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When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. Multilingual, knowledgeable about many European countries, and a celebrated writer, Maugham had the perfect cover, and the assignment appealed to his love of romance, and of the ridiculous. The stories collected in Ashenden are rooted in Maugham's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity.

Sir Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis is a utopian novel about a mythical land called Bensalem, where the inhabitants live happily with the sciences. In The New Atlantis, Bacon focuses on the duty of the state toward science, and his projections for state-sponsored research anticipate many advances in medicine and surgery, meteorology, and machinery. Although The New Atlantis is only a part of his plan for an ideal commonwealth, this work does represent Bacon's ideological beliefs.

Here is a minor classic of the Orient. It is perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. First published in 1906, it traces the custom from its roots in Taoism to its role as a Zen meditative discipline.

A Signature Performance: Four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce delivers an air of lovable self-importance in his rendition of the classic social satire that remains as fresh today as the day it was published.

Maisie is an innocent six year-old, torn between her divorced parents, pathetically isolated yet tragically involved.

Exclusively from Audible. The Secret Agent is based on an actual attempt made in 1894 to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. A labyrinth of greed, corruption, and betrayal, it is the most darkly humorous of all Conrad's tales. It follows a European secret agent, Adolf Verloc, 'a London shop owner' with anarchist leanings who becomes reluctantly involved in a plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. Full of great characters, melodramatic irony and psychological intrigue the tale is far from simple....

匂宮は宇治へ行き、薫と偽って浮舟と契りを交わす。浮舟は匂宮の情熱に惹かれるが、二人の関係が薫に知られ、入水を決意する。浮舟の愛と性愛、その結末とは…。「浮舟」から「夢浮橋」まで収録の完結巻。

Four books...one groundbreaking author. This collection includes Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), A Room of One’s Own (1929), and The Waves (1931).

Des événements étranges ont lieu à l'Opéra : le grand lustre s'effondre pendant une représentation, un machiniste est retrouvé pendu. La direction doit se rendre à l'évidence : un fantôme ou un homme machiavélique nommé Erik hante le théâtre. Certains affirment avoir vu le visage déformé de cet être qui ne semblerait pas être humain. Peu après, les directeurs de l'Opéra se voient réclamer 20 000 francs par mois de la part d'un certain « Fantôme de l'Opéra » qui exige aussi que la loge numéro 5 lui soit réservée.

Considerado como um dos maiores romances de Machado de Assis e pertencente ao gênero de realismo psicológico, mesmo contendo resquícios de sua fase romântica, por tratar de temas como ciúmes, adultério e amor na perspectiva do protagonista, com suas reflexões e devaneios. Dom Casmurro narra a história de Bentinho, sua infância na Rua de Matacavalos e seu grande amor por Capitu, uma das figuras femininas mais enigmáticas da literatura brasileira. A relação dos dois é abalada quando Bento começa a acreditar que sua mulher o está traindo com o melhor amigo.

Los hijos legítimos de Fiódor Pávlovich Karamázov - un "bufón", un "filisteo", un "déspota", solo en última instancia un padre - se reúnen después de haber sido educados, lejos unos de otros, en distintas partes de Rusia: Dmitri es soldado y - como su padre - puro "ímpetu", bebedor, derrochador, lujurioso; Iván se ha convertido en un escéptico que duda de la ley, de la conciencia y de la fe (el primer existencialista, según Sartre); Aliosha ha abrazado la religión, todo el mundo lo llama "ángel" y vive en un monasterio.

Uma história sombria de paixões e vingança, esta obra provou ser um dos clássicos mais duradouros da literatura inglesa. A turbulenta e tempestuosa história de amor de Cathy e Heathcliff se estende por duas gerações, desde o tempo em que Heathcliff, um menino estranho e grosseiro, é trazido para viver na propriedade varrida pelo vento dos Earnshaws. Uma obra-prima da ficção, O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes permanece tão comovente e atraente hoje como era quando foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1847.

Mucho más que un escritor de ciencia-ficción, este volumen viene a situar a Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) como el escritor clásico cuya narrativa breve que fijó durante décadas gran parte de nuestro imaginario fantástico ha trascendido con más rotundidad hasta el siglo XIX. Desde sus cuentos más conocidos (los incluidos en Crónicas marcianas o El hombre ilustrado) a relatos menos conocidos o versiones no recopiladas, esta edición, que cuenta con nueva traducción de Ce Santiago y prologada por Laura Fernández, nos muestra de forma cronológica la evolución vital y literaria de un autor.

Full of both satire and social analysis, Our Mutual Friend looks at what could happen in Victorian England when a fortune passes to a working-class couple. The audiobook will enchant the listener with its larger-than-life characters, its poignant depiction of social injustice and the singular seed of hope with which Dickens hints at the possibility of a better tomorrow.

Scott's discourses on the psychological, religious, physical, and preternatural explanations for contemporary beliefs in ghosts, witches, warlocks, fairies, elves, diabolism, the occult, and even werewolvesare are essential for acolytes of the dark and macabre. The letters dealing with witch hunts, trials, and torture are morbidly compelling. Scott was neither fully pro-rational modernity nor totally anti-superstitious past.

Este libro ejemplifica como pocos la idea de que la obra postrera de un autor se transforma en involuntario legado. Austerlitz es el último libro que Sebald publicó en vida, y sin duda una de las novelas más ineludibles de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Pero es también una novela fantasma: el retrato fascinado de una Europa recién desaparecida. A través de los encuentros entre el narrador y el misterioso Jacques Austerlitz, al que conoce accidentalmente en la estación de Amberes, se va desplegando un recorrido espectral por la civilización europea del siglo XX, un mundo de fortalezas, estaciones de tren, campos de concentración, librerías.

生きる苦しさと、愛するかなしみ。紫の上の死を迎え、悲しみにくれる光君は出家を決意し、光源氏の物語はしめやかに終焉に向かう。そして新たな物語、薫と匂宮が姫君たちと繰り広げる「宇治十帖」へ！

Often considered one of the first ever psychological thrillers, Crime and Punishment is a gripping tale of a poverty-stricken young man in Saint Petersburg, Russia, who hatches a plan to kill someone for money. Once the deed is done, he finds himself racked with guilt, confusion and disgust for his act. In this new recording, Will Poulter gives new life to the troubled protagonist, Rodion Raskolnikov, in a performance that will have you questioning where we draw the line between right and wrong.

Two men, a bitter rivalry, and a quarter-century of unspeakable horrors. Herbert West’s crimes against nature are well-known to those familiar with the darkest secrets of science and resurrection. Obsessed with finding a cure for mankind’s oldest malady, death itself, he has experimented upon the living and dead, leaving behind a trail of monsters, mayhem, and madness. But the story of his greatest rival has never been told until now.

A haunting tale set on New Year's Eve, The Chimes tells the story of a poor porter named Trotty Veck who has become disheartened by the state of the world, until he is shown a series of fantastical visions that convince him of the good of humanity.