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Swann in Love

by Marcel Proust ...

Translated by Brian Nelson ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'Swann's love . . . could not have been torn out of him without destroying him almost entirely' Swann in Love is a brilliant, devastating novella that tells of infatuation, love, and jealousy. Set against the backdrop of Paris at the end of the nineteenth century, the story of Charles Swann illuminates the fragilities and foibles of human beings when in the grip of desire. Swann is a highly ... Read more

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'Swann's love . . . could not have been torn out of him without destroying him almost entirely' Swann in Love is a brilliant, devastating novella that tells of infatuation, love, and jealousy. Set against the backdrop of Paris at the end of the nineteenth century, the story of Charles Swann illuminates the fragilities and foibles of human beings when in the grip of desire. Swann is a highly
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The Ladies' Paradise

Translated by Brian Nelson ...

by Émile Zola ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
The Ladies' Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family; it is emblematic of consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. Octave Mouret, the store's owner ... Read more

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The Ladies' Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family; it is emblematic of consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. Octave Mouret, the store's owner
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The Swann Way

by Marcel Proust, Brian Nelson, Adam Watt ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'The memory of a particular image is only regret for a particular moment...' The Swann Way is the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. The work is a portal to Proust's novel and an introduction to its unforgettable first-person narrator-protagonist. Immersed in themes of time, memory, identity, art, sensation, ... Read more

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'The memory of a particular image is only regret for a particular moment...' The Swann Way is the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. The work is a portal to Proust's novel and an introduction to its unforgettable first-person narrator-protagonist. Immersed in themes of time, memory, identity, art, sensation,
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The Belly of Paris

Translated by Brian Nelson ...

by Émile Zola ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'Respectable people... What bastards!' Unjustly deported to Devil's Island following Louis-Napoleon's coup-d'état in December 1851, Florent Quenu escapes and returns to Paris. He finds the city changed beyond recognition. The old Marché des Innocents has been knocked down as part of Haussmann's grand programme of urban reconstruction to make way for Les Halles, the spectacular new food markets. ... Read more

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'Respectable people... What bastards!' Unjustly deported to Devil's Island following Louis-Napoleon's coup-d'état in December 1851, Florent Quenu escapes and returns to Paris. He finds the city changed beyond recognition. The old Marché des Innocents has been knocked down as part of Haussmann's grand programme of urban reconstruction to make way for Les Halles, the spectacular new food markets.
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The Assommoir

Translated by Brian Nelson ...

by Émile Zola ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'in this life, even if you don't ask for much you still end up with bugger all!' In a run-down quarter of Paris, Gervaise Macquart struggles to earn a living and support her family. She earns a pittance washing other people's dirty clothes in the local washhouse, and dreams of having her own laundry. But in order to start her business she must incur debt, and her feckless husband cannot resist ... Read more

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'in this life, even if you don't ask for much you still end up with bugger all!' In a run-down quarter of Paris, Gervaise Macquart struggles to earn a living and support her family. She earns a pittance washing other people's dirty clothes in the local washhouse, and dreams of having her own laundry. But in order to start her business she must incur debt, and her feckless husband cannot resist
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The Fortune of the Rougons

Translated by Brian Nelson ...

by Émile Zola ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'He thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.' Set in the fictitious Provençal town of Plassans, The Fortune of the Rougons tells the story of Silvère and Miette, two idealistic young supporters of the republican resistance to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état in December 1851. They ... Read more

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'He thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.' Set in the fictitious Provençal town of Plassans, The Fortune of the Rougons tells the story of Silvère and Miette, two idealistic young supporters of the republican resistance to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état in December 1851. They
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Earth

by Brian Nelson, Émile Zola ...

Translated by Julie Rose ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'Only the earth is immortal...the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.' Zola's novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest achievements, comparable to Germinal and L'Assommoir. Set in a village in the Beauce, in northern France, it depicts the harshness of the peasants' world and their visceral attachment to the land. ... Read more

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'Only the earth is immortal...the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.' Zola's novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest achievements, comparable to Germinal and L'Assommoir. Set in a village in the Beauce, in northern France, it depicts the harshness of the peasants' world and their visceral attachment to the land.
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Heard at a UTAH Diner

A Shortstack of Humor beyond Green Jell-O and Sister Wives

by Steve Odenthal, James D Beers, Betti Avari, Alice M Batzel, David Willes, Cecelie Costley, Kathy Davidson, J Audrey Hammer, Josie Hulme, Mike Nelson, Tyler Brian Nelson, John M Olsen, Jared Quan ...

