During one of his several adventurous voyages, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for thirty years on a desert island before being rescued.
Daisy Miller, an innocent yet bold American girl, runs afoul of the European code of conduct at the turn of the twentieth century. Includes three additional stories.
Thomas Hobbes argues that human beings are above all concerned with their own individual desires and fears. He states that conflict of man against man can only be avoided through a compact to enforce peace. This involves giving up some of our natural freedom to a sovereign power which will enforce the laws of peace on all citizens.
James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel, set on Lake Ontario during the French and Indian Wars and featuring Natty Bumppo and Mohican chief Chingachgook, who serve as scouts for the British; contains introduction, textual and explanatory notes, and chronology.
Presents six verse translations of French actor, director, and playwright, Moliere's greatest comedy plays including "The School for Wives," "Tartuffe," and "The Clever Women.".
The classic tale of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out to right wrongs and punish evil in sixteenth-century Spain, and contains textual and explanatory notes, profile of the author, and chronology of Cervantes and his times.
