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宿命にあらがえぬ人々を描く軍記物語古典文学の主要作品をセレクトし、現代語訳と原文とで構成した「日本の古典をよむ」（全20冊）シリーズの1冊です。「平家物語」は、平家一門の興亡を描いた軍記物語の最高傑作。繁栄の頂点を迎えた平家の人々が、盛者必衰のことわりどおりに、滅亡を運命として受け入れ死に赴くさまを描いた物語。

俳諧紀行文の代表作と三大俳人の名句集紀行文の訳文と名句の解説で楽しむ「現代語訳編」古典文学の主要作品をセレクトした「日本の古典をよむ」（全20冊）シリーズの1冊です。「おくのほそ道」は、松尾芭蕉によって書かれた俳諧紀行文の代表作で、全文を収録しています。

鴨長明・兼好の随筆と親鸞の言葉を伝える法語集古文の響きを味わう「原文編」古典文学の主要作品をセレクトした「日本の古典をよむ」（全20冊）シリーズの1冊です。「方丈記」の作者鴨長明は平安末から鎌倉初期にかけて、「徒然草」の作者兼好は鎌倉末から南北朝期にかけて、ともに社会が大きく変化する時期を生きました。変革・動乱の世とそこに生きる人々を観察・批評した随想集です。

José Cosme perdera mulher e filha, vivendo com o filho menor em sua casinha, notável pelo horto aprazível onde chorava frequentemente a perda das mulheres. Chega o dia, no entanto, em que o filho parte para o Brasil, em busca de melhores condições. O pobre José? Mergulha em sua dor... Trindade Coelho, prosador português, faz aqui uso de sua usual narrativa de matizes rústicos para retratar brilhantemente cenas do cotidiano de sua região, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal.

First serialised in Household Words in 1851, Cranford is a charming, episodic novel which has been adapted for the stage, radio and TV. Based on the small Cheshire town of Knutsford where Gaskell was raised, Cranford paints a tender, witty portrait of an English village and its beloved locals. Consisting of a series of sketches, the novel recounts the lives of the kind-hearted but anxious Miss Matty Jenkins, and her sharper, opinionated sister Miss Deborah.

Com uma classificação literária controversa – simbolista para uns, pré-modernista para outros e ainda naturalista para um grupo mais restrito – a poesia de Augusto dos Anjos é marcada por sua qualidade excepcional, independentemente do rótulo que receba. Além daquele que empresta o nome ao título deste livro, estão aqui reunidos, dentre outros, os seguintes poemas: "O caixão fantástico", "A um carneiro morto" e "Asa de Corvo".

A obra reúne uma seleção de poemas extraordinários do poeta Camilo Pessanha, expoente maior do Movimento Simbolista em Portugal. Dentre os textos que o leitor encontrará neste volume, destacam-se, além daquele que empresta o título a este livro: "San Gabriel", "Vênus", "Lúbrica", "Branco e Vermelho" e "Madrigal".

Sharply witty and entertaining in equal measure, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes presents the diary of the wily Lorelei Lee, a charming yet materialistic blonde from Little Rock, Arkansas. On a mission to live a luxurious life, Lorelei travels through Europe and New York using her beauty and charisma to attract wealthy suitors, securing various gifts, jewellery and an elevated social status in the process. Although seemingly naïve to the men she pursues, Lorelei is clever and calculating, often outsmarting the company she keeps.

Famed for his effortless blend of satire and realism, Gogol is often considered the Godfather of Russian literature. At turns witty and whimsical, dark and ominous, his stories thrived on vibrant language, absurdist techniques as well as elements of the grotesque – the result of which is utterly unique. In this carefully curated collection, discover the unfortunate power of social status in 'The Overcoat', the doomed obsession with class in 'The Nose', the darkly comic opera, 'A May Night', and much more.

