The Captive: Part 2
By: Marcel Proust
4.24
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The fractured relationship between Albertine and Marcel continues, with Marcel's fixations of his l…
Want to Read $ 0.99"From the pavement, I could see the window of Albertine’s room, that window, formerly quite black, at night, when she was not staying in the house, which the electric light inside, dissected by the slats of the shutters, striped from top to bottom with parallel bars of gold."-Marcel Proust, The Captive: Part 2
"One morning indeed, I felt a sudden misgiving that she not only had left the house but had gone for good: I had just heard the sound of a door which seemed to me to be that of her room. On tiptoe I crept towards the room, opened the door, stood upon the threshold. In the dim light the bedclothes bulged in a semi-circle, that must be Albertine who, with her body bent, was sleeping with her feet and face to the wall. Only, overflowing the bed, the hair upon that head, abundant and dark, made me realise that it was she, that she had not opened her door, had not stirred, and I felt that this motionless and living semi-circle, in which a whole human life was contained and which was the only thing to which I attached any value, I felt that it was there, in my despotic possession."-Marcel Proust, The Captive: Part 2
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1. To the Lighthouse
By: Virginia Woolf
3.80
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more
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"I have had my vision."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
"Well, we must wait for the future to show."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
2. Madame Bovary
By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall
3.70
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more
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"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
3. Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods , T.J. Reed
3.69
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, has become a class… read more
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4. Demons
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky
4.30
Format: 733 pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0679734511. (ISBN13: 9780679734512) Inspired by the true story of a… read more
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"God is the pain of the fear of death"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"Marriage is the moral death of every proud soul, of all independence."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
"...and in fact I've noticed that faith always seems to be less in the daytime"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons
5. Père Goriot
By: Honoré de Balzac
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his… read more
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"Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"آری ,در این دنیا هیچ چیزی کامل نیست, مگر بدبختی."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"Notre coeur est un trésor, videz-le d'un coup, vous êtes ruinés."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
6. Hadji Murad
By: Leo Tolstoy
4.11
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In 1851 Leo Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and was sent to the Caucasus to help defeat the Ch… read more
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7. Memoirs of Hadrian
By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick
4.23
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more
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"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
8. The Albertine Workout
By: Anne Carson
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Albertine Workout contains fifty-nine paragraphs, with appendices, summarizing Anne Carson's re… read more
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9. The Sound and the Fury
By: William Faulkner
3.86
Format: 366 pages, Paperback
The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more
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"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
10. Ulysses
By: James Joyce
3.75
Format: 925 pages, Paperback
Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more
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"Shite and onions!"-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Let my country die for me."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Be just before you are generous."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"-James Joyce, Ulysses
11. The End of Eddy
By: Édouard Louis , None
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The most talked-about European novel since My Struggle--a sexually frank, brutally honest coming-of… read more
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12. War and Peace
By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude , Henry Gifford
4.16
Format: 1392 pages, Paperback
In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Pe… read more
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"God is the same everywhere."-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Kings are the slaves of history."-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Everything depends on upbringing. "-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
13. The Iliad
By: Homer
3.91
Format: 848 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more
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"I say no wealth is worth my life."-Homer, The Iliad
"These were the colloquies in heaven."-Homer, The Iliad
"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."-Homer, The Iliad
"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"-Homer, The Iliad
14. La straniera
By: Claudia Durastanti
3.57
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
"La storia di una famiglia somiglia più a una cartina topografica che a un romanzo, e una biografia… read more
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"O que ocorre com o atordoamento de quem não sabe nada de uma cidade e se ilude que cada descoberta feita o seja pela primeira vez? Que espaço tem o desejo quando tudo é feito tão transparente?"-Claudia Durastanti, La straniera
"A autobiografia, e a da minha mãe não é uma exceção, é a bastarda entre os gêneros literários, porque baixa o limiar: está nas mãos dos refugiados, mulheres, deficientes, sobreviventes do Holocausto,…"-Claudia Durastanti, La straniera
"Enquanto eu tentava estabelecer alguma ordem com a escrita, eles continuavam se comunicando com os astros superiores e as substâncias ingovernáveis, reforçando sempre em mim a suspeita de que as pala…"-Claudia Durastanti, La straniera
"Podemos fracassar numa história de amor, na relação com a mãe. Mas quando uma cidade nos repele, quando não conseguimos entrar em seus mecanismos mais profundos e estamos sempre do outro lado do vidr…"-Claudia Durastanti, La straniera
15. Changer : méthode
By: Édouard Louis
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
« Une question s’est imposée au centre de ma vie, elle a concentré toutes mes réflexions, occupé to… read more
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16. Diary of a Void
By: Emi Yagi
3.51
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at … read more
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"Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers…"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
17. Meter i sekundet
By: Stine Pilgaard
3.78
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Et ungt par bosætter sig på en højskole i Vestjylland med deres lille barn. De træder ind i en verd… read more
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"Kanske är det för att jag är ensambarn, men jag blir alltid förvirrad när jag inte möts av jubel vart jag än kommer"-Stine Pilgaard, Meter i sekundet
"Det gäller att ha is i magen, säger Anders Agger, om man är tyst tillräckligt länge kommer de till sist att börja prata"-Stine Pilgaard, Meter i sekundet
"Jag säger inte att jag är oskyldig. I likhet med de flesta senmoderna människor är jag bara en bra vän när jag har långtråkigt eller har behov av andra"-Stine Pilgaard, Meter i sekundet
"När man inte kan överblicka saker och ting är det viktigt att inte bry sig om framtiden. Släpp de stora dragen och ta en minut i taget [...] Gör allt så enkelt och kortsiktigt som möjligt, tänk inte …"-Stine Pilgaard, Meter i sekundet
18. 11%
By: Maren Uthaug
3.61
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
“Du kan jo overveje, hvorfor der er så mange ord, der aldrig er lavet i feminin form. Som drabsmand… read more
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"Du kan jo overveje, hvorfor der er så mange ord, der aldrig er lavet i feminin form. Som drabsmand og voldtægtsmand. Eller krigsherre."-Maren Uthaug, 11%
19. Kun til navlen
By: Linea Maja Ernst
4.12
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
Linea Maja Ernst debuterer med Kun til navlen, en samtidsroman om at være fanget i en livsfase og p… read more
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20. Lenins bodyguard
By: Leif Davidsen
3.84
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
"Lenins bodyguard" af Leif Davidsens handler om sønderjyden Oskar Madsen, der kommer helt tæt på de… read more
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21. The Captive: Part 2
By: Marcel Proust
4.24
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The fractured relationship between Albertine and Marcel continues, with Marcel's fixations of his l… read more
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"From the pavement, I could see the window of Albertine’s room, that window, formerly quite black, at night, when she was not staying in the house, which the electric light inside, dissected by the sl…"-Marcel Proust, The Captive: Part 2
"One morning indeed, I felt a sudden misgiving that she not only had left the house but had gone for good: I had just heard the sound of a door which seemed to me to be that of her room. On tiptoe I c…"-Marcel Proust, The Captive: Part 2
