The Charterhouse of Parma opens as both a dazzling political novel and a defense of genius itself. Honoré de Balzac's celebrated introduction crowns Stendhal as a master of ideas, irony, and modern realism, arguing that true literature must unite thought, feeling, and form. The novel that follows proves the point in full: a sharp, elegant blend of court intrigue, family loyalty, and historical upheaval set in Italy after Napoleon's fall. At the center stands Gina Pietranera, later the Duch...

Seven years ago, Hakyung Lee accepted an offer to impersonate a dead girl. The plan was simple—he would pose as his childhood friend, Jiyoung Han, and convince a rich grandpa on his deathbed he wasn’t a fraud. It’d only be for one summer, and once that was over, Hakyung would walk away with the funds to pay for his mother’s hospital care and medication. And everything seemed to be smooth sailing—until Yoonsung Jang rushed to his grandfather’s side, determined to expose Hakyung as a fake. E...

As angels rain from the heavens, Leah stumbles onto an artifact that lets her inherit the powers of other monsters. What does she do but use it in the most game-breaking way possible: absorbing traits and abilities from Disaster-class entities like Mister Plates and Sugaru to push her power to obscene new heights—all for one purpose: taking the fight to the Archangel and tearing down that so-called harbinger of destruction. Because there can only be one! And when the devs flag the Archange...

The second volume in this essential library gathers James Joyce's modernist vision, Mark Twain's American wit, Jules Verne's boundless imagination, Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure and suspense, Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic brilliance, and Bram Stoker's gothic terror alongside voices from Tolstoy to Tagore, Stendhal to Sienkiewicz. Ranging from French Enlightenment fiction to Victorian sensation novels, Russian realism to early global literature, this collection widens the canon begun in V...

PROVE YOUR WORTH! The tables have finally turned on Pandora! After kidnapping the King of Fate, Jooheon begins leaking fake prophecies to send his rivals on a wild goose chase across the globe. But as Pandora scrambles to locate his base, a much greater threat looms. The King’s Tomb has appeared, housing secret treasures that could crown a true "Majesty" over all relics. To claim this ultimate prize, Jooheon and his team must race through a gauntlet of traps and trials that even his past-l...

This 2nd volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors' last names: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James: Ulysses Kingsley, Charles: The Water-Babies Kipling, Rudyard: Kim La Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of Clèves Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de: Dangerous Liaisons Lawrence, D. H.: Sons and Lovers Lawrence, D. H.: The Rainbow Le Fanu, Sheridan: In a Glass Darkly Lewis, Matthew Gregory: The ...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - The Divine Comedy [Dante Alighieri] - Emma [Jane Austen] - Persuasion [Jane Austen] - Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen] - Father Goriot [Honoré de Balzac] - Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë] - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [Anne Brontë] - Wuthering Heights [Emily Brontë] - The Way of All Flesh [Samuel Butler] - Don Quixote [Miguel de Cervantes] - Heart of Darkness [Joseph Conrad] - Nostromo [Joseph Conrad] - Mo...

One man. Two worlds. A timeless tale of power, love, and betrayal. Step into post-Napoleonic France with The Red and the Black, Stendhal's legendary exploration of ambition, hypocrisy, and romantic obsession. Follow Julien Sorel — a poor yet brilliant young man — as he climbs the rigid social ladder through cunning, seduction, and sheer determination. In a world ruled by clergy and aristocrats, Julien navigates the tension between personal dreams and societal expectations. His journey is a...

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The Red and the Black, Stendhal's masterpiece, is the story of Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces, fueled by Napoleonic ideals, whose desire to make his fortune sets in motion events both mesmerizing and tragic. Sorel's quest to find himself, and the doomed love he encounters along the way, are delineated with an unprecedented psychological depth and realism. At the same time, Stend...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names:- The Divine Comedy [Dante Alighieri]- Emma [Jane Austen]- Persuasion [Jane Austen]- Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen]- Father Goriot [Honoré de Balzac]- Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë]- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [Anne Brontë]- Wuthering Heights [Emily Brontë]- The Way of All Flesh [Samuel Butler]- Don Quixote [Miguel de Cervantes]...

The short story is to-day our most common literary product. It is read by everyone. Not every boy or girl will read novels after leaving school, but every boy or girl is certain to read short stories. It is important in the high school to guide taste and appreciation in short story reading, so that the reading of days when school life is over will be healthful and upbuilding.Here is a collection that is entirely modern. The authors represented are among the leading authors of the da...

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The Charterhouse of Parma tells the story of the young Italian nobleman Fabrice del Dongo and his adventures from his birth in 1798 to his death in 1829 (?). Fabrice's early years are spent in his family's castle on Lake Como, while most of the novel is set in a fictionalized Parma (both in modern-day Italy).