VOICES THAT ENDURE
The voices behind the Aevum Lectio editions.
Brazilian literature
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Machado de Assis was a novelist, short-story writer, poet and chronicler. He was a founder and the first president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Irony and close observation of human relations run through his work.
Meet the author and their books ↗American literature
An American writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed the ambitions and contradictions of American society in the early twentieth century. He wrote novels and short stories, among them The Great Gatsby, published in 1925.
Meet the author and their books ↗German philosophy
A German philosopher and philologist, Friedrich Nietzsche explored morality, religion and culture. His writing combines aphorisms, essays and poetic passages. His works include Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil.
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An Irish writer born in Dublin, author of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890).
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An English playwright and poet, born in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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The pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
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An English writer, author of Frankenstein, published in 1818.
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A Scottish writer, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote adventure novels, short stories, essays and poems. His works include Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Meet the author and their books ↗Italian political thought
A Florentine diplomat, historian and political thinker, Machiavelli served the Florentine republic until 1512. He is the author of The Prince and the Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livy.
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An English novelist, Charles Dickens portrayed Victorian society and the London poor in works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Great Expectations.
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An English novelist, Jane Austen portrayed with irony the life of country families in early nineteenth-century England. Her novels include Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma.
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A Scottish physician and writer, Arthur Conan Doyle created the detective Sherlock Holmes, the hero of four novels and fifty-six short stories.
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A Russian novelist and thinker, Leo Tolstoy wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina, two of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century, as well as stories, essays and texts on morality and religion.
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