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Under Sentence of Death
Under Sentence of Death – Victor Hugo In this book are depicted and analyzed, in due succession, all the physical sufferings, all the mental tortures a man condemned to death can experience during the hours which immediately precede his execution. This terribly moving plea was read widely and sympathetically. In a preface to the edition […]
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare – Victor Hugo In the spring of 1864 appeared Hugo’s book entitled „William Shakespeare“—a book, that throws more light on the greatest genius of his own century than on the greatest genius of the age of Shakespeare. And in good sooth the light it throws on the latter is scarcely blinding. But it […]
The History of a Crime
The History of a Crime – Victor Hugo Victor Hugo wrote this work whilst in exile for taking part in the events herein described. His story is thrillingly told. The world for the first time gets all the details of the coup d‘ état by which Louis Napoleon became emperor of France. The book reads […]
Bug-Jargal
Bug-Jargal – Victor Hugo The story is a dramatic episode of the revolt of the blacks of St. Domingo in 1791. Bug-Jargal, the hero, is a negro, a slave in the household of a planter. He is secretly in love with his master’s daughter, a poetic child, betrothed to her cousin, Leopold d’Auverney. The latter […]
Ninety-Three
Ninety-Three – Victor Hugo The Revolution at its apogee, the fatal term of the contest waged by new ideas against the old social order, by liberty against despotism, by law against tyranny; and from this conflict, from this atmosphere of blood, progress and humanity triumphantly disengaging themselves; —such is the essence of the book. The […]
On the Sermon On The Mount
On the Sermon On The Mount – St. Augustine of Hippo This edition includes the two books that St. Augustine wrote as explanations on the Sermon On The Mount which our Lord delivered and which are written down in Matthew 5-7. Format: Paperback. On the Sermon On The Mount. ISBN: 9783849676933. Available at amazon.com and […]
The Homilies On The Epistle Of St. Paul To The Romans
The Homilies On The Epistle Of St. Paul To The Romans – St. John Chrysostrom St. Chrysostom’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans in one of the closest and most argumentative of thse he has left us. The style of the Epistle itself called for this, being such as almost constantly to remind an […]
John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On Isaiah 1 – 16
John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On Isaiah 1 – 16 – John Calvin Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank […]
Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land – Herman Melville Who could possibly have foreseen that the author of “Typee” and “Omoo” would at last appear as the author of a poem of 18,000 lines, inspired by religious doubts, questions and aspirations? That Mr. Melville has a vein of native poetry in his […]
The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 2
The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 2 -John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun was the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He was a strong defendant of slavery and of Southern values versus Northern threats. His beliefs and warnings heavily influenced the South’s secession from the Union in 1860–1861. […]