Nabokov's first novel. A tale of youth, first love andnostalgia. In a Berlin rooming house, a vigorous young officerpoised between his past and his future relives his first loveaffair.
Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him.
Since the original, prewar translation there has been nocompletely new rendering of the French original into English. Thistranslation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged, comic andlucid Proust. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME is one of the greatest, mostentertaining reading experiences in any language. As the greatstory unfolds from its magical opening scenes to its devastatingend, it is the Penguin Proust that makes Proust accessible to a newgeneration. Each book is translated by a different, superbtranslator working under the general editorship of ProfessorChristopher Prendergast, University of Cambridge.
"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known by the title of"The Dream of the Red Chamber", is the great novel of manners inChinese literature. Divided into five volumes, of which "The Debtof Tears" is the fourth, it charts the glory and decline of theillustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with thefortunes of the author's own family). The two main characters,Bao-yu and Dai-yu, are set against a rich tapestry of humour,realistic detail and delicate poetry, which accurately reflects theritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life. But over and abovethe novel hangs the constant reminder that there is another planeof existence a theme, which affirms the Buddhist belief in asupernatural scheme of things.
Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965--thirty years after itsoriginal publication-- Despair is the wickedly inventive andrichly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfectcrime--his own murder.
"Transparent Things revolves around the four visits of thehero--sullen, gawky Hugh Person--to Switzerland . . . As a youngpublisher, Hugh is sent to interview R., falls in love with Armandeon the way, wrests her, after multiple humiliations, from agrinning Scandinavian and returns to NY with his bride. . . . Eightyears later--following a murder, a period of madness and a briefimprisonment--Hugh makes a lone sentimental journey to wheedle outhis past. . . . The several strands of dream, memory, and time[are] set off against the literary theorizing of R. and, morecentrally, against the world of observable objects." --MartinAmis
Since its publication in 1911, The Secret GaMen has delighted generations of readers with its timeless appeal. It has been translated into dozens of languages and has been reworked into plays and films. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatoU annotations. Frances Hodgson Burnett published more than fifty novels (most for adults, but also Little LorJ Faetlero)') and thirteen plays. She was the highest-paid and most famous woman writer of her time; from the age of eighteen, she never experienced rejection of her work by a publisher. Born and raised in England and transplanted to the United States as a teenager during the waning days of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries today both countries claim her as their own. "Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" inform readers about various aspects of Burnett's life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing. Four illustrations suggest her p
Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, and Snow White are amongthe jewels we owe to the German brothers Grimm, who began in thefirst decade of the 19th century to seek out and listen to villagestorytellers. The best-loved of the tales they discovered are nowbrought together with the marvelous pictures that in 1900 firstestablished the reputation of one of the greatest children'sillustrators of all time, Arthur Rackham.
George Orwell's celebrated and always timely 1948 vision of aworld subsumed in tyranny and war describes the process of eventsby which Winston Smith, a London clerk at the Ministry of Truth,comes to understand the true nature and aims of the government heworks for, and portrays his doomed attempt to create a private lifefor himself and his lover, Julia. One of the bleakest politicalnovels ever written, 1984 illustrates Orwell's despair thatdemocracy could ever summon the strength to overcometotalitarianism in his lifetime.
Dan Brown's bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code, has captivated the imagination of millions of readers. Its provocative story and rich historical background has spurred wide interest in the author's source materials and has aroused controversies, both public and private, all over America. Readers everywhere want to know what is fact and what is fiction. Dan Burstein's Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind The Da I4'nci Code sorts out fact, informed speculation, and fiction, by presenting the views of the expertsarchaeologists, theologians, art historians, philosophers and scientists-many of whose works Brown himself relied upon in developing his intriguing tale. . Readers are fascinated by the questions raised in The Da Vinci Code. Was Jesus actually married to Mary Magdalene? Was she one of his disciples and did she write her own gospel? Did they have a child together? Did some geniuses of art and science, people like Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton, belong to secret
As a child, Catherine Crier was enchanted by film portrayals of crusading lawyers like Clarence Darrow and Atticus Finch. As a district attorney, private lawyer, and judge herself, she saw firsthand how the U.S. justice system worked – and didn’t. One of the most respected legal journalists and commentators today, she now confronts a profoundly unfair legal system that produces results and profits for the few – and paralysis, frustration, and injustice for the many. Alexis de Tocqueville’s dire prediction in Democracy in America has come true: We Americans have ceded our responsibility as citizens to resolve the problems of society to "legal authorities" – and with it our democratic freedoms. The Case Against Lawyers is both an angry indictment and an eloquent plea for a return to common sense. It decries a system of laws so complex even the enforcers – such as the IRS – cannot understand them. It unmasks a litigation-crazed society where billion-dollar judgments mostly line the pockets of p
"The Story of the Stone (c. 1760)", also known by the title of"The Dream of the Red Chamber", is the great novel of manners inChinese literature. Divided into five volumes, of which "TheWarning Voice" is the third, it charts the glory and decline of theillustrious Jia family (a story which closely accords with thefortunes of the author's own family). The two main characters,Bao-yu and Dai-yu, are set against a rich tapestry of humour,realistic detail and delicate poetry, which accurately reflects theritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life. But over and abovethe novel hangs the constant reminder that there is another planeof existence - a theme which affirms the Buddhist belief in asupernatural scheme of things.
