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  • The Great Wall of China

    by Franz Kafka ...
    Translated by Malcolm Pasley ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    Drawing directly on original manuscripts, this collection comprises the major short stories published after Kafka’s death. It includes The Great Wall of China, Blumfeld, An Elderly Bachelor, Investigations of a Dog and his great sequences of aphorisms, with fables and parables on subjects ranging from the legend of Prometheus to the Tower of Babel. Allegorical, disturbing and possessing a dream ... Read more

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  • Nietzsche: Imagery and Thought

    A Collection of Essays

    Edited by Malcolm Pasley ...
    The central theme of this collection of essays, first published in 1978, is the basic tension in Nietzsche, and so in his work, between the urge to weave a satisfying web out of reality and the equally strong compulsion to expose its painful truths. The book aims to stress, not to play down, the embarassing and fruitful fact that he cannot be neatly pigeonholed either as a literary figure or as a ... Read more

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  • The Complete Stories

    by Franz Kafka ...
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  • Dystopia Boxed Set: 18 Dystopian Classics in One Edition

    1984, It Can't Happen Here, Brave New World, Meccania the Super-State, Lord of the World…

    The 'Dystopia Boxed Set: 18 Dystopian Classics in One Edition' presents a rich tapestry of speculative fiction, capturing the existential undertones and critical social commentary inherent in the genre. This collection spans a diverse array of literary styles, from the bleak, industrial warnings in H.G. Wells's visions to the subdued chilling prophecies by Sinclair Lewis. Each piece within the ... Read more

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  • Heart of Darkness

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    A haunting Modernist masterpiece and the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar-winning film Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness explores the limits of human experience and the nightmarish realities of imperialism.Conrad's narrator Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying, insane, and guilty of ... Read more

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  • The Waves

    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'Clear, bright, burnished ... the moods that it expresses are a true kind of poetry' The New York TimesTracing the lives of a group of friends, The Waves follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual achievements and disappointments form its narrative, the novel is most remarkable for the rich poetic language that expresses the inner life of its characters ... Read more

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  • The Seed and the Sower

    What follows is the story of two British officers whose spirit the Japanese try to break. Yet out of all the violence and misery strange bonds are forged between prisoners - and their gaolers. In a battle for survival that becomes a battle of contrasting wills and philosophies as the intensity of the men's relationships develop. ... Read more

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  • Elizabeth Costello

    by J.M. Coetzee ...
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  • The Complete Works of H.G. Wells

    by H.G. Wells ...
    "H. G." Wells (1866 - 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games.This collection includes:Ann Veronica, a modern love storyAnticipationsBoon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the ... Read more

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  • The White People and Other Weird Stories

    Classic tales of the fantastic, creepy and weird, with a foreword from the award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo Del ToroMachen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor of American Supernatural Tales, The White People and Other Weird Stories is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction. ... Read more

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  • Lord Jim

    by Joseph Conrad ...
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