Historys Most Important Books (a work in progress)

The Communist Manifesto

By Karl Marx

The text provides a translation of the "The Communist Manifesto", which was drafted on the eve of the 1848 revolutions, and is a political text of literary interest and historical insight.

Presents a new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.

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The Riverside Chaucer

By Geoffrey Chaucer

This edition provides the general information on Chaucer's life, language, and works that one needs for a first reading of Chaucer, and difficult words and constructions are glossed on the pages. The Appendix contains the materials, including the extensive notes and glossary, for a more thorough understanding of Chaucer's works.