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“william spengemann”

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  • Pierre

    or, The Ambiguities

    by Herman Melville, William Spengemann ...
    'Ambiguities indeed! One long brain-muddling, soul-bewildering ambiguity (to borrow Mr. Melville's style), like Melchisedeck, without beginning or end-a labyrinth without a clue - an Irish bog without so much as a Jack o'the'lantern to guide the wanderer's footsteps - the dream of a distempered stomach, disordered by a hasty supper on half-cooked pork chops." So judged the New York Herald when ... Read more

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  • The Portable Hawthorne

    by Nathaniel Hawthorne ...
    A critical vantage point from which to see Hawthorne's career as a whole—his artistic rise, triumph, and final worksThe Portable Hawthorne includes writings from each major stage in the career of Nathaniel Hawthorne: a number of his most intriguing early tales, all of The Scarlet Letter, excerpts from his three subsequently published romances—The House of Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and ... Read more

    Was $18.99 CAD Now $5.99 CAD

  • The American

    Revised Edition

    by Henry James ...
    Henry James brilliantly combines comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama in this tale of a wealthy American businessman in Paris. Determined to marry Claire de Cintré, a scintillating and beautiful aristocrat, Christopher Newman comes up against the machinations of her impoverished but proud family in a dramatic clash between the Old World and the New. A co-production with the BBC, starring Diana ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Nineteenth-Century American Poetry

    by Various ...
    Whitman, Dickinson, and Melville occupy the center of this anthology of nearly three hundred poems, spanning the course of the century, from Joel Barlow to Edwin Arlington Robinson, by way of Bryant, Emerson, Longfellow, Whittier, Poe, Holmes, Jones Very, Thoreau, Lowell, and Lanier.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • The Turn of the Screw

    by Henry James ...
    One of the most celebrated gothic tales ever written, it is famous for its evocative, chilling writing and its layers of mystery.The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young woman hired on as the governess for two young children, told to take full responsibility for the youngsters and not ever bother their father. At first she has no issues to contend with, other than the mysterious expulsion ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

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  • Daisy Miller, A Study in Two Parts

    by Henry James ...
    The novella is divided into two parts. In the first part, the reader is introduced to Daisy Miller, a vibrant and independent young woman from Schenectady, New York. She is traveling in Europe with her mother and younger brother. Daisy is considered unconventional by European standards, as she often interacts with men, including the main protagonist of the story, Frederick Winterbourne, in a more ... Read more

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  • Glasses

    by Henry James ...
    The plot of "Glasses" revolves around the experiences of an unnamed narrator who visits the home of the protagonist, Adela Bracey. Adela is a widow living in a small English town and is known for her beauty and charm. The narrator becomes increasingly fascinated by Adela's collection of eyeglasses, which she wears as fashion accessories rather than for vision correction. Each pair of glasses ... Read more

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  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories

    by F. Scott Fitzgerald ...
    Series series Starbooks Classics Collection - Frances Scott Fitzgerald
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in Colliers Magazine on May 27, 1922. It was subsequently anthologized in his book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories. Development rights to the story were held for years by the late Hollywood mogul Ray Stark. ... Read more

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  • Edgar Allan Poe: The Complete Tales and Poems (The Classics Collection)

    by Edgar Allan Poe ...
    This book contains the complete Edgar Allan Poe’s tales and poems —over 135 works— in the chronological order of their original publication. Some of the most notable are: Tales: • "The Fall of the House of Usher" • "The Masque of the Red Death" • "The Pit and the Pendulum" • "The Premature Burial" • "The Purloined Letter" • "The Tell-Tale Heart" Poems: • "Annabel Lee" • "The Bells" • "The City in ... Read more

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  • Works Of Henry James: Including The Portrait Of A Lady, The Turn Of The Screw, The Ambassadors, The Bostonians, The Europeans, The Wings Of The Dove & More (Mobi Collected Works)

    by Henry James ...
    This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of ... Read more

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  • Good Poems

    by Various ...
    Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by the narrator for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m."The title Good Poems comes from common literary parlance. For ... Read more

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  • Poetic Republic: Poems to Talk About

    by Peter Hartey ...
    This is a first-of-its-kind poetry publication.Poetic Republic: Poems to Talk About documents an anonymous peer review process in which nearly 800 poets (from 48 countries) read, voted on and commented on each other’s poems during May and June 2012.The Poetic Republic Poetry Prize has been developed over five years and is now one of the largest poetry events based in the UK. Some comments made by ... Read more

    $7.91 CAD