The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
By: Giacomo Casanova
4.06
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
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Want to Read"We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool."-Giacomo Casanova, The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
"We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool."-Giacomo Casanova, The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
"He introduced me to a Jesuit whom he kept in his employ, and said that although his name was Adam, he was not the first man."-Giacomo Casanova, The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
"He introduced me to a Jesuit whom he kept in his employ, and said that although his name was Adam, he was not the first man."-Giacomo Casanova, The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
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1. Robinson Crusoe
By: Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three dec… read more
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"For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. "-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"On a horse? I was married on a horse? Gillian looked like she could kill the groom"-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them."-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"for me to think of such a voyage was the most preposterous thing that ever man in such circumstances could be guilty of."-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
2. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
3. Moll Flanders
By: Daniel Defoe
3.52
Format: 339 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781853260735. The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Fla… read more
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"I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm."-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
"I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over..."-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
"Thus the Government of our Virtue was broken and I exchang'd the Place of Friend for that unmusical harsh-sounding Title of Whore."-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
"He look'd a little disorder'd, when he said this, but I did not apprehend any thing from it at that time, believing as it us'd to be said, that they who do those things never talk of them; or that th…"-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
4. A Passage to India
By: E.M. Forster , Pankaj Mishra , Oliver Stallybrass
3.68
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, th… read more
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"Adventures do occur, but not punctually."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
"There are different ways of evil and I prefer mine to yours."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
"A friendliness, as of dwarfs shaking hands, was in the air..."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
"I think everyone fails, but there are so many kinds of failure."-E.M. Forster, A Passage to India
5. A Tale of a Tub
By: Jonathan Swift
3.46
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
'A Tale of a Tub' was the first big work written by Jonathan Swift. It is arguably his most difficu… read more
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"La sabiduría es como una gallina, cuyo cacareo debemos saber valorar y considerar, pues es acompañado por un huevo."-Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub
"But as human happiness is of a very short duration, so in those days were human fashions upon which it entirely depends."-Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub
"La sabiduría es como una gallina, que debemos sabe, cuyo cacareo debemos saber valorar y considerar, pues es acompañado por un huevo"-Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub
"For what man in the natural state or course of thinking did ever conceive it in his power to reduce the notions of all mankind exactly to the same length, and breadth, and height of his own? Yet this…"-Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub
6. How To Get Rich
By: Felix Dennis
4.17
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
'Making money is a knack, a knack that can be acquired. And if someone like me can become rich, the… read more
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"There is absolutely nothing more likely to dampen the prospects of becoming rich than a nice, fat, regular salary check."-Felix Dennis, How To Get Rich
"Talent is indispensable, although it is 'always' replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent: Identify It, Hire It, Nurture It, Reward It, Protect It. And when the time comes, Fire …"-Felix Dennis, How To Get Rich
"When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and cont…"-Felix Dennis, How To Get Rich
"Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good sa…"-Felix Dennis, How To Get Rich
7. Jude the Obscure
By: Thomas Hardy
3.83
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Jude Fawley's hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy … read more
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"Always wanting another man than your own."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"But no one came. Because no one ever does."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"Love has its own dark morality when rivalry enters in."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"We ought to have lived in mental communion, and no more."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
8. Truman
By: David McCullough
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
9. Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
By: Sophocles , John Harrison , Shomit Dutta
3.92
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Written in the fifth century B.C., Sophocles' tragedy concerns the shame and death of Ajax, a Greek… read more
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"If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate."-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
"To look on self-wrought woes, when no other has had a hand in them- this lays sharp pangs to the soul."-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
"Which would you choose if you could: pleasure for yourself despite your friends or a share in their grief?"-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
"AGAMEMNÔN. Il n’est pas facile à un roi d’être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien."-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
10. Story of the Eye
By: Georges Bataille , Joachim Neugroschel , Dovid Bergelson
3.66
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye… read more
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"We pedaled rapidly, without laughing or speaking, peculiarly satisfied with our mutual presence, akin to one another in the common isolation of lewdness, weariness, and absurdity."-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"Simone was tall and lovely. She was usually very natural; there was nothing heartbreaking in her eyes or her voice. But on a sensual level, she so bluntly craved any upheaval that the faintest call f…"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"I remember that one day, when we were in a car tooling along at top speed,we crashed into a cyclist, an apparently very young and very pretty girl. Her head was almost totally ripped off by the wheel…"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"As for the fact that Simone dared to piss on the corpse, whether in boredom or, at worst, in irritation: it mainly goes to prove how impossible it was for us to understand what was happening, and of …"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
11. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more
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12. Cain a Mystery
By: Lord Byron
4.70
Format: 84 pages,
Discover the esoteric significance of this ancient drama. "Cain can be conceived as the action of c… read more
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13. Philosophical Investigations
By: Ludwig Wittgenstein , G.E.M. Anscombe
3.68
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Philosophische Untersuchungen is, with the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one of two major works b… read more
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14. Ten Years Later
By: Alexandre Dumas
3.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances, follow… read more
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15. Healing Love through the Tao: Cultivating Female Sexual Energy
By: Mantak Chia
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
A new edition of the bestseller * The first book to reveal in the West the Taoist techniques that e… read more
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16. The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
By: Guy de Maupassant , Sandra Smith
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A Parisian civil servant turned protégé of Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant is considered not only one o… read more
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"How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed for one to be ruined or saved!"-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
"I had kissed her at odd times, in out of the way corners, in the manner of a mountain guide, nothing more."-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
"She stayed there, in her ball dress, without strength to go to bed, overwhelmed, on a chair, without a fire, without a thought."-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
"What do you want?" he then asked her. And with clenched teeth, and trembling with anger, she replied: "I want--I want you to marry me, as you promised." But he only laughed and replied: "Oh! if a man…"-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
17. The Essays
By: Francis Bacon , None
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court o… read more
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18. Delta of Venus
By: Anaïs Nin
4.14
Format: None pages,
In Delta of VenusAnais Nin penned a lush, magical world where the characters of her imagination pos… read more
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19. Les Liaisons dangereuses
By: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , Douglas Parmée
4.06
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of … read more
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"J'ai vécu"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
20. The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
By: Giacomo Casanova
4.06
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
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"We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool."-Giacomo Casanova, The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
"He introduced me to a Jesuit whom he kept in his employ, and said that although his name was Adam, he was not the first man."-Giacomo Casanova, The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
"If natural philosophy does not teach us the remedies for many diseases, it furnishes us at least with certain means to contract them."-Giacomo Casanova, The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
"They [his readers, whom he asks to be his friends] will find that I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of first introducing it into minds which were …"-Giacomo Casanova, The Memoirs of Casanova (Complete)
21. Le Médecin Volant
By: Molière
3.28
Format: 64 pages, Pocket Book
Lucile aime Valère et en est aimée. Mais son père veut la marier à un autre. La jeune femme joue la… read more
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