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Born William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1862, he worked on a Texas ranch, then as a bank teller in Austin, then as a reporter for the Houston \"Post.\" Adversity struck, however, when he was indicted for embezzlement of bank funds. Porter fled to New Orleans, then to Honduras before he was tried, convicted and imprisoned for the crime in 1898. In prison he began writing stories of Central America and the American Southwest that soon became popular with magazine readers. After his release Porter moved to New York City, where he continued writing stories under the pen name O. HenryThough his work earned him an avid readership, O. Henry died in poverty and oblivion scarcely eight years after his arrival in New York. But in the treasury of stories he left behind are such classics of the genre as \"The Gift of the Magi,\" \"The Last Leaf,\" \"The Ransom of Red Chief,\" \"The Voice of the City\" and \"The Cop and the Anthem\" — all included in this choice selection. 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Out of these sometimes harrowing experiences — and his fascination with the theories of such thinkers as Darwin, Spencer, and Marx — came the inspiration for novels of adventure that would make him one of America’s most popular writers. The Call of the Wild, considered by many London's greatest novel, is a gripping tale of a heroic dog that, thrust into the brutal life of the Alaska Gold Rush, ultimately faces a choice between living in man's world and returning to nature. 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This volume contains three of Conrad's most powerful stories in this genre: \"Youth: A Narrative\" (1898), \"Typhoon\" (1902) and \"The Secret Sharer\" (1910). In each of these exciting tales, Conrad's celebrated prose style, rich in the cadences of the sea, draws readers into a story that probes deeply, often suspensefully, into the mysteries of human character. 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The interest of the novel is deepened by Joyce's telling portrayals of an Irish upbringing and schooling, the Catholic Church and its priesthood, Parnell and Irish politics, encounters with the conflicting roles of art and morality (problems that would follow Joyce throughout his life), sexual experimentation and its aftermath, and the decision to leave Ireland. Rich in details that offer vital insights into Joyce's art, this masterpiece of semiautobiographical fiction remains essential reading in any program of study in modern literature.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458187882593,"sku":"9780486114927","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_4a0d8935-805c-437d-b766-e6a974cd6226.jpg?v=1778567631"},{"product_id":"herland","title":"Herland","description":"A prominent turn-of-the-century social critic and lecturer, Charlotte Perkins Gilman is perhaps best known for her short story \"The Yellow Wallpaper,\" a chilling study of a woman's descent into insanity, and Women and Economics, a classic of feminist theory that analyzes the destructive effects of women's economic reliance on men. In Herland, a vision of a feminist utopia, Gilman employs humor to engaging effect in a story about three male explorers who stumble upon an all-female society isolated somewhere in South America. Noting the advanced state of the civilization they've encountered, the visitors set out to find some males, assuming that since the country is so civilized, \"there must be men.\" A delightful fantasy, the story enables Gilman to articulate her then-unconventional views of male-female roles and capabilities, motherhood, individuality, privacy, the sense of community, sexuality, and many other topics. Decades ahead of her time in evolving a humanistic, feminist perspective, Gilman has been rediscovered and warmly embraced by contemporary feminists. An articulate voice for both women and men oppressed by the social order of the day, she adeptly made her points with a wittiness often missing from polemical writings. This inexpensive edition of Herland will charm readers with the tale's mischievous, ironic outlook.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458250109025,"sku":"9780486115061","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_28a69fe9-32a0-4681-8dea-af9b82a45935.jpg?v=1778567707"},{"product_id":"the-sea-wolf-1","title":"The Sea-Wolf","description":"Hailed by critics as one of the greatest sea stories ever written, this rousing adventure offers a fascinating combination of gritty realism and sublime lyricism in its portrayal of an elemental conflict. Jack London began his career at sea, and his shipboard experiences imbue The Sea-Wolf with flavorful authenticity. In the story, the gentleman narrator, Humphrey Van Weyden, is pitted against an amoral sea captain, Wolf Larsen, in a clash of idealism with materialism. The novel begins when Van Weyden is swept overboard into San Francisco Bay, and plucked from the sea by Larsen's seal-hunting vessel, the Ghost. Pressed into service as a cabin boy by the ruthless captain, Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a brutal shipboard drama. Larsen's increasingly violent abuse of the crew fuels a mounting tension that ultimately boils into mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation. Read and loved around the world, this 1904 maritime classic has influenced such writers as Hemingway, Orwell, and Kerouac.