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Notes from Underground By : Fyodor Dostoevsky READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Dostoevsky?s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In complete retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate, obsessive, self-contradictory narrative that serves as a devastating attack on social utopianism and an assertion of man?s essentially irrational nature.Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, whose Dostoevsky translations have become the standard, give us a brilliantly faithful edition of this classic novel, conveying all the tragedy and tormented comedy of the original. Book Detail : Author : Fyodor Dostoevsky Pages : 136 pages Publisher : Vintage Classics Language : eng ISBN-10 : 49455 ISB...

Chess Story By : Stefan Zweig READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological.Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig's story.This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work's unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection. Book Detail : Author : Stefan Zweig Pages : 1...

The Time Machine By : H.G. Wells READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : ?I?ve had a most amazing time....?So begins the Time Traveller?s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era?and the story that launched H.G. Wells?s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes...and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine?s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth.? There he discovers two bizarre races?the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks?who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well.? Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells?s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to...

Sense and Sensibility By : Jane Austen READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439662'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love?and its threatened loss?the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's intro...