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Armadale tells the devastating story of the independent, murderous, and adulterous Lydia Gwilt. This traditional melodrama…

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The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commerical upper-middle class…

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''I liv''d indeed like a Queen; or if you will have me confess, that my Condition had still the Reproach of a Whore, I may…

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The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story. David R. Hill, Director of the…

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This is the fourth volume of Euripides plays in new translation. The four plays it contains, Ion, Orestes, The Phoenician…

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Scenes of Clerical Life consists of three short novellas in which the lives of ordinary men and women in a provincial…

A major new edition, freshly edited in many cases from manuscripts, of Shelley's poetry and prose. It contains the longer…

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When his mum and sister are caught in a bomb attack in a Damascus shopping mall, 13-year-old Sami and his family make the…

Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the `masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat…

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One of the most beloved characters in all of comics, Tintin won an enormous international following. Here is the first full…

Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399, and following the story through the centuries to more recent figures such as…

Throughout the 19th century fictional ghost stories developed in parallel with the more general Victorian fascination with…

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Presents the full range of classic English ghost fiction, including some of the very best and most frightening ghost stories…

Suitable for younger learners Word count 15,325 Bestseller…

One of a series designed to provide an accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. Each title includes…

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This is the first volume of a new prose translation of Dante's epic - the first in twenty-five years. Robert Durling's…

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probably the most brilliantly comprehensive introduction to Frankenstein that I have ever read. Even if you've read the book…

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A selection of science-fiction tales from the close of the 'Romantic' period to the end of the First World War. It gathers…

Galileo is aptly known as 'the father of modern science'. But there is much more to him than his well-known discoveries in…

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From Pinocchio to The Chronicles of Narnia to Charlotte''s Web, classic children''s tales have shaped generations of young…

\nJust a few hundred copies of the 1623 edition of Shakespeare\'s collected plays exist, making it one of the most…

\nThis book, the first ever biography of the father of philosophy, tracks Plato\'s life from his childhood in war-torn…

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\nA remarkable account of the brilliant, troubled mathematician and philosopher Kurt Goedel. From his famous Incompleteness…

\nWoman Much Missed is the first book-length study of the many poems that Thomas Hardy composed in the wake of the death of…

\nFrom bestselling biographer Kate Clifford Larson comes the first full portrait of Fannie Lou Hamer and her galvanic part…

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A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants,…

In this complete life and times biography, author Will Friedwald offers a new take on Nat King Cole, framing him first as a…