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458286022753,"sku":"9780486115122","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_1a9e13b1-b888-4690-84ba-fe75845f2ffa.jpg?v=1778567746"},{"product_id":"this-side-of-paradise-1","title":"This Side of Paradise","description":"Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920) was an immediate, spectacular success and established his literary reputation. Perhaps the definitive novel of that \"Lost Generation,\" it tells the story of Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy Princeton student who halfheartedly involves himself in literary cults, \"liberal\" student activities, and a series of empty flirtations with young women. When he finally does fall truly in love, however, the young woman rejects him for another. After serving in France during the war, Blaine returns to embark on a career in advertising. Still young, but already cynical and world-weary, he exemplifies the young men and women of the '20s, described by Fitzgerald as \"a generation grown up to find all gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken.\"","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458292543585,"sku":"9780486115146","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_940650f4-316b-49f7-a08b-5578e1b88df5.jpg?v=1778567753"},{"product_id":"winesburg-ohio","title":"Winesburg, Ohio","description":"In this moving collection of interrelated stories, Ohio-born Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) illuminates the loneliness and frustration — spiritual, emotional and artistic — of life in a small American town. Winesburg, Ohio subtly portrays as well a young writer's coming of age, searching for love, yearning for a less stifling world. Through the eyes of young George Willard, the inner lives of many of Winesburg's inhabitants open to us. Before George leaves the community, we have learned much about his mother Elizabeth, his friend Helen White, his teacher Kate Swift and other Winesburg residents — the lonely, sensitive Dr. Reefy, the tormented Rev. Charles Hartman and the enigmatic Wing Biddlebaum among them. Through Anderson's art, their stories are woven into a powerful portrayal of community life, and, ironically, of the isolation its close atmosphere can engender. A great success on its first publication in 1919, Winesburg, Ohio profoundly influenced a generation of fiction writers with its deeply moving poetic realism. It endures as a classic portrait of American life.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458325180513,"sku":"9780486115191","price":0.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_67c6eea4-0449-44d3-b5b2-d60aa21fd004.jpg?v=1778567792"},{"product_id":"babbitt","title":"Babbitt","description":"Prosperous and socially prominent, George Babbitt appears to have everything a man could wish: good health, a fine family, and a profitable business in a booming Midwestern city. But the middle-aged real estate agent is shaken from his self-satisfaction by a growing restlessness with the limitations of his life. When a personal crisis forces a reexamination of his values, Babbitt mounts a rebellion against social expectations — jeopardizing his reputation and business standing as well as his marriage. Widely considered Sinclair Lewis's greatest novel, this satire of the American social landscape created a sensation upon its 1922 publication. Babbitt's name became an instant and enduring synonym for middle-class complacency, and the strictures of his existence revealed the emptiness of the mainstream vision of success. His story reflects the nature of a conformist society, in which the pressures of maintaining propriety can ultimately cause individuals to lose their place in the world. 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A Chestertonian version of Sherlock Holmes, this little cleric from Essex — with \"a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling\" and \"eyes as empty as the North Sea\" — appears in six suspenseful, well-plotted tales: \"The Blue Cross,\" \"The Sins of Prince Saradine,\" \"The Sign of the Broken Sword,\" \"The Man in the Passage,\" \"The Perishing of the Pendragons,\" and \"The Salad of Colonel Cray.\" An essential item in any mystery collection, these delightful works offer a particular treat for lovers of vintage detective stories and will engage any reader.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458344743009,"sku":"9780486115221","price":1.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_d0385d37-9463-4399-a986-63610345ecb6.jpg?v=1778567815"},{"product_id":"swanns-way","title":"Swann's Way","description":"A psychological self-portrait, a clear-eyed social study, and a profound meditation upon the artistic process, Marcel Proust's monumental, encyclopedic masterpiece A la recherché du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) changed the course of 20th-century literature. 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It is a bitingly satiric, often comic evocation of French society that addresses a range of philosophical questions about perception, memory, desire, art, family, and politics. On its own or as part of a larger work, it is a rich search for a reality that transcends the passage of time.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458393665633,"sku":"9780486115337","price":1.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_e61d2438-7b60-42de-a779-ff515445a220.jpg?v=1778567860"},{"product_id":"women-in-love","title":"Women in Love","description":"From one of the 20th century's preeminent novelists and poets comes this passionate tale of romance amid the chaos of modern life. D. H. Lawrence's compelling account of two couples' search for romantic fulfillment is steeped in an edgy eroticism bordering on violence. The literary world reacted with shock upon its 1921 publication: nearly a century later, the novel's psychological penetration continues to captivate readers. Women in Love reintroduces two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, who initially appeared in Lawrence's previous novel, The Rainbow (1915). Ursula's relationship with Rupert Birkin, an introspective and misanthropic school inspector, is contrasted with that of Gudrun and Gerald Crich, an overbearing industrialist. Set in a coal-mining town in the English Midlands, their stories explore the disastrous effects of industrialization on the psyche and suggest that rebirth can be achieved only through emotional intensity. Composed at the height of the author's powers, Women in Love is the novel that Lawrence considered his masterpiece (the characters of Rupert and Ursula are widely regarded as Lawrence's depiction of himself and his wife, Frieda). Rich in symbolism and lyric prose, it offers a complex meditation on the meaning of love in a changing world.