Utopia
Utopia is a distant island where the inhabitants are thriving and justice and reason prevail, in contrast to the realities of sixteenth-century Europe, where greed, superstition and unenlightened tradition reign.
Using the framework of a traveller'...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Douglass cultivated himself to such an extent that the listeners of his lectures doubted if his narratives were true. His autobiography is both a compelling tale of a slave and a contribution to the public discourse on slavery. His language is poetic...
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Prince
"Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are".
"The Prince" is generally labelled as a cynical and overly pragmatic account of gaining and retaining political power. It is a significant deviation from the righteous medita...
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Life of Charlotte Bronte
"As far as she could see, her life was ordained to be lonely, and she must her nature to her life, and, if possible, bring the two into harmony. When she could employ herself in fiction, all was comparatively well. The characters were her companions...
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Art of War
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb...
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Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl
"Reader, did you ever hate? I hope not. I never did but once; and I trust I never shall again. Somebody has called it 'the atmosphere of hell'; and I believe it is so".
First published in 1861 under a pseudonym, this is the autobiography of Harriet...
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Room of One's Own
"Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size".
Based on two talks given by the author, and first published in September 1929, Virginia Wo...
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Republic
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing".
"The Republic", a pioneering work of political philosophy, is a dialogue that does not feature Plato directly as at the heart is Socrates – his teacher. Even though...
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