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The Death of Ivan Ilyich & Other Stories - Leo Tolstoy
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich & Other Stories - Leo Tolstoy

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Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, commonly regarded as amongst the greatest novels ever written. He also, however, wrote many masterly short stories, and this volume contains four of the longest and best in distinguished translations that have stood the test of time.
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The Coral Island - R.M. Ballantyne The Coral Island - R.M. Ballantyne 2
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The Coral Island - R.M. Ballantyne

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The story opens with the shipwreck on a Pacific Island of the young friends Ralph Rover and Jack Martin and Peterkin Gray. Despite the pleasurable presence of delicious breadfruit, coconuts, and succulent oysters, the intrepid trio are not alone and they soon witness a battle between rival bands of cannibals led by 'Bloody Bill'...
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Persuasion - Jane Austen Persuasion - Jane Austen 2
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Persuasion - Jane Austen

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Introduction and Notes by Elaine Jordan, Reader in Literature, University of Essex. What does persuasion mean – a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen’s quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of...
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The Plays of Oscar Wilde - Oscar Wilde The Plays of Oscar Wilde - Oscar Wilde 2
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The Plays of Oscar Wilde - Oscar Wilde

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With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London. Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere’s Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An...
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The Government Inspector and Other Works - Nikolai Gogol The Government Inspector and Other Works - Nikolai Gogol 2
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The Government Inspector and Other Works - Nikolai Gogol

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"I am who I am and that's who I am." Translated by Constance Garnett Notes and Introductions by David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottawa Gogol’s works constitute one of Russian literature’s supreme achievements, yet the nature of their brilliant originality, comic genius, and complex workings is difficult to summarize precisely. 
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Tales From Shakespeare - Charles & Mary Lamb Tales From Shakespeare - Charles & Mary Lamb 2
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Tales From Shakespeare - Charles & Mary Lamb

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Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb was written to be an ‘introduction to the study of Shakespeare’, but are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style, and their literary quality has made them popular and sought-after ever since their first publication in...
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce 2
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce

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With an Introduction and Notes by Dr. Jacqueline Belanger, University of Cardiff. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce’s Dubliners and the symbolism of Ulysses, and is essential to the understanding of the later work.
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The Aeneid - Virgil The Aeneid - Virgil 2
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The Aeneid - Virgil

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With an Introduction, Notes and Glossary by Mandy Green, University of Durham. Translated by Michael J. Oakley. The Aeneid is Virgil’s Masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Rome’s legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion.
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The Lingard Trilogy - Joseph Conrad The Lingard Trilogy - Joseph Conrad 2
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The Lingard Trilogy - Joseph Conrad

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Contains the novels: Almayer's Folly, An Outcast of the Islands and The Rescue With an Introduction by Andrew Purssell, Notes and Glossary by Robert Hampson, FEA, FRSA. Almayer’s Folly was Conrad’s outstanding debut novel: as well as exploring the culture of a part of the world previously unknown to English fiction, it showed immense sophistication in its...
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Orlando - Virginia Woolf Orlando - Virginia Woolf 2
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Orlando - Virginia Woolf

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With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University, Bakersfield. Virginia Woolf’s Orlando ‘The longest and most charming love letter in literature’, playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf’s close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West.
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The Diary of a Nobody - George and Weedon Grossmith The Diary of a Nobody - George and Weedon Grossmith 2
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The Diary of a Nobody - George and Weedon Grossmith

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With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author, George Grossmith, seemed unaware that he had produced a masterpiece. 
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Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell 2
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Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell

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With an Introduction and Notes by Dinny Thorold, University of Westminster Elizabeth Gaskell’s final novel, which is widely regarded as her greatest work, follows the lives of two families in rural England during the nineteenth century. At the heart of the novel are the complex and strained relationships between family members – fathers and daughters,...
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The Complete Richard Hannay Stories - John Buchan The Complete Richard Hannay Stories - John Buchan 2
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The Complete Richard Hannay Stories - John Buchan

045398
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John Buchan, a writer and diplomat who served as an Intelligence officer during the First World War, created the fictional secret agent Major General Sir Richard Hannay. Hannay, the epitome of the strong and silent type, combines the reserved nature of a Scotsman with the stoicism of an Englishman, making him one of the most prominent heroes of early...
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The Shepherd of the Hills - Harold Bell Wright The Shepherd of the Hills - Harold Bell Wright 2
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The Shepherd of the Hills - Harold Bell Wright

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Introduction and Notes by Henry Claridge, Senior Lecturer, School of English, University of Kent at Canterbury. Few works of American fiction have proved as enduringly popular as Harold Bell Wright's The Shepherd of the Hills. Wright's novel, first published in 1907, was an instant best seller; by 1918 the book had sold over two million copies...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream - William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream - William Shakespeare 2
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream - William Shakespeare

045352
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Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex Its lyricism, comedy (both broad and subtle) and magical transformations have long made A Midsummer Night’s Dream one of the most popular of Shakespeare’s works. 
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Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens 2
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Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens

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With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston, University of Nottingham. With Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, while Dickens’ working title for the novel, Nobody’s Fault, highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life.
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Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
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Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

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Introduction and Notes by Dr Ella Westland, University of Exeter. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes – grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of...
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The Odyssey - Homer The Odyssey - Homer 2
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The Odyssey - Homer

045502
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With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London. Homer's epic tale of the journey of the Greek warrior Odysseus has been captivating readers for 2800 years. It tells of his many adventures and enduring love for his family as he tries to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War...
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Desperate Remedies - Thomas Hardy Desperate Remedies - Thomas Hardy 2
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Desperate Remedies - Thomas Hardy

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With an Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Michael Irwin, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Kent, Canterbury. The young Thomas Hardy, working as an architect, but fired with literary ambition, tried for years to get into print. He finally succeeded with Desperate Remedies, a ‘sensation novel’ in the mode of Wilkie Collins. 
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The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton 2
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The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton

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Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson, University of Kent at Canterbury. Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton’s greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the ‘eternal triangle’ of love.
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