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This is the most comprehensive English translation of the work of Günter Eich, one of the greatest postwar German poets. The author of the POW poem "Inventory," among one of the most famous lyrics in the German language, Eich was rivaled only by Paul Celan as the leading poet in the generation...

Insolent and defiant, the Chants de Maldoror, by the self-styled Comte de Lautréamont (1846-70), depicts a sinister and sadistic world of unrestrained savagery and brutality. One of the earliest and most astonishing examples of surrealist writing, it follows the experiences of Maldoror, a master...

You’ve just made the first step to finding the perfect read for your weekend, vacation or coffee breaks. “Life of Galileo” in 1,000 words is exactly what it suggests – a 1,000-word summary of “Life of Galileo”. This download will give you a first-person view into the story of this e-book....

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Letellier de Stendhal augmentée d'annexes (Sur la vie et les ouvrages de M. Beyle par Colomb). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre à livre. -...

Extrait : "LISETTE : Que voulez-vous donc faire, Monsieur, de quatre médecins ? N'est-ce pas assez d'un pour tuer une personne ? SGANARELLE : Taisez-vous. Quatre conseils valent mieux qu'un. LISETTE : Est-ce que votre fille ne peut pas bien mourir, sans le secours de ces messieurs-là ? "

Oronte a prévu de marier sa fille Julie avec Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, un respectable mais bien naïf gentilhomme de Limoges. Or Julie aime Eraste, qui veut l'épouser. Les deux jeunes Parisiens sont donc bien décidés à se débarrasser de l'encombrant provincial, mais ce n'est pas si simple......

René Bazin, né à Angers le 26 décembre 1853 et mort à Paris le 20 juillet 19321, est un écrivain français, à la fois juriste et professeur de droit, romancier, journaliste, historien, essayiste et auteur de récits de voyages.

From one of Europe’s most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life’s improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, winners of the PEN Translation Prize.

Generally considered Germany's greatest literary figure, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) produced a large body of fine literary work that includes novels, plays, stories, scientific treatises, travel accounts, and much other prose. Perhaps at his greatest as a poet, he was the author of numerous...

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A classic of world literature, Goethe’s Faust is a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humor, and tragedy. Martin Greenberg re-creates not only the text’s varied meter and rhyme but also its diverse tones and styles—dramatic and lyrical, reflective and farcical, pathetic and coarse,...

One of the most fecund and enduring legends in Western folklore and literature is that of Faust, the old philosopher who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Perhaps the most profound treatment of the legend in Goethe's Faust, a dramatic poem that incorporates the story's...

Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button.  All of our collections include a linked table of contents. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a prominent German writer and...

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...