Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1998
ISBN 10: 0553214705 ISBN 13: 9780553214703
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. 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.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1982
ISBN 10: 0553210696 ISBN 13: 9780553210699
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: 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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Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1997
ISBN 10: 0553214578 ISBN 13: 9780553214574
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. 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, <i>Tom Jones</i> 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.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1993
ISBN 10: 0553214241 ISBN 13: 9780553214246
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: 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.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1993
ISBN 10: 0553214179 ISBN 13: 9780553214178
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: 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.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1989
ISBN 10: 0553213598 ISBN 13: 9780553213591
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: 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.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1972
ISBN 10: 055321196X ISBN 13: 9780553211962
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: Good. Writings by and about Kafka and textual notes accompany his translations of his early-twentieth-century work.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1995
ISBN 10: 0553214438 ISBN 13: 9780553214437
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: 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.
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Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1990
ISBN 10: 055321389X ISBN 13: 9780553213898
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: Good. Young Fabrizio struggles to keep hidden his love for Clelia amid the intrigues and secrets of the small court of Parma.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1994
ISBN 10: 0553214365 ISBN 13: 9780553214369
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: Good. The reprint of a neglected novel by the author of Frankenstein takes place in the twenty-first century, after a plague leaves only one man alive, a young Englishman and a onetime delinquent, to fathom his fate. Reprint.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1997
ISBN 10: 055321456X ISBN 13: 9780553214567
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
Softcover. Zustand: New. Reprint. 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.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1983
ISBN 10: 055327838X ISBN 13: 9780553278385
Anbieter: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, USA
Zustand: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
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Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1987
ISBN 10: 0553212680 ISBN 13: 9780553212686
Anbieter: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, USA
Zustand: new.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1988
ISBN 10: 0553213229 ISBN 13: 9780553213225
Anbieter: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, USA
Zustand: new.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics n Loveswept, 1981
ISBN 10: 0553211870 ISBN 13: 9780553211870
Anbieter: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, USA
Zustand: new.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1991
ISBN 10: 0553213911 ISBN 13: 9780553213911
Anbieter: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, USA
Zustand: new.
Verlag: Brand: Bantam Classics, 1984
ISBN 10: 0553212303 ISBN 13: 9780553212303
Anbieter: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, USA
Zustand: new.