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FATHERS AND SONS was the most closely studied of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev's works in the Soviet high school curriculum. An inadvertent political agenda favorite, juxtaposing two generations, "the fathers," or the fading aristocracy, and "the sons," or the new fresh blood of the middle class and the nihilists, the novel seemed a perfect vehicle for portraying the brewing unrest of the pre-revolutionary era, and... (more)

The Stranger

by Albert Camus

Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.

Der schwarze Obelisk. Geschichte einer verspäteten Jugend

Der schwarze Obelisk. Geschichte einer verspäteten Jugend

by Erich Maria Remarque

Dead Souls

by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Gogol's tale of a dismissed civil servant turned unscrupulous confidence man is the most essentially Russian of all the great novels in Russian literature. With its rich and ebullient language, ironic twists, and cast of comedic characters, Dead Souls (1842) stands as one of the most dazzling and poetic masterpieces of the nineteenth century. This brilliant new translation by Christopher English is complemented... (more)

A Hero of Our Time (Dover Books on Literature & Drama)

A Hero of Our Time (Dover Books on Literature & Drama)

by Mikhail Lermontov, Neil Cornwell, Marian Schwartz, Vladimir Nabokov

TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN By J. H. WISDOM & MARR MURRAY

Drei Kameraden

by Erich Remarque

Schuld Und Suhne

by Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski

Candide - or, The Optimist

by Voltaire

Candide, Voltaire's magnum opus,<6> is a literary work which, for its biting wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, has often been mimicked by later authors and adapted for the stage (the most notable of which is Leonard Bernstein's 1956 comic operetta)

Meistererzählungen

The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

"Quando Gregor Samsa despertou uma manhã na sua cama de sonhos inquietos, viu-se metamorfoseado num monstruoso inseto ".É deste modo que Kafka inicia a história de Gregor Samsa, um caixeiro-viajante "obrigado" que deixou de ter vida própria para suportar financeiramente todas as despesas de casa.Numa manhã, ao acordar para o trabalho, Gregor vê que se... (more)

Pygmalion and My Fair Lady

by George Bernard Shaw, Alan Jay Lerner

This Greek legend is presented in two different formats--the original by Shaw and the musical play by Lerner.

Eugene Onegin in Full Score

by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsy

Based on the verse novel by Aleksandr Pushkin, the composer’s operatic masterpiece relates a tale of thwarted romance. Lavish melodies, expressive harmonies, and masterly orchestration abound in the sumptuous work, a staple of opera houses around the world. This attractive and modestly priced edition is reprinted from an authoritative early score.

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Fathers and Sons

by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev