Orlando doubles as first an Elizabethan nobleman and then as a Victorian heroine who undergoes all the transitions of history in this novel that examines sex roles and social mores.

Two nineteenth-century French priests pioneer through the American Southwest in this stunning classic from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author. Following the Mexican-American War, two French Jesuits leave Sandusky, Ohio, on a mission. Bishop Jean Marie Latour and his friend Father Joseph Vaillant are venturing to New Mexico territory to establish a Roman Catholic diocese. But this is no easy task. When the Jesuits arrive in the unforgiving landscape,...

"'The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar. -- [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music -- This book is a glorious revelation.'--Boston Globe Spanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared in book form), this magnificent volume is the definitive sampling of a writer who has been called the poet laureate of African America--and perhaps our greatest...

"Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for "dead souls"--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we...

A new translation offers thirteen satirical and fantastic stories of downtrodden characters who are set upon by the powers that be.

An ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his boss, but falls in love with the boss's girlfriend.

Historical drama of the conflict between King Henry II of England and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine over Henry's successor to the British throne.

"The Sun Also Rises," penned by the iconic American author Ernest Hemingway and published in 1926, stands as a literary masterpiece that captures the zeitgeist of the post-World War I generation with unparalleled poignancy. This novel, often hailed as the quintessential work of the Lost Generation, weaves a tapestry of love, disillusionment, and existential searching against the backdrop of a Europe grappling with the aftermath of war. The narrative...

"Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse, is a tale of self-discovery and spiritual awakening. Exulted from the comfort of his daily life, Siddhartha embarks on a journey searching for what it means to answer the call of a higher power" -- Back cover.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of America's greatest writers. His novel The Great Gatsby remains on the bestseller lists 70 years after his death. Tales of the Jazz Age defined a generation. It was Fitzgerald himself who coined the phrase. He and his wife lived a decadent, fast-paced lifestyle that is reflected in his writing. The recent major motion pictures The Great Gatsby and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which is included in this collection,...