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  • English Romantic Poetry

    An Anthology

    Edited by Stanley Appelbaum ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry
    Encompassing a broad range of subjects, styles, and moods, English poetry of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is generally classified under the term "Romantic," suggesting an emphasis on imagination and individual experience, as well as a preoccupation with such theme as nature, death, and the supernatural.This volume contains a rich selection of poems by England's six greatest ... Read more

    $4.50 USD

  • Mexican Short Stories / Cuentos mexicanos

    A Dual-Language Book

    Edited by Stanley Appelbaum ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language Spanish
    Greatly influenced by Europe's nineteenth-century literary trends, Mexico's writers crafted some of the most phenomenal prose fiction in Spanish America. This collection offers a rich sampling of significant Mexican short stories published from 1843 to 1918. Nine different tales range from the realism of López Portillo's “Reloj sin dueño” and the modernismo saturating Gutiérrez Nájera's "La mañana ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The New Life/La Vita Nuova

    A Dual-Language Book

    by Dante Alighieri ...
    Translated by Stanley Appelbaum ...
    An exquisite medley of lyrical verse and poetic prose, La Vita Nuova (The New Life) ranks among the supreme revelations in the literature of love. Its allegorical view of the soul's crisis and growth combines a narrative with meditations, dreams, songs, and prayers.In this masterpiece of his youth, Dante assembles a selection of his love poems within a prose framework that situates them ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Book of Poems (Selection)/Libro de poemas (Selección)

    A Dual-Language Book

    by Federico García Lorca ...
    Translated by Stanley Appelbaum ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language Spanish
    The passionate life and violent death of Federico Garcia Lorca (1898–1936) retain an enduring fascination for readers around the world. Murdered by Nationalists at the outset of the Spanish Civil War, Lorca died at the peak of his creative powers. He remains his country's most widely translated writer, surpassed only by Cervantes in terms of critical commentary.This selection includes 55 of the 68 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Sicilian Stories

    A Dual-Language Book

    by Giovanni Verga ...
    Translated by Stanley Appelbaum ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language Italian
    With his novels, short stories, and plays, Giovanni Verga (1840–1922) achieved renown in the Italian verismo (realist) school of writing. This outstanding selection of 12 short stories — most from the Sicilian writer's Vita dei campi (Rural Life) and Novelle rusticane (Rustic Stories) — attests to his storytelling skills.Selections include "Nedda," a short story that initiated Verga's naturalistic ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • A Second Spanish Reader

    A Dual-Language Book

    Edited by Stanley Appelbaum ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language Spanish
    Geared toward advanced beginners, this dual-language volume offers the convenient, accessible format of English translations on pages facing the matching Spanish text. It introduces such authors as Lope de Vega, Cervantes, Alarcón, Unamuno, and Darío, and such works as El buscón, Cartas marruecas, El estudiante de Salamanca, and Santa. Contents include plays, lyric and narrative verse, and prose ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Fuenteovejuna

    A Dual-Language Book

    by Lope de Vega ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language Spanish
    From the golden age of the Spanish theater comes this captivating seventeenth-century drama of peasantry defending their honor against oppression by a feudal lord. Based on a historical incident during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, Fuenteovejuna takes its name from an Andalusian town in which the residents unite to enact justice when faced with vicious oppression.One of Spain's most highly ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Spanish-American Short Stories / Cuentos hispanoamericanos

    A Dual-Language Book

    Edited by Stanley Appelbaum ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language Spanish
    These seventeen stories from the Caribbean and Central and South America encompass a tremendous variety of subjects, settings, moods, and styles — from worldly sophistication to outright savagery. Ranging in publication dates from 1867 to 1922, each story is by a different writer from a different country. All are well-known names in Spanish-American literature — Rubén Darío, José Martí, Amado ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • First French Reader

    A Beginner's Dual-Language Book

    Edited by Stanley Appelbaum ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language French
    This excellent anthology offers the beginning French-language student a first taste of some of the world's most significant prose. Chosen for both their eloquence and ease of reading, excerpts from such masterpieces as Les Misérables, The Red and the Black, Madame Bovary, Carmen, and The Three Musketeers will open new worlds for linguists. Readers will savor the words of fifty great writers of ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Two Stories/Deux nouvelles

    A Dual-Language Book

    by Stendhal ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language French
    In writing these two ardently romantic and turbulent tales, Stendhal delved deep into old Italian narratives and into his own impassioned heart. “Vanina Vanini” and “L’abbesse de Castro” abound in the qualities for which the French author remains enduringly popular: his strong-willed, impulsive characters; his dry wit and keen irony; and the sweeping drama of his historical settings.Originally ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Fairy Tales in Verse and Prose/Les contes en vers et en prose

    A Dual-Language Book

    by Charles Perrault ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language French
    Based on the folkloric tales told by the widowed author to his motherless brood, this collection of traditional stories first appeared under Charles Perrault's name in the 18th century. In the fine tradition of Aesop, the fables enlighten as well as entertain, imparting practical moral advice. This dual-language edition features accurate new English translations on the pages facing the original ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Death in Venice & A Man and His Dog

    A Dual-Language Book

    by Thomas Mann ...
    Series series Dover Dual Language German
    Written in 1912, Death in Venice is Thomas Mann's best-known novella — a haunting, elegiac masterpiece in which the main character, Gustav Aschenbach, is a successful and much-revered author. While vacationing in Venice, this highly disciplined writer, who always has maintained extraordinary control of his literary creations, finds himself suddenly overwhelmed by an all-consuming love for a ... Read more

    $10.69 USD