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- Beyond Good and Evil EnglishNietzsche in full aphorism mode, which means half the book reads like a friend picking fights at 2am, funny and mean and weirdly quotable. You'll argue with him constantly, and that's the point; if you want a tidy argument laid out politely, this will drive you nuts.
- Effi Briest DeutschEffi ist siebzehn und spielt noch auf der Schaukel, als man sie mit Baron Innstetten verheiratet, einem steifen Mann, doppelt so alt wie sie, und in eine einsame Stadt an der Ostsee bringt, in ein Haus, in dem es ihrer Meinung nach spukt. Fontane erzählt das leise und ironisch.
- Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil DeutschFaust, ein Gelehrter, der es satt hat, alles zu wissen und nichts zu fühlen, geht eine Wette mit Mephistopheles ein, der schärfsten und witzigsten Stimme des Stücks. Es führt von einer Hexenküche bis in Gretchens kleines Zimmer, und die Verse schwanken zwischen derben Witzen und echtem Herzschmerz.
- Philosophical Works EnglishYou get to watch Descartes sit alone by his fire, doubting the fire itself, his own hands, everything, then rebuild the world from one stubborn certainty. The Meditations especially read like a thriller of pure thought, though you'll want patience for the geometry-flavored proofs of God.
- Richard II EnglishRichard is unbearable while he's winning and mesmerizing once he starts to lose, talking himself into and out of kingship in some of the most musical verse Shakespeare wrote. It's all poetry and no sword fights, so come for the language or not at all.
- The Origin of Species não ficção EnglishYou get a patient, surprisingly companionable argument built from pigeons, barnacles, fossils, and the awkward facts natural selection has to explain. The prose is dense and sometimes repetitive, but reading Darwin think his way through objections makes the living world look less fixed and more wonderfully negotiable.
- You get why people still quote it once Mephistopheles calmly admits he's in hell right now, standing there. The middle sags into slapstick with popes and horse traders, honestly, but Faustus watching his last hour tick away is worth the whole slim thing.