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  • The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
    The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
    By Olaudah Equiano

    A remarkable account of early slavery and later freedom, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" is the 1789 autobiography of former slave Olaudah Equiano.

  • The Selected Stories of O. Henry
    The Selected Stories of O. Henry
    By O. Henry

    In this collection you will find the following beloved O. Henry stories: "The Plutonian Fire", "The Princess and the Puma", "By Courier", "The Gift of the Magi", "The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein", "Mammon and the Archer", "The Memento" ...

  • A Texas Cowboy
    A Texas Cowboy
    By Charles A. Siringo

    "A Texas Cowboy" was one of the first true looks into life as a cowboy.

  • Eight Cousins
    Eight Cousins
    By Louisa May Alcott

    "Eight Cousins" is one of Alcott's most loved tales which can be enjoyed by readers both young and old alike. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

  • The Plays of Anton Chekhov
    The Plays of Anton Chekhov
    By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Julius West, Marian Fell

    Those plays along with "The Sea-Gull", "The Swan Song", "On the High Road", "The Proposal", "The Wedding", "The Bear", "A Tragedian in Spite of Himself", and "The Anniversary" are included in this representative volume of "The Plays of ...

  • The Torrents of Spring, First Love, and Mumu
    The Torrents of Spring, First Love, and Mumu
    By Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

    This edition contains "The Torrents of Spring," an intimate novella that illustrates Turgenev's idealistic ideas about love, and that possibly reflects his own failure in finding romantic love.

  • Against Nature (À Rebours)
    Against Nature (À Rebours)
    By J. K. Huysmans

    This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

  • Against the Grain (À Rebours)
    Against the Grain (À Rebours)
    By J. K. Huysmans

    Described as "A Novel Without a Plot" J. K. Huysman's "Against the Grain (À Rebours)" is a relatively simple story.

  • The Complete Short Stories of Saki
    The Complete Short Stories of Saki
    By H. H. Munro, Saki

    This complete edition of short stories will entertain readers with its wonderfully intricate characters, rich political satire and fine narrative style.

  • The Selected Letters of Pliny
    The Selected Letters of Pliny
    By Pliny the Younger, William Melmoth, F. C. T. Bosanquet

    The nephew of Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger would have correspondence with numerous important Roman figures throughout his lifetime, including the Emperor Trajan, of which the latter portion of this work focuses on.

  • The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Series First Through Third)
    The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Series First Through Third)
    By Emily Dickinson

    It is here, in "The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson", that we witness her singular poetic depth and range of style. Collected are the first three series of her posthumous publishing career coming out respectively in 1890, 1891, and 1896.

  • Grimm's Fairy Tales (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham)
    Grimm's Fairy Tales (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham)
    By Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

    This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper, includes an introduction by Edmund Gosse, and is beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

  • Ecce Homo: The Autobiography of Friedrich Nietzsche
    Ecce Homo: The Autobiography of Friedrich Nietzsche
    By Friedrich Nietzsche

    In this revealing little work we gain great insight into what Nietzsche was as he saw himself and a final reiteration of his core philosophy, a rejection of the Christian ideal that asserts suffering as a noble necessity of life and of ...

  • The Romance of the Forest
    The Romance of the Forest
    By Ann Radcliffe

    An instant success for the author, this novel would establish Radcliffe's as the preeminent author of romances of her era.

  • The Mysteries of Udolpho
    The Mysteries of Udolpho
    By Ann Ward Radcliffe

    An unparalleled example of Gothic romance, Radcliffe's novel portrays the multitude of misfortunes heaped upon the admirable French heroine, Emily St. Aubert.

  • Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau)
    Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau)
    By Henry David Thoreau

    Contained in this volume are the following essays: Civil Disobedience, Natural History of Massachusetts, A Walk to Wachusett, The Landlord, A Winter Walk, The Succession of Forest Trees, Walking, Autumnal Tints, Wild Apples, Night and ...

  • The Red and the Black: (translated with an Introduction by Horace B. Samuel)
    The Red and the Black: (translated with an Introduction by Horace B. Samuel)
    By Stendhal

    This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and is translated with an introduction by Horace B. Samuel.

  • The Flowers of Evil / Les Fleurs Du Mal (English and French Edition)
    The Flowers of Evil / Les Fleurs Du Mal (English and French Edition)
    By Charles P. Baudelaire

    Finally in 1868 a third edition was published posthumously. This collection added an additional fourteen poems selected by two of Baudelaire's friends yet again excluded the six censored poems.

  • The Flowers of Evil and Paris Spleen
    The Flowers of Evil and Paris Spleen
    By Charles Baudelaire

    " Rich with symbolism, these works are rightly considered classics of the modernist literary movement. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and includes an introduction by James Huneker.

  • The Flowers of Evil / Les Fleurs Du Mal: French and English Edition (Translated by William Aggeler with an Introduction...
    The Flowers of Evil / Les Fleurs Du Mal: French and English Edition (Translated by William Aggeler with an Introduction...
    By Charles Baudelaire

    Its themes of decadence and eroticism seek to exhibit Baudelaire's criticism of the Parisian society of his time. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and includes an introduction by Frank Pearce Sturm.