Symposium  |
| Plato (427BC - 348BC) |
Held mostly in male quarters, Symposia were an integral part of Classical Greek society. Usually reclining in couches and partaking of food, wine and entertainment, men could amongst other things, discuss, debate and celebrate in a symposium. Plato's Symposium was a forum for discourse between Socrates and his friends on varied subjects: love, truth, leadership ... A cornerstone for Western Philosophy. |
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| Tales Of Hearsay |
| Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) |
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| Tales of Hoffman |
| Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) |
The opera, Tales of Hoffman tells of the three great loves of Hoffman - an automaton, a love forbidden, and a courtesan. |
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| Tales of Unrest |
| Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) |
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| Tess of the D'Urbervilles |
| Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) |
The novel tells the story of Tess whose fate is changed when her ne'er-do-well father tries to improve the family fortune via a misguided association with a local well to do family. Hardy's writing produces such empathy for Tess that one is compelled to continue reading even though it is unbearable to imagine where the story will go. |
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| The Arrow of Gold |
| Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) |
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| The Aspern Papers |
| Henry James (1843 - 1916) |
One of James' best-known and most acclaimed longer tales follows an un-named narrator as he goes to almost any lengths to obtain a dead poet's papers and letters from his widow. James lovingly creates a Venice where the unexpected seems an everyday occurrence and the unrelenting tension mounts until the final page. |
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