Everyone's in love with vampires, and if his name happens to be Edward Cullen, then readers of the wildly popular Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer can't help but be crazy about him. For all those who adore Bella Swan, Edward, and the rest of the Cullen family and can't get enough, this companion guide is a must-read and a terrific gift. The series follows an unlikely couple: Bella, a teenager, and her boyfriend Edward, a vampire that has sworn off human blood. But their love is ill-fated--being a vampire, Edward must keep his passion in check, lest he is driven to suck Bella's blood. With legends, lore, and myths about everything from vampires to werewolves to immortality, a bio of the author, and a ton of insight into the four-book series, this companion guide will give millions of readers the information that they've been waiting for since book one.
Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleepswith a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end thisbrutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter,Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, richesand wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes andhunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of thevoyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba's outwitting a band of fortythieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequenceof stories will last 1,001 nights.
For many people watching football is mere entertainment；to Some it’S more like a ritual：but to others，its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. For Nick Hornby his devotion to the game has provided one of the few constants in a life where the meaningful things-like growing up，Leaving home and forming relationships．both parental and romantic-have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal．
Steinbeck's first posthumously published work, "The Acts of KingArthur and His Noble Knights" is a reinterpretation of tales fromMalory's "Morte d'Arthur". In this highly successful attempt torender Malory into Modern English, Steinbeck recreated the rhythmand tone of the original Middle English.
These beautifully crafted poems - by turns dark, playful,intensely moving, tender, and intimate - make up Margaret Atwood'smost accomplished and versatile gathering to date, " setting footon the middle ground / between body and word." Some draw onhistory, some on myth, both classical and popular. Others, morepersonal, concern themselves with love, with the fragility of thenatural world, and with death, especially in the elegiac series ofmeditations on the death of a parent. But they also inhabit acontemporary landscape haunted by images of the past. Generous,searing, compassionate, and disturbing, this poetry rises out ofhuman experience to seek a level between luminous memory and therealities of the everyday, between the capacity to inflict and thestrength to forgive.
In this thoughtful and moving novel, four men find themselvesinextricably bound together by their past histories. The aged JudgeClane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson,Jester, is involuntarily drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphanwho feels the sharp sting of racial injustice, especially when hefinds out the truth about his parentage. Through the eyes of theseindividuals Carson McCullers explores the roots of racial prejudiceand the dual moralities of the town's leading whites.
From Ernest Hemingway's Preface: 'There are many kinds ofstories in this book. I hope you will find some that you like - Ingoing where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, andseeing what you have to see, you dull and blunt the instrument youwrite with. But I would rather have it bent and dulled and know Ihad to put it on the grindstone and hammer it into shape and put awhetstone to it, and know that I had something to write about, thanto have it bright and shining, and nothing to say, or smooth andwell-oiled in the closet, but unused.' This is a collection ofHemingway's first forty-nine short stories, featuring a briefintroduction by the author and lesser known as well as familiartales, including "Up in Michigan", "Fifty Grand", and "The Light ofthe World", and the "Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Winner Take Nothing"and "Men Without Women" collections.
Laurence is a young ex-sailor who can't resist the lure of the good life, and when he finds a job as chauffeur to the wealthy Mr and Mrs Bannister, his occasional work leaves him free to indulge. Bannister himself is bitter - his twisted leg keeps him on the sidelines while his ravishingly beautiful wife endures his moods with saintly patience. Or does she? It's the Bannisters' closest friend, Grisby, who starts stirring, getting Laurence to agree to a crazy plot. It will net him thousands, no strings attached. But is it all too easy?
