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Provides an annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines.

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Presents an annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known for its erotic realism, is also a landmark in the development of narrative art.

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Provides an annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines.

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"This translation first published in Penguin Classics 2018" -- Title page verso.

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These two short novels, published in the early 1930's ranked high in Tanizaki's own estimation of his work.

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Matters of marriage, the ethical versus the aesthetic, dread, and, increasingly, the severities of Christianity are pondered by Kierkegaard in this intense work.

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"The great post-World War I novel about Americans in Europe"--Cover.

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On a previously uneventful night in Paris, Justin Alastai-the infamous and dastardly Duke of Avon-is delivered a stroke of serendipity in the form of a disheveled denarian. Taking in the lost soul as a page, the Duke is given the opportunity for revenge against the Comte de Saint-Vire and inadvertent redemption in the loving eyes of his new ward.

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A selection of fairy and folk tales drawn from the works of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault and other classic sources.

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But over the course of his journal D-503 suddenly finds himself caught up in unthinkable and illegal activities - love and rebellion.

Banned on its publication in Russia in 1921, We is the first modern dystopian novel and a satire on state control that has once again become chillingly relevant.

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Once a novel criticised for its display of mental and physical cruelty, Wuthering Heights is now a considered a 19th century classic. Its themes of gender inequality and violence driven by passion still resonate with readers today.

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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwells 1984 takes on new life in this hardcover edition.

Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions.

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A small masterpiece, A Cat, a Man, and Two Women is a study of Japanese society and manners, and an oddball comedy about a love triangle in which the only real rival is feline.

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A new Pushkin Collection edition of this classic Zweig novella; an epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of persecution and obsession.

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The great Christmas classic by Dickens is reprinted in the Green Integer series.

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An illustrated, full-colour edition of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas tale.

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An immensely powerful novel of love and war based on Ernest Hemingway's own wartime experience.

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A stunning edition of Forster's final novel celebrating 200 years since first publication with a new introduction

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Representing a departure from the social satire of most of his other novels and deemed by Dickens himself to be "the best story I have written", A Tale of Two Cities is a powerful historical novel about the repercussions of major world events on the personal lives of people on both sides of the Channel.