The Beggar's Opera (Dover Thrift Editions)
 Crime, Love and the Opera: The Beggar's Opera by John Gay is an artful yet honest representation of London in the early 1700s. As the Editor's introduction notes, it is a political satire that brings to life the actions of such notorious figures as [... more]
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Sredni Vashtar and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
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The Recognition of Sakuntala (Thrift Edition)
The Recognition of Sakuntala (Thrift Edition) by kalidasa: His works never cease to astound me... Author: Kalidasa Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 891.22 EAN: 9780486431697 ISBN: 048643169X Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 2003-08-05 [... more]
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Paul's Case and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
Paul's "Case": I read Paul's Case in my sophomore language class this year and ended up writing a paper on it. I love this story and can relate to Paul. Paul is jaded by society, although he posseses the insight to see beauty others can not. He [... more]
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Lyric Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
Good Introduction to the Shorter Poetry of Keats: The poetry of John Keats is a remarkable discovery for the reader unfamiliar with his works. His poetry is timeless. I have read this small Dover edition innumerable times and with each reading I gain [... more]
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century (Dover Thrift Editions)
Seminal early US survey of Women's Rights & Women's History: Margaret Fuller's Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845)is one of the first US books that looked at the whole sweep of world history from a woman's point of view. It was based on her [... more]
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An Enemy of the People (Dover Thrift Editions)
Ibsen on the conflict between idealism and practicality: Henrik Ibsen is the father of modern drama and his 1882 drama "An Enemy of the People" ("En folkefiende") was one of his more controversial works. In the play Dr. Stockmann [... more]
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The Trojan Women and Hippolytus (Dover Thrift Editions)
A pair of cynical Greek tragedies from Euripides: This Dover Thrift Edition presents two classic Greek tragedies by Euripides, "The Trojan Women" and "Hippolytus," which is certainly an interesting combination. I would have much [... more]
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Ghosts (Dover Thrift Editions)
Ibsen's controversial attack on conventional morality: Although Henrik Ibsen is the first great modern dramatist, his play "Ghosts" ("Gengangere") bears a strong similarity to ancient Greek drama, where the "tragic flaw" of [... more]
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The Mysteries of Udolpho (Dover Giant Thrift Editions)
Secret Passages, Veiled Portraits, Ruled Passions: Accomplished, refined, and beautiful, our heroine Emily St. Aubert finds herself orphaned, her finances in doubt, and surrounded by uncaring, vacuous, and social climbing relatives. Refusing to marry her [... more]
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Don Juan in Hell: From Man and Superman (Thrift Edition)
Social Darwinism made Available: This is a fabulous book. It is part of the larger "Man & Superman" by Shaw, and I must admit that I am very glad it has been published as a separate work, because it is a discrete entity in itself. It lays [... more]
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Enchiridion (Dover Thrift Editions)
Learn to trim your sail- not curse the Wind: It is amazing how much more one gets from the Enchiridion when it is reread in later life. In youth, it is too easy to rush through without digesting the deeper meaning (and thereby escaping much pain and [... more]
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