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My Antonia
Written by Willa Cather
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1994
Price: $4.95
"The best thing I've done is My Antonia," recalled Willa Cather. "I feel I've made a contribution to American letters with that book."
Ántonia Shimerda returns to Black Hawk, Nebraska, to make a fresh start after eloping with a railway conductor following the tragic death of her father. Accustomed to living in... Read more >
Written by Willa Cather
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1994
Price: $4.95
"The best thing I've done is My Antonia," recalled Willa Cather. "I feel I've made a contribution to American letters with that book."
Ántonia Shimerda returns to Black Hawk, Nebraska, to make a fresh start after eloping with a railway conductor following the tragic death of her father. Accustomed to living in... Read more >
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Four Great Plays by Henrik Ibsen
Written by Henrik Ibsen
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1984
Price: $6.95
Here, in a single volume, are four major plays by the first modern playwright, Henrick Ibsen. Ghosts -the startling portrayal of a family destroyed by disease and infidelity. The Wild Duck -- A poignant drama of lost illusions. An Enemy Of The People -- Ibsen's vigorous attack on public opinion. And A... Read more >
Written by Henrik Ibsen
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1984
Price: $6.95
Here, in a single volume, are four major plays by the first modern playwright, Henrick Ibsen. Ghosts -the startling portrayal of a family destroyed by disease and infidelity. The Wild Duck -- A poignant drama of lost illusions. An Enemy Of The People -- Ibsen's vigorous attack on public opinion. And A... Read more >
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Sense and Sensibility
Written by Jane Austen
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1982
Price: $4.95
In 1811, Jane Austen’s first published work, Sense and Sensibility, marked the debut of England’s premier novelist of manners. Believing that “3 or 4 families in a country village is the very thing to work on,” she created a brilliant tragicomedy of flirtation and folly. Romantic walks through lush Devonshire and... Read more >
Written by Jane Austen
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1982
Price: $4.95
In 1811, Jane Austen’s first published work, Sense and Sensibility, marked the debut of England’s premier novelist of manners. Believing that “3 or 4 families in a country village is the very thing to work on,” she created a brilliant tragicomedy of flirtation and folly. Romantic walks through lush Devonshire and... Read more >
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Call of The Wild, White Fang
Written by Jack London
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1991
Price: $4.99
The Call Of The Wild is the story of Buck, a dog stolen from his home and thrust into the merciless life of the Arctic north to endure hardship, bitter cold, and the savage lawlessness of man and beast. White Fang is the adventure of an animal -- part dog, part wolf --turned vicious by cruel abuse... Read more >
Written by Jack London
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1991
Price: $4.99
The Call Of The Wild is the story of Buck, a dog stolen from his home and thrust into the merciless life of the Arctic north to endure hardship, bitter cold, and the savage lawlessness of man and beast. White Fang is the adventure of an animal -- part dog, part wolf --turned vicious by cruel abuse... Read more >
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Purgatory
Written by Dante
Illustrated by Gustave Dore
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $14.00
Written by Dante
Illustrated by Gustave Dore
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $14.00
A new translation by Anthony Esolen
Illustrations by Gustave Doré
Written in the fourteenth century by Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy is arguably the greatest epic poem of all time—presenting Dante’s brilliant vision of the three realms of Christian afterlife: Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. In this...
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The Woman in White
Written by Wilkie Collins
Format: Paperback, 800 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1985
Price: $5.95
“There, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road—there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven—stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments.”
Thus young Walter Hartright first meets the mysterious woman in white in what... Read more >
Written by Wilkie Collins
Format: Paperback, 800 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1985
Price: $5.95
“There, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road—there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven—stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments.”
Thus young Walter Hartright first meets the mysterious woman in white in what... Read more >
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Much Ado About Nothing
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay–but the hilarious counterplot... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay–but the hilarious counterplot... Read more >
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Othello
Written by William Shakespeare and David Scott Kastan
Edited by David Bevington
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senator’s daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish general, Othello, is especially relevant to modern audiences. The differences in race and background create an initial tension that allows the... Read more >
Written by William Shakespeare and David Scott Kastan
Edited by David Bevington
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senator’s daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish general, Othello, is especially relevant to modern audiences. The differences in race and background create an initial tension that allows the... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Fatelessness
Written by Imre Kertesz
Translated by Tim Wilkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2004
Price: $15.00
At the age of 14 Georg Koves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of Budapest and without any particular malice, placed on a train to Auschwitz. He does not understand the reason for his fate. He doesn’t particularly think of himself as Jewish. And his fellow prisoners, who... Read more >
Written by Imre Kertesz
Translated by Tim Wilkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 7, 2004
Price: $15.00
At the age of 14 Georg Koves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of Budapest and without any particular malice, placed on a train to Auschwitz. He does not understand the reason for his fate. He doesn’t particularly think of himself as Jewish. And his fellow prisoners, who... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Greek Drama
Written by Moses Hadas
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1983
Price: $5.95
In power, passion, and the brilliant display of moral conflict, the drama of ancient Greece remains unsurpassed. For this volume, Professor Hadas chose nine plays which display the diversity and grandeur of tragedy, and the critical and satiric genius of comedy, in outstanding translations of the past and present. His introduction... Read more >
Written by Moses Hadas
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1983
Price: $5.95
In power, passion, and the brilliant display of moral conflict, the drama of ancient Greece remains unsurpassed. For this volume, Professor Hadas chose nine plays which display the diversity and grandeur of tragedy, and the critical and satiric genius of comedy, in outstanding translations of the past and present. His introduction... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
