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The Sandman - Annotated Edition Â€“ Also Includes An Extract From The 'Uncanny' By Sigmund Freud (Alma Classics 101 Pages)

by E. T. A. Hoffmann

10,80€ + 10% CARD

 First published in 1816, this classic of German Gothic fiction has enthralled generations ever since, and has spawned countless interpretations by critics intrigued by its powerful symbolism. Sigmund Freud famously examined the novella in relation to his concept of the "Uncanny", and an extract from this analysis is included in this volume.
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The Black Spider - Annotated Edition With An Introduction By H.M. Waidson

by Jeremias Gotthelf

~~10,80€~~ 9,72€ 10% OFF

 New edition of one of the most powerful novellas which Thomas Mann saw as foretelling the advent of Nazism. Now part of Alma 101-pages series of lesser-known classics.
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Daisy Miller - Annotated Edition (Alma Classics 101 Pages)

by Henry James

8,10€ + 10% CARD

 One of Henry James's most enduringly popular works, Daisy Miller, here published in its original 1879 version, is a masterly, psychologically nuanced dissection of social mores and a merciless critique of convention and staid respectability.
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The Jew'S Beech

by Annette Von Droste-Hulshoff

~~10,80€~~ 9,72€ 10% OFF

 A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny - ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgangers and grisly discoveries in the depths of the forest - as well as a famously ambiguous climax.
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Carmen - Accompanied By Another Famous Novella By Merimee, The Venus Of Ille

by Prosper Mérimée

9,45€ + 10% CARD

 Carmen, the archetype of the amoral femme fatale, is Prosper Merimee's highest creation, and a model for many subsequent literary heroines. First published in 1846, this story of crime and desire has been adapted into a number of dramatic works, including the famous 1875 opera of the same name by Georges Bizet.
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Incest

by Marquis De Sade

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 Part of Sade's The Crimes of Love cycle, this shocking tale - which was among the writings banned for publication until the twentieth century - tests the limits of morality and portrays the disastrous consequences of freedom and pleasure.
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The Marquise Of O-

by Heinrich von Kleist

10,80€ + 10% CARD

 Part of Alma Classics 101 Pages series, The Marquise of O is a masterpiece of psychological literature. This unique edition is accompanied by The Earthquake in Chile and The Foundling, showcasing the range of their author's narrative abilities and his taste for the ambiguous and the paradoxical.
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The Story Of A Nobody

by Anton Tchékhov

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 Combining psychological detail with a strong sense of place and time, The Story of a Nobody bears all the hallmarks of Chekhov's genius, and perfectly captures the political and social tensions of its day.
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Apology For A Murder

by Lorenzino De' Medici

8,10€ + 10% CARD

 Famed for having killed his cousin Alessandro, the Duke of Florence, in 1537, Lorenzino deâ€™ Medici remains one of the most enigmatic figures of Italian literature. In his masterpiece, Apology for a Murder, he reveals the inner motives behind his act.
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The Last Day Of A Condemned Man

by Victor Hugo

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 The Last Day of a Condemned Man is an eloquent plea for compassion and a masterpiece of realist fiction. This edition includes Preface to the 1832 edition, a manifest of Hugo's personal opnions, A Comedy about a Tragedy and Claude Gueux, an early example of "true crime" fiction.
Mlle De Scuderi

by E. T. A. Hoffman e E.T.A. Hoffman

8,10€ + 10% CARD

 This unique edition, translated by critically-acclaimed translator Andrew Brown, is one of the earliest examples of the classic murder mystery and it has been an inspiration for a host of thriller and crime writers.
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The Life Of Castruccio Castracani

by Nicolau Maquiavel

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 Written in Machiavelli's characteristically lucid and terse style, Life of Castruccio Castracani is a revealing account of the political ferment and fractious factionalism of fourteenth-century Italy.
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Jettatura

by Théophile Gautier

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 This 1856 novella from the master of fantasy and the supernatural, featuring one of the most hauntingly surreal denouements in nineteenth-century fiction, is a brilliant and witty examination of man's innermost fantasies and fears.
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With The Flow

by J. K. Huysmans

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 This 1882 novella, a key work in Huysmansâ€™ literary development â€" prefiguring in its protagonist the figure of Jean des Esseintes, the hero of Ã€ rebours, written two years later â€" is accompanied here by another masterly study of human despair, â€˜M. Bougranâ€™s Retirementâ€™.
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Loveless Love

by Luigi Pirandello

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 A unique collection of short stories by the master of Italian modernism.
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Flush - Annotated Edition With Photographs (Alma Classics 101 Pages)

by Virginia Woolf

10,80€ + 10% CARD

 Flush is a genre-defying blend of biography and fantasy, and an accessible yet stylistically innovative jeu d'esprit.
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The Four Little Girls And Desire Caught By The Tail

by Pablo Picasso

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 These surreal compositions have been considered as forerunners to the theatre of the absurd of the 1950s, as exemplified by Beckett, Ionesco and Adamov. This volume also contains the accompanying illustrations by Picasso himself.
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The Touchstone - Annotated Edition (Alma Classics 101 Pages)

by Edith Wharton

8,10€ + 10% CARD

 The first of Edith Wharton's works depicting life in "old New York", The Touchstone is an acutely observed novella , and an exploration of the tension between self-serving opportunism and the desire to live a moral life."
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A Voyage To The Moon

by Cyrano de Bergerac

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 Published posthumously and intended mainly as a satire of its age, this imaginative and entertaining tale - here presented in a lively translation by Andrew Brown - is now considered one of the pioneering works of science fiction."
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A Fantasy Of Dr Ox

by Júlio Verne

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 Verne, the acclaimed author of immortal tales of adventure and early science fiction, can be seen here in a different light, regaling readers of all ages with a light-hearted satire that, in its warnings about the dangers of scientific experimentation, has a clear and troubling resonance with our times."
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Transformation

by Mary Shelley

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 First published in 1831 and here presented with the supernatural stories `The Evil Eye' and `The Immortal Mortal', the chilling Gothic tale `Transformation' is a paragon of the genre by the author of Frankenstein. "
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A Perfect Hoax

by Ítalo Svevo

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 In this tragicomic study of deception and disappointment, Italo Svevo â€" who himself was an undiscovered writer until his old age â€" parodies elements of his own life and offers an insightful psychological portrait of a person who has lost touch with reality.
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The Lazy Tour Of Two Idle Apprentices - Annotated Edition (Alma Classics 101 Pages)

by Charles Dickens e Wilkie Collins

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 The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices is a charming evocation of the adventures Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins experienced on a walking tour of the north-west of England.
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Colonel Chabert

by Honoré de Balzac

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 Part of Balzacâ€™s La ComÃ©die humaine cycle, Colonel Chabert is a poignant tale about the pursuit of justice, as well as a portrait of Franceâ€™s transition from the Napoleonic Empire to the Restoration.
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