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The Rise of Silas Lapham
Introduction by Kermit Vanderbilt
The social and moral questions posed by
the Gilded Age of American business are
chronicled in this tale of a newly rich New
England family.
352 pp. 978-0-14-039030-8 $16.00
See The Portable American Realism Reader.
viCtor hugo
1802 – 1885, French
Les Misérables
Translated with an Introduction by
Norman Denny
Including unforgettable descriptions of
the Paris sewers, the Battle of Waterloo,
and the fighting at the barricades during
the July Revolution, this is at once a
thrilling narrative and a vivid social
document.
1,248 pp. 978-0-14-044430-8 $13.00
Penguin Readers Guide Available
Notre-Dame of Paris
Translated with an Introduction by
John Sturrock
Hugo’s powerful evocation of Paris in
1482 and the tragic tale of Quasimodo, the
hunchback of Notre-Dame, has become a
classic example of French romanticism.
496 pp. 978-0-14-044353-0 $13.00
Selected Poems
Translated by Brooks Haxton
A brilliant new bilingual edition of
Hugo’s finest work: love poems, historical
tableaux, elegy and idyll, including his
incomparable “Boaz Asleep,” which
Proust prolaimed the most beautiful poem
of the nineteenth century.
80 pp. 978-0-14-243703-2 $12.00
alexander von
huMboldt
1769 – 1859, german (b. Berlin)
Personal Narrative of a Journey
to the Equinoctial Regions of the
New Continent
Abridged and Translated with an
Introduction and Notes by Jason Wilson and
a Historical Introduction by
Malcolm Nicolson
With Personal Narrative, the German
scientist and explorer Alexander von
Humboldt invented the art of travel
writing. Translated into English for
the first time since 1851, this edition
demonstrates Humboldt’s extraordinary
ability to present scientific observations
and information in an entertaining,
engaging style. His book, imbued with the
spirit of nineteenth-century romanticism,
profoundly influenced Charles Darwin
and other Victorian scientists.
400 pp. 978-0-14-044553-4 $17.00
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