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A Tale of Two Cities

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A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature.

Charles Dickens

A Child's History of England

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A Child's History of England is a book by Charles Dickens. It first appeared in serial form in Household Words, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853. Dickens also published the work in book form in three volumes: the first volume on December 20, 1851; the second, December 25, 1852; and the third, December 24, 1853. Although the volumes were published in December, each was postdated the following year. They bore the titles:
Volume I. – England from the Ancient Times, to the Death of King John (1852)
Volume II. – England from the Reign of Henry the Third, to the Reign of Richard the Third (1853)
Volume III. – England from the Reign of Henry the Seventh to the Revolution of 1688 (1854)

Dickens dedicated the book to "My own dear children, whom I hope it may help, bye and bye, to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject". The history covered the period between 50 BC and 1689, ending with a chapter summarising events from then until the accession of Queen Victoria.

A Child's History was included in the curricula of British School children well into the 20th century, with successive editions published from 1851 through World War II.

Polybios

The Histories Vol II

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Polybius’ Histories were originally written in 40 volumes, only the first five of which are extant in their entirety. The bulk of the work is passed down to us through collections of excerpts kept in libraries in Byzantium, for the most part.

The arrival of texts of Polybius in the west did not begin until the 15th century AD. As an interesting footnote to Polybius’ appearance in the 15th century, there is an argument made by J. H. Hexter as to the appearance of Polybius in Machiavelli, especially the section that survives in Book 6, the section which covers the description of the Roman constitution as a mixed constitution. The work survives from this period in the West in the works of such renowned authors as Montesquieu and others, and is in part the basis for the theory of the United States Constitution.

The Histories are now read more for their insight on Hellenistic Greek and the beginnings of the Koine Dialectice or Common Dialect of this Hellenistic period.

Polybios

The Histories Vol I

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The Histories are now read more for their insight on Hellenistic Greek and the beginnings of the Koine Dialectice or Common Dialect of this Hellenistic period.

Victor Nilsson

Sweden

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Sweden, is a great overview of Swedish history from ancient times to the start of the 20th century. A table of contents is included.

Charles Dickens

Reprinted Pieces

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Selection of works from his short-story collection. The pieces are narrated in a light hearted manner and mostly related to different facets of life. The work is a testament to Dickens' innate ability of observations, his sensitive nature and brilliance of expression.

August Strindberg

Zones of the Spirit

A Book of Thoughts

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A lesser-known work by the author of "Miss Julie" and "The Father" by the founder of the modern psychological drama.

August Strindberg

The Son of a Servant

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The Son of a Servant (Swe: Tjänstekvinnans son) is the autobiographical novel of August Strindberg in four parts, published between 1886 and 1909.

August Strindberg

The Inferno

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Inferno is an autobiographical novel by August Strindberg. Written in French in 1896-97 at the height of Strindberg's troubles with both censors and women, the book is concerned with Strindberg's life both in and after he lived in Paris, and explores his various obsessions, including alchemy, occultism, and Swedenborgianism, and shows signs of paranoia and neuroticism.

Inferno has often been cited as proof of Strindberg's own personal neuroses, such as a persecution complex, but evidence also suggests that Strindberg, although experiencing mild neurotic symptoms, both invented and exaggerated much of the material in the book for dramatic effect.

August Strindberg

The Confession of a Fool

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The Defence of a Fool (French: Le Plaidoyer d'un fou) is an autobiographical novel by August Strindberg. The narrative is based on Strindberg's marriage to Siri von Essen. The book was written in French and first published in a German translation in 1893. It has also been published in English as The Confession of a Fool, A Madman's Defence, A Fool's Apology and A Madman's Manifesto.

As his stormy marriage to Siri von Essen was coming to an end, August Strindberg feared there was a secret conspiracy between the women of Europe, and they were planning to silence him by conducting a campaign to make people believe he was insane. Strindberg therefore decided to hurridly write a book revealing the truths about the marriage. He began to write The Defence of a Fool in the autumn 1887 and it was finished the following spring. It was written in French.

August Strindberg

On the Seaboard

A Novel of the Baltic Islands

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August Strindberg's first literary productions were warmly received, and would have aroused lasting enthusiasm and admiration had the young author's prolific pen been less aggressive, in this, for his country, a totally new style of novel. His intrepid sarcasm which emanated from a physical disability, known only to a few of his most intimate friends, called forth severe criticism from the old aristocrats and the conservative element, which drove the gifted dramatist from his own country to new spheres. Life's vicissitudes at Vierwaldstätter See, and Berlin, also later on at Paris from whence his fame spread rapidly over Europe, changed his realism to pessimism.

August Strindberg

The Growth of a Soul

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"Growth of a Soul" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Swedish playwright August Strindberg, published in 1913. The book traces the author's spiritual and psychological development from childhood to adulthood, exploring themes of love, religion, creativity, and mental illness. Strindberg's introspective and confessional style in this work has been regarded as a departure from his earlier naturalistic dramas, as he delves into the inner workings of his own psyche. The novel has been praised for its vivid and powerful descriptions, as well as its honest portrayal of the author's struggles with depression and anxiety. Overall, "Growth of a Soul" is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Sweden's most celebrated writers.

August Strindberg

Fair Haven and Foul Strand

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A collection of three stories, all dealing with marital incompatibility a doctor drawing on the experiences of his long life for examples to illustrate the pessimistic philosophy. A product of Strindberg's late years, when he had already slipped into a deep mental depression, this book is a poignant exposition of his feelings of misogyny.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Philosophy of Mind

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G. W. F. Hegel is an immensely important yet difficult philosopher. Philosophy of Mind is the third part of Hegel's Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences, in which he summarizes his philosophical system. It is one of the main pillars of his thought.

Michel Foucault

Madness and Civilization

A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

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Foucault's first major book, it is an examination of the evolving meaning of madness in European culture, law, politics, philosophy and medicine from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century, and a critique of historical method and the idea of history. It marks a turning in Foucault's thought away from phenomenology toward structuralism: though he uses the language of phenomenology to describe an evolving experience of "the other" as mad, he attributes this evolution to the influence of specific powerful social structures.

Platón

Apology

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The Apology is Plato's indictment of Athens for executing the man Plato called ''the justest person I have ever met.'' Plato's Apology transfers the spiritual and ethical authority of Athens from its ruling classes to the philosopher Socrates.

Émile Durkheim

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (French: Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse), published by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in 1912, is a book that analyzes religion as a social phenomenon. Durkheim attributes the development of religion to the emotional security attained through communal living.

According to Durkheim, early humans associated such feelings not only with one another, but with objects in their environment. This, Durkheim believed, led to the ascription of human sentiments and superhuman powers to these objects, in turn leading to totemism. The essence of religion, Durkheim finds, is the concept of the sacred, that being the only phenomenon which unites all religions. "A religion," writes Durkheim, "is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden - beliefs and practices which unite into a single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them." In modern societies, the individual and individual rights evolve to become the new sacred phenomena, and hence these may be called "religious" for Durkheim.

Durkheim examined religion using such examples as Pueblo Indian rain dances, the religions of aboriginal tribes in Australia, and alcoholic hallucinations.

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