A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government. ... Read more

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In Apology Socrates defends himself before the Athenian court against charges of corrupting youth; Phaedo ... Read more

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Growing up in the scrublands of Florida, Jody Baxter wants for only one thing-a pet. His dream finally comes true when he is allowed to adopt a fawn he names Frisky. As Jody raises Frisky he grows ever closer to the young deer, but as Frisky matures into adulthood, Jody must face some difficult deci... Read more

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Describes the domestic obligations, social limitations, and economic factors that impede literary creativity in women, in the story of William Shakespeare's talented sister, who, because of the mores of her time, never expresses her genius until she dies by her own hand. Reprint. ... Read more

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When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focuse... Read more

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Well-known works including fables, folklore, fiction, drama, and more, by such authors as Aesop, Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Baldwin, are presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith. ... Read more

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Juan Preciado made a promise to his mother, who is dying, that he would go to her birthplace and look for his father, Pedro Paramo. She remembers a village, robust and full of life, that no longer exists--Comala is a decaying town, surrounded by mirages. Pedro Paramo may or may not be alive; he is d... Read more

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Ivan Goncharov's most famous novel is a masterful 19th-centry satire of the apathy and degradation of the Russian nobility. Its protagonist, Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, is a young and guileless nobleman who would prefer to daydream in bed than face the world and its demands. Famously, over a hundred pages ... Read more

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A vulgar and licentious college football captain becomes a messenger of God as a suave evangelist preacher, in this classic story that is universally recognized as a landmark in American literature. Reissue. ... Read more

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Shakespeare's timeless sonnets, which describe love in all its aspects, represent one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned. They include the star-struck Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"), the witty Sonnet 103 ("My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"... Read more

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Planning to will the largest portion of his kingdom to the daughter who can articulate her filial love most effectively, King Lear is furious when his youngest of three daughters, the unwed Cordelia, simply states "I cannot heave my heart into my mouth." As the elder sisters, Regan and Gon... Read more

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A young girl risks losing her mother to find her father, an imaginary lover comes to town for real, and a ghost teaches the true meaning of love, in this collection of Avonlea adventures. ... Read more

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Byron's brilliantly witty satiric poem, completed in 1824 and directed at the excesses of the age, is essentially a neo-classic work that harks back to the styles and subjects of 18th-century rationalism. ... Read more

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Unpublished in Melville's lifetime, BILLY BUDD is considered one of his greatest works. It began as a ballad, but grew into a short novel with an ambiguous plot that raises more questions than it answers, about good and evil, justice and injustice. Billy Budd, a handsome, angelic, and beloved young ... Read more

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Both a humorous satire on religion and morality and a work that concisely expresses Blake's essential wisdom and philosophy. ... Read more

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A common man is set to become king in this satire of modern society, government, and royalty. ... Read more

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With more than six million copies sold, this Easter classic is the story of the man who gambled for Christ's robe and won. ... Read more

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