The Poetic Principle
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.52
Format: None pages, None
Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer.
Want to Read $ 3.83"I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
"no man can consider himself entitled to complain of Fate while in his adversity he still retains the unwavering love of woman."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
"And thus when by Poetry, or when by Music, the most entrancing of the poetic moods, we find ourselves melted into tears, we weep then, not... through excess of pleasure, but through a certain petulant, impatient sorrow at our inability to grasp now, wholly, here on earth, at once and forever, those divine and raptorous joys of which through the poem, or through the music, we attain to but brief and indeterminate glimpses."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
"I have endeavored to convey to you my conception of the Poetic Principle. It has been my purpose to suggest that, while this Principle itself is strictly and simply the Human Aspiration for Supernal Beauty, the manifestation of the Principle is always found in an elevating excitement of the soul, quite independent of that passion which is the intoxication of the Heart, or of that truth which is the satisfaction of the Reason... in regard to passion, alas! its tendency is to degrade rather than to elevate the Soul."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
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By: Hermann Hesse
4.14
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
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"Fate and character are different names for the same idea."-Hermann Hesse, Demian
"En estos momentos tuve una certeza fulminante: cada uno tenía una “misión"-Hermann Hesse, Demian
"You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value."-Hermann Hesse, Demian
"I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"-Hermann Hesse, Demian
2. Letters to a Young Poet
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell
4.29
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more
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"Everything is gestation and then birthing."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
3. Waiting for Godot
By: Samuel Beckett
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Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more
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4. The Unexpected Guest
By: Agatha Christie , Charles Osborne
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog near the South Wales coast, and makes his wa… read more
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5. The Musgrave Ritual (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, #5)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
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Holmes recounts to Watson the events arising after a visit from a university acquaintance, Reginald… read more
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6. De Profundis
By: Oscar Wilde , Richard Ellmann
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Format: 246 pages,
De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a 50,000 word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his i… read more
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7. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
By: Beatrix Potter
4.22
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
"Now, my dears," said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but… read more
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"I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success."-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
"Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: "One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime."-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
8. Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
By: Oscar Wilde
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9. 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
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-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
10. A Hunger Artist
By: Franz Kafka , Kevin Blahut , None , Helen Vlcnovska
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Format: None pages, Hardcover
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11. Dream Story
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Format: 117 pages, Paperback
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"El imperativo urgente del momento era huir, al menos por un tiempo, al sueño y al olvido."-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story
"متأكدة بقدر حدسي أن حقيقة ليلة، بل حتى حقيقة حياة إنسان بأكملها، لا تعني في الوقت ذاته حقيقته الداخلية."-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story
"بدا له أنه لو وقف وحده سافِر الوجه بين كل هؤلاء المقنَّعين، فسيكون الأمر أسوأ آلاف المرات من أن يقف فجأة عاريًا بين اللابسين"-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story
"Am I sure? Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth."-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story
12. Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
By: Steven Erikson
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting, an… read more
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13. The King in Yellow
By: Robert W. Chambers
3.55
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more
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"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
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4.27
Format: 127 pages,
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Format: 66 pages, Paperback
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16. Sherlock Holmes : Tragedi kapal Gloria Scott
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19. The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1
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It has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s memories. But whatever came down … read more
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21. The Poetic Principle
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.52
Format: None pages, None
Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer. read more
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- theory
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"I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
"no man can consider himself entitled to complain of Fate while in his adversity he still retains the unwavering love of woman."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
"And thus when by Poetry, or when by Music, the most entrancing of the poetic moods, we find ourselves melted into tears, we weep then, not... through excess of pleasure, but through a certain petulan…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
"I have endeavored to convey to you my conception of the Poetic Principle. It has been my purpose to suggest that, while this Principle itself is strictly and simply the Human Aspiration for Supernal …"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Poetic Principle
