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  • The Lay of the Cid

    An Epic Journey of Honor and Redemption in Medieval Spain

    by Anonymous ...
    Translated by Leonard Bacon, R. Selden Rose ...
    The Lay of the Cid is a cornerstone of Spanish literature, chronicling the legendary exploits of the Castilian hero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid. This epic poem, believed to have been composed in the 12th century, employs a rich narrative style characterized by its vivid imagery and rhythmic verses, emphasizing themes of honor, loyalty, and the complexity of human relationships in ... Read more

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  • THE LAY OF THE CID

    by R. Selden Rose, Leonard Bacon Cid ...
    The Lay of the Cidby R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon Cid"El Cantar del Mio Cid is the oldest preserved Spanish epic poem (epopeya). The Spanish medievalist Ramon Menendez Pidal included the "Cantar de Mio Cid" in the popular tradition he termed the mester de juglaria. Mester de juglaria refers to the medieval tradition according to which popular poems were passed down from generation to ... Read more

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  • Don Juan

    by Lord Byron ...
    Series series Start Classics Unexpurgated Edition
    Don Juan is a long, digressive satiric poem by Lord Byron, based on the legend of Don Juan, which Byron reverses, portraying Juan not as a womaniser but someone easily seduced by women. It is a variation on the epic form. Unlike the more tortured early romantic works by Byron, exemplified by Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Don Juan has a more humorous, satirical bent. Modern critics generally consider ... Read more

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  • Faust

    by Johann Von Goethe, Bayard Taylor ...
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts: Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil translated as: Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy) and Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Faust: The Second Part of the Tragedy). Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages. Faust is Goethe's most famous work and considered by ... Read more

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  • The Divine Comedy (Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with an Introduction by Henry Francis Cary)

    by Dante Alighieri ...
    Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in the middle of the 13th century and what is principally known of him comes from his own writings. One of the world’s great literary masterpieces, the “Divine Comedy” is at its heart an allegorical tale regarding man’s search for divinity. The work is divided into three sections, “Inferno,” “Purgatorio,” and “Paradiso,” each containing thirty-three ... Read more

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  • The Epic of Gilgamesh

    Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Together they journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the monster Humbaba. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh's grief and fear of death are such that they lead him to undertake a ... Read more

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  • The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi

    by Mohandas K. Gandhi ...
    The Bhagavad Gita presents a synthesis of the Brahmanical concept of Dharma, theistic bhakti, the yogic ideals of liberation through jnana, and Samkhya philosophy. Numerous commentaries have been written on the Bhagavad Gita with widely differing views on the essentials. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi penned this extensive commentary on the Gita, and called the sacred text "The Gospel of Selfless ... Read more

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  • The Iliad

    by Homer ...
    Translated by Peter Jones, E. V. Rieu, D. C. H. Rieu ...
    'The first great book, and the first great book about the suffering and loss of war' GuardianOne of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its centre is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, who refuses to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon. But when the Trojan Hector kills ... Read more

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  • Paradise

    by Dante ...
    Translated by Anthony Esolen ...
    Series series The Divine Comedy
    “If there is any justice in the world of books, [Esolen’s] will be the standard Dante . . . for some time to come.”–Robert Royal, CrisisIn this, the concluding volume of The Divine Comedy, Dante ascends from the devastation of the Inferno and the trials of Purgatory. Led by his beloved Beatrice, he enters Paradise, to profess his faith, hope, and love before the Heavenly court. Completed shortly ... Read more

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  • The Paradiso

    by Dante Alighieri ...
    Translated by John Ciardi ...
    In The Paradiso, Dante explores the goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, this epic discovery of truth is a work of mystical intensity? an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity, and Love. ... Read more

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  • George Eliot Six Pack - Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede

    by George Eliot ...
    This illustrated anthology of George Eliot novels includes Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede. ... Read more

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  • Empire of Stone

    by Alex Ness, Josh Brown ...
    After centuries of constant war the dwarves have outlasted every invader until now. Orcs and most other races have joined forces to crush the dwarves of the Empire of Stone. In epic poem and narrative prose, the story of the last stand of the Empire is told. An epic and violent tale, this is a conflict to end all conflicts. ... Read more

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