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LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI
1404 – 1472, Italian
On Painting
Translated by Cecil Grayson with an
Introduction and Notes by Martin Kemp
The first book devoted to the intellectual
rationale for painting, the process of vision,
painting techniques, and the moral and
artistic prerequisites of the artist remains
a classic of art theory.
112 pp. 0-14-043331-7 $13.00
See The Portable Renaissance Reader.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
1832 – 1888, American
The Portable Louisa May Alcott
Edited by Elizabeth Lennox Keyser
Alcott’s vast body of work is celebrated in
this wide-ranging collection that includes
samples from her novels, novellas, children’s
stories, sensationalist fiction, gothic tales,
memoirs, letters, and journals.
704 pp. 0-14-027574-6 $16.95
The Inheritance
Edited with an Introduction by
Joel Myerson and Daniel Shealy
Inspired by the sentimental novels and
Gothic romances of her day, Alcott’s first
novel, written when she was seventeen,
is the captivating tale of a young orphan
girl whose inheritance is a secret locked
in a long-lost letter.
208 pp. 0-14-043666-9 $14.00
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Little Women
Edited with an Introduction by
Elaine Showalter and Notes by
Siobhan Kilfeather and Vinca Showalter
Alcott’s beloved story of the March girls—
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—is a classic
American feminist novel, reflecting the
tension between cultural obligation and
artistic and personal freedom.
544 pp. 0-14-039069-3 $7.95
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Work
A Story of Experience
Edited with an Introduction by
Joy S. Kasson
A story about a woman’s search for a
meaningful life through work outside
the family sphere, Work is at once Alcott’s
exploration of her personal challenges
and a social critique of America.
384 pp. 0-14-039091-X $13.00
ALFRED THE GREAT
849 – 899, Anglo-Saxon
ASSER
d. c. 908, Anglo-Saxon
Alfred the Great
Translated with an Introduction and Notes
by Simon Keynes and Michael Lapidge
This comprehensive collection includes
Asser’s Life of Alfred, extracts from
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Alfred’s
own writings, laws, and will.
368 pp. 0-14-044409-2 $16.00
HORATIO ALGER, JR.
1832 – 1899, American
Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward
Edited with an Introduction by Carl Bode
Alger’s characteristic theme of youths
achieving the American dream through
hard work, resistance to temptation, and
goodwill is presented in these two tales
that reflect nineteenth-century life.
304 pp. 0-14-039033-2 $9.95
KINGSLEY AMIS
1922 – 1995, English
Lucky Jim
Introduction by David Lodge
This hilarious story of Jim Dixon’s adjustment
to teaching in the stultifying world of
the university was the first modern British
novel to plumb the comic possibilities of
academic life.
256 pp. 0-14-018630-1 $14.00