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The Metamorphosis & Other Stories by Franz Kafka
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
This selection of Kafka's shorter prose writings includes one of the few works published during his lifetime: the harrowing story of Gregor Samsa's overnight transformation into a verminous insect, his record of the effect of this sudden metamorphosis on himself and the reaction of his family. It convey ...Show more
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
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Category: Poetry | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
The Prophet represents the acme of Kahlil Gibran's achievement. Writing in English, Gibran adopted the tone and cadence of King James I's Bible, fusing his personalised Christian philosophy with a spirit and oriental wisdom that derives from the richly mixed influences of his native Lebanon. His languag ...Show more
Upanishads by Suren Navlakha
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Upanishads are mankind's oldest works of philosophy, predating the earliest Greek philosophy. They are the concluding part of the Vedas, the ancient Indian sacred literature, and mark the culmination of a tradition of speculative thought first expressed in the Rig-Veda more than 4000 years ago. Remarkab ...Show more
Walden & Civil Obedience by Henry David Thoreau
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
No nineteenth-century American writer can claim to be as modern as Henry David Thoreau. His central preoccupations - the illusory nature of much of what we call 'progress', the proper symbiotic relationship between man and the natural environment, the limitations of government, especially where it seek ...Show more