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The third novel in Zola's twenty-volume series entitled «Les Rougon-Macquart,» this story revolves around and within the 21-acre market Les Halles Centrales of Paris. The starving scholar Florent has escaped his unwarranted exile on Devil's Island, and he is alternately entranced and disgusted by his refuge in 'the belly of Paris.' Zola describes the market and Florent's experiences in the midst of it with his characteristically captivating comprehension, foreshadowing the total mastery of working-class speech in his later works. Florent makes a friend of Claude Lantier, a painter who explains the battle being waged in the vast Central Markets between the 'fat' burghers and 'thin' lower class, in which Florent is soon embroiled. He is a man caught between the fat and the thin, and this lack of allegiance leads to painful condemnation and Florent's ultimate disintegration. Presented here is the somewhat expurgated 1895 translation of Ernest Alfred Vizetelly, entitled «The Fat and the Thin».
The Riddle of the Sands
Written in 1903 by the active and ultimately executed Irish republican Erskine Childers, «The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service» unfolds the story of a minor official in the Foreign Office, Carruthers, and his complete boredom with his occupation. Although his prospects are good, he feels an emptiness in his life, and this in large part encourages Carruthers to go sailing with his friend Davies. This acquaintance suspects German naval activity in the Baltic, and the two overcome numerous obstacles, both by suspicious German patrol boats and tricky inshore sailing, to discover information that complicates the feelings of both young men. The lone masterpiece of a man who died for a cause, this earliest of spy thrillers details not only the love of Davies, but the revival of Carruthers in a time of intrigue, adventure, suspicion, and burgeoning war.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
In this edition of «The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood», Howard Pyle has provided possibly the best and most complete rendering of this classic tale of the famous yeoman-thief of Sherwood Forest. Each chapter offers new and exciting stories, including the famous scenes of Little John and his staff besting Robin on the bridge, Robin winning the golden arrow at the Sheriff of Nottingham's archery contest, his complicity with courageous Will Scarlet and musical Alan-a-Dale, the continual outsmarting of the Sheriff, and many others! This timeless children's classic transforms the sly Robin Hood of medieval ballads into a hero who exemplifies justice, fair play, generosity, and compassion. Beautifully illustrated with Pyle's original artwork, no other version of the Robin Hood legend has received as much veneration and enjoyment from readers of all ages in the past one hundred years as has this 1883 classic.
The Selected Poems of Hafiz
The 14th century poet Hafiz is one of the most celebrated Persian lyric poets and is still highly regarded to this day. His poems explore the themes of love, the celebration of wine, and exposing the hypocrisy of those who hold themselves out as examples of moral rectitude. This collection includes a selection of forty-three poems translated by Gertrude Lowthian Bell and an introduction to Hafiz and his poems by the translator.
Medea
Euripides's «Medea» is one of the great dramatic tragedies from classical antiquity. It is the story of its title character, Medea, the wife of Jason of the Argonauts, who seeks revenge upon her unfaithful husband when he abandons her for a new younger bride. «Medea» broke many of the dramatic conventions of the time when it debuted and it is for this reason that it stands as one of the greatest of all works from the classical age of drama.
Tremendous Trifles
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English literary and social critic, historian, playwright, poet, Catholic theologian, debater, mystery writer and foremost, a novelist. Among the primary achievements of Chesterton's extensive writing career are the wide range of subjects written about, the large number of genres employed, and the sheer volume of publications produced. He wrote several plays, around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories and 4000 essays. Chesterton's writings without fail displayed wit and a sense of humor by incorporating paradox, yet still making serious comments on the world, government, politics, economics, theology, philosophy and many other topics. Chesterton uses his compilation of essays in «Tremendous Trifles» as a guide to reflect on everyday life. Among this collection: «A Piece of Chalk»—where a drawing exercise turns into a lesson on the nature of truth, «Twelve Men»—an explanation on why we have juries made of our peers and not professional jurors, «The Dragon's Grandmother»—on why we should read fairy tales to our children along with many more endearing reflections.
