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  • A Voyage to Cacklogallinia

    A Voyage to Cacklogallinia appeared in London, in 1727, under the pseudonymous author "Captain Samuel Brunt". Whilst the work of satire has been sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift, the true author remains yet unknown.The novel is remarkable in that it features one of the first "Voyages to the Moon" later used as a plot device in many Science Fiction works as well as giving the ... Leer más

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  • Robinson Crusoe

    de Daniel Defoe ...
    'Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal, a story that goes right to the core of existence' Simon ArmitageDaniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe**, regarded by many to be first novel in English, is also the original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island.**The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily ... Leer más

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  • Utopia: On The Best State Of A Republic And On The New Island Of Utopia

    On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia

    Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516 in Latin. His Utopia is a fictional island, whose society, religion and politics he explores. Critics do not believe that the island depicted More's idea of the perfect society, but rather that he hoped to throw the politics of his own time into a new light by contrasting them with his imagined island society. The work references Plato's Republic. ... Leer más

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  • Æsop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices

    Timeless Moral Tales with Emblematic Symbolism

    de Aesop ...
    Traducido por Samuel Croxall ...
    In "√Üsop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices," Aesop presents a captivating tapestry of moral tales, rich with allegorical depth and timeless wisdom. This collection, marked by its succinct narrative style and vibrant illustrations, invites readers into a world where animals embody human virtues and vices. Each fable, elegantly crafted, serves as a vessel for ... Leer más

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  • Oroonoko

    de Aphra Behn ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'We are bought and sold like apes or monkeys, to be the sport of women, fools, and cowards, and the support of rogues . . .'Spy, traveller and pioneering female writer Aphra Benn's story of an African prince sold into slavery is considered one of the earliest English novels ... Leer más

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  • Gulliver's Travels

    Shipwrecked castaway Lemuel Gulliver’s encounters with the petty, diminutive Lilliputians, the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the abstracted scientists of Laputa, the philosophical Houyhnhnms, and the brutish Yahoos give him new, bitter insights into human behavior. Swift’s fantastic and subversive book remains supremely relevant in our own age of distortion, hypocrisy, and irony ... Leer más

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  • The Sixteen Satires of Juvenal

    de Juvenal ...
    Decimus Junius Juvenalis, known as Juvenal, is one of the greatest satirists and moralists in history. His works, of which 16 are preserved, are scathing and unapologetic in their presentment of Rome and its citizens; Juvenal is also revered as a social historian for his vivid depictions of Latin life. He wrote his satires between 100 and 127 AD, and although his volumes of poetry were lost for ... Leer más

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  • Gulliver's Travels

    Series series Signature Editions
    Following ship surgeon, Lemuel Gulliver, Jonathan Swift's satire, Gulliver's Travels, is a humorous critique of the darker aspects of human nature. During his voyage, Gulliver visits four islands, each more bizarre and fantastical that the last. From tiny people to giants, from majestic horses to scarily humanoid "Yahoos," each of the island inhabitants create an experience that no one is likely ... Leer más

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  • The Portable Roman Reader

    de Various ...
    Series series Portable Library
    The Romans conquered most of the known world and detailed their conquests in calm, unapologetic histories. They were a supremely urbane people who longed poetically for the farming life. Valuing toughness and practicality in all things, they turned the love poem into a cynical rebuke and wrote tragedies in which the unfathomable actions of gods gave way to the staggering cruelties of man. As the ... Leer más

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  • Oroonoko: Or, The Royal Slave

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    de Aphra Behn ...
    Oroonoko is a short work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640–1689), published in 1688, concerning the love of its hero, an enslaved African in Surinam in the 1660s, and the author's own experiences in the new South American colony.Behn worked for Charles II as a spy during the outset of the Second Dutch War, ending up destitute when she returned to England, and even spending time in a debtors' ... Leer más

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  • Consolations from a Stoic

    de Seneca ...
    In his three Condolences - De Consolatione ad Marciam, De Consolatione ad Polybium and De Consolatione ad Helviam - Seneca elegantly explores the Stoic principle that one should not be upset by uncontrollable events. ... Leer más

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  • OROONOKO: THE ROYAL SLAVE

    Enriched edition.

    Aphra Behn's 'Oroonoko: The Royal Slave' is a poignant literary work that explores themes of race, slavery, honor, and love in the context of 17th century colonialism. Behn's distinctive writing style, characterized by rich descriptions and emotional depth, immerses the reader in the tragic tale of the African prince Oroonoko's betrayal and enslavement. The book is considered one of the earliest ... Leer más

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