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JeaN racINe
1639 – 1699, French
Iphigenia/Phaedra/Athaliah
Translated by John Cairncross
Themes of ruthless and unrelenting
tragedy are at the heart of these plays. The
first two are based on Greek legend, while
Athaliah depicts the vengeance and the
power of the Old Testament Jehovah.
320 pp. 978-0-14-044122-2 $13.00
Phèdre
Translated with a Foreword by
Margaret Rawlings
A favorite among modern readers,
students, amateur companies, and
repertory theaters alike, Racine’s Phèdre
is the supreme achievement of French
neoclassic tragedy. This edition provides
both the English and French texts.
192 pp. 978-0-14-044591-6 $14.00
aNN radclIFFe
1764 – 1823, english
The Italian
Edited with an Introduction by Robert Miles
Set in the mid-eighteenth century against
a dramatic, lush backdrop of the Bay of
Naples, The Italian is a tale of passion,
deceit, abduction, and the horrors of the
Inquisition and one of the most powerful
Gothic tales ever written. Its villain, the
scheming monk Schedoni, has become an
archetype of Romantic literature.
544 pp. 978-0-14-043754-6 $13.00
198 penguin classics
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Edited with an Introduction by
Jacqueline Howard
The most popular novel of its time, this
haunting tale raised the Gothic romance
to a new level and inspired a long line of
imitators. The orphan Emily St. Aubert is
torn from the man she loves and confined
in the medieval castle of her aunt’s
husband. There she encounters threats,
terrors, and wild imaginings that may
overwhelm her.
704 pp. 978-0-14-043759-1 $15.00
JohN reed
1887 – 1920, american
Ten Days That Shook the World
Introductions by V. I. Lenin and A. J. P.
Taylor
Reed’s classic eyewitness account of the
events in Petrograd in November of 1917
“rises above every other contemporary
record” (George F. Kennan).
368 pp. 978-0-14-144212-9 $12.00
wIllIaM reyNolds
1815 – 1879, american
The Private Journal of
William Reynolds
United States Exploring Expedition
1838-1842
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Nathaniel Philbrick and Thomas Philbrick
In one of the finest first-person sea
narratives from the nineteenth century,
Reynolds brings to life America’s first
oceangoing voyage of discovery—the
U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842,
an inspiring and harrowing 87,000-mile
circuit of the globe.
336 pp. 978-0-14-303905-1 $15.00