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The Magic Mountain
"The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann (1875−1955) is one of the premier works of fiction of the twentieth century. Although the novel is set in a...
War And Peace Vol. 2
Russian family life portrayed during and after the Napoleonic War. This second volume describes Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812 and the retreat...
Remembrance of Things Past : 1
"For a long time I used to go to bed early." The first two volumes in Proust's seven volume masterpiece which has been described as the most...
Anna Karenin
With Anna Karenin, Tolstoy's most perfect work, the psychological novel of the nineteenth century reached its peak. Acclaimed by many as the world's...
The Plague-Spreader’s Tale
Bufalino's first novel, written in 1950 but not published until 1981 after encouragement from Leonardo Sciascia, draws heavily on the author's own...
Tommaso and the Blind Photographer
Intrigue, blackmail and murder -- a dark satire from the great Italian humorist. Tommaso, a former journalist, is caretaker of a crumbling suburban...