Utah Mysteries Explained! Humor writers from all over Utah tell tales of what really happens in the Beehive State. Get ready to laugh out loud. Each story is crafted in a family-friendly way and told with a unique voice. Reading this collection is like falling into a family reunion you never knew existed.Find out about:What exactly are Funeral Potatoes?Brigham City Sunshine and MoonshineThe ... Read more

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Utah Mysteries Explained! Humor writers from all over Utah tell tales of what really happens in the Beehive State. Get ready to laugh out loud. Each story is crafted in a family-friendly way and told with a unique voice. Reading this collection is like falling into a family reunion you never knew existed.Find out about:What exactly are Funeral Potatoes?Brigham City Sunshine and MoonshineThe
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The Kill

Translated by Brian Nelson ...

by Émile Zola ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'It was the time when the rush for spoils filled a corner of the forest with the yelping of hounds, the cracking of whips, the flaring of torches. The appetites let loose were satisfied at last, shamelessly, amid the sound of crumbling neighbourhoods and fortunes made in six months. The city had become an orgy of gold and women.' The Kill (La Curée) is the second volume in Zola's great cycle of ... Read more

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'It was the time when the rush for spoils filled a corner of the forest with the yelping of hounds, the cracking of whips, the flaring of torches. The appetites let loose were satisfied at last, shamelessly, amid the sound of crumbling neighbourhoods and fortunes made in six months. The city had become an orgy of gold and women.' The Kill (La Curée) is the second volume in Zola's great cycle of
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Prayers and Blessings for Healthcare Workers

by Chelsea Brooke Yarborough, Virgil Fry, Kevin M. Roberts, Andrew Phillips, Mishca R. Russell-Smith, Martha Spong, Leenah Safi, Kelly Gregory, Elizabeth Felicetti, Jessica Covil, James R. Adams, Paul Roberts Abernathy, Sarah Griffith Lund, Ruth McMeekin Skjerseth, Ginny Wilder, Paula Wells, Katherine Willis Pershey, Laura Martin, Randy Lewis, Laura Johnson, Hayden Dawes, Molly Bolton, Hadley H. Kifner, Allyson S. Vertigan, Gayle Fisher-Stewart, David Finnegan-Hosey, Molly Brummett Wudel, Traci Smith, Katherine K. Henderson, Arianne Braithwaite Lehn, Keith A. Menhinik, Sonya Gravlee, Jennifer Grant, Heather Bachelder, Ineda Pearl Adesanya, Mark Wingfield, Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, Danielle Buhuro, Catherine McNiel, Brian Nelson, Malcolm Marler, Nathan Brown, Leslie Deslauriers, Catherine Meeks, Karl Pellegrino, Jamie R. Rivera, Deborah Jill Schloss, Shiela P. Spencer, Ellen M. Swinford, Michael B. Curry ...

An interfaith collection of prayers, blessings, and poems offering comfort and hope to the healthcare workers that give so much.The COVID-19 pandemic has left few of us unaffected, but our healthcare workers have borne the brunt of its impact. Chaplains and clergy across all lines of faith have ministered to those caregivers through prayers and blessings.This curated collection of interfaith ... Read more

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An interfaith collection of prayers, blessings, and poems offering comfort and hope to the healthcare workers that give so much.The COVID-19 pandemic has left few of us unaffected, but our healthcare workers have borne the brunt of its impact. Chaplains and clergy across all lines of faith have ministered to those caregivers through prayers and blessings.This curated collection of interfaith
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Émile Zola

A Very Short Introduction

by Brian Nelson ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Émile Zola was the leader of the literary movement known as 'naturalism' and is one of the great figures of the novel. In his monumental Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93), he explored the social and cultural landscape of the late nineteenth century in ways that scandalized bourgeois society. Zola opened the novel up to a new realm of subjects, including the realities of working-class life, class ... Read more

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Émile Zola was the leader of the literary movement known as 'naturalism' and is one of the great figures of the novel. In his monumental Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93), he explored the social and cultural landscape of the late nineteenth century in ways that scandalized bourgeois society. Zola opened the novel up to a new realm of subjects, including the realities of working-class life, class
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A Love Story

Translated by Helen Constantine ...

by Émile Zola ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'Everything revolved around their love. They were constantly bathed in a passion that they carried with them, around them, as though it were the only air they could breathe.' Hélène Grandjean, an attractive young widow, lives a secluded life in Paris with her only child, Jeanne. Jeanne is a delicate and nervous girl who jealously guards her mother's affections. When Jeanne falls ill, she is ... Read more

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'Everything revolved around their love. They were constantly bathed in a passion that they carried with them, around them, as though it were the only air they could breathe.' Hélène Grandjean, an attractive young widow, lives a secluded life in Paris with her only child, Jeanne. Jeanne is a delicate and nervous girl who jealously guards her mother's affections. When Jeanne falls ill, she is
... Read more

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