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Book cover of The Painter of Modern Life by Charles-Pierre Baudelaire
The Painter of Modern LifeCharles-Pierre Baudelaire
Book cover of An Apology for Idlers by Robert Louis Stevenson
An Apology for IdlersRobert Louis Stevenson
Book cover of On Solitude by Michel de Montaigne
On SolitudeMichel de Montaigne
Book cover of Why Look at Animals? by John Berger
Why Look at Animals?John Berger
Book cover of A Confession by Leo Tolstoy
A ConfessionLeo Tolstoy
Book cover of Books v. Cigarettes by George Orwell
Books v. CigarettesGeorge Orwell
Book cover of Days of Reading by Marcel Proust
Days of ReadingMarcel Proust
Book cover of Human Happiness by Blaise Pascal
Human HappinessBlaise Pascal
Book cover of Man Alone with Himself by Friedrich Nietzsche
Man Alone with HimselfFriedrich Nietzsche
Book cover of Nature by Ralph Emerson
NatureRalph Emerson
Book cover of The Fastidious Assassins by Albert Camus
The Fastidious AssassinsAlbert Camus
Book cover of Useful Work v. Useless Toil by William Morris
Useful Work v. Useless ToilWilliam Morris
Book cover of How to Achieve True Greatness by Baldesar Castiglione
How to Achieve True GreatnessBaldesar Castiglione
Book cover of Of Empire by Francis Bacon
Of EmpireFrancis Bacon
Book cover of Sensation and Sex by Lucretius
Sensation and SexLucretius
Book cover of The City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan
The City of LadiesChristine de Pizan
Book cover of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
The Myth of SisyphusAlbert Camus
Book cover of Urne-Burial by Thomas Browne
Urne-BurialThomas Browne
Book cover of Where I Lived, and What I Lived For by Henry David Thoreau
Where I Lived, and What I Lived ForHenry David Thoreau
Book cover of A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf
Book cover of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft
Book cover of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
Book cover of On Friendship by Michel de Montaigne
On FriendshipMichel de Montaigne
Book cover of On the Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt
On the Pleasure of HatingWilliam Hazlitt
Book cover of On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
On the Shortness of LifeSeneca
Book cover of Why I Write by George Orwell
Why I WriteGeorge Orwell