Classic fiction: literary and general
Penguin Putnam Inc The Story Of King Arthur And His Knights
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Penguin Putnam Inc Tales from Shakespeare
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Penguin Putnam Inc The War of the Worlds
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Penguin Putnam Inc Heart Of Darkness And The Secret Sharer
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Penguin Putnam Inc Lord of the Flies Centenary Edition
Book SynopsisThe classic novel by William GoldingWith a new Introduction by Stephen KingTo me Lord of the Flies has always represented what novels are for, what makes them indispensable. -Stephen KingGolding's classic, startling, and perennially bestselling portrait of human nature remains as provocative today as when it was first published. This beautiful new edition features French flaps and rough fronts, making it a must-have for fans of this seminal work.William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behaviour collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them—the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories—and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible.Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature.Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic.
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William Morrow & Company The Fellowship of the Ring Volume 1 Being the
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Broadview Press Ltd Mathilda
Book SynopsisMary Shelley’s Mathilda, the story of one woman’s existential struggle after learning of her father’s desire for her, has been identified as Shelley’s most important work after Frankenstein. The two texts share many characteristics, besides authorship and contemporaneity: both concern parental abandonment; both contribute to the Gothic form through themes of incest, insanity, suicidality, monstrosity, and isolation; and both are epistolary. However, Mathilda was not published until 1959, 140 years after Shelley wrote it—in part because Shelley’s father, William Godwin, suppressed it. This new edition encourages a critical reconsideration of a novella that has been critically stereotyped as biographical and explores its importance to the Romantic debate about suicide.Historical appendices trace the connections between Mathilda and other works by Shelley and by her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, while also providing biographical documents, contemporary works on the theme of incest, and documents on suicide in the Romantic era.For Michelle Faubert’s transcription of Mathilda for the Shelley-Godwin Archive, click here.Trade Review“The Broadview Press edition of Mathilda fills a gap in Romantic studies. The long-suppressed work (Godwin refused to return the manuscript) wasn’t published until 1959, and its immediate critical reception was almost entirely biographical. Michelle Faubert’s astute introduction to this new edition offers a scrupulous account of the work’s critical reception and opens new possibilities for understanding what she calls a ‘purgatorial text.’ The judicious appendices, a hallmark of Broadview Editions, situate Shelley’s novella in the contexts of its immediate intertexts, of its central place in contemporaneous suicide debates, and, crucially, of representations of incest and the Gothic. A paperback edition makes a hitherto neglected text widely available. The sophisticated editorial care evident throughout ensures that this will also serve as the standard scholarly edition.” — Alan Vardy, Hunter College, City University of New York“Michelle Faubert’s beautifully edited version of Mathilda is the first widely available edition to come from a transcription of Shelley’s original 1819 fair copy. Faubert’s lucid and elegant introduction situates Mathilda in the context of Shelley’s earlier Frankenstein (1818) and later novella The Mourner (1830) and discusses its troubled publication history and recent critical reception. Faubert provides a wide range of well-chosen supplementary material to complement both novice and returning readers’ appreciation for and study of Mathilda. This edition should become the standard classroom text of Shelley’s important, engaging, and notorious second novel.” — Katherine Montwieler, University of North Carolina Wilmington“The editor writes with a clear sense of hope that the text may find new readers thanks to this publication. I share her optimism … Overall a superb edition that I hope will indeed breathe new life into the oft-forgotten Mathilda and her haunting tale.” — Anna Mercer, Romantic Circles“This new edition is a welcome addition, and Michelle Faubert offers an affordable volume for use by students, scholars, and general readers, which is accompanied by careful editing and explanatory notes, an authoritative introduction, and accompanying excerpts from contemporary texts. Faubert believes that the work should be better known, and this edition will do much to make it available to readers.” — Lisa Vargo, European Romantic Review“Faubert makes a convincing case in her edition for the need for new eyes to be brought to the text, as her annotations and notes regarding editing nuances and specifics attest. Because of the careful transcription her work has brought to the manuscript as well as the judicious footnotes readers expect from a Broadview edition, Faubert invites readers to reconsider the