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Imagining Culture Jonathan Hart · 1996 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

Walter Hawkesworth's Labyrinthus

Walter Hawkesworth's Labyrinthus Walter Hawkesworth · 1988 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Tress of the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson · 2023 · ★ 4.4 · 551p · ≈ 18h · Moderate \#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson expands his Cosmere universe shared by The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn with a new standalone novel for everyone who loved The Princess Bride. Narrated by Michael Kramer. The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from… Shares General

L'Ecole Des Femmes Molière · 1950 · ★ 4.0 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Chrysalde. Vous venez, dites-vous, pour lui donner la main ? Arnolphe. Oui, je veux terminer la chose dans demain. Chrysalde. Nous sommes ici seuls ; et l'on peut, ce me semble, sans craindre d'etre ouis, y discourir ensemble : voulez-vous qu'en ami je vous ouvre mon coeur ? Votre dessein pour vous me fait trembler de peur ; et de quelque facon que vous tourniez l'affaire, prendre femme est a… Shares Literary Criticism

History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck · 1911 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The wide use of the author's History of English Literature, the favor with which it has been received in all parts of the United States, and the number of earnest requests for a History of American Literature on the same plan, have led to the writing of this book. It has not appeared sooner because the author has followed his rule of making a careful first-hand study, not only of all the matter… Shares Literary Criticism

Plays of George Colman the Younger George Colman · 2019 · 796p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

Camping for Boys H. W. Gibson · 2007 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

Selected Letters of Caroline Norton

Selected Letters of Caroline Norton Ross Belson · 2019 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

Locating transnational ideals Walter Goebel · 2010 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

The Great Derangement Amitav Ghosh · 2016 · ★ 4.0 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability--at the level of literature, history, and politics--to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. The extreme… Shares Nature, Literary Criticism

I'll Haunt You! Shannon Knudsen · 2014 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Light Shares General with this book.

The Browning cyclopaedia Edward Berdoe · 1898 · 578p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

He, the one who gets slapped Леонид Николаевич Андреев · 1912 · ★ 3.5 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Paul Beaumont is a scientist who labored for years alone to prove his radical theories on the origin of mankind. Baron Regnard becomes his patron, enabling him to do research while living in his mansion. One day, Beaumont announces to his beloved wife Marie and the baron that he has proved all his theories and is ready to present them before the Academy of the Sciences. He leaves the arrangements… Shares Literary Criticism, General

Heaven's reach David Brin · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 582p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards, David Brin brings his bestselling Uplift series to a magnificent conclusion with his most imaginative and powerful novel to date--the shattering epic of a universe poised on the brink of revelation...or annihilation.The brutal enemy that has relentlessly pursued them for centuries has arrived. Now the fugitive settlers of Jijo--both human and alien--brace for… Shares Literary Criticism, General

Ameto

Ameto Giovanni Boccaccio · 1520 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

S.J. Perelman

S.J. Perelman Steven H. Gale · 1985 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

Story of Meriadoc King of Cambria

Story of Meriadoc King of Cambria Mildred Leake Day · 2019 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, General with this book.

The high window Raymond Chandler · 1942 · ★ 3.7 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the 1940s and 1950s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. In The High Window, Marlowe starts out on the trail of a single stolen coin and ends up… Shares Literary Criticism, General

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