Category: Classics

Superb novel by modern French master deals with the consequences of amoral hedonism. It is the story of Michel, who tries to rise above good and evil and give free rein to his passions. In so doing, he neglects his wife, with tragic consequences. Introductory Note. Map. Footnotes.
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CliffsNotes on Rand's The Fountainhead (Cliffsnotes Literature Guides)

By: Andrew Bernstein

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Cliffs Notes: June 2000

Seller ID: 237825

ISBN: 0764585584

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into key elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the familiar format."CliffsNotes on The Fountainhead" explores the modern classic that made Ayn Rand famous. The book carried forth the author's anti-communist ideals and conviction that individuals should not allow their lives to be dominated in any way by the beliefs of others.Following the story of architect Howard Roark as he attempts to achieve success on his own ...
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Nabokov: His Life in Part

By: Andrew Field

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Penguin Books: June 1978

Seller ID: 278780

ISBN: 0140047840

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Scott Fitzgerald

By: Andrew Turnbull

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Collier Books: September 1988

Seller ID: 258117

ISBN: 0020406215

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Log of a Cowboy (Penguin Classics)

By: Andy Adams

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Penguin Classics: April 2006

Seller ID: 273416

ISBN: 0143039687

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Straightforwardly told, rich in detail, and laced with appealing campfire humor, Andy Adams's realistic The Log of a Cowboy is a classic portrayal of the western cattle country. Drawing on his own experiences as a cowboy working in cattle and horse drives, Adams presents a vivid portrait of the challenges of trail life on a cattle drive from Texas to Montana--the daily drudgery of cattle trailing, as well as the dramatic stampedes and other treacherous disruptions. Populated by a wide variety of well-drawn, lively characters, The Log of a Cowboy remains the landmark novel of the American We...
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Black beauty

By: Anna Sewell

Price: $4.95

Publisher: J.H. Sears & Co: January 1926

Seller ID: 324194

ISBN: B00087834U

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

HOUR OF GOLD, HOUR OF LEAD; Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1929 - 1932

By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Harcourt Brace: January 1973

Seller ID: 287058

ISBN: B000HI2DAU

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

War Within and Without: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944

By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: March 1980

Seller ID: 287059

ISBN: 0151946612

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

HOUR OF GOLD, HOUR OF LEAD; Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1929 - 1932

By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Harcourt Brace: January 1973

Seller ID: 333130

ISBN: B000HI2DAU

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Beowulf: A Verse Translation

By: Anon

Price: $2.95

Publisher: Icon Editions/HarperCollins: January 1992

Seller ID: 343331

ISBN: 0064302121

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

A verse translation of the first great narrative poem in the English language that captures the feeling and tone of the original.
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Beowulf: A Verse Translation into Modern English

By: Anon

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.: November 2002

Seller ID: 344905

ISBN: 1857545885

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This reprint of Morgan's popular and well-respected 1952 modern English translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic captures a taut expression of the poem's themes of danger, voyaging, displacement, loyalty, and loss. Morgan provides a fluid, modern voice from this medieval masterwork while retaining a clear authenticity, making it highly accessible to the contemporary reader.
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The Death of King Arthur (Penguin Classics)

By: Anonymous

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Penguin Books: January 1971

Seller ID: 318134

ISBN: 0140442553

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

'Lancelot has brought me such great shame as to dishonour me through my wife, I shall never rest till they are caught together'Recounting the final days of Arthur, this thirteenth-century French version of the Camelot legend, written by an unknown author, is set in a world of fading chivalric glory. It depicts the Round Table diminished in strength after the Quest for the Holy Grail, and with its integrity threatened by the weakness of Arthur's own knights. Whispers of Queen Guinevere's infidelity with his beloved comrade-at-arms Sir Lancelot profoundly distress the trusting King, leavin...
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Beowulf (Barnes & Noble Classics)

By: Anonymous

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics: February 2007

Seller ID: 333286

ISBN: 1593083831

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

"Beowulf," by Anonymous, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes & Noble Classics": New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, opera...
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