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Night and day: Jacob’s room, Virginia Woolf

Jacob's Room (1922), Woolf's third novel, marks the bold affirmation of her own voice and search for a new form to express her view that `the human soul ... orientates itself afresh every now & then. It is doing so now. No one can see it whole therefore.' Jacob's life is presented in subtle, delicate and tantalising glimpses, the novel's gaps and...

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Wuthering heights, Emily Bronte

Though they grow up and marry other people, theirs is a fierce love that cannot be tamed by the laws of society or cooled by the passage of time. Bronte's gothic tale explores the irresistible and dangerous nature of a love that knows no limits as it consumes the two people at its core.

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To the lighthouse, Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children's perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring adult relationships, marriage and the changing class-structure in the period spanning the Great War.

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Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

Smith's day interweaves with that of Clarissa and her friends, their lives converging as the party reaches its glittering climax. Virginia Woolf's masterly novel, in which she perfected the interior monologue, brings past, present and future together on one momentous day in June 1923.

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Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions.

On Conspiracies, Niccolo Machiavelli

In this collection he discusses the dangers of conspiracies, and the component parts of an army, vital for gaining and holding power in his day. He also gives advice on tactics and discipline, and explains why promises made under force ought not to be kept.

A Confession, Lev Tolstoy

In the course of the essay, Tolstoy shows different attempts to find answers on the examples of science, philosophy, eastern wisdom, and the opinions of his fellow novelists. . . . finding no workable solution in any of these, Tolstoy recognizes the deep religious convictions of ordinary people as containing the key to true answers. 

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Days of reading, Marcel Proust

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 works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

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She came to stay, Simone De Beauvoir

It was unthinkable that Pierre and Francoise should ever tire of each other. And yet, both talented and restless, they constantly feel the need for new sensations, new people. Because of this they bring the young, beautiful and irresponsible Xavière into their life who, determined to take Pierre for herself, drives a wedge between them, with...

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Vjehrra, Sally Hepworth

E sjellshme, miqësore dhe gjithmonë bujare, Dajana gjithashtu mban distancë nga nusja e djalit, me gjithë përpjekjet e saj të vazhdueshme për t’ia fituar zemrën. Një gur themeli në shoqërinë amerikane, ndihmëse e vajzave dhe grave refugjate dhe një grua e dashuruar marrëzisht me të shoqin edhe pas disa dekadash martesë, askush nuk mund të thotë një fjalë...

Mein Kampf (Lufta ime), Adolf Hitler, vëllimi i parë

Rruga mëse e jashtëzakonshme e jetës së tij ka treguar se si idetë e mbrapshta, të përhapura si ide misionarësh, mund të çojnë në programe politike plotësisht të çmendura dhe në tragjedi më përmasa botërore. Ky libër duhet lexuar që t'i hiqet velloja e misterit që e rrethon, për të parandaluar ekstremizmin dhe urrejtjen e çdo lloji. Mein Kampf duhet të...

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Notes on nationalism, George Orwell

In this essay, Orwell discusses the notion of nationalism, and argues that it causes people to disregard common sense and become more ignorant towards factuality.