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Thomas Hardy's deterministic art achieves fanatic intensity and raw perfection in the characterization of Jude Fawley, an impoverished stone mason who aspires to the ministry. Throughout his agonized existence, the cloistered halls and facades of Christminister--where Jude wishes to study--tempt and mock him to rid himself of ignorance. His failure to fulfill the expectations of either of the two women he loves, and the violent deaths of his children...
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First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart's darling, " the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers--the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin and the monstrous Jason.
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A collection of writings by Greek philosopher Aristotle, thought to be lecture notes for classes he taught at the Lyceum, including the complete texts of the "Posterior Analytics," "De Anima," "Nichomachean Ethics," and "Poetics"; as well as selections from "Physics," "On the Parts of Animals," "Metaphysics," "Politics," and "Rhetoric."
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