Ellis, Havelock 1859-1939

The dance of life by Havelock Ellis ( Book )
60 editions published between 1923 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 1,639 libraries worldwide

Germinal by Émile Zola ( Book )
48 editions published between 1885 and 2009 in English and held by 1,530 libraries worldwide
During the Second Empire, Etienne Lantier experiences the miserable life of the coal miners in northern France and enters the struggle between capital and labor.

Studies in the psychology of sex by Havelock Ellis ( Book )
130 editions published between 1897 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,529 libraries worldwide
"The origin of these Studies dates from many years back. As a youth I was faced, as others are, by the problem of sex. Living partly in an Australian city where the ways of life were plainly seen, partly in the solitude of the bush, I was free both to contemplate and to meditate many things. A resolve slowly grew up within me: one main part of my life-work should be to make clear the problems of sex. Now that I have at length reached the time for beginning to publish my results, these results scarcely seem to me large. As a youth, I had hoped to settle problems for those who came after; now I am quietly content if I do little more than state them. For even that, I now think, is much; it is at least the half of knowledge. In this particular field the evil of ignorance is magnified by our efforts to suppress that which never can be suppressed, though in the effort of suppression it may become perverted. I have at least tried to find out what are the facts, among normal people as well as among abnormal people; for, while it seems to me that the physician's training is necessary in order to ascertain the facts, the physician for the most part only obtains the abnormal facts, which alone bring little light I have tried to get at the facts, and, having got at the facts, to look them simply and squarely in the face. Here you will find the whole sexual life of men and women analyzed in its relationships to sin. Everything is set forth, as clearly and as concisely as it can be -- without morbid prudery on the one hand, or morbid sentimentality on the other -- in the coldest scientific language; the right course of action is pointed out for all the cases that may occur, and we are told what is lawful, what a venial sin, what a mortal sin. Now I do not consider that sexual matters concern the theologian alone, and I deny altogether that he is competent to deal with them. In his hands, also, undoubtedly, they sometimes become prurient, as they can scarcely fail to become on the non-natural and unwholesome basis of asceticism, and as they with difficulty become in the open-air light of science. But we are bound to recognize the thoroughness with which the Catholic theologians dealt with these matters, and, from their own point of view, indeed, the entire reasonableness; we are bound to recognize the admirable spirit in which, successfully or not, they sought to approach them. Ten years have elapsed since then and this new edition will be found to reflect the course of that long interval. Not only is the volume greatly enlarged, but nearly every page has been partly rewritten. This is mainly due to three causes: Much new literature required to be taken into account; my own knowledge of the historical and ethnographic aspects of the sexual impulse has increased; many fresh illustrative cases of a valuable and instructive character have accumulated in my hands. It is to these three sources of improvement that the book owes its greatly revised and enlarged condition, and not to the need for modifying any of its essential conclusions. These, far from undergoing any change, have by the new material been greatly strengthened"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)

Psychology of sex; a manual for students by Havelock Ellis ( Book )
50 editions published between 1933 and 2010 in English and Chinese and held by 972 libraries worldwide

On life and sex essays of love and virtue by Havelock Ellis ( Book )
11 editions published between 1937 and 1997 in English and held by 960 libraries worldwide

The soul of Spain by Havelock Ellis ( Book )
65 editions published between 1908 and 2009 in English and held by 885 libraries worldwide

Christopher Marlowe by Christopher Marlowe ( Book )
44 editions published between 1887 and 1991 in English and held by 862 libraries worldwide

From Rousseau to Proust by Havelock Ellis ( Book )
18 editions published between 1935 and 1968 in English and held by 825 libraries worldwide

Five plays by John Ford ( Book )
13 editions published between 1957 and 1965 in English and held by 798 libraries worldwide

The criminal by Havelock Ellis ( Book )
67 editions published between 1890 and 2010 in English and German and held by 781 libraries worldwide