Author: Molière
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486415925
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Classic satire, one of the best by France’s greatest comedic playwright, pokes fun at the sham and hypocrisy of 17th-century French society. A wealthy tradesman, Monsieur Jourdain, yearns to become a gentleman in order to win the hand of a marchioness—disregarding the inconvenient fact that he is already married—but only succeeds in making a fool of himself.
The Bourgeois Gentleman
Author: Molière
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486415925
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Classic satire, one of the best by France’s greatest comedic playwright, pokes fun at the sham and hypocrisy of 17th-century French society. A wealthy tradesman, Monsieur Jourdain, yearns to become a gentleman in order to win the hand of a marchioness—disregarding the inconvenient fact that he is already married—but only succeeds in making a fool of himself.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486415925
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Classic satire, one of the best by France’s greatest comedic playwright, pokes fun at the sham and hypocrisy of 17th-century French society. A wealthy tradesman, Monsieur Jourdain, yearns to become a gentleman in order to win the hand of a marchioness—disregarding the inconvenient fact that he is already married—but only succeeds in making a fool of himself.
The Egg and Other Stories
Author: Sherwood Anderson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414119
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Published two years after the innovative, influential 1919 masterpiece Winesburg, Ohio, this collection of short stories solidified the author's reputation as a major American writer. These stories explore intriguing psychological depths, redolent with personal epiphanies, erotic undercurrents, and sudden eruptions of passion among seemingly repressed, inarticulate Midwesterners.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414119
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Published two years after the innovative, influential 1919 masterpiece Winesburg, Ohio, this collection of short stories solidified the author's reputation as a major American writer. These stories explore intriguing psychological depths, redolent with personal epiphanies, erotic undercurrents, and sudden eruptions of passion among seemingly repressed, inarticulate Midwesterners.
Joseph Andrews
Author: Henry Fielding
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110826
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
First English realistic novel depicts misadventures of Joseph and his old tutor, Parson Adams, and their travels — along the way exposing, through their own innocence and honesty, the hypocrisy and affectation of others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110826
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
First English realistic novel depicts misadventures of Joseph and his old tutor, Parson Adams, and their travels — along the way exposing, through their own innocence and honesty, the hypocrisy and affectation of others.
An Ideal Husband
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414232
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Although Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are still staples of the theatrical repertoire. An Ideal Husband revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards — providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale continually exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the play moving at a lively pace. ike most of Wilde's plays, this scintillating drawing-room comedy is wise, well-constructed, and deeply satisfying. An instant success at its 1895 debut, the play continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later. An Ideal Husband is a must-read for Wilde fans, students of English literature, and anyone delighted by wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414232
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Although Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are still staples of the theatrical repertoire. An Ideal Husband revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards — providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale continually exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the play moving at a lively pace. ike most of Wilde's plays, this scintillating drawing-room comedy is wise, well-constructed, and deeply satisfying. An instant success at its 1895 debut, the play continues to delight audiences over one hundred years later. An Ideal Husband is a must-read for Wilde fans, students of English literature, and anyone delighted by wit, urbanity, and timeless sophistication.
Six Great American Poets: Poems by Poe, Dickinson, Whitman, Longfellow, Frost and Millay
Author:
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486274256
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486274256
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nostromo
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set in a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set in a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men.
Swann's Way
Author: Marcel Proust
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048611533X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The first volume of the 7-part masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, Swann's Way introduces the reader to Charles Swann, a wealthy connoisseur in 19th-century Paris and a victim of an agonizing romance.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048611533X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The first volume of the 7-part masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, Swann's Way introduces the reader to Charles Swann, a wealthy connoisseur in 19th-century Paris and a victim of an agonizing romance.
The Suicide Club
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414164
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Short story trilogy involving a club for people who wish to end their lives. The "Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts," "Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk," and "The Adventure of the Hansom Cab" chronicle the exploits of Prince Florizel of Bohemia and Colonel Geraldine through some of 19th-century London's most dangerous haunts.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414164
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Short story trilogy involving a club for people who wish to end their lives. The "Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts," "Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk," and "The Adventure of the Hansom Cab" chronicle the exploits of Prince Florizel of Bohemia and Colonel Geraldine through some of 19th-century London's most dangerous haunts.
The Koran
Author: Arthur Jeffery
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414256
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Sacred scripture of Islam: Mohammed's revelations concerning the omniscience and majesty of God, death and judgment, the proper conduct of the faithful, previous prophets, kindness to orphans, more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414256
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Sacred scripture of Islam: Mohammed's revelations concerning the omniscience and majesty of God, death and judgment, the proper conduct of the faithful, previous prophets, kindness to orphans, more.
The Moon and Sixpence
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486446026
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
"Witty, compelling." — The Boston Globe. Gripped by an overwhelming obsession, Charles Strickland, a conventional London stockbroker, decides in midlife to desert his wife, family, business, and civilization for his art. One of Maugham's most popular works, The Moon and Sixpence is a riveting story about an uncompromising and self-destructive man who forsakes wealth and comfort to pursue the life of a painter. Drifting from Paris to Marseilles, Strickland eventually settles in Tahiti, takes a mistress, and in spite of poverty and a long, terminal illness, produces his most passionate and mysterious works of art. Loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin, Maugham's timeless masterpiece is storytelling at its best — an insightful work focusing on artistic fixation that propels the artist beyond the commonplace into the selfish realm of genius.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486446026
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
"Witty, compelling." — The Boston Globe. Gripped by an overwhelming obsession, Charles Strickland, a conventional London stockbroker, decides in midlife to desert his wife, family, business, and civilization for his art. One of Maugham's most popular works, The Moon and Sixpence is a riveting story about an uncompromising and self-destructive man who forsakes wealth and comfort to pursue the life of a painter. Drifting from Paris to Marseilles, Strickland eventually settles in Tahiti, takes a mistress, and in spite of poverty and a long, terminal illness, produces his most passionate and mysterious works of art. Loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin, Maugham's timeless masterpiece is storytelling at its best — an insightful work focusing on artistic fixation that propels the artist beyond the commonplace into the selfish realm of genius.