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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Thoreau, Henry DavidSaga Egmont‘Civil Disobedience’ (1849) is an essay by American poet, essayist, and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, who is best known for his book ‘Walden’ (1854). In this classic essay, Tho...
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How to Live on $36.000 a Year
Fitzgerald, F. ScottSaga EgmontProof that 'the more things change, the more they stay the same', The Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald pokes fun at how credit-reliant society is. In the 1920s, Fitzgerald...
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Bethink Yourselves!
Tolstoy, LeoSaga Egmont'Bethink yourselves!' Or, in more modern parlance: 'Wake up! Get a grip!' Leo Tolstoy, known for the epic 'War and Peace', is far more blunt in this book.The Russian novelist and p...
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Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays
Chesterton, G. K.Saga Egmont"We must hit Capitalism, and hit it hard, for the plain and definite reason that it is growing stronger." Chesterton’s essays on the pitfalls of capitalism, written in the early 19...
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Twelve Types
Chesterton, G. K.Saga EgmontThis collection of biographical essays by G. K. Chesterton gives a one-of-a-kind insight into some of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Chesterton lends his prolif...
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The Soul of London
Ford, Ford MadoxSaga Egmont 2023 1. painosWhile 'The Soul of London: A Survey of a Modern City' is not a work of fiction, it is much more than a guidebook. In these pages, Ford almost anthropomorphises England's capital c...
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Walking
Thoreau, Henry DavidSaga Egmont‘Walking’ (1851) is an essay by American naturalist, poet, essayist and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, best known for his book ‘Walden’ (1854). This pioneering work is one of Th...
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Clocks
Jerome, Jerome K.Saga Egmont"There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right—except when you...
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The Soul of London
Ford, Ford MadoxSaga EgmontWhile ‘The Soul of London: A Survey of a Modern City’ is not a work of fiction, it is much more than a guidebook. In these pages, Ford almost anthropomorphises England’s capital ci...
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The Effeminates
de Maupassant, GuySaga EgmontDespite its title. ‘The Effeminates’ has nothing to do with sexuality. Instead, it’s a satire on the fickle natures of Parisians and those who work in the Chamber of Deputies (a F...
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On the Significance of Science and Art
Tolstoy, LeoSaga EgmontFor some, it is a four-letter word. But for Leo Tolstoy, 'work' is one of the main reasons that we are here. The author and philosopher urges us to comply with the 'eternal law of...
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Edinburgh - Picturesque Notes
Stevenson, Robert LouisSaga Egmont‘Edinburgh - Picturesque Notes’ is a love letter to home in many ways. In a collection of essays renowned author, Robert Louis Stevenson, recounts historic areas of the city, and t...
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My Religion
Tolstoy, LeoSaga EgmontLeo Tolstoy was never a man to choose the easy path. When he wasn't turning his satirical guns on the Russian aristocracy in works including 'War and Peace' and the play 'Fruits of...
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Varied Types
Chesterton, G. K.Saga EgmontQueens and Emperors, artists and poets, priests and politicians: all are subject to G. K. Chesterton’s collected biographies. ‘Varied Types’ spans the streets of London, travels to...
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Tremendous Trifles
Chesterton, G. K.Saga EgmontFrom satires of Sherlock Holmes to lectures in defence of fairy tales, this collection of essays brings to life the smallest of trifles and turns them into debates on the meaning o...
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The Uses of Diversity
Chesterton, G. K.Saga EgmontG. K. Chesterton’s ‘The Uses of Diversity' is a collection of essays from the 'Prince of Paradox'. Written by the English writer and philosopher, Chesterton’s essays are full of e...
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Virginibus Puerisque
Stevenson, Robert LouisSaga EgmontVirginibus Puerisque represents the legendary author’s first collection of personal essays. Far from being a droll affair they are playful and spirited, they are written in defianc...
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The Sea Fogs
Stevenson, Robert LouisSaga Egmont‘The Sea Fogs’ represents a highly personal insight in to the life and health of the world renowned author, Robert Louise Stevenson. It follows his honeymoon in the Napa Valley in...
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The War That Will End War
Wells, H. G.Saga Egmont‘The War That Will End War’ is a collection of thought-provoking esssays, in which H. G. Wells examines the causes and effects of the First World War. For the pacifist Wells, the...
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Two Articles by Frederick Douglass
Douglass, FrederickSaga Egmont‘Two Articles by Frederick Douglass’ houses two of the abolitionist’s most important essays on race and equality. The first essay, ‘My Escape from Slavery’, details his daring bid...