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  • The Ratcatcher

    by Viktor Dyk ...
    Translated by Roman Kostovski ...
    A stranger with a magical fife promises to rid the rat-infested town of Hamelin of its vermin for the sum of one hundred Rhine ducats. Viktor Dyk’s rendition of the medieval Saxon legend of the pied piper masterfully blends lyrical prose with early twentieth century modernism, and has held its own among works of Eastern European literature for over a hundred years. Now this Czech classic is ... Read more

    $11.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pied Piper

    by Viktor Dyk ...
    Translated by Mark Corner ...
    Series series Modern Czech Classics
    For The Pied Piper, Czech writer Viktor Dyk found his muse in the much retold medieval Saxon legend of the villainous, pipe-playing rat-catcher. Dyk uses the tale as a loose frame for his story of a mysterious wanderer, outcast, and would-be revolutionary—a dreamer typical of fin de siècle Czech literature who serves Dyk as a timely expression of the conflict between the petty concerns of ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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  • Ascendance of a Bookworm: Royal Academy Stories - First Year

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  • My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun

    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
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  • Death In Venice (Der Tod In Venedig) (Mobi Classics)

    The novella Death in Venice was written by the German author Thomas Mann, and was first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig. It was first published in English in 1925 as Death in Venice and Other Stories, translated by Kenneth Burke. W. H. Auden called it the definitive translation. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ... Read more

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  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin

    with 45 Colorful Illustrations

    The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning illustrated by Kate Greenaway, First published 1888. This book contains 12 New Illustrations and 33 Original Colorful Illustrations. This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted. ... Read more

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