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thucydIdes
c. 460 – c. 400 b.c., greek
The History of the Peloponnesian War
Translated by Rex Warner with an
Introduction and Notes by M. I. Finley
The eight books of Thucydides’s account
of the clash between two great powers,
Athens and Sparta, are contained in Rex
Warner’s acclaimed modern translation.
656 pp. 978-0-14-044039-3 $15.00
See The Portable Greek Historians and
The Portable Greek Reader.
alexIs de tocQuevIlle
1805 – 1859, French
Ancien Regime and the French
Revolution
Translated with an Introduction by
Gerald Bevan
In this penetrating study, Alexis de
Tocqueville considers the French
Revolution in the context of France’s
history. Tocqueville worried that although
the revolutionary spirit was still alive and
well, liberty was no longer its primary
objective.
256 pp. 978-0-14-144164-1 $14.00
Democracy in America
And Two Essays on America
Translated by Gerald Bevan
Introduction by Isaac Kramnick and
Notes by Jeff Selinger
In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young
French aristocrat and civil servant, made
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a nine-month journey through Eastern
America. The result was a monumental
study of the nation’s evolving politics
and flourishing democratic system. This
powerful new translation of one of the
most influential political texts ever written
is an indispensable authority for anyone
interested in the future of democracy.
896 pp. 978-0-14-044760-6 $12.00
leo tolstoy
1828 – 1910, Russian
Anna Karenina
Translated by Richard Pevear
and Larissa Volokhonsky with an
Introduction by Richard Pevear
Winner of the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club
Translation Prize
One of the world’s greatest novels, Anna
Karenina is both an immortal drama
of personal conflict and social scandal
and a vivid, richly textured panorama of
nineteenth-century Russia. While previous
versions have softened the robust, and
sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy’s
writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have
produced a magnificent translation that is
true to his powerful voice.
864 pp. 978-0-14-303500-8 $17.00
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“pevear and Volokhonsky are at once
scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of
english.” —j a m e s w o o d, the new yorker