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Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1998
ISBN 10: 0553214705ISBN 13: 9780553214703
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Following the great critical and financial success of his first novel, This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Beautiful and the Damned in 1922. An immediate success upon its first publication, Fitzgerald's second novel is a dazzling portrait of love and life among the beautiful people. Through the story of two newlyweds, Anthony Patch of New York and Gloria Gilbert of Kansas City, Fitzgerald flawlessly captures the heady atmosphere and jaded values of the Jazz Age. Patch, expecting to become the sole heir to his grandfather's millions, embraces a life of endless parties and intellectual pretensions. In Gloria, he finds an exquisite ornament and a passionate lover. The couple whirls through days that mirror Fitzgerald's own--a fast life amid a smart set for which there is never enough cash. Beginning with wit and clever repartee, The Beautiful and the Damned quickly becomes a scathing chronicle of a dying marriage and a hedonistic society where beauty is all too fleeting. Through the character of Richard Caramel, a successful hack writer whose talent fails as he prospers, Fitzgerald caricatures himself. But today's readers will find an even more poignant self-portrait of Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda in Anthony and Gloria, a couple whose days of wine and roses fade quickly toward a tragic end.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1972
ISBN 10: 055321196XISBN 13: 9780553211962
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Writings by and about Kafka and textual notes accompany his translations of his early-twentieth-century work.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1982
ISBN 10: 0553210696ISBN 13: 9780553210699
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. In this superb translation of the Inferno, Allen Mendelbaum brings to life for contemporary readers the first and most famous part of Dante's Divine Comedy: the poet's classic journey through the underworld. Here is Dante at his ribald, shocking, and demonic best as he describes in unforgettably vivid detail his harrowing descent to the very bottom of Hell. Filled with politics and philosophy, humor and horror, the Inferno is an epic poem at once personal and universal that provides a darkly illuminating view into our present world no less than Dante's own. For as we're lead to the last circle of the Inferno we recognize the very worst in human nature.and the ever-abiding potential for redemption. Complete with an introduction and commentary, this definitive dual-language edition is unsurpassed for its clarity, beauty, and faithfulness to the original.
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Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1995
ISBN 10: 0553214438ISBN 13: 9780553214437
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Letters from Screwtape, a professional senior demon from an organized, computerized Hell, to Wormwood, his less experienced nephew, reveal a cunning plan for drawing human souls to damnation through the routine temptations of daily life. Reissue.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1997
ISBN 10: 0553214578ISBN 13: 9780553214574
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Product Description A milestone in the history of the English novel, Tom Jones draws readers into a world teeming with memorable characters. This epic of everyday life chronicles the adventures of Tome Jones, who was abandoned as an infant and grows into a lusty, imprudent young man. Promising to mend his ways, Tom competes with his abusive rival for the affections of a wealthy squire's daughter, and learns the truth about his identity, in this discerning comedy of human foibles and self-discovery. Review Two hundred years have not dimmed Fieldings realism. His humor is closer to our own than that of any writer before the present century.-Kingsley AmisFrom the Trade Paperback edition. From the Publisher A milestone in the history of the English novel, Tom Jones draws readers into a world teeming with memorable characters. This epic of everyday life chronicles the adventures of Tome Jones, who was abandoned as an infant and grows into a lusty, imprudent young man. Promising to mend his ways, Tom competes with his abusive rival for the affections of a wealthy squire's daughter, and learns the truth about his identity, in this discerning comedy of human foibles and self-discovery. From the Inside Flap in the history of the English novel, Tom Jones draws readers into a world teeming with memorable characters. This epic of everyday life chronicles the adventures of Tome Jones, who was abandoned as an infant and grows into a lusty, imprudent young man. Promising to mend his ways, Tom competes with his abusive rival for the affections of a wealthy squire's daughter, and learns the truth about his identity, in this discerning comedy of human foibles and self-discovery. About the Author Fredson Bowers was a professor of literature at the University of Virginia for more than forty years and a preeminent textual critic.Martin C. Battestin is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English at the University of Virginia and a leading scholar on Henry Fielding. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1997
ISBN 10: 055321456XISBN 13: 9780553214567
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. A deft chronicler of the American experience, John Dos Passos has taken his place alongside his contemporaries, Ernest Hemmingway and William Faulkner. In Three Soldiers, he introduces readers to a Harvard aesthete who joins the army out of idealism, and his two buddies. One by one, their illusions crumble under the tyranny, red tape, and boredom of the military. The soldiers' reactions range from bitterness to rage, and--for one--murder, in this vivid portrayal of human spirit caught in the grip of war.
