The Improvisatore: A Novel of Italy
By: Hans Christian Andersen
3.20
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A semi-autobiographical novel inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s travels in Italy—and one of the…
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1. Pygmalion
By: George Bernard Shaw
3.89
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and Ne… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"What you are to do without me I cannot imagine."-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
"Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby"-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
"La vida no consiste en buscarse a sí mismo, sino en crearse a sí mismo"-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
"I'm willing to tell you. I'm wanting to tell you. I'm waiting to tell you."-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
2. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
By: Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines
3.92
Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Presents the story of King Arthur, his knights of the Round Table, the sword Excalibur, and his tra… read more
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- fiction
"Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross."-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place. And men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the the Holy Cr…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"...and then the threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and a hand above the water and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
3. Hytti nro 6
By: Rosa Liksom
3.21
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Itä on itä ja länsi on länsi, on tyttö ja tytöllä on unelma. On Neuvostoliitto, sen kulahtanut ja a… read more
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"Elle était vide et fatiguée. Loin de tout. Y compris d'elle-même."-Rosa Liksom, Hytti nro 6
"Tout est en mouvement, la neige, l'eau, l'air, les arbres, les nuages, le vent, les villes, les villages, les gens et les pensées."-Rosa Liksom, Hytti nro 6
"Sä et näe nokkaasi pidemmälle, vaikka kuinka yrität. Mutta muista mustimpanakin hetkenäsi, että kuolleen taivaanrannan takana on aina elämää. (180)"-Rosa Liksom, Hytti nro 6
4. 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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- fiction
"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
5. The Velveteen Rabbit
By: Margery Williams Bianco , William Nicholson
4.30
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and ex… read more
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- fiction
"When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
"...because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
"When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
"He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter."-Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
6. Basil
By: Wilkie Collins
4.40
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
In Basil's secret and unconsummated marriage to the linen-draper's sexually precocious daughter, an… read more
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- classics
- fiction
7. The Collector
By: John Fowles
3.77
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obse… read more
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- fiction
8. Nutcracker
By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak
3.93
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more
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- fiction
9. As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more
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- classics
- fiction
10. The Woman in the Dunes
By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders
3.89
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, su… read more
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- fiction
"Timpului nu-i dai pinteni ca unui cal."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Defeat begins with the fear that one had lost."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?"-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
"Aşa se spune, înfrangerea începe cu teama de a fi înfrant."-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
11. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis
4.15
Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback
«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more
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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
12. The Emperor of Portugalia
By: Selma Lagerlöf
3.89
Format: 272 pages,
Dottern Klara Fina Gulleborg ar livets ljus for den varmlandske torparen Jan i Skrotlycka. Nar hon … read more
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13. The Magic Mountain
By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods
4.13
Format: 706 pages, Paperback
In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devot… read more
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- fiction
"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul."-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain
14. The Black Tulip
By: Alexandre Dumas , Robin Buss
4.34
Format: 592 pages,
'To have discovered the black tulip, to have seen it for a moment...then to lose it, to lose it for… read more
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15. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
By: Victor Hugo , Walter J. Cobb
4.02
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
This extraordinary historical French gothic novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of i… read more
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- fiction
"Homo homini monstrum"-Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
"Oh! Everything I loved!"-Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
"by making himself a priest made himself a demon."-Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
"a mother who loses her child can no longer believe in God"-Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
16. Znachor
By: Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
3.00
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Historia wybitnego chirurga, ktory w dramatycznych okolicznosciach traci pamiec i jako wiejski znac… read more
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17. Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach
By: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak
4.44
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Autorka Służących do wszystkiego wraca do tematu wiejskich kobiet, ale tym razem to opowieść zza dr… read more
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18. Sąsiednie kolory
By: Jakub Małecki
3.61
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Lato 1926 roku. Stolarz Krystian Dzierzba rozpoczyna pracę nad trumną dla kobiety, która rzekomo um… read more
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- fiction
19. Andromeda
By: Therese Bohman
3.63
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
”Förlagshuset ligger som ett fartyg som ankrat mitt i stan, en stor ljus byggnad som kröns av en ta… read more
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"Jeśli rozumie się ludzi, wszyscy stają się interesujący."-Therese Bohman, Andromeda
"Pamiętasz jak raz powiedziałaś, że masz wrażenie jakbyś przez całe życie biegła? Dokładnie wiedziałem co masz na myśli, ze mną było tak samo. Biegłem sam, tak jak Ty. Ale przez te kilka lat miałem wr…"-Therese Bohman, Andromeda
20. The Improvisatore: A Novel of Italy
By: Hans Christian Andersen
3.20
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A semi-autobiographical novel inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s travels in Italy—and one of the… read more
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- italy
- classics
- fiction
- italian literature
21. Soroczka
By: Angelika Kuźniak
4.49
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Misterny, magiczny i literacki reportaż o przychodzeniu, odchodzeniu i życiu Angelika Kuźniak w … read more
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