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A Confession by Leo Tolstoy
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. It describes his search for 'a practical religion not promising future bliss but giving bliss on earth'. Although A Confession led to his ex-communication ...Show more
A Room of One's Own (Penguin Great Ideas) by Virginia Woolf
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
This literary landmark about the male supremacy and female subordination at Oxford University shines a brave, searing light on the obstacles that must be overcome on the path toward a harmonious unity of the sexes.
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Swift's exuberant, bawdy fable is a unique satire on politics, religion, fashion, madness and on writing itself - one which can be seen as anticipating the postmodern age with its witty digressions and dissection of the art of fiction.
An Apology for Idlers by STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
An irresistible invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), Robert Louis Stevenson's witty and seminal essay on the joys of idleness is accompanied here by his writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleas ...Show more
An Image of Africa/ The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Beautifully written yet highly controversial, "An Image of Africa" asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. Also included is "The Trouble with Nigeria", Achebe' ...Show more
Books v. Cigarettes by George Orwell
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really ...Show more
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
Concerning Violence by Frantz Fanon
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: good
Angered by the racism he witnessed on Martinique during the Second World War, Fanon here examines the roles of class, culture and violence, and expresses his profound alienation from the idea of colonialism and its bloodshed. More than four decades on, Fanon's work still inspires liberation movements to ...Show more
Confessions of a Sinner by Augustine
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
Dialogue Between Fashion and Death by Giacomo Leopardi
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Leopardi, poet and philosopher, explores in humorous but savage dialogue the power of fashion and its strange irrationality. He also imagines conversations between Hercules and Atlas, Nature and an Icelander, and the Earth and the Moon, as well as producing a simple essay praising the humble bird. GREAT ...Show more
Eichmann and the Holocaust by Hannah Arendt
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
Great Ideas: Consolation in the Face of Death by Samuel Johnson
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
In his moving essay, Samuel Johnson offers wise words on confronting grief at the loss of a loved one. The other pieces here, ranging from art to marriage to morality, demonstrate the brilliance, perception and wit that made Johnson the leading man of letters of his day, and one of the finest essayists ...Show more