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Beyond Good and Evil
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First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not initially considered important.
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The Consolation of Philosophy
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Consolation of Philosophy is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classical.
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Dracula
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The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity.
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Dubliners
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Masterful short stories about life in Dublin at the turn of the 19/20th century, by James Joyce.
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The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
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Aphorisms from the Stoic Greek.
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How to Speak and Write Correctly
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This is a 1910 guide for those who wish to learn how to correctly (though maybe not “properly”) create sentences, use figures of speech, write letters, and more, all while choosing the right words and doing it with style.
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Leaves of Grass
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American poet Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral.
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Lectures on Landscape
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A series of lectures on landscape painting delivered at Oxford in 1871, by artist, critic, and social commentator, John Ruskin.
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Notes from the Underground
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s short masterpiece about a ranting, slightly mad civil servant.
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The Odyssey
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The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer.
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