The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

Author: Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx
Publication Date: 1848
Genre: Communism
Country: Germany
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Manifesto of the Communist Party, often referred to as The Communist Manifesto, was published on February 21, 1848, and is one of the world's most influential political manuscripts. Commissioned by the Communist League and written by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it laid out the League's purposes and program. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle (historical and present) and the problems of capitalism, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms.

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Publication Date: 1886
Genre: Philosophy, Psychological
Country: Germany
Size: 176KB
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Beyond Good and Evil is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1886.
It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but approached from a more critical, polemical direction.
In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting Christian premises in their consideration of morality. The work moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual.

My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse

My Man Jeeves

Author: P. G. Wodehouse
Publication Date: 1919
Genre: Fiction, Humorous Story
Country: United Kingdom
Size: 138KB
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My Man Jeeves is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the UK in May 1919 by George Newnes. Of the eight stories in the collection, half feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Wooster.

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Walden

Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publication Date: 1854
Genre: Autobiography
Country: United States
Size: 275KB
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Walden is an American book written by noted Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, and manual for self reliance.
Published in 1854, it details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts.

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest

Author: Oscar Wilde
Publication Date: 1895
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: England
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, the play is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personas in order to escape burdensome obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.