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Arsène Lupin

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Maurice Leblanc


This work was originally a four-act play written by Maurice Leblanc and Francis de Croisset, later novelized by Leblanc himself, translated …

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus


The scene of the Dialogus de Oratoribus, as this work is commonly known, is laid in the sixth year of Vespasian, 75 a.D. The commentators ar…

Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 1

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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus


Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and…

The Lusiads

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Luís Vaz de Camões


The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) is a Portuguese epic poem, written in the 16th century by Luis Vaz de Camões. The poem tells the tal…

Iracema, the Honey-Lips: a Legend of Brazil

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Jose de Alencar and José De Alencar


Iracema (translated as Iracema, the Honey Lips: a legend of Brazil) is considered one of the most important books of Brazilian romanticism, …

Variações sobre o flirt: pequeno ensaio de psychologia urbana

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João Do Rio


Variações sobre o flirt: pequeno ensaio de psychologia urbana é uma curta obra de João do Rio, que guarda as mel…

The Fables of Phaedrus

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Phaedrus


The fable is a small narrative, in prose or verse, which has as its main characteristic the aim of conveying a moral lesson (the "moral…

À margem da história

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Euclides da Cunha and Euclides Da Cunha


À margem da história foi a primeira das obras póstumas de Euclides da Cunha, tentando recolher os muitos textos esparso…

Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus


The Ars Poetica, by Horace, also known as Epistula ad Pisones, is a treatise on poetry written in the form of a letter, and published around…

Brazilian Tales

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Varioustranslated Byisaac Goldberg


"Brazilian Tales" is a collection of six short stories selected by Isaac Goldberg as best representative of the Brazilian Literatu…

Como e porque sou romancista

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José De Alencar


Como e porque sou romancista é um texto incompleto, escrito por José de Alencar em 1873 e publicado em 1893, em que o autor co…

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun

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Mariana Alcoforado


The Letters of a Portuguese Nun (Les Lettres Portugaises) were first published anonymously in Paris in 1669. The five passionate letters in…

Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua

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Samuel Downing Moore


Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua was a former slave, native of West Africa. He was sold as a slave in 1845 and worked in Brazil as a captive; however…

Lucíola

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José de Alencar and José De Alencar


Lucíola é o primeiro perfil de mulher publicado por José de Alencar (seguido mais tarde por Diva e Senhora). Conta a hi…

Vida vertiginosa

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João Do Rio


Vida vertiginosa é uma coletânea de crônicas de João do Rio, autor conhecido por seus retratos da vida carioca na …

Our Lady of the Pillar

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José Maria De Eça De Queirós and José Maria de Eça de Queirós


A ghost story and love story all at once, set in medieval Portugal. Don Ruy is in love with Dona Leonor, but her husband has guessed his fee…

Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 2

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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus


Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and…

Achilleid

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Publius Papinius Statius


The Achilleid is the third and unfinished work by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius. In its introduction, it promises to present the l…

Introduction: A World-Old Web of Oriental Tales

In Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 6

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Julian Hawthorne, ed. and Charles Johnston


In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…

Iracema, the Honey-Lips

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Jose de Alencar and José de Alencar


"Are you wishing sometimes that you had a good book which you don't know, that you might just read and enjoy? The goal of this collecti…

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