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61How to be a Medieval Woman , Kempe Margery (2016)
And then he, completely astonished at her words, left off his lewdness, saying to her as many a man had done before, Either you are a truly good woman or else a truly wicked woman. Brave, outspoken… 172 руб62To be Read at Dusk , Dickens Charles (2016)
The monstrous thought came into my mind as I perused the fixed eyes and the saturnine face, that this was a spirit, not a man. Three ghostly tales from a master of the form, The Signalman, The Trial… 91 руб63The Nun of Murano , Casanova Giacomo (2016)
You are not my first passion, my divine friend, but you shall be my last. In this episode from his infamous memoirs, swashbuckling serial seducer Casanova falls for a beautiful nun on the Venetian… 101 руб64A Nervous Breakdown , Chekhov Anton (2016)
I did have hallucinations, but did they harm anyone? Who did they harm, that's what I'd like to know! From the supreme artist of the short story, three disturbing tales of supernatural… 193 руб65Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars , Alighieri Dante (2016)
Happiness beyond all words! A life of peace and love, entire and whole! This is a collection of cantos from Paradiso, the most original and experimental part of the Divina Commedia. It is one of 46… 101 руб66Lady Susan , Austen Jane (2016)
Of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a Man of his age! - just old enough to be formal, ungovernable and to have the Gout - too old to be agreable, and too young to die. The scheming and… 178 руб67Seven Hanged , Andreyev Leonid (2016)
It was like walking along the knife-edge of the highest possible mountain range, seeing life on one side and death on the other in the form of two deep, gorgeous and gleaming seascapes. This… 192 руб68The Rule of Benedict (2016)
Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Saint Benedict's advice to monks - on everything from correct posture to the value of silence - has offered spiritual guidance to many for fifteen centuries. One of… 173 руб69The Yellow Book (2016)
She's an adventuress. Yes, an adventuress, but an end-of-the-century one. She doesn't travel for profit, but for pleasure. Offering an entertaining introduction to the fin-de-siecle, this selection… 192 руб70Anecdotes of the Cynics (2016)
It's you who are the dogs... What makes us happy? For over 800 years the Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome argued that the answer lay in a simple, self-sufficient life. This is one of 46… 91 руб
