Oliver Twist  |
| Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) |
Oliver Twist, the book that spawned many a modern film and musical. Born into poverty and orphaned, Oliver is sent to work in a squalid workhouse, he eventually flees this only to land himself in a world of crime and prostitution. Pickpockets, thieves, and prostitutes - this was the startling reality for the young boy, Oliver. A story that shocked society when it was first published, still horrifying today. A riveting read, Dickens at his legendary best. |
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| The Chinese Classics (Confucian Analects) |
| James Legge (1815 - 1897) |
The Analects is the representative work of Confucianism. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. The Analects records the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples. Confucianism is one of the worlds major thought systems and remains very relevant for understanding East Asia. |
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| The Decameron Volume 2 |
| Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) |
The Decameron is a collection of 100 very readable novellas finished in 1353. It is known for its bawdy tales that span the spectrum from erotic to tragic. The tales are told by a party of ten fleeing the black plague, on each of 10 days they each tell a tale on a particular theme. The stories remain compelling for the modern reader while providing a unique window into medieval life. |
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| The Decameron, Volume 1 |
| Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) |
The Decameron is a collection of 100 very readable novellas finished in 1353. It is known for its bawdy tales that span the spectrum from erotic to tragic. The tales are told by a party of ten fleeing the black plague, on each of 10 days they each tell a tale on a particular theme. The stories remain compelling for the modern reader while providing a unique window into medieval life. |
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| The Golden Ass |
| Lucius Apuleius (123BC - 180BC) |
The Golden Ass relates the ludicrous adventures of Lucius, a virile young man obsessed with magic. In his enthusiasm to see the use of magic he is accidentally transformed into an ass and thus forced to witness and experience the lives of slaves and the destitute. This is the only surviving work of Greco-Roman literature to give a first person perspective of the abhorrent condition of the lower classes. T. E. Lawrence carried a small copy of the book in his saddlebags throughout the Arab Revolt. |
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| The Homeric Hymns |
| Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) |
A collection of hymns to celebrate individual gods of Greek mythology including: Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Demeter, Gaia, Heracles, Hermes, Hestia, Pan, Poseidon, and Zeus. |
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| The Lives of the Twelve Caesars |
| C.Suetonius Tranquilius (72 - 130) |
The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies: Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire (Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, titus, and Domitian). The Twelve Caesars was very important after it was written in 121 CE and remains an important historical source. It was one of the major sources for Robert Graves' I Claudius and Claudius the God later adapted and dramatised by the BBC. |
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