text and contexts of the novel even as readers are invited to read anew—Faubert’s notes position the edition for both the ‘popular, as well as scholarly, audience’. … Faubert’s careful edition makes a convincing argument for shining light back on this novella again.” — Lucy Morrison, Women’s WritingTable of Contents Awknowledgements Introduction Mary Shelley: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text Mathilda Appendix A: The Romantic-era Suicide Debate From William Godwin’s An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness (1793) From David Hume’s Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul (1793) From William Rowley’s A Treatise on Female, Nervous, Hysterical … Diseases (1788) From John Francis’ “Sermon III. On Self-Murder” (1749) From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) From Lord Byron’s Manfred (1817) William Wordsworth’s “The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman” (1798) Appendix B: Family Resemblances Full-detail transcription from Mary Shelley’s manuscript of “Mathilda” (1819) From Mary Shelley’s “The Fields of Fancy” (1819) From Mary Shelley’s “The Mourner” (1830) From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) From Mary Wollstonecraft’s Mary, A Fiction (1788) From Mary Wollstonecraft’s The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria (1798) From Mary Wollstonecraft’s “Cave of Fancy” (composed 1787; published 1798) Appendix C: Incest, the Gothic, Literary Forebears From Percy Bysshe Shelley’s The Cenci (1819) From Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Laon and Cythna (1818) From Vittorio Alfieri’s Myrrha (1815) From Matthew Lewis’ The Monk (1796) From Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1764) Appendix D: Biographical Context: Shelley’s Letters and Journals Letter from Godwin to P. B. Shelley on Fanny Imlay’s suicide (1816) From Harriet Shelley’s suicide letter (1816) Letter by Mary Shelley on William Shelley’s final illness (1819) William Godwin’s letter to Mary Shelley on her son’s death (1819)
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Oxford University Press The Scarlet Pimpernel
Book SynopsisIs he in heaven?-Is he in hell?That demmed, elusive Pimpernel?Sir Percy Blakeney lives a double life in the England of 1792: at home he is an idle fop and a leader of fashion, but in abroad he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a master of disguise who saves aristocrats from the guillotine. When the revolutionary French state seeks to unmask him, Percy''s estranged, independent wife, Marguerite, unwittingly sets their agent on her husband''s track. Percy''s escapades, and Marguerite''s daring journey to France to save him from the guillotine, keep the reader turning the pages of Baroness Orczy''s well-paced romantic adventure. Written in just five weeks in 1903, Baroness Emma Orczy''s bestseller has been the basis of multiple adaptations. Rooted in the upheaval of Orczy''s Hungarian childhood, and in the anxious nationalism of turn-of-the-century Britain, the story of the Scarlet Pimpernel provided a blueprint not only for subsequent historical swashbucklers, but for superheroes from Zorro to Superman. The edition places the book The Scarlet Pimpernel within the context of the elite and popular literature of the turn of the century. Orczy''s novel is close in kin to such contemporary political thrillers as Joseph Conrad''s The Secret Agent (1907); tales that channelled contemporary concerns about refugees and enemies within.Trade ReviewNicholas Daly's fine new edition traces the afterlife of the novel in the context of changing public interests, reflecting as it does the shifting definitions of national identity, of social class and of gender. * Dinah Birch, Times Literary Supplement *[The] introduction is excellent... The Scarlet Pimpernel itself is worth a few hours of anyone's attention. * Hayley Anderton, Desperate Reader *
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Espasa-Calpe SA Mujeres
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Alianza Editorial Mitos y Literatura Maya
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Debolsillo Ensayo sobre la ceguera / Blindness
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Debolsillo Todos los nombres / All the Names
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Todo se desmorona / Things Fall Apart
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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Three Novels
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Oetinger Verlag Ich will auch in die Schule gehen
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Thienemanns (K.) Verlag Der Rauber Hotzenplotz
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. Swamp Angel
Book SynopsisWalking out on a demoralizing second marriage, Maggie Lloyd leaves Vancouver to work at a fishing lodge in the interior of British Columbia. But the serenity of Maggie’s new surroundings is soon disturbed by the irrational jealousy of the lodge-keeper’s wife. Restoring her own broken spirit, Maggie must also become a healer to others. In this, she is supported by her eccentric friend, Nell Severance, whose pearl-handled revolver - the Swamp Angel - becomes Maggie’s ambiguous talisman and the novel’s symbolic core.Ethel Wilson’s best-loved novel, Swamp Angel first appeared in 1954. It remains an astute and powerful study of one woman’s integrity and of the redemptive power of compassion.
