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The novella that was the basis for perhaps the most popular opera of all time, Prosper MAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAAAaAA AAaAAAaAaAAAa AaAAaAAAaAA!AAAAAaAA AAaAAAaAaAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAaAAAAaAAAaAAAAaAaAA!AAAa AaAAaAAAaAA!AAAAAaAA!AAaAaAA(c)rimAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAAAaAA AAaAAAaAaAAAa AaAAaAAAaAA!AAAAAaAA AAaAAAaAaAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAaAAAAaAAAaAAAAaAaAA!AAAa...

A NovelNew York Times Notable Book 2013"e;No one writes like Segal her glittering intelligence, her piercing wit, and her dazzling insights into manners and mores, are a profound pleasure. From first to last I loved this wise and irreverent novel."e; Margot Livesey "e;I always feel in her work such a sense...

Based on a true story, this never-before-translated masterpiece was overlooked for years after its authora bestselling writer before World War II who found himself in a Nazi insane asylum at wars enddied just before it was published.In a richly detailed portrait of life in Berlin under the Nazis, it tells the sweeping saga of one working-class...

A departure from the stories Elizabeth Gaskell wrote for Charles Dickens's Household Words magazine, The Poor Clare is a dark, gothic novella of thwarted love and a family curse that vividly illustrates the social tensions of Victorian England.The purposeful slaying of lonely Bridget's beloved dog unleashes a torrent of rage that surges...

The celebrated classic by a groundbreaking figure in African literature addresses a critical contemporary issuethe collision of Islamic African values and Western culture.Hailed by Chinua Achebe as one of the greatest African novels ever written, this long-unavailable classic tells the tale of young Samba Diallo, a devout pupil in a...

When Edgar Allan Poe's only novella was first published in 1838, the reviews were slow in coming and dismissive when they arrived. The book's failure left Poe in such dire financial straits that he even accepted a job at one of the magazines that had panned it. But The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket has since become one of...