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Four very different women, all wanting to escape cold and dreary London for different reasons, come together to share a…
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Charles Darnaway decides to leave the University of Edinburgh, so that he can travel to the remote island of Aros. He pays a…
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The Captain Pamphile of the title is one of Dumas\' most intriguing creations. An anti-hero, the Captain is a rogue and a…
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The fight for the British throne between the Houses of York and Lancaster continues.Richard, Duke of York, in his quest for…
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Wharton's 1917 novella Summer, like her more famous work Ethan Frome, is set in a very small rural New England town. Charity…
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In this brilliant play by William Shakespeare, meet Vincentio, the Duke of Vienna. Setting out for a diplomatic mission, he…
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From the author of 'Little Women', this Christmas story follows the young Maurice Treherne, who has recently become crippled…
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\'The carpenter\'s daughter has won a name for herself, and deserved to win it.\' \"Contributions to \'All the Year…
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Howard Knox is a congressman who wants to expose local corruption. One of the men involved is a businessman called Anthony…
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\'Samantha on the Woman Question\' (1913) was written by best-selling American writer and humourist Marietta Holley and…
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"Michael Strogoff I" is an adventure novel by Jules Verne from 1876. It consists of two parts and it tells the story of the…
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A retelling of one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies in storybook form, this collection aims to make the best of…
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It's the time for heroes. But the Musketeers are no more. As Dumas' "Twenty Years Later" begins, only D'Artagnan still…
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From satires of Sherlock Holmes to lectures in defence of fairy tales, this collection of essays brings to life the smallest…
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Glenn Kilbourne is a sick and injured man who returns to New York to his fiancée Carley Burch, after fighting in France in…
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When Colonel Chabert marries a prostitute named Rose Chapotel, he doesn't know yet how the marriage will affect the rest of…
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Bursting out of sunny, lush Californian meadows onto the porch of Walt and Madge Irvine, 'Wolf', the brown dog with the wild…
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Set during the First World War, ‘A Day with von Tirpitz’ sees Billy Best and Tam returning from a bombing raid, where the…
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Young orphan Judy Abbott's life is turned upside down following an unexpected message. An anonymous benefactor has offered…
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First published in 1916 'The Little Angel and Other Stories' is a collection of short stories from the famous Russian author…
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'Mankind in the Making' is a collection of papers written by Wells about the construction of a better future. These essays…
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A shipwreck on the shores of Illyria leaves Viola stranded alone in a strange place. Believing that everyone, including her…
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Charming satire of the sentimental comedies of the day has entertained audiences since 1773. A young lady poses as a serving…
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"The Magnificent Ambersons" is the 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. It is the second novel…
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Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield. He wants to become a soldier just like…
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'Bunner Sisters' explores the lives of the impoverished class in 1870s New York. Sisters Ann Eliza and Evelina run a small…
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The short story collection \"The Belkin Tales\" consists of five unrelated stories told by various narrators to a landowner…
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Set in Montana, ‘Chip of the Flying U’ introduces us to the eponymous cowboy and the Happy family. Chip is awkward around…
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Written when he was living in Sicily, Sea and Sardinia records Lawrence's journey to Sardinia in 1921. It reveals his…
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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a world of violence and generational conflict in which two young people fall in…
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Suspicious King Leontes of Sicily accuses his pregnant wife Hermione of having an affair with his best friend, Polixenes,…
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First published in 1855 'Half a Lifetime Ago' by much-loved author Elizabeth Gaskell recounts the events which have befallen…
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Pirates, shipwrecks, terrible storms, and cannibals! Why would anyone ever want to Sail the Seven Seas? You will find all…
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Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, ‘A War-Time Wooing’ tells the story of Bessie Warren and her love for…
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King Henry’s military plans are interrupted by the news that his army has been defeated in the South. The supposedly loyal…
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The Jesuits’ Church in G‘ (1844) was written by the German Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella…
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When Armand Duvall meets Marguerite Cautier for the first time, he falls head over heels in love. It doesn't matter that…
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American heiress Octavia Bassett arrives in a sleepy English town to visit her aunt Belinda. She’s extremely wealthy,…
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In these essays, written not long after his elopement with Frieda von Richtofen in 1912, D.H. Lawrence recorded much of what…
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\"He is a regular dare-devil, you know: a gambler, a duellist, a seducer, but a jewel of an hussar - a real jewel.\"A…
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"It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded." In this wonderful…
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In the sixth of the series of ten adventure stories that Wizard of Oz writer L. Frank Baum penned for young adults, wealthy…
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One of Wilde’s first published pieces, ‘The Rise of Historical Criticism’ is an essay, written while he was a student at…
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First published in 1891, ‘The Coxswain’s Bride’ by prolific author R.M. Ballantyne tells the story of Sturdy Bob – otherwise…
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‘Fast in the Ice’ follows the tale of a group of Arctic explorers, whose ship ‘Hope’ is caught fast in the winter ice of the…
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The second book from Tolstoy's epic 'Resurrection' cycle begins with Nekhlyudov, the juror on Maslova's trial, who realises…
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In this tale the Duchesse de Langeais leads General Armande de Montriveau by the nose in her distinct coquettish yet…
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'The Eternal Husband' is a tragicomic novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky about Trusotsky, a widower who discovers that his wife…
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