The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories. In this classic literary representation of gambling, Alexander Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. Hi ... Read more
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Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s imperial Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny of th ... Read more
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a book I prize next to the Bible' Robert Burns Mackenzie's hugely popular novel of 1771 is the foremost work of the sentimental movement, in which sentiment and sensibility were allied with true vir ... Read more
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This was Kipling's first published volume of fiction. The stories with their brevity and concentration of effect are a landmark in the history of the short story. *ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years ... Read more
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How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told"? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere. Kipling's ima ... Read more
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What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. The child of violently divorced parents, Mai ... Read more
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A rich American art-collector and his daughter Maggie buy in for themselves and to their greater glory a beautiful young wife and a noble husband. They do not know that Charlotte and Prince Amerigo w ... Read more
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This selection of 21 stories represents the best of James's work, and includes three stories which are not in the Collected Edition. *ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has ... Read more
This volume includes "Daisy Miller", "Pandora", "The Patagonia", and "Four Meetings". *ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature fr ... Read more
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Lambert Strether, a mild middle-aged American of no particular achievements, is dispatched to Paris from the manufacturing empire of Woollett, Massachusetts. The mission conferred on him by his august ... Read more
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