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World Classics eBook Series

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  • Lost Illusions

    Series series World Classics
    Lucien Chardon, the son of a lower middle-class father and an impoverished mother of remote aristocratic descent, is the pivotal figure of the entire work. Living at Angouleme, he is impoverished, impatient, handsome and ambitious. His widowed mother, his sister Eve and his best friend, David Sechard, do nothing to lessen his high opinion of his own talents, for it is an opinion they share. ... Read more

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  • Lost Illusions

    Series series World Classics
    Lucien Chardon, the son of a lower middle-class father and an impoverished mother of remote aristocratic descent, is the pivotal figure of the entire work. Living at Angouleme, he is impoverished, impatient, handsome and ambitious. His widowed mother, his sister Eve and his best friend, David Sechard, do nothing to lessen his high opinion of his own talents, for it is an opinion they share. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Magic Skin

    Series series World Classics
    Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Etudes philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels. ... Read more

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  • The Magic Skin

    Series series World Classics
    Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Etudes philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Father Goriot

    Series series World Classics
    Balzac's masterpiece novel follows lives of three central characters: the law student Eugene de Rastignac, a mysterious agitator named Vautrin, and an elderly retired vermicelli-maker named Jean-Joachim Goriot. The old man is ridiculed frequently by the other boarders, who soon learn that he has bankrupted himself to support his two well-married daughters. ... Read more

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  • Eugenie Grandet

    Series series World Classics
    Eugenie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance. However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter and their servant Nanon live in a run-down old house which he is too miserly to repair. His banker des Grassins wishes Eugenie to marry his son Adolphe, and his lawyer Cruchot wishes Eugenie to marry his nephew President Cruchot ... Read more

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  • Eugenie Grandet

    Series series World Classics
    Eugenie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance. However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter and their servant Nanon live in a run-down old house which he is too miserly to repair. His banker des Grassins wishes Eugenie to marry his son Adolphe, and his lawyer Cruchot wishes Eugenie to marry his nephew President Cruchot ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Father Goriot

    Series series World Classics
    Balzac's masterpiece novel follows lives of three central characters: the law student Eugene de Rastignac, a mysterious agitator named Vautrin, and an elderly retired vermicelli-maker named Jean-Joachim Goriot. The old man is ridiculed frequently by the other boarders, who soon learn that he has bankrupted himself to support his two well-married daughters. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • The Possessed The Devils

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  • The Way of All Flesh

    Enriched edition. A Victorian Tale of Family, Religion, and Society

    Samuel Butler's "The Way of All Flesh" is a profound exploration of Victorian society, family dynamics, and the limitations imposed by religious and social norms. Written in a semi-autobiographical style, the novel delves into the life of Ernest Pontifex, whose struggles against the oppressive ideologies of Victorian England speak to Butler's own experiences. Through sharp wit and keen observation ... Read more

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  • The Sorrows of Young Werther

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