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7100 Years of Ulysses
100 Years of Ulysses
Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare & ...
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6.5The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native
Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to entice two men, a dashing suitor and a ...
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0The Manuscripts’ Secret History
The Manuscripts’ Secret History
This series retraces the origins and journeys of major European works of international significance, whose original manuscript has survived through the ages. Each film attempts to ...
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7.2Dorian Gray: A Portrait of Oscar Wilde
Dorian Gray: A Portrait of Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, the seminal work of Irish writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), continues to find new readers and inspire artists and creators around the world more than a century ...
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6.5The Emma Bovary Trial
The Emma Bovary Trial
On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, ...
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2.4Requiem of the Rose King
Requiem of the Rose King
The crown of England has been hotly contested throughout history, and in the Middle Ages, a series of great civil wars became known as the War of the Roses. Claiming a right to the ...
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5.6Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel.
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8.6Banana Fish
Banana Fish
Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of ...