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My kith and kin have oft repeated That I am bashful, timid, shy, That my courage 's quick-depleted, And that l avoid them on the sly
Consider this: they are not wrong For indeed I am frightened of the throng! Yet if I have to flee from their prating, from their looks, What better way than to flee in books
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Publius Ovidius Naso: Metamorphoses (2004, Penguin)
The Metamorphoses is a narrative poem penned by the Roman poet Ovid. Widely considered to be his ultimate work, comprising …
Le Rouge et le Noir (French pronunciation: [lə ʁuʒ e l(ə) nwaʁ]; meaning The Red and the Black) is a …
Dit is het eerste beleggingsboek voor mensen die geen tijd vinden om te beleggen.
FEIT 1: door gewoon te sparen …
Dit is het eerste beleggingsboek voor mensen die geen tijd vinden om te beleggen.
FEIT 1: door gewoon te sparen …
Dit is het eerste beleggingsboek voor mensen die geen tijd vinden om te beleggen.
FEIT 1: door gewoon te sparen …
" Dans L'Amant, Marguerite Duras reprend sur le ton de la confidence les images et les thèmes qui hantent toute …
Le Rouge et le Noir (French pronunciation: [lə ʁuʒ e l(ə) nwaʁ]; meaning The Red and the Black) is a …
L'Étranger (French: [l‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒe]) is a 1942 novella by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as …
Franz Kafka composed aphorisms during two periods in his life. A series of 109 was written between September 1917 and …
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge was Rainer Maria Rilke's only novel. It was written whilst Rilke lived in Paris, …
