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  • Ruskin

    The Great Victorian

    by Derrick Leon ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This book, first published in 1949, is an important work in Victorian studies, and directs light on Ruskin’s personal tragedy, his public life, and on the character of his work. This book will be of interest to students of history and cultural studies. ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Introduction to Proust

    His Life, His Circle and His Work

    by Derrick Leon ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This book, first published in 1940, provides an introduction to the life and work of the French novelist, critic, and essayist Marcel Proust, who is considered by many to be one of the greatest authors of all time. This book will be of interest to students of literature. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Tolstoy

    His Life and Work

    by Derrick Leon ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This book, first published in 1944, provides a comprehensive overview of the work and life of the writer and philosopher Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy. Widely considered one of the greatest novelists of all time, this title examines some of Tolstoy’s most seminal works, including War and Peace and Anna Karenina. This book will be of interest to students of literature and philosophy. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • Lectures on Russian Literature

    The acclaimed author presents his unique insights into the works of great Russian authors including Tolstoy, Dostoevski, Gogol, Gorki, and Chekhov.In the 1940s, when Vladimir Nabokov first embarked on his academic career in the United States, he brought with him hundreds of original lectures on the authors he most admired. For two decades those lectures served as the basis for Nabokov's teaching, ... Read more

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  • The Death Of Ivan Ilych (Mobi Classics)

    The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Smert' Ivana Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy. It is one of Tolstoy's most celebrated pieces of late fiction. This work stems in part from Tolstoy's anguished intellectual and spiritual struggles which led to his conversion to Christianity. Central to the story is an examination on the nature of both life and death, and how man can come to ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

    Series series Perennial Classics
    From the groundbreaking author of The Second Sex "a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way" ( New York Times ).A superb memoir by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an ... ... Read more

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  • Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

    Translated by Kyril Zinovieff ...
    In June 1862, Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Ostensibly making the trip to consult Western specialists about his epilepsy, he also wished to see first-hand the source of the Western ideas he believed were corrupting Russia. Over the course of his journey he visited a number of major cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Florence, Milan and Vienna.His record ... Read more

    $3.86 USD

  • Collected Works of John Constable (Delphi Classics)

    Series Book 18 - Delphi Masters of Art
    Celebrated for his iconic depictions of the English countryside, particularly his beloved Stour valley, John Constable helped raise the status of landscape painting. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Constable’s collected paintings in beautiful ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • De Profundis and Other Prison Writings

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    De Profundis and Other Prison Writings is a new selection of Oscar Wilde's prison letters and poetry in Penguin Classics, edited and introduced by Colm Tóibín.At the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde was the toast of London, widely feted for his most recent stage success, An Ideal Husband. But by May of the same year, Wilde was in Reading prison sentenced to hard labour. 'De Profundis' is an epistolic ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7]

    by Marcel Proust ...
    "'In Search of Lost Time' is widely recognized as the major novel of the twentieth century." —Harold Bloom "At once the last great classic of French epic prose tradition and the towering precursor of the 'nouveau roman'." —Bengt Holmqvist "Proust so titillates my own desire for expression that I can hardly set out the sentence. Oh if I could write like that!" —Virginia Woolf "The greatest fiction ... Read more

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  • The Forged Coupon, and Other Stories

    "The Forged Coupon, and Other Stories" by Leo Tolstoy is a collection that highlights the ripple effects of seemingly small actions on the lives of various characters. The central tale, "The Forged Coupon," starts with a young man, Mitya, forging a coupon to repay a debt, which sets off a chain of events affecting numerous people. This act of dishonesty leads to a series of consequences that span ... Read more

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