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1) The Odyssey
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
Odysseus--soldier, sailor, trickster, and everyman--is one of the most recognizable characters in world literature. His arduous, ten-year journey home after the Trojan War, the subject of Homer's Odyssey, is the most accessible tale to survive from ancient Greece, and its impact is still felt today across many different cultures. This lively free verse translation, from one of today's leading Homeric scholars, preserves the clarity and simplicity...
Author
Series
Vintage book volume V-468
Pub. Date
1951
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1955
Physical Desc
xxii, 256 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
'Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing.'
Just before the First World War, two young couples meet in Germany. The seemingly perfect yet brittle relationship of the Ashburnhams soon gives way to unhappiness and betrayal, and respectability to adultery and deception. The Dowells...
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Series
Language
English
Description
One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide; the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence,...
10) As I lay dying
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1957
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wish-to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Narrated in turn by each of the family members-including Addie...
12) Essays
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1957
Edition
1st Vintage ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 369 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
17) Barabbas
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1960
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
xii, 180 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English