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Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1993
ISBN 10: 0553214241ISBN 13: 9780553214246
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Product Description A man makes his daughter his mistress in Euge+a7nie de Franval, a libertine corrupts an innocent girl in Miss Henrietta Stralson, and, in Florville and Courval, a man unwittingly marries his own daughter. Reissue. From Library Journal Donatien Alphonse Francois, Marquis de Sade, wrote the tales contained in this volume while incarcerated in the Bastille. Regardless of his reputed psychopathic behavior, his writings have influenced many of the world's great authors. These three stories plus an introduction by Aldous Huxley make an affordable sampling of his work for both public and academic libraries and complement the publication of a big biography of the author by Maurice Lever ( Sade: A Biography , LJ 8/93).Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1989
ISBN 10: 0553213598ISBN 13: 9780553213591
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, this classic story of revolution, deception, and self-betrayal centers on Nostromo, a handsome Italian sailor who, like Costaguana, is being consumed by secret guilt and corruption.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1990
ISBN 10: 055321389XISBN 13: 9780553213898
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Young Fabrizio struggles to keep hidden his love for Clelia amid the intrigues and secrets of the small court of Parma.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1993
ISBN 10: 0553214179ISBN 13: 9780553214178
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Product DescriptionFrom its remarkable first scene--in which a gunshot finds an unintended target--to its fiery climax in the woods of New York State, The Pioneers is a rich chronicle of early frontier life filled with action, adventure, romance, and history. It is also the work that established James Fenimore Cooper as the first great American novelist. The first installment if what would later become the famous Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces readers to the colorful and enduring character of frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Forced by a local landowner to obey new hunting laws, Natty Bumppo rebels and finds allies in the landowner's daughter and a mysterious young stranger. Against the backdrop of the changing seasons, a varied cast of unforgettable characters is caught up in a drama that illuminates the essence of the American character and the conflict between a restlessly expanding society and the unspoiled wilderness that was here before us all.From the PublisherFrom its remarkable first scene--in which a gunshot finds an unintended target--to its fiery climax in the woods of New York State, The Pioneers is a rich chronicle of early frontier life filled with action, adventure, romance, and history. It is also the work that established James Fenimore Cooper as the first great American novelist. The first installment if what would later become the famous Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces readers to the colorful and enduring character of frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Forced by a local landowner to obey new hunting laws, Natty Bumppo rebels and finds allies in the landowner's daughter and a mysterious young stranger. Against the backdrop of the changing seasons, a varied cast of unforgettable characters is caught up in a drama that illuminates the essence of the American character and the conflict between a restlessly expanding society and the unspoiled wilderness that was here before us all.From the Inside Flaparkable first scene--in which a gunshot finds an unintended target--to its fiery climax in the woods of New York State, The Pioneers is a rich chronicle of early frontier life filled with action, adventure, romance, and history. It is also the work that established James Fenimore Cooper as the first great American novelist. The first installment if what would later become the famous Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces readers to the colorful and enduring character of frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Forced by a local landowner to obey new hunting laws, Natty Bumppo rebels and finds allies in the landowner's daughter and a mysterious young stranger. Against the backdrop of the changing seasons, a varied cast of unforgettable characters is caught up in a drama that illuminates the essence of the American character and the conflict between a restlessly expanding society and the unspoiled wilderness that was here before us all.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1996
ISBN 10: 0553212389ISBN 13: 9780553212389
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: New. Enchanting, brimming with the wonder and magic of once upon a time, the fairly tales of the Brothers Grimm are the special stories of childhood that stay with us throughout our lives. But most Americans know them only secondhand, in adaptations that greatly reduce the tales' power to touch our emotions and intrigue our imaginations. Now, in the most comprehensive translation to date, here are the classic fairy tales as the Brothers Grimm intended them to be-rich, stark, spiced with humor and violence, resonant with the rhythms of folklore and song. Volume I contains 100 unabridged tales, including those best-known around the world:Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, Hansel And Gretel, and Little Red Cap [also known as Little Red Riding Hood ]. These wonderful tales of life, passion, and make-believe appeal not only to children-who unabashedly love them-but to readers of any age.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classic n Loveswept (Mm), 1988
ISBN 10: 0553350692ISBN 13: 9780553350692
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. The Reverend Stephen Babbington seldom imbibes, but at a gala thrown by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, he indulges in a cocktail and falls over dead. Since there is no trace of poison or foul play, the case is closed . . . until an identical death at a London party arouses the suspicions of Hercule Poirot. Also published as Murder in Three Acts.
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Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1996
ISBN 10: 0553214527ISBN 13: 9780553214529
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Presents two plays depicting the troubled relationship of brothers in a farm family and the rise and fall of a Black leader on a West Indian island.
Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1983
ISBN 10: 055327838XISBN 13: 9780553278385
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
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Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1991
ISBN 10: 0553213911ISBN 13: 9780553213911
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: Bantam Classics, 1984
ISBN 10: 0553212303ISBN 13: 9780553212303
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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