Eis o espírito em que está imerso este conto extraordinário de João do Rio. Laurinda Belfort é o nome de uma socialite que tudo tem. Aconselhada por uma dama de companhia, decide ter um amante, Guilherme. Com o tempo, ele a enfastia também. Laurinda considera-se superior a tudo e a todos.

Dos contos mais pungentes de João do Rio, "Última noite" conta a história de Armando. Mandado de Portugal para o Rio, para morar com um tio, logo se vê envolto nos desvios das noites cariocas. Sonha com a mãe... "Que havia de fazer agora? O mesmo que fizera antes, a mesma miséria, a mesma infâmia, o mesmo horror.

Told almost exclusively through other characters' perceptions, conversations and memories, Woolf's groundbreaking novel centres around Jacob Flanders, a young man whose identity is difficult to grasp. Rather than presenting a conventional biography, Woolf assembles Jacob's presence from absence, evoking an air of emptiness and mystery, set against the haunting shadow of the First World War.

Published after Mansfield's death in 1923 by her husband, Something Childish and Other Stories contains some of the feminist trailblazer's most renowned works, spanning over a decade of writing. Written with her trademark psychological insight and emotional nuance, the works within this final collection beautifully showcase Mansfield's evolving style through the decades.

In the glittering salons and drawing rooms of Gilded Age New York, where wealth is worshipped and reputations are fragile, Lily Bart is the star of the show. At twenty-nine, she is beautiful, charming and socially adept – bred for a life of luxury and yet, after her father's loss of wealth, is teetering on the edge of poverty. Lily needs to marry rich – and quickly – but every time the opportunity knocks in the form of a dull financier or a crass heir, she recoils.

Often considered her most experimental work, Virginia Woolf's The Waves is a masterclass in modernist fiction, and a profound exploration of time, consciousness and the conflicting rhythms of individual lives. Published in 1931, The Waves unfolds through the soliloquies of six characters whose voices come and go – much like the sea tides they are surrounded by – in a blend of consciousness, tracing their journeys from childhood to old age. Around them drifts the unseen presence of a seventh figure, Percival, whose absence becomes a powerful refrain throughout the book.

First published in 1876, and since adapted for both stage and screen, Daniel Deronda is George Eliot's last completed novel. Gwendolen Harleth, a beautiful but stubborn young woman, is forced into a loveless marriage proposal with the calculating Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt, a man of few words but several secrets. Despite her mother's plea to help secure the family fortune, Gwendolen flees to a German town where she crosses paths with the titular character, Daniel Deronda.

Mark Twain wrote this letter to his 3-year-old daughter from Santa Claus in 1875. You could say he was over the moon for her: "My Dear Susy Clemens, I have received and read all the letters which you and your little sister have written me . . . . I can read your and your baby sister's jagged and fantastic marks without any trouble at all. But I had trouble with those letters which you dictated through your mother and the nurses, for I am a foreigner and cannot read English writing well".

Set in the drawing rooms and fashionable circles of London, A London Life follows Laura Wing as she navigates a marriage overshadowed by scandal and the suffocating expectations of society. As rumours spread and loyalties fracture, James explores the tension between public image and private truth with razor-sharp insight. Elegant, psychologically rich, and strikingly modern in its understanding of reputation and relationships, A London Life is a timeless portrait of love, ambition, and survival in a city obsessed with status.

Sketches New and Old is a collection of short stories by Mark Twain. It was published in 1875. All the stories are fictional except for "The Case of George Fisher." It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others. Twain's early career as a newspaper reporter and sketch writer demonstrates the messiness of his early relationship to the American periodical landscape.

Mark Twain ponders the usefulness of insurance coverage. "Coming down from Sacramento the other night, I found on a center-table in the saloon of the steamboat, a pamphlet advertisement of an Accident Insurance Company. It interested me a good deal, with its General Accidents, and its Hazardous Tables, and Extra-Hazardous furniture of the same description, and I would like to know something more about it. It is a new thing to me. I want to invest if I come to like it. I want to ask merely a few questions of the man who carries on this Accident shop".