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Therese Raquin Oxford World´s ClassicsTherese Raquin Oxford World´s Classics
- E. Zola
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 256
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Paris. Zola's dispassionate dissection of the...
Man in the Iron Mask Oxford World´s ClassicsMan in the Iron Mask Oxford World´s Classics
- A. Dumas
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 656
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Alexandre Dumas was already a best-selling novelist when he wrote this historical romance, combining (as he claimed) the two essentials of life--laction et lamour. The Man in...
Twenty Years After Oxford World´s ClassicsTwenty Years After Oxford World´s Classics
- A. Dumas, D. Coward
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 880
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed...
La Reine Margot Oxford World´s ClassicsLa Reine Margot Oxford World´s Classics
- A. Dumas
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 560
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
La Reine Margot (1845) is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas...
Vicomte de Bragelonne Oxford World´s ClassicsVicomte de Bragelonne Oxford World´s Classics
- A. Dumas
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 768
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, is intent on serving France and winning the...
La Bete humaine Oxford World´s ClassicsLa Bete humaine Oxford World´s Classics
- E. Zola
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 432
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
Did possessing and killing amount to the same thing deep within the dark recesses of the human beast? La Bete humaine (1890), is one of Zola's most violent and explicit works....
The Crimes of Love: Heroic and Tragic Tales, Preceded by an Essay on Novels Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Crimes of Love: Heroic and Tragic Tales, Preceded by an Essay on Novels Oxford World´s Classics
- de Sade, M.
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 388
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Who but the Marquis de Sade would write not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love...
Beowulf: The Fight at Finnsburh Oxford World´s ClassicsBeowulf: The Fight at Finnsburh Oxford World´s Classics
- H. O´Donoghue
- Oxford University Press
- 176
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
The finest literary work passed down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, Beowulf celebrates the existence of heroism in a dark world of feuds, violence, and uncertainty. Set in the...
Castle Rackrent Oxford World´s ClassicsCastle Rackrent Oxford World´s Classics
- Maria Edgeworth
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 176
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
During the 1790s, with Ireland in political crisis, Maria Edgeworth made a surprisingly rebellious choice: in Castle Rackrent, her first novel, she adopted an Irish Catholic...