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Devils Oxford World´s ClassicsDevils Oxford World´s Classics
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- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 800
- 2008
Devils, also known in English as The Possessed and The Demons, was first published in 1871-2. The third of Dostoevsky's five major novels, it is at once a powerful political...
On Obligations: De Officiis Oxford World´s ClassicsOn Obligations: De Officiis Oxford World´s Classics
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- Cicero
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 288
- 2008
On Obligations (De officiis) was written by Cicero in late 44 BC after the assassination of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behaviour for aspiring politicians. It...
Shirley Oxford World´s ClassicsShirley Oxford World´s Classics
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- Charlotte Bronte
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 624
- 2008
'You expected bread, and you have got a stone; break your teeth on it, and don't shriek...you will have learned the great lesson how to endure without a sob.' Shirley is...
The Education of Henry Adams Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Education of Henry Adams Oxford World´s Classics
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- Henry Adams, Ira Nadel
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 560
- 2008
'Every generalisation that we settled forty years ago, is abandoned' As a journalist, historian and novelist born into a family that included two past presidents of the United...
The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre Oxford World´s Classics
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- John Polidori
- Oxford University Press
- 320
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
John Polidoris classic tale The Vampyre(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelleys Frankenstein. The present volume selects thirteen...
The Rainbow Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Rainbow Oxford World´s Classics
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- D. H. Lawrence
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 544
- 2008
To be oneself was a supreme, gleaming triumph of infinity This is the insight that flashes upon Ursula as she struggles to assert her individuality and to stand separate from...
Ward Number Six and Other Stories Oxford World´s ClassicsWard Number Six and Other Stories Oxford World´s Classics
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- Pavlovič Anton Čechov
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 272
- 2008
Writing towards the close of the nineteenth century, Chekhov - himself a country doctor - recorded in his fiction the symptoms of a diseased society. The seven stories...
Robinson Crusoe Oxford World´s ClassicsRobinson Crusoe Oxford World´s Classics
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- Daniel Defoe
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 384
- 2008
Klassiker kommen nicht aus der Mode. Sie lassen sich immer wieder neu entdecken - besonders, wenn sie so ansprechend gestaltet sind wie dieser Band. Eine ausführliche...
The Russian Master and Other Stories Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Russian Master and Other Stories Oxford World´s Classics
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- Anton Chekhov
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 256
- 2008
Concentrating on the themes of the loss of ideals and the poverty of actual experience, this collection of Chekhov stories--taken from The Oxford Chekhov--includes "His Wife,"...
Autobiography and Other Writings Oxford World´s ClassicsAutobiography and Other Writings Oxford World´s Classics
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- Benjamin Franklin
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 400
- 2008
Franklins writings span a long and distinguished career of literary, scientific, and political inquiry--the work of a man whose life lasted for nearly all of the 18th century,...
Twilight of the Idols Oxford World´s ClassicsTwilight of the Idols Oxford World´s Classics
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- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Oxford University Press
- 176
- 2008
- Oxford University Press
Twilight of the Idols. Nietzsches own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a short introduction to the whole of his philosophy, and the most synoptic of...
Life, Letters and Poetry Oxford World´s ClassicsLife, Letters and Poetry Oxford World´s Classics
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- Michelangelo
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 208
- 2008
Michelangelo was, apart from being a sculptor, architect, and painter of genius, a poet and letter-writer of remarkable accomplishment. George Bull, a distinguished translator...
Washington Square Oxford World´s ClassicsWashington Square Oxford World´s Classics
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- Henry James
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 224
- 2008
One of the most instantly appealing of Jamess early masterpieces, Washington Square is a tale of a trapped daughter and domineering father, a quiet tragedy of money and love and...
Barchester Towers Oxford World´s ClassicsBarchester Towers Oxford World´s Classics
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- Anthony Trollope
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 388
- 2008
Barchester Towers, Trollope's most popular novel, is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire. The Chronicles follow the intrigues of ambition and love in the cathedral...
Vicar of Wakefield Oxford World´s ClassicsVicar of Wakefield Oxford World´s Classics
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- Oliver Goldsmith
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 256
- 2008
Oliver Goldsmiths hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. It depicts the fall...
Heart of Midlothian Oxford World´s ClassicsHeart of Midlothian Oxford World´s Classics
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- Walter Scott
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 624
- 2008
This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scotts finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people of the city have been infuriated by the actions of John...
Two Noble Kinsmen Oxford World´s ClassicsTwo Noble Kinsmen Oxford World´s Classics
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- William Shakespeare
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 256
- 2008
Based on Chaucer's Knight's Tale, The Two Noble Kinsmen was written at the end of Shakespeare's career, as a collaboration with the rising young dramatist John Fletcher....
Martin Chuzzlewit Oxford World´s ClassicsMartin Chuzzlewit Oxford World´s Classics
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- Charles Dickens
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 768
- 2008
This edition uses the Claredon text and includes Dickens`s Prefaces and the 1868 Postscript which gave his later views of America, the few working notes which accompany the...
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight Oxford World´s ClassicsSir Gawain and The Green Knight Oxford World´s Classics
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- Keith (Tr) Harrison
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 160
- 2008
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is probably the most skillfuly told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle. Originating from the north-west midlands of England, it...
Under Western Eyes Oxford World´s ClassicsUnder Western Eyes Oxford World´s Classics
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- Joseph Conrad
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 368
- 2008
'Whenever two Russians come together, the shadow of autocracy is with them...haunting the secret of their silences.' First published in 1911, Under Western Eyes traces the...
Evelina Oxford World´s ClassicsEvelina Oxford World´s Classics
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- Frances Burney
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 512
- 2008
'Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him! O these fashionable people!' Frances Burney's first and most...