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Librairie generale francaise Le Comte de Monte Cristo 1
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Editions Flammarion Le Comte de Monte-Cristo 1
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Librairie generale francaise Eugenie Grandet
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Librairie generale francaise Le pere Goriot
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Broadview Press Ltd Iola Leroy: or, Shadows Uplifted
Book SynopsisFrances Harper’s fourth novel follows the life of the beautiful, light-skinned Iola Leroy to tell the story of black families in slavery, during the Civil War, and after Emancipation. Iola Leroy adopts and adapts three genres that commanded significant audiences in the nineteenth century: the sentimental romance, the slave narrative, and plantation fiction. Written by the foremost black woman activist of the nineteenth century, the novel sheds light on the movements for abolition, public education, and voting rights through a compelling narrative. This edition engages the latest research on Harper’s life and work and offers ways to teach these major moments in United States history by centering the experiences of African Americans. The appendices provide primary documents that help readers do what they are seldom encouraged to do: consider the experiences and perspectives of people who are not white. The Introduction traces Harper’s biography and the changing critical perspectives on the novel. Trade Review“Edited by one of the finest scholars of American literature, this Broadview edition of the much beloved, popular nineteenth-century classic Iola Leroy commands new attention and demonstrates fresh relevance. Koritha Mitchell elegantly argues for the merits of this early novel as an African American community text, based on its aesthetic qualities, the political currents that shaped it, and the material realities of its production, circulation, and readership. Appendices of thoughtfully curated secondary sources that privilege the firsthand testimonies of early African Americans about emancipatory, intellectual, social, and cultural matters, and that feature more creative and critical selections by Harper, bring distinction to this teachable, accessible edition. If one wishes to understand how the aftermath of enslavement has influenced and continues to shape the African American literary tradition and national conversations among and about African Americans, the Broadview edition of Iola Leroy is a necessary place to begin.” — Barbara McCaskill, University of Georgia“Koritha Mitchell gives us the definitive edition of Iola Leroy, a novel that reflects the mature insight and creative prowess of teacher, activist, and writer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Readers are guided through this compelling saga of post–Civil War race, gender, class, and politics by Mitchell’s patient, expert hand. Her original interpretations are enriched by careful attention to the important debates that have always surrounded Harper’s work. Return to this edition again and again to discover the many meanings embedded in Iola Leroy and in Harper’s gifted prose.” — Martha S. Jones, Johns Hopkins University“Koritha Mitchell’s Broadview Press edition is a triumph and a gift to the field. Her critical work in this volume ensures that generations of readers will recognize the novel as a touchstone in their literary educations and imaginations.… Like all the best critical and cultural editions, it serves as a model for the kind of scholarship we want to write and help our students to write. The contextual materials that bookend Mitchell’s introduction and the novel itself serve not only as citations for her critical throughlines but also as an invitation to readers to be more aware of how they read texts through one another. Mitchell has produced an unparalleled resource that positions Iola Leroy as a definitive text, and her editorial provocation urges us to keep reading, rereading, and reconsidering this novel.” —Mollie Barnes, Legacy“Koritha Mitchell’s new cultural edition of Harper’s fourth novel, Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows of Uplift (first published in 1892), provides a compelling new entry in this tradition and an indispensable resource for those who assign Harper regularly or who have hesitated to teach Iola out of concern for the syllabus space required to get students up to speed on its historical and cultural contexts. Mitchell’s introduction on its own is worth the price of admission, as it synthesizes the latest work in Harper studies and situates Iola within it. … In addition to her biographical and bibliographic work, Mitchell offers a fresh take on Iola’s form and politics. Iola, Mitchell posits, ‘exemplifies the dynamism and complexity of … “community conversation” … the broad, dynamic discussions among African Americans about the countless issues affecting community members’ life chances and well-being’ (30). Throughout, Mitchell foregrounds Harper’s abiding faith in black communities and incisive critiques of white supremacy.