7 must-read ancient books like The Georgics (English, French and French Edition) by Claude Simon

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The Georgics (English, French and French Edition)

By: Claude Simon

3.83

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

As Simon's experimental anti-war novel begins, a prominent Jacobin and French general, identified o…

"Fugit irreparabile tempus."

-Claude Simon, The Georgics (English, French and French Edition)

"Fugit irreparabile tempus."

-Claude Simon, The Georgics (English, French and French Edition)

"What madness destroyed me and you, Orpheus?"

-Claude Simon, The Georgics (English, French and French Edition)

"What madness destroyed me and you, Orpheus?"

-Claude Simon, The Georgics (English, French and French Edition)

If you liked the ancient plot in The Georgics (English, French and French Edition) by Claude Simon , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Way Things Are

By: Rolfe Humphries , Lucretius

3.97

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

..". [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius' didacticism, his passionate conviction and pro… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • roman
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • ancient history
  • ancient
"There can be no centre in infinity."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

"Nothing exists but amalgams of matter and space."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

"For whatever changes and leaves its natural bounds is instant death of that which was before."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

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2. The Odes of Horace

By: Horatius , David Ferry

4.06

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

The poet-translator whose acclaimed version of Gilgamesh was a finalist for the National Book Criti… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • roman
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • fiction
"Carpe diem." (Odes: I.11)"

-Horatius, The Odes of Horace

"We are but dust and shadow."

-Horatius, The Odes of Horace

"Pulvis et umbra sumus. ( We are but dust and shadow. )"

-Horatius, The Odes of Horace

"Pale death kicks with impartial foot at the hovels of the poor and the towers of kings."

-Horatius, The Odes of Horace

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3. The Faerie Queene

By: Edmund Spenser , None , C. Patrick O'Donnell , Thomas P. Roche Jr.

3.77

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

The Faerie Queenewas the first epic in English and one of the most influential poems in the languag… read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
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4. The Twelve Caesars

By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more

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  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • classics
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5. The Early History of Rome (The History of Rome, #1-5)

By: Livy , Aubrey de Sélincourt , Robert Maxwell Ogilvie , None

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Livy (c. 59 BC-AD 17) dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history, the first … read more

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  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • roman
  • classics
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6. The Melancholy of Resistance

By: George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

The Melancholy of Resistance, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
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7. Frogs

By: Aristophanes , Arthur Sidgwick

3.58

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Batrakhoi, Batrachoi) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristop… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • mythology

8. Pharsalia: The Civil War

By: Lucan , None

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lucan's epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, unfinished at the time of his death, … read more

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  • poetry
  • ancient
  • classics
  • roman

9. Phaedrus

By: Plato , Paul Woodruff , Alexander Nehamas , Albert A. Anderson

3.50

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text edit… read more

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  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • classics

10. Odes and Epodes

By: Horatius , Niall Rudd

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The poetry of Horace (born 65 bc) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private con… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • fiction

11. Germania

By: Tacitus , None

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

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12. The Satyricon

By: Piero Chiara , Petronius , P.G. Walsh , Federico Roncoroni

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose & poetry (prosimetrum). It… read more

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13. Arte poética

By: Horatius , Horácio , None

4.07

Format: 384 pages,

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14. 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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15. Jason and the Golden Fleece

By: Apollonius of Rhodes , Richard L. Hunter

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Argonauticais the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with … read more

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16. Idylls

By: Theocritus , Anthony Verity , Richard L. Hunter

3.61

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

A key figure in the development of Western literature, the Greek poet Theocritus of Syracuse, was t… read more

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17. Sweet Honey (Chocolate Box Girls, #5)

By: Cathy Cassidy

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

HONEY. Ringletty blonde hair, creamy skin, artistic, moody, charming . . . Honey is going to live w… read more

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18. Theogony/Works and Days

By: Hesiod , None

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Hesiod, one of the oldest known Greek poets, stands out as the first personality in European litera… read more

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19. De Anima

By: Aristotle , Hugh Lawson-Tancred

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

'The soul is, so to speak, the first principle of living things. We seek to contemplate and know it… read more

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20. Metamorphoses

By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney

3.99

Format: 240 pages,

Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more

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21. The Complete Poems

By: Catullus , Guy Lee

3.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

Of all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing … read more

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22. Lorenzaccio

By: Alfred de Musset

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Personnage grossier, brutal, le duc Alexandre de Medicis dirige la ville de Florence. Se desinteres… read more

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23. The Agricola and The Germania

By: Tacitus , S.A. Handford , Harold Mattingly

3.94

Format: 229 pages,

The portrait of Tacitus' father-in-law, Agricola, is a eulogistic description of the career of the … read more

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24. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)

By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None

5.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

(1939 translation) read more

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25. The Georgics

By: Virgil , Betty Radice , None

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A eulogy to Italy as the temperate land of perpetual spring, and a celebration of the values of rus… read more

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26. The Art of Love

By: David Malouf , Ovid , James Michie

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

De los clasicos de la literatura, Ovidio nos deleita con una lirica que habla del mas puro de los s… read more

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27. La terreur féministe

By: Irene (@irenevrose)

4.54

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

« le féminisme n’a jamais tué personne. » Cette phrase est brandie depuis des décennies par le disc… read more

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28. Par-dessus bord: forme hyper-brève

By: Michel Vinaver

2.32

Format: 272 pages, Pocket Book

"Le temps était venu d'une oeuvre majeure, une oeuvre libérée de toutes les précautions. Une oeuvre… read more

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29. La Condition ouvrière

By: Simone Weil

3.34

Format: 528 pages, Pocket Book

En décembre 1934, Simone Weil entre comme «manœuvre sur la machine» dans une usine. Professeur agré… read more

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  • philosophy
"Toda la publicidad, toda la propaganda, tan variada en sus formas, que busca excitar el deseo de lo superfluo, tanto en el campo como entre los obreros, debe ser considerada un crimen."

-Simone Weil, La Condition ouvrière

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30. Lorenzaccio - Prépas scientifiques 2024

By: Alfred de Musset

3.37

Format: 288 pages, Pocket Book

1537 : le duc Alexandre de Médicis règne sur Florence dans la débauche et l'excès, accompagné dans … read more

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31. Ab urbe condita libro xxi (bilingue)

By: Livy

4.02

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Traducción de V. J. Herrero. read more

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  • classics

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