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by LM Thaler (Translator), Johanna Schopenhauer ...

An English translation from the GermanDie arme MargarethLiebesheirathby Johanna SchopenhauerTranslated by LM ThalerFROM PERFECT MATCH:At last, I am free! Cecilia is gone and I am standing at the threshold of old Europe, ready to say goodbye forever. Farewell to you too, my only true friend. I want to seek out a new world, to gaze at other stars. I don’t want to see the radiant light that once ... Read more

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An English translation from the GermanDie arme MargarethLiebesheirathby Johanna SchopenhauerTranslated by LM ThalerFROM PERFECT MATCH:At last, I am free! Cecilia is gone and I am standing at the threshold of old Europe, ready to say goodbye forever. Farewell to you too, my only true friend. I want to seek out a new world, to gaze at other stars. I don’t want to see the radiant light that once
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Resolution

by LM Thaler (Translator) ...

Rejecting the traditional pampered role normal for a woman of her class, Irene decides to move to Berlin. She has always had very specific ideas about love and marriage, but her life changes when she accepts a position as a live-in companion in a fragmented household.FROM "RESOLUTION"“All aboard for Berlin!” called the porter in a sharp voice as he passed through the waiting room.“He was probably ... Read more

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Rejecting the traditional pampered role normal for a woman of her class, Irene decides to move to Berlin. She has always had very specific ideas about love and marriage, but her life changes when she accepts a position as a live-in companion in a fragmented household.FROM "RESOLUTION"“All aboard for Berlin!” called the porter in a sharp voice as he passed through the waiting room.“He was probably
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The Aunt (Part 1)

by LM Thaler (Translator), Johanna Schopenhauer ...

Johanna Schopenhauer is probably best known for being the mother of Arthur Schopenhauer, but she was also a very prolific writer in her time and managed to complete twenty-four volumes of work in approximately thirty years. This is a remarkable achievement, when we consider that her writing career began only in 1805, when Johanna was almost forty years old.This is a new translation from the German ... Read more

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Johanna Schopenhauer is probably best known for being the mother of Arthur Schopenhauer, but she was also a very prolific writer in her time and managed to complete twenty-four volumes of work in approximately thirty years. This is a remarkable achievement, when we consider that her writing career began only in 1805, when Johanna was almost forty years old.This is a new translation from the German
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Eye Matter

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A profound and bewitching collection of poetry by LM Thaler.This collection includes: "The Chicken Salad Sandwich Man" "Icy Exchange" "Eyes" "Treadmill" and others.“ephemeral fugitives . . . they hover temporarily suspended wrapped in diaphanous frailty in a universe of iridescent syllables." ... Read more

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A profound and bewitching collection of poetry by LM Thaler.This collection includes: "The Chicken Salad Sandwich Man" "Icy Exchange" "Eyes" "Treadmill" and others.“ephemeral fugitives . . . they hover temporarily suspended wrapped in diaphanous frailty in a universe of iridescent syllables."
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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

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Series series Perennial Classics
From the groundbreaking author of The Second Sex "a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way" ( New York Times ).A superb memoir by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an ... ... Read more

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From the groundbreaking author of The Second Sex "a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way" ( New York Times ).A superb memoir by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an ...
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Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

by Stefan Zweig ...

Translated by Anthea Bell, B.W. Huebsch ...

This classic Austrian novella paints a deeply moving portrait of a woman whose quest for passion and purpose comes at a steep priceThe less I felt in myself, the more strongly I was drawn to those places where the whirligig of life spins most rapidly.So begins an extraordinary day in the life of Mrs C—recently bereaved and searching for excitement and meaning. Drawn to the bright lights of a ... Read more

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This classic Austrian novella paints a deeply moving portrait of a woman whose quest for passion and purpose comes at a steep priceThe less I felt in myself, the more strongly I was drawn to those places where the whirligig of life spins most rapidly.So begins an extraordinary day in the life of Mrs C—recently bereaved and searching for excitement and meaning. Drawn to the bright lights of a
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The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

While his old furniture rots in storage, Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris, with little but a library reader's card to distinguish him from the city's untouchables. Every person he sees seems to carry their death with them, and he thinks of the deaths, and ghosts, of his aristocratic family, of which only he remains. The only novel by one of the greatest writers of poetry in ... Read more

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While his old furniture rots in storage, Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris, with little but a library reader's card to distinguish him from the city's untouchables. Every person he sees seems to carry their death with them, and he thinks of the deaths, and ghosts, of his aristocratic family, of which only he remains. The only novel by one of the greatest writers of poetry in
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Berlin Stories

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by Robert Walser ...

A New York Review Books OriginalIn 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city. Berlin Stories collects his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical observations on every aspect of the bustling German capital, from its ... Read more

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A New York Review Books OriginalIn 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city. Berlin Stories collects his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical observations on every aspect of the bustling German capital, from its
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The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

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by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

Series series Vintage International
This is the definitive, widely acclaimed translation of the major prose work of one of our century's greatest poets -- "a masterpiece like no other" (Elizabeth Hardwick) -- Rilke's only novel, extraordinary for its structural uniqueness and purity of language. First published in 1910, it has proven to be one of the most influential and enduring works of fiction of our century.Malte Laurids Brigge ... Read more

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This is the definitive, widely acclaimed translation of the major prose work of one of our century's greatest poets -- "a masterpiece like no other" (Elizabeth Hardwick) -- Rilke's only novel, extraordinary for its structural uniqueness and purity of language. First published in 1910, it has proven to be one of the most influential and enduring works of fiction of our century.Malte Laurids Brigge
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The Duel

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by Anton Chekhov ...

Series series Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
This edition features Anton Chekhov's The Duel in both English and Russian languages for those interested in advancing language skills, learning or simply digging into finer detail of the original Chekhov masterpiece. Laevsky is a dissipated romantic given to gambling and flirtation. He has run off to the sea with another man's wife and quickly grown tired of her, but two obstacles block his route ... Read more

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This edition features Anton Chekhov's The Duel in both English and Russian languages for those interested in advancing language skills, learning or simply digging into finer detail of the original Chekhov masterpiece. Laevsky is a dissipated romantic given to gambling and flirtation. He has run off to the sea with another man's wife and quickly grown tired of her, but two obstacles block his route
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The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

Translated by Burton Pike ...

Series series German and Austrian Literature
First published in 1910, Rilke's Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge is one the first great modernist novels, the account of poet-aspirant Brigge in his exploration of poetic individuality and his reflections on the experience of time as death approaches.A young man named Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris while his belongings rot in storage. Every person he sees seems to carry ... Read more

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First published in 1910, Rilke's Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge is one the first great modernist novels, the account of poet-aspirant Brigge in his exploration of poetic individuality and his reflections on the experience of time as death approaches.A young man named Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris while his belongings rot in storage. Every person he sees seems to carry
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A Perfect Waiter

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by Alain Claude Sulzer ...

Erneste is the perfect waiter-and his private life seems to embody the qualities he brings to his profession. But inwardly this polite and dignified man is in the grip of a violent passion, aroused thirty years before, when he fell in love with a young waiter-in-training named Jakob. Jakob broke his heart when he fled Nazidominated Europe for a new life in America with his lover, Julius Klinger, a ... Read more

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Erneste is the perfect waiter-and his private life seems to embody the qualities he brings to his profession. But inwardly this polite and dignified man is in the grip of a violent passion, aroused thirty years before, when he fell in love with a young waiter-in-training named Jakob. Jakob broke his heart when he fled Nazidominated Europe for a new life in America with his lover, Julius Klinger, a
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