…“Mitchell’s critical apparatus speaks to previous scholars’ monumental efforts to make Harper studies a robust field. It speaks also to an ethics of citation that should be emulated. This cultural edition offers the nineteenth century in a box, robust enough to anchor a course in which Iola represents either the ‘early’ or ‘late’ text. Mitchell’s attention to the intersections of form, literary history, and politics make it an ideal edition for graduate seminars, exam lists, and research, as well.” — Derrick R. Spires, African American ReviewTable of Contents Appendix A: Slavery, Civil War & Emancipation, Reconstruction & Its Demise 1. Fugitive Slave Act (1850) 2. United States Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney, The Dred Scott Decision (1857) 3. First Confiscation Act (1861) 4. Second Confiscation Act (1862) 5. The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) 6. The Freedmen's Bureau Act (1865) 7. The Thirteenth Amendment (1865) 8. The Fourteenth Amendment (1868) 9. The Fifteenth Amendment (1870) 10. The Compromise of 1877 11. United States Supreme Court Justice Billings Brown, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Appendix B: Not White? Then, You Can't Be Equal 1. 1. Abraham Lincoln, Address on Colonization to a Deputation of Negroes (1862) 2. 2. Frances Harper, ""Mrs. Frances E. Watkins Harper on the War and the President's 3. Colonization Scheme"" (1862) 4. 3. Michigan Supreme Court Justice James Campbell, The People v. Dean (1866) Appendix C: Black Families in Slavery and Freedom 1. From Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass… (1845) 2. Dictated Letter, from enslaved husband to wife when separated by owner 3. Dictated Letter, from enslaved husband to wife when separated by owner 4. Dictated letter, from enslaved wife to husband when separated by owner 5. ""Arrest of Fugitive Slaves,"" Cincinnati Gazette (29 January 1856) 6. Frances Harper, ""The Slave Mother: A Tale of Ohio"" (1857) 7. Testimony about enslaved men and women who escaped slavery to join the Union 8. effort and often planned to return to help family members escape (1863) 9. Letter from a black soldier to his children (1864) 10. Letter from a black soldier to the owner of one of his daughters (1864) 11. Notices in hopes of finding lost loved ones after Emancipation a. From Colored Tennessean (Nashville) (24 March 1866) b. From Christian Recorder (24 March 1866) c. From Christian Recorder (28 January 1871) d. From Southwestern Christian Advocate (17 July 1879) e. From Christian Recorder (5 October 1882) f. From Christian Recorder (3 January 1884) g. From Loyal Georgian (Augusta, Ga.) (13 October 1886) h. From Christian Recorder (6 January 1893) Appendix D: Education in Slavery and Freedom 1. A law making the education of enslaved people illegal 2. Account about an enslaved woman who ran a midnight school 3. Account of teaching/learning in secret during slavery 4. An account of finding the spark for learning while enslaved 5. Accounts of the consequences of learning to read and write 6. Account of black soldiers wanting education 7. Account of recently emancipated people's eagerness to learn 8. Testimony on KKK preventing school attendance after Emancipation Appendix E: Preventing Freedom Even After Emancipation 1. Laws constraining black girls and boys via apprenticeship and African Americans of every age via vagrancy statutes (1865) 2. Testimony about KKK raping black women whose husbands/fathers voted (1871) 3. From Henry W. Grady, ""The Race Problem in the South"" (1889) 4. From Ida B. Wells, The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States (1895) Appendix F: Black Women's Activism 1. Frances Harper, ""We Are All Bound Up Together"" (1866) 2. Frances Harper, ""Aunt Chloe's Politics"" (1872) 3. Frances Harper, ""Colored Women of America"" (1878) 4. Frances Harper, ""The Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Colored Woman"" (1888) 5. Frances Harper, ""Enlightened Motherhood: An Address … Before the Brooklyn Literary Society"" (15 November 1892) 6. Fannie Barrier Williams, ""The Intellectual Progress of The Colored Women of the United States Since The Emancipation Proclamation"" (1893) Appendix