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458396942433,"sku":"9780486115344","price":1.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_129f2a82-1713-4b9b-a57a-eefc9932523a.jpg?v=1778567868"},{"product_id":"the-return-of-sherlock-holmes","title":"The Return of Sherlock Holmes","description":"In \"The Final Problem,\" the tale that preceded this collection, the world's most famous detective had a seemingly fatal encounter with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty. When Sherlock Holmes's devoted fans refused to allow Arthur Conan Doyle to kill their beloved sleuth, the author complied with more stories. This compilation features all thirteen tales, which originally appeared in The Strand Magazine. 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Lushly descriptive passages range from celebrations of natural beauty and sensual pleasures to searing indictments of the social blight engendered by industrialism. Essential reading for any study of 20th-century literature. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1913 edition.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458458808417,"sku":"9780486115450","price":2.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_7466ec81-32ed-4ef7-862b-64c8c33b0c94.jpg?v=1778567936"},{"product_id":"the-phantom-of-the-opera","title":"The Phantom of the Opera","description":"The lights of the Paris Opera House dim and a lovely singer holds the audience spellbound with her enchanting voice. Two men are rivals for her love: one of them the beloved friend of her childhood — and the other the terrifying \"opera ghost\" who haunts the theater and wields a strange power over the performer. This thrilling novel and its many adaptations have beguiled the imaginations of countless audiences throughout the twentieth century. A gripping tale of longing passion, fear, and violence, the mystery classic will hold readers captive as it weaves its way toward a shocking and tragic conclusion.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44458573660257,"sku":"9780486118628","price":1.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_323f83e0-9c8e-43ff-88de-17b24cdadec5.jpg?v=1778568073"},{"product_id":"the-magnificent-ambersons","title":"The Magnificent Ambersons","description":"\"The Magnificent Ambersons is perhaps Tarkington's best novel,\" wrote critic Van Wyck Brooks. \"[It is] a typical story of an American family and town the great family that locally ruled the roost and vanished virtually in a day as the town spread and darkened into a city.\" Awarded the Pulitzer Prize after it was first published in 1918, Tarkington's powerful social commentary traces America's economic growth through the declining fortunes of three generations of the successful and socially prominent Amberson family. Set in a fictional Midwestern town during the latter half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — the epic story follows the Ambersons' downward spiraling fortunes during a period of rapid industrialization and socio-economic change in America. George Amberson Minafer, the arrogant heir to the family's wealth, illustrates the corrupting influence of greed and materialism at a time when the swiftly turning wheels of industry and commerce are overtaking old ways. Definitions of ambition, success, and loyalty are also changing. Almost overnight the prestige of the Ambersons irreversibly changes as well. 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The seven stories in this excellent collection demonstrate the author's ability to create memorable tales on themes of love and marriage, divorce, the experience of the artist, high society and its workings and other topics. \"Souls Belated,\" a tragedy of mores, focuses on characters overcome by the demands of convention, while \"The Pelican\" and \"The Muse's Tragedy\" both present women whose realities differ from their public personae. \"Expiation\" is a satiric, revealing story about the publishing industry, featuring a writer determined to increase the sales of her first novel. In \"The Dilettante,\" a young man who prides himself on his ability to manipulate women must face ironic consequences when he introduces his fiancée to his supposed lover. \"Xingu\" is a witty satire on the intellectual pretensions of a group of rich women, while \"The Other Two\" presents a darkly humorous look at the consequences of divorce. 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Presented in this attractive, inexpensive edition, these timeless tales offer a provocative glimpse into the work of Willa Cather.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44459217748065,"sku":"9780486159065","price":1.25,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_4b49f0ef-0984-4361-b086-c9b88d8c29e3.jpg?v=1778568877"},{"product_id":"the-moonlit-road-and-other-ghost-and-horror-stories","title":"The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories","description":"\"Contains a number of excellent stories, including several considered Bierce's best. 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