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The Art of War
[en]
(-514)
by Sun Tzu Description: The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been pra... Categories: Non-Fiction - Philosophy - War |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
[en]
(1922)
by Francis Scott Fitzgerald Description: This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon on... Categories: Short Fiction |
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I, Robot
[en]
(2005)
by Cory Doctorow Description: "I, Robot" is a science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow published in 2005. The story is set in the type of police state needed to ensure that only one company is allowed to make robots, and o... Categories: Short Fiction - Science Fiction |
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Pride and Prejudice
[en]
(1813)
by Jane Austen Description: Pride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Ben... Categories: Novels - Romance |
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
[en]
(1812)
by Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm - Wilhem Karl Grimm Description: Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection ... Categories: Young Readers - Collections |
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The War of the Worlds
[en]
(1898)
by Herbert George Wells Description: The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an... Categories: Novels - Science Fiction - War |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
[en]
(1897)
by Lewis Carroll Description: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who f... Categories: Novels - Young Readers - Fantasy |
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
[en]
(1892)
by Arthur Conan Doyle Description: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first of the Sherlock H... Categories: Short Fiction - Crime/Mystery - Collections |
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Le Kama Sutra
[fr]
(400)
by Vatsyayana Description: Le Kâmasûtra (composé de Kâma, le désir (également dieu de l'amour, équivalent indien d'Éros ou de Cupidon) et Sûtra, l’aphorisme (soit Les Aphorismes du désir) - est un recueil indien écrit entre ... Categories: Non-Fiction - Sexuality |
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The Kama Sutra
[en]
(400)
by Vatsyayana Description: The Kama Sutra, is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by the Indian scholar Vatsyayana. A portion of the work c... Categories: Non-Fiction - Philosophy - Sexuality |
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Dracula
[en]
(1897)
by Bram Stoker Description: Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literatur... Categories: Novels - Horror - Gothic |
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The Count of Monte Cristo
[en]
(1845)
by Alexandre Dumas Description: The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It... Categories: Novels - Adventure |
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War and Peace
[en]
(1869)
by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Description: War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of ... Categories: Novels - History - War |
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The Divine Comedy
[en]
(1306)
by Alighieri Dante Description: Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on... Categories: Poetry |
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Moby-Dick
[en]
(1851)
by Herman Melville Description: Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon lear... Categories: Novels - Adventure |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
[en]
(1870)
by Jules Verne Description: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captai... Categories: Novels - Science Fiction - Adventure |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
[en]
(1891)
by Oscar Wilde Description: Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of sting... Categories: Novels |
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Treasure Island
[en]
(1883)
by Robert Louis Stevenson Description: While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. Categories: Novels - Adventure |
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Beyond Good and Evil
[en]
(1886)
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Description: Beyond Good and Evil (German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse), subtitled "Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future" (Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft), is a book by the German philosopher Friedrich N... Categories: Non-Fiction - Philosophy |
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Dream Psychology
[en]
(1920)
by Sigmund Freud Description: The Interpretation of Dreams is a book by Sigmund Freud. The first edition was first published in German in November 1899 as Die Traumdeutung (though post-dated as 1900 by the publisher). The publi... Categories: Non-Fiction - Psychology |