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Makers of Rome
Translated with an Introduction by
Ian Scott-Kilvert
Nine of Plutarch’s Roman Lives—
Coriolanus, Fabius Maximus, Marcellus,
Cato the Elder, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius
Gracchus, Sertorius, Brutus, and Mark
Antony—illustrate the courage and
tenacity of the Romans in war and their
genius for political compromise, from
the earliest years of the Republic to the
establishment of the Empire.
368 pp. 978-0-14-044158-1 $15.00
On Sparta
Translated with an Introduction and
Notes by Richard J. A. Talbert
Rich in anecdote and personal
idiosyncrasy, Plutarch’s writings are a
literary, philosophy, and social exploration
of this extraordinary Greek city-state.
304 pp. 978-0-14-044943-3 $15.00
The Rise and Fall of Athens
Nine Greek Lives
Translated with an Introduction by
Ian Scott-Kilvert
Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise
and fall of Athens, from the legendary
days of Theseus, the city’s founder,
through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides,
Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to
the razing of its walls by Lysander.
320 pp. 978-0-14-044102-4 $15.00
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The Portable Edgar Allan Poe
Edited by J. Gerald Kennedy
The first new edition of this landmark
collection since 1945 presents a more
complicated, perverse, and culturally
engaged Poe. Along with the author’s
familiar masterworks in poetry and
fiction, this new Portable Poe includes
satirical tales that reflect his critique of
American culture.
672 pp. 978-0-14-303991-4 $18.00
The Fall of the House of Usher
and Other Writings
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
David Galloway
This selection includes seventeen poems,
among them “The Raven,” “Annabel Lee,”
and “The Bells”; nineteen tales, including
“The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The
Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Tell-
Tale Heart,” “The Masque of the Red
Death,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”;
and sixteen essays and reviews.
544 pp. 978-0-14-143981-5 $12.00
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
of Nantucket
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Richard Kopley
A stowaway aboard the whaling ship
Grampus, Pym finds himself bound
for the high southern latitudes on an
extraordinary voyage.
320 pp. 978-0-14-043748-5 $11.00