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1	Oresteia more books like this by Aeschylus add to wishlist Though Aeschylus specialized in the tragic trilogy, "Oresteia" is the only surviving example by an ancient playwright. A form that was not picked up by his successors, the trilogy traditionally consists of three connected tragedies followed by a satyr play. ("Proteus", the satyr play in this work, is lost.) "Oresteia" follows the life of Agamemnon ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Nausea more books like this by Jean Paul Sartre add to wishlist "Nausea" is both Sartre's first published novel and first extended essay on the existential philosophy. In it, Antoine Roquentin, an introspective historian, records the disturbing shifts in his perceptions and his struggle to restore meaning to life in a continuing present and without lies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.96! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Letters to a Young Poet more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke add to wishlist Relatively early in Rilke's literary career, these letters began as advice addressed to a young student who had solicited it by sending Rilke some poems. The two authors never met, but over the course of several years a correspondence developed in which Rilke composed astoundingly elegant and eloquent characterizations of the craft and discipline ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| first editions \| SVS
4	No Exit and Three Other Plays more books like this by Jean-Paul Sartre add to wishlist 4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.10! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Iliad: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition more books like this by Homer, Robert(translator) Homer Fagles, Professor Robert Fagles (Translator) add to wishlist One of the greatest epics in Western literature, "The Iliad" recounts the story of the Trojan wars. This timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves to its tragic conclusion. In his introduction, Bernard Knox observes that although the violence of the Iliad is ... see all copies from $5.07! new only from $10.68! \| SVS
6	Odyssey more books like this by Sam Homer add to wishlist Perhaps the most celebrated of all Western narratives, the Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus's roundabout voyage home to Ithaca where his beloved Penelope awaits. In stories along the way, he famously encounters Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops, and many, many others. This translation renders the classic more economically than others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Iliad more books like this by Homer add to wishlist Pope spent his formative years as a poet translating Homer, beginning with "The Iliad", his translation of which Samuel Johnson called "the greatest version of poetry the world has ever seen". This edition makes available for the first time in paperback Pope's notes in their entirety, enabling us to listen in as one poetic genius illuminates the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Smiley's People more books like this by John Le Carre add to wishlist On the brink of retirement, master spy George Smiley accepts one last assignment: infiltrate the Soviet Union and track down his nemesis, Karla. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Inferno more books like this by John Ciardi (Translator), Archibald T MacAllister (Introduction by), Dante Alighieri add to wishlist "The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno more books like this by Dante Alighieri, John Sinclair (Translator) add to wishlist "The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.38! \| SVS
11 view cover	The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, the Paradiso more books like this by Dante Alighieri, Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (Translator) add to wishlist For the first time, John Ciardi's translations of Dante's three soaring canticles have been gathered together in a single volume. see all copies from $6.58! new only from $10.52! \| SVS
12 view cover	Odyssey: The Story of Odysseus more books like this by Homer, Anthony Heald (Read by) add to wishlist Perhaps the most celebrated of all Western narratives, the Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus's roundabout voyage home to Ithaca where his beloved Penelope awaits. In stories along the way, he famously encounters Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops, and many, many others. This translation renders the classic more economically than others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.90! \| SVS
13 view cover	Waiting for Godot more books like this by Samuel Beckett add to wishlist This volume offers a comprehensive critical study of Samuel Beckett's first and most renowned dramatic work, Waiting for Godot, which has become one of the most frequently discussed, and influential plays in the history of the theatre. Lawrence Graver discusses the play's background and provides a detailed analysis of its originality and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.96! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Doll's House more books like this by H Ibsen add to wishlist The slamming of the front door at the end of A Doll's House shatters the romantic masquerade of the Helmers' marriage. In their stultifying and infantilised relationship, Nora and Torvald have deceived themselves and each other both consciously and subconsciously, until Nora acknowledges the need for individual freedom. A revised student edition ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	La Casa de Bernarda Alba more books like this by Federico Garcia Lorca add to wishlist La casa de Bernarda Alba cierra la trilogia de tragedias iniciada con Bodas de sangre y continuada con Yerma. La obra transcurre en un ambito rural y tiene como protagonistas a una docena de mujeres. Pero el trasunto nada tiene que ver con el costumbrismo ni con la psicologia femenina. El verdadero drama surge de la contraposicion entre la ley ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Inferno of Dante more books like this by Robert Pinsky (Translator), John Cleese (Read by) add to wishlist Robert Pinsky's acclaimed verse translation of the "Inferno" shows the contemporary reader why Dante is considered a poet of great power, intensity, and vision. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Four Major Plays: A Doll's House/Ghosts/Hedda Gabler/The Master Builder more books like this by Henrik Ibsen, James McFarlane (Translator), Jens Arup (Translator) add to wishlist Taken from the highly acclaimed Oxford Ibsen, this collection of Ibsen's plays includes A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, and The Master Builder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Cyrano de Bergerac more books like this by Edmond Rostand add to wishlist First produced in 1897, CYRANO DE BERGERAC takes place in the 17th century. Rostand's classic drama presents a complex hero--one who is in the tradition of both the swashbuckling adventurer and the sensitive, more modern thinker and self-questioner. Cursed with ugliness but blessed with sublime wit and poetic ability, the gallant Cyrano loves his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The God of Carnage: A Play more books like this by Yasmina Reza, Christopher Hampton (Translator) add to wishlist What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children? see all copies from $7.55! new only from $7.55! \| SVS
20 view cover	Endgame and ACT Without Words more books like this by Samuel Beckett add to wishlist Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature n 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. "Endgame, " originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Romance of the Rose more books like this by Guillaume de Lorris add to wishlist A new translation of the classic medieval French epic poem by Guillaume de Lorris. Patterned after Ovid's Ars Amatoria, it is an elaborate allegory describing the birth and growth of courtly love. It was one of the most influential works written during the Middle Ages, and gave birth to an entirely new conception of love and romance throughout ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.68! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Flowers of evil. more books like this by Charles Baudelaire add to wishlist Many of the poems in this collection, published in 1857, were banned for indecency by the French government. A major 19th-century text and an inspiration to the Symbolist movement, THE FLOWERS OF EVIL evokes the decay and debauchery of the Parisian underworld, expressing both the seduction and repulsion of death. Baudelaire implicates the reader ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Medea more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of the great Greek writers. These new translations are more than faithful to the original text, going beyond the literal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke, Anita Barrows (Translator), Joanna Macy (Translator) add to wishlist Rilke influenced generations of writers with his "Letters to a Young Poet". His "Book of Hours" offers an invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world. These fresh translations by a distinguished poet and a well-known mystic and spiritual teacher capture Rilke's spirit in a uniquely new way. see all copies from $2.48! new only from $9.16! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in One Volume) more books like this by Dante Alighieri, Allen Mandelbaum (Translator), Peter Armour (Introduction by) add to wishlist "The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS

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