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Tolstoy’s masterpiece, War and Peace, is considered one of the greatest novels ever written. The story takes place during the Napoleonic Wars and follows several characters as they are drawn in by war and their lives are changed forever. Through each character’s experience and their relationships with one another, Tolstoy created a beautiful story that illustrates the impact individuals have on history and vice versa. ..

This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

Old Goriot was Balzac's favorite and is considered by many to be his most important novel. The author takes a close look at French society after the revolution through highly detailed descriptions of Paris and its environs, and within the entangled lives of his three main characters - Old Goriot, a criminal named Vautrin, and a young law student from the provinces. Central to the story is the struggle to achieve upper-class status and to shun all associations, including family, with lower stations in society. ..

In Cousin Betty, Honoré de Balzac tells the story of a peasant girl who uses her rich relatives' obsessions against them...

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Young Adventure, a collection of poems, is one of the early works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent Benét, who also wrote short stories and novels...

Written by American economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class is considered one of the classics of economics. Veblen used Darwin's theory of evolution to analyze modern consumerism and in the process of doing so, coined the terms Written by American economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class is considered one of the classics of economics. Veblen used Darwin?s theory of evolution to analyze modern consumerism and, in the process of doing so, coined the terms conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. ..

George Berkeley, in one of his most famous works, promotes the idea that to be is to perceive or be perceived...

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Astrologers warn a Polish king that his infant son, Segismund, will grow to manhood and overthrow the throne. Afraid that the prediction will come true, the king has the boy taken to a tower where he remains, chained to the floor. Many years later, king has a change of heart and has him drugged and brought to the castle. Once Segismund sees his father, his desire for revenge overtakes him. The king has him drugged and returned to the tower. When Segismund awakes, the guard tells him that he had never left the tower and that his memory of events in the castle is but a dream. ..