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From aristotle to austen, george orwell to james baldwin the greatest works of fiction, poetry, drama, history and philosophy from the last 5,000 years. The author euripides was born in 484 bc and he was from athens. Charles martin is a poet, translator, and essayist. A complete and wondrous guide to all of the penguin classics, from the creative editor of the series. Savvy english text guides savvy technical solutions 1,762 views.
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