1800-luku
Kaasuvalot lepattavat mukulakivikaduilla, kun hahmot navigoivat tiukkojen sosiaalisten sääntöjen, kiellettyjen intohimojen ja mullistavan teollisen muutoksen maailmassa. Olipa kyseessä Lontoon likaiset työhuoneet, venäläiset pelisalit tai englantilaisten maaseutukartanoiden salonit, nämä mestarilliset teokset vangitsevat ihmiskunnan sen raikkaimmassa ja hienostuneimmassa muodossa ennennäkemättömän mullistuksen aikakaudella.
1800-luku Kirjayhteenvedot
James
An enslaved man escapes down the Mississippi to rescue his family and reclaim his story.
James
An enslaved man escapes down the Mississippi to rescue his family and reclaim his story.
Diplomacy
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
Diplomacy
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
Bel-Ami
Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.
Bel-Ami
Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
Reality's hidden engine is a blind, striving will. Your desires obey it; art briefly escapes it.
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
Reality's hidden engine is a blind, striving will. Your desires obey it; art briefly escapes it.
On the Suffering of the World
Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.
On the Suffering of the World
Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.
When Nietzsche Wept
Vienna, 1882: a physician and a despairing philosopher bargain to trade cures for body and soul.
When Nietzsche Wept
Vienna, 1882: a physician and a despairing philosopher bargain to trade cures for body and soul.
Anna Karenina
A married aristocrat's affair with a young officer costs her everything in unforgiving Russia.
Anna Karenina
A married aristocrat's affair with a young officer costs her everything in unforgiving Russia.
