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MOD LIB THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GRE by PLUTARCH
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
In 336 b.c. Philip of Macedonia was assassinated and his twenty- year- old son, Alexander, inherited his kingdom. Immediately quelling rebellion, Alexander extended his father's empire through- out the Middle East and into parts of Asia, ful?lling the soothsayer Aristander's prediction that the new king ...Show more
Much Ado about Nothing by Jonathan Bate (Editor); Eric Rasmussen (Editor); William Shakespeare
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay-b ...Show more
Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, And The Complete Shorter Poems by Milton John
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon Derived from the Modern Library's esteemed The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, this new volume, extensively revised and updated by its editors, contains Milton's two late masterpieces, the brief epic Paradise Regain ...Show more
Rimbaud Complete by Arthur Rimbaud; Wyatt Mason (Editor, Translator, Introduction by)
Category: Gift | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Enduring icon of creativity, authenticity, and rebellion, and the subject of numerous new biographies, Arthur Rimbaud is one of the most repeatedly scrutinized literary figures of the last half-century. Yet almost thirty years have elapsed without a major new translation of his writings. Remedying this ...Show more
Sp The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
It is very difficult to classify THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY. It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the Father Brown stories should tell a detective story like no-one else. On this level, ther ...Show more
Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of "War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, " and "Anna Karenina, " which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to "The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, " a collection of thirty of Chekhov' ...Show more
Tarzan of the Apes by RICE BURROUGHS
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
The first and best of the Tarzan novels, of which Edgar Rice Burroughs eventually wrote several dozen, TARZAN OF THE APES remains one of the signature stories of American popular literature, as readable as it is famous. Tarzan himself, in the words of Arthur C. Clarke, is 'the best known character in th ...Show more
The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle; John Berendt (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... do. "There is a well-known agency for governesses in the "West End called Wes ...Show more
The Adventures of Amir Hamza - Special Abridged Edition by Ghalib Lakhnavi; Abdullah Bilgrami; Musharraf Ali Farooqi (Translator)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Here is a special abridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic: a panoramic tale of magic and passion, a classic hero's odyssey that has captivated much of the world. It is the spellbinding story of Amir Hamza, the adventurer who in the service of the Persian emperor defeats many enemies, l ...Show more
The Arabian Nights by Richard F. Burton (Translator); A. S. Byatt (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad alway ...Show more
The Best Short Stories of Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky; David Magarshack (Translator)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
After a brief military career, the illustrious Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky quickly turned to writing as a profession with the publication of his first novel, "Poor Folk," in 1846. This novel sparked a literary career that would eventually cement Dostoyevsky's reputation as one of the greatest nove ...Show more
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
The Call of the Wild--Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time To this day Jack London is the most widely read American writer in the world," E. L. Doctorow wrote in The New York Times Book Review. Generally considered to be London's greatest achievement, The Call of the ...Show more