Classic (98)
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens EN
EnglandDescription:
From the bustling, snowy streets of 19th-century London to the ghostly apparitions of Christmases past and future, award-winning artist Roberto Innocenti vividly renders not only the authentic detail but also the emotional impact of Charles Dickens's beloved Christmas tale. In both crowded urban scenes and intimate portraits of familiar characters, we gain a sense of the timeless humanity of the tale and perhaps catch a glimpse of ourselves.
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Al Señor, con cariño by E.R. Braitwaite ES
Country: South America / 
Guyana
Guyana
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E. R. Braithwaite nació en la Guayana inglesa. Hombre inteligente y cultivado, prestó servicios como piloto de la R.A.F. durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Al terminar la contienda, por ser negro, no encuentra colocación en aquel Londres que se reconstruye y necesita hombres capacitados como él. Tras largos meses de búsquedas y desilusiones, se le ofrece una plaza de maestro en el East End, uno de los barrios más pobres de la capital inglesa. La evolución en el comportamiento de los alumnos, consecuencia de la dedicación y entrega del profesor, nos sumerge en uno de los más acuciantes y comple... continue
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Algeria4.
Animal Farm by George Orwell EN
IndiaDescription:
A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government.
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Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
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An abridged version of the tale of Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, who comes to live on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
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A true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Sound and the Fury: the famed harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama. Narrated in turn by each of the family members, including Addie herself as well as others, the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos. “I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew... continue
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Asesinato en el Orient Express by Agatha Christie, Pérez Galdós ES
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In een internationale trein is een moord gepleegd die door de beroemde detective Hercule Poirot vakkundig wordt opgelost.
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Auto-da-Fé by Elias Canetti EN
BulgariaDescription:
Auto-da-Fé, Elias Canetti's only work of fiction, is a staggering achievement that puts him squarely in the ranks of major European writers such as Robert Musil and Hermann Broch. It is the story of Peter Kien, a scholarly recluse who lives among and for his great library. The destruction of Kien through the instrument of the illiterate, brutish housekeeper he marries constitutes the plot of the book. The best writers of our time have been concerned with the horror of the modern world--one thinks of Kafka, to whom Canetti has often been compared. But Auto-da-Fé stands as a completely original,... continue
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Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth. “Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut.”—Publishers Weekly
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Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a new term to the dictionary. At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. His efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously scrambles, thousands of people he hasn't even met are trying to kill him. His problem is Colonel Cathcart, who keeps raising the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. ... continue