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Theodore Dreiser · English
A naturalist novel of ambition, desire, urban life, theatre, and social drift.
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Theodore Dreiser · English
A naturalist novel of ambition, desire, urban life, theatre, and social drift.
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Edith Wharton · English
A brilliant satire of ambition, marriage, money, status, and American social mobility.
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Edith Wharton · English
A sharp society novel of beauty, money, reputation, and social ruin.
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E. Nesbit · English
A warm children’s classic of family loss, railway life, bravery, and generosity.
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Jack London · English
A sea adventure of coercion, survival, intellect, violence, and moral awakening.
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Benito Pérez Galdós · Spanish
Una novela de culpa, deseo, religión, ascenso social y conflicto moral.
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Thomas Mann · German
Eine ironische Künstlernovelle über Krankheit, Musik, Ehe, Sehnsucht und ästhetische Pose.
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Gustave Flaubert · French
Trois récits précis et contrastés sur sainteté, sacrifice, obsession et imaginaire.
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John Stuart Mill · English
A classic defense of utility, happiness, moral judgment, liberty, and social ethics.
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Joris-Karl Huysmans · French
Un roman décadent de retraite esthétique, d’artifice, de solitude et de raffinement extrême.
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Rainer Maria Rilke · German
Eine Auswahl deutscher Gedichte über Dingwelt, Innerlichkeit, Liebe, Tod und Verwandlung.
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José Cadalso · Spanish
Cartas ilustradas de crítica social, costumbres, nación, educación y mirada extranjera.
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Camilo Pessanha · Portuguese
Poemas simbolistas de musicalidade, perda, sonho, melancolia e imagens fugidias.
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Franz Grillparzer · German
Eine leise Novelle über Musik, Außenseitertum, Würde, Scheitern und menschliche Anteilnahme.
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Rainer Maria Rilke · German
Ein moderner Prosaroman über Großstadtangst, Erinnerung, Krankheit, Kunst und Wahrnehmung.
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Aloysius Bertrand · French
Des poèmes en prose fantastiques, médiévaux, nocturnes et minutieusement ciselés.
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Honoré de Balzac · French
Un grand roman de l’ambition littéraire, de la presse, de l’argent et des désillusions.
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John Donne · English
Metaphysical poems of love, wit, devotion, argument, and spiritual intensity.
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John Keats · English
Romantic poems of beauty, mortality, sensation, myth, and imaginative longing.
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Lao She · Italian
Un dramma corale ambientato in una casa da tè di Pechino, tra storia, società e destino individuale.
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Gabriele D’Annunzio · Italian
Un romanzo estetizzante di aristocrazia, desiderio, decadenza, simbolo e volontà.