharted wilderness where survival demands absolute genius. 
  When a daring balloon escape from a besieged Civil War stronghold goes terribly wrong, an engineer, a reporter, a sailor, a young boy, and a devoted servant are swept away by a monumental tempest. Thrown onto the desolate, rocky shores of an unknown land in the vast Pacific Ocean, they are stripped of every tool, weapon, and modern convenience. 
  Separated from their brilliant leader, Captain Cyrus Harding, the surviving castaways must brave the harsh elements, scavenge for sustenance, and build shelter from the very stones of the earth. But as the mysteries of this barren coast deepen, they must ask themselves: Is this a mere island, or the edge of an unexplored continent? And more importantly, can they conquer the untamed wilderness before it conquers them? 
  The Mysterious Island is a breathtaking tale of survival, brotherhood, and human ingenuity that will leave listeners on the edge of their seats.

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  50 Essential Classics You Must...

  Anonymous, George Eliot, William...

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  A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature.
  
  This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this collection traces the evolution of a literary tradition that shaped the modern world.
  
  Organized chronologically and thematically, the anthology reveals how medieval allegory gave way to Renaissance drama, how the novel emerged as a dominant art form, and how the nineteenth century produced a golden age of storytelling. It concludes with poetic masterpieces that continue to define the emotional and intellectual reach of English expression.
  
  Featuring:
  
  • Foundational medieval epics and allegories
  • The great tragedies and comedies of Shakespeare
  • The birth and rise of the English novel
  • Victorian realism and Gothic imagination
  • Imperial adventure and early science fiction
  • The lyric revolution of the Romantic poets
  
  Carefully curated for both general readers and students, this edition offers a coherent and historically grounded path through over a millennium of literary achievement.
  
  A library in a single volume — indispensable, timeless, and essential.
  
  
  
  Included Works
  
  Beowulf — anonymous
  
  Piers Plowman — William Langland
  
  Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — anonymous
  
  Le Morte d'Arthur — Sir Thomas Malory
  
  Utopia — Thomas More
  
  Doctor Faustus — Christopher Marlowe
  
  The Faerie Queene — Edmund Spenser
  
  Paradise Lost — John Milton
  
  Hamlet — William Shakespeare
  
  King Lear — William Shakespeare
  
  Macbeth — William Shakespeare
  
  Othello — William Shakespeare
  
  Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare
  
  A Midsummer Night's Dream — William Shakespeare
  
  The Tempest — William Shakespeare
  
  Volpone — Ben Jonson
  
  Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe
  
  Gulliver's Travels — Jonathan Swift
  
  Pamela — Samuel Richardson
  
  Tom Jones — Henry Fielding
  
  Tristram Shandy — Laurence Sterne
  
  The Vicar of Wakefield — Oliver Goldsmith
  
  The Monk — Matthew Gregory Lewis
  
  Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
  
  The Last Man — Mary Shelley
  
  Vathek — William Beckford
  
  Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
  
  Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë
  
  Wuthering Heights — Emily Brontë
  
  David Copperfield — Charles Dickens
  
  Great Expectations — Charles Dickens
  
  Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens
  
  Middlemarch — George Eliot
  
  Tess of the d'Urbervilles — Thomas Hardy
  
  Far from the Madding Crowd — Thomas Hardy
  
  Treasure Island — Robert Louis Stevenson
  
  Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson
  
  The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde
  
  The Time Machine — H. G. Wells
  
  The War of the Worlds — H. G. Wells
  
  The Invisible Man — H. G. Wells
  
  The Island of Doctor Moreau — H. G. Wells
  
  She — H. Rider Haggard
  
  King Solomon's Mines — H. Rider Haggard
  
  Kim — Rudyard Kipling
  
  The Jungle Book — Rudyard Kipling
  
  Songs of Innocence and of Experience — William Blake
  
  Lyrical Ballads — William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  
  Selected Poems — John Keats
  
  Selected Poems — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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  The Spectre Bridegroom - From...

  William Hunt

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is the English writer William Hunt.

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