18 books like Wilhelmine

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Literature Edgar V. Roberts · 1986 · 1707p · ≈ 56h · Challenging This eagerly awaited fifth book in John Maddox Roberts's Edgar-nominated historical mystery series once again takes the reader back to the Rome of Julius Caesar and the Roman Senator Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger. Decius has won himself a reputation as both an investigator and, most unfortunately, a bit of a playboy. Having been banished by his family for sometimes embarrassing activities… Shares: Literary Criticism & Collections, Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

Faerie queene Edmund Spenser · 1590 · ★ 3.6 · 818p · ≈ 27h · Demanding The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united Arthurian romance and Italian renaissance epic to celebrate the glory of the Virgin Queen. Each book of the poem recounts the quest of a knight to achieve a virtue: the Red Crosse Knight of Holinesse, who must slay a dragon and free himself from the witch… Shares: Literary Criticism & Collections, Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

Ourika Claire de Duras · 1824 · 69p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Based on a true story, Ourika relates the experiences of a Senegalese girl who is rescued from slavery and raised by an aristocratic French family during the French Revolution. Brought up in a household of learning and privilege, she is unaware of her difference until she overhears a conversation that makes her suddenly conscious of her race - and of the prejudice it arouses. From this point on,… Shares: Literature - Classics, Novels, Literary Criticism

Morgante Luigi Pulci · 1955 · 1179p · ≈ 39h · Challenging A classic picaresque epic detailing the thrilling exploits of Orlando, Morgante is a tale of war and of the calamities that befall the romantic hero, his fellow knights, and their sovereign, Charlemagne. After encountering the fierce Morgante, Orlando converts the giant, who then becomes his squire and trusted companion. This annotated English translation will lead to a new appreciation of Luigi… Shares: Literature - Classics, Continental european fiction, Literary Criticism

Writing Fiction Janet Burroway · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 397p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The most widely used and respected text in its field, Writing Fiction, 7e by novelists Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French guides the novice story writer from first inspiration to final revision by providing practical writing techniques and concrete examples. Written in a tone that is personal and non-prescriptive, the text encourages students to develop proficiency through each step of… Shares: Literary Criticism & Collections, Literary Criticism

Prolegomena ad Homerum, sive, De operum Homericorum prisca et genuina forma variisque mutationibus et probabili ratione emendandi Friedrich August Wolf · 1795 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Shares: Literature - Classics, Novels, Literary Criticism

La philosophie dans le boudoir, ou, Les instituteurs libertins Marquis de Sade · 1795 · ★ 3.4 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Sade a fait de sa sexualité une éthique, qu'il a manifestée dans une oeuvre littéraire. C'est par ce mouvement réfléchi de sa vie d'adulte qu'il a conquis sa véritable originalité. L'ouvrage se présente comme une série de dialogues retraçant l'éducation érotique et sexuelle d'une jeune fille de 15 ans. Une libertine, Mme de Saint-Ange, veut initier Eugénie «dans les plus secrets mystères de… Shares: Literature - Classics, Continental european fiction

The growth of literature H. Munro Chadwick · 1932 · 803p · ≈ 26h · Challenging "A comparative study of the literary genres found in various countries and languages and in different periods of history."--Pref., v. 1. Shares: Literary Criticism & Collections, Literary Criticism

Meditaciones del Quijote José Ortega y Gasset · 1914 · ★ 2.0 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Challenging 247 pages ; 18 cm Shares: Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

The Flirt Booth Tarkington · 1913 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Valentine Corliss walked up Corliss Street the hottest afternoon of that hot August, a year ago, wearing a suit of white serge which attracted a little attention from those observers who were able to observe anything except the heat. The coat was shaped delicately; it outlined the wearer, and, fitting him as women's clothes fit women, suggested an effeminacy not an attribute of the tall Corliss.… Shares: Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding Francis Beaumont · 1634 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Demanding This book is perfectly adapted and layout for a pleasant reading on a tablet, smartphone or computer. To improve your reading experience, this digital version has been edited and formatted according to the requirements of this platform. Shares: Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

Мы Евгений Иванович Замятин · 1924 · ★ 4.1 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Wikipedia We is set in the future. D-503, a spacecraft engineer, lives in the One State, an urban nation constructed almost entirely of glass, which assists mass surveillance. The structure of the state is Panopticon-like, and life is scientifically managed F. W. Taylor-style. People march in step with each other and are uniformed. There is no way of referring to people except by their given… Shares: Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

Доктор Живаго Boris Leonidovich Pasternak · 1957 · ★ 3.5 · 558p · ≈ 18h · Moderate This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987. One of the results of its publication in the West was Pasternak's complete rejection by Soviet authorities; when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was compelled to decline it. The book quickly became an international… Shares: Novels, Continental european fiction

Werke Friedrich Nietzsche · 1896 · ★ 5.0 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Challenging 10 Werke von Friedrich Nietzsche Deutscher Philosoph und klassischer Philologe (1844-1900) Dieser Band enthält eine Sammlung von 10 Werken von Friedrich Nietzsche. Ein dynamisches Inhaltsverzeichnis ermöglicht den direkten Zugriff auf die verschiedenen Abschnitte. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Also sprach Zarathustra - Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen Die Geburt der Tragödie - Versuch einer… Shares: German, Literary Criticism

Literatursprache und Publikum in der lateinischen Spätantike und im Mittelalter Erich Auerbach · 1958 · 405p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares: Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

Cold counsel Karen Swenson · 2000 · 300p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure and ideology in medieval Iceland. Shares: German, Literary Criticism

Az ellenállás melankóliája Krasznahorkai, László. · 1989 · ★ 4.5 · 333p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A powerful, surreal novel, in the tradition of Gogol, about the chaotic events surrounding the arrival of a circus in a small Hungarian town. _The Melancholy of Resistance_, László Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town. A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world, arrives in the dead of… Shares: Novels, Continental european fiction

A Q zheng zhuan Lu Xun · 1926 · ★ 4.6 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Chinese and Thai on opposite pages. Shares: Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

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