Tristan and Iseult (Two Renditions in English)
This classic of medieval literature is a definitive romance of Arthurian legend. In this edition are two versions of the tale. One by German born Gottfried von Strassburg (12th century) and another modern version by the Frenchman Joseph Bedier; first published in 1900. Both are landmark versions contributing to the story's rich history. «Tristan and Iseult» tells the tale of the young knight Tristan, nephew of King Mark of Cornwall, and his unexpected love affair with Princess Iseult. A drink from the love potion sets the tale into motion as their arduous journey becomes threatened by jealousy. Also at stake is the Kingdom of Cornwall, and Tristan must test himself to ensure the stability of the weakening court. This tale has been adapted into operas, plays, movies, and novels, becoming a classic tale of the perils of love. «Tristan and Iseult» combines courtly love, Christian allegory, and medieval mysticism in a colorful journey that remains as potent as ever.
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
"How to Tell a Story and Other Essays" is a collection of essays on various subjects by America's most famous satirist, Mark Twain. Contained in this volume you will find the following essays: How to Tell a Story, In Defense of Harriet Shelley, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses, Travelling With a Reformer, Private History of the 'Jumping Frog' Story, Mental Telegraphy Again, What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us, A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget, The Invalid's Story, The Captain's Story, Stirring Times in Austria, Concerning the Jews, From the 'London Times' of 1904, and At the Appetite-Cure.
The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes
Thomas Bulfinch's «The Age of Fable; or Stories of Gods and Heroes» is a classic collection of ancient mythology. Is this collection are the following tales: Prometheus and Pandora, Apollo and Daphne—Pyramus and Thisbe—Cephalus and Procris, Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto—Diana and Actæon—Latona and the Rustics, Phaëton, Midas—Baucis and Philemon, Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla, Pygmalion—Dryope—Venus and Adonis—Apollo and Hyacinthus, Ceyx and Halcyone, Vertumnus and Pomona—Iphis and Anaxarete, Cupid and Psyche, Cadmus—The Myrmidons, Nisus and Scylla—Echo and Narcissus—Clytie—Hero and Leander, Minerva and Arachne—Niobe, The Grææ and Gorgons—Perseus and Medusa—Atlas—Andromeda, Monsters: Giants—Sphinx—Pegasus and Chimæra—Centaurs—Griffin—Pygmies, The Golden Fleece—Medea and Æson, Meleager and Atalanta, Hercules—Hebe and Ganymede, Theseus and Dædalus—Castor and Pollux—Festivals and Games, Bacchus and Ariadne, The Rural Deities—The Dryads and Erisichthon—Rhoecus—Water Deities—Camenae—Winds, Achelous and Hercules—Admetus and Alcestis—Antigone—Penelope, Orpheus and Eurydice—Aristæus—Amphion—Linus—Thamyris—Marsyas—Melampus—Musaeus, Arion—Ibycus—Simonides—Sappho, Endymion—Orion—Aurora and Tithonus—Acis and Galatea, The Trojan War, The Fall of Troy—Return of the Greeks—Orestes and Electra, Adventures of Ulysses—The Lotus-eaters—The Cyclopes—Circe—Sirens—Scylla and Charybdis—Calypso, The Phæacians—Fate of the Suitors, Adventures of Æneas—The Harpies—Dido—Palinurus, The Infernal Regions—The Sibyl, Æneas in Italy—Camilla—Evander—Nisus and Euryalus—Mezentius—Turnus, Pythagoras—Egyptian Deities—Oracles, Origin of Mythology—Statues of Gods and Goddesses—Poets of Mythology, Monsters (modern)—The Phœnix—Basilisk—Unicorn—Salamander, Eastern Mythology—Zoroaster—Hindu Mythology—Castes—Buddha—The Grand Lama—Prester John, Northern Mythology—Valhalla—The Valkyrior, Thor's Visit to Jotunheim, The Death of Baldur—The Elves—Runic Letters—Skalds—Iceland, The Druids—Iona, and Beowulf.
My Bondage and My Freedom
"My Bondage and My Freedom" is the classic slave narrative of Frederick Douglass that tells the tale of his captivity and his freedom from slavery in the early to middle 1800s. «My Bondage and My Freedom» is an important document of the state of race relations and the politics of slavery leading up to the American Civil War and in its pages we find the voice that made Frederick Douglass one of the nation's most prominent figures in the American Anti-Slavery movement as well as an intimate portrait of his life.