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W. H. Hudson · English
A visionary romance of the future, pastoral utopia, altered society, and ecological imagination.
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English
Literature
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W. H. Hudson · English
A visionary romance of the future, pastoral utopia, altered society, and ecological imagination.

German
Literature
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Stefan Zweig · German
Eine fiebrige Novelle über Besessenheit, Schuld, koloniale Enge und psychischen Ausnahmezustand.

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Literature
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Stefan Zweig · German
Eine psychologisch dichte Novelle über Erinnerung, Liebe, Verkennung und ein anonymes Bekenntnis.

English
Politics
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William Godwin · English
A radical Enlightenment argument on justice, reason, government, property, and human improvement.

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Literature
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Charles Kingsley · English
A historical novel of Alexandria, philosophy, faith, political conflict, and late antique crisis.

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Literature
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Jerome K. Jerome · English
A witty collection of comic essays on idleness, vanity, love, work, memory, and daily life.

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Literature
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Charles Reade · English
A reform-minded Victorian novel about prison abuse, emigration, injustice, and moral recovery.

French
Literature
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Anatole France · French
Un roman satirique où anges, bibliothèque, révolte et scepticisme nourrissent une fable philosophique.

French
Literature
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André Gide · French
Un récit moral intense sur la foi, le désir, la cécité et l’aveuglement intérieur.

English
Literature
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Li Yu · English
An English edition of Li Yu’s classic essays on theatre, taste, garden life, pleasure, and daily art.

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Literature
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Walter Pater · English
Walter Pater’s philosophical historical novel of Roman culture, aesthetic experience, and spiritual searching.

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Science
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John Muir · English
John Muir’s luminous Sierra journal, joining field observation, wilderness travel, and natural history.

Italian
Literature
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Grazia Deledda · Italian
Un romanzo di Grazia Deledda su memoria, desiderio, sradicamento e inquietudine interiore.

English
Literature
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Virginia Woolf · English
Virginia Woolf’s playful, time-spanning novel of identity, biography, gender, and literary history.

Portuguese
Literature
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Raul Brandão · Portuguese
Um romance sombrio e lírico sobre miséria, consciência social, sofrimento e humanidade invisível.

English
Literature
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E. W. Hornung · English
A stylish cycle of gentleman-thief stories introducing A. J. Raffles, cricket hero and burglar.

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Literature
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Maria Edgeworth · English
A sharp Anglo-Irish novel about estate duty, social ambition, inheritance, and national belonging.

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Literature
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George Grossmith · English
A comic classic of suburban respectability, social embarrassment, and everyday self-importance.

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Literature
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Richard Harris Barham · English
Comic legends, ghost stories, and verse tales rich in parody, folklore, and Victorian wit.

English
Literature
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William Hill Brown · English
An early American sentimental novel of seduction, family secrecy, moral danger, and social reputation.

Italian
History
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Benvenuto Cellini · Italian
L’autobiografia vivace di Cellini, tra arte rinascimentale, ambizione, viaggi, conflitti e memoria.

German
Literature
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Karl May · German
Karl Mays berühmter Abenteuerroman um Freundschaft, Grenzland, Idealismus und den Apachen Winnetou.

Japanese
Literature
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Ichiyō Higuchi · Japanese
吉原近くの子どもたちの成長、淡い恋、階層の影を繊細に描く一葉の代表作。

Chinese