title: The Interpretation of Dreams: The Complete and Definitive Text
author:  Sigmund Freud 
description: "The groundbreaking work that launched psychoanalysis."<b><i><b><i>Time</i></b></i></b><br /><br />"A century after the book's publication, Freud's ideas have seeped so deeply into the culture that most people invoke them daily without being aware of it."<b><i><i><b>New York Times</b></i></i></b><br /><br />"It is impossible to read <i>The Interpretation of Dreams</i> without coming away wiser."<b><i><i><b>Globe &amp; Mail</b></i></i></b><br /><br />"Freud's classic. Freud has been a dominant force in Western thinking and here's the book that started it all."<b><i><i><b>Psychology Today</b></i></i></b><br /><br />"[An] epoch-making book."<b><i><i><b> Economist</b></i></i></b>
zlib_text: Reading Freud
  Reading Freud provides an accessible outline of the whole of Freud’s work from Studies in
  Hysteria through to An Outline of Psycho-Analysis. It succeeds in expressing even the most complex
  of Freud’s theories in clear and simple language while avoiding oversimpliﬁcation.
  Each chapter concentrates on one or more individual texts and includes valuable background
  information, relevant biographical and historical details, descriptions of Post-Freudian develop-
  ments and Freud’s new concepts. By putting each text into the context of Freud’s life and work as
  a whole, Jean-Michel Quinodoz manages to produce an overview which is chronological, correla-
  tive and interactive. Texts discussed include:
  •The Interpretation of Dreams
  •“The ‘Uncanny’”
  •Civilization and its Discontents
  The clear presentation, with regular summaries of the ideas raised, encourages the reader to fully
  engage with the texts presented and gain a thorough understanding of each text in the context of
  its backg