G: Being Black and a Woman: Aesthetics and Reception 1. William J. Watkins, ""The Reformer"" (1854) 2. Grace Greenwood, Impressions of Harper as a speaker (1866) 3. From Anna Julia Cooper, ""The Status of Woman in America"" (1892) 4. ""Publications Reviewed,"" Christian Recorder (12 January 1893) 5. ""Review 1,"" The Independent (5 January 1893) 6. Richmond Planet (21 January1893) 7. ""Recent Fiction,"" The Nation (23 February 1893) 8. From ""Our Book List,"" The A.M.E. Church Review (April 1893) 9. ""Book Review,"" Friends' Review; a Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal (22 June 1893) 10. Review of Reviews (January 1895) 11. ""Recent Fiction,"" The Independent (29 October 1896) 12. Edward Elmore Brock, ""Brock's Literary Leaves,"" Freeman (Indianapolis) (14 August 1897) 13. [W.E.B. Du Bois], ""Writers,"" Crisis (April 1911)
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Charisma House The Book of Mysteries
Book Synopsis New York Times Best Seller! 1500 5-Star Reviews! From the author that brought you NEW YORK TIMES best sellersThe Harbinger, The Mystery of the Shemitah, and The Paradigm with over 3 MILLION copies sold Enter a life-changing journey? to uncover the MYSTERIES OF GOD, the SECRETS OF THE AGES, and the HIDDEN KEYS to open the doors of a life of joy, blessing, and the fulfillment of YOUR DESTINY. As you open up The Book of Mysteries, you will be transported on a journey through a desert to encounter a man known only as ?the teacher,? who will take you on an odyssey to mountaintops, caverns, encampments of tent dwellers, and oil-lit chambers of scrolls, ancient books, and mysterious vessels. Each day a new mystery will be revealed, including: The Mystery of the Eighth Day, The Maccabean Blueprint, The Chiasma, The Seven Mysteries of the Age, and much more? even the mystery of your life! Partake in the voyage and unlock the treasure chest to uncover the mysteries of the ages. And with 365 mysteries, one for each day of the journey?and of the year, The Book of Mysteries is also a daily devotional unlike any other?with things never before revealed, the most important keys of spiritual truth, end-time revelation, and the secrets of overcoming?It can even change your life!
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Momentum Books The Gift of the Magi & Other Stories
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Broadview Press Ltd A Marriage Below Zero
Book SynopsisA Marriage Below Zero is the first novel in English to explicitly explore the subject of male homosexuality. Written by a British émigré to America, the New York theater critic Alfred J. Cohen, under the pseudonym of “Alan Dale,” this first-person narrative is told by a young Englishwoman, Elsie Bouverie, who gradually discovers that her new husband, Arthur Ravener, is romantically involved with another man. Denounced on publication (“a saturnalia in which the most monstrous forms of human vice exhibit themselves shamelessly” wrote one reviewer), the novel was published during the public exposure of a London homosexual brothel frequented by upper-class men and telegraph boys. A Marriage Below Zero reflected late-nineteenth-century fears and anxieties about homosexuality, women’s position in marriage, and the threat that seemingly new, illicit forms of desire posed to marriageable women and to the Victorian family.This Broadview edition includes excerpts from the era’s pro-homosexual tracts, scientific and legal documents, contemporary feminist commentary on the new “dandyism,” and newspaper accounts of late-Victorian same-sex scandals. Highlights of the volume include excerpts from Charles Dickens’s 1836 account of his visit to Newgate Prison, where he witnessed the last two men in Britain executed for sodomy, George Bernard Shaw’s 1889 unpublished letter attacking the social purity movement’s legislation against homosexual men, and a never-before reprinted 1898 article from Reynolds Magazine, “Sex Mania,” that warned of an increasing number of homosexual men choosing to enter marriages as a cover for an illicit life.Trade Review“A Marriage Below Zero is an invaluable edition of the first novel about homosexuality in English, edited by Richard Kaye, who rediscovered the 1889 text. Kaye’s erudite and entertaining introduction puts it in the context of the late-Victorian sensation novel, a doubly-closeted writer, and the social history of male same-sex relationships, plus a scandalous divorce trial. A fascinating selection of legal, literary, and psychological materials rounds off this splendid seminar in one volume.” — Elaine Showalter, Professor Emerita, Princeton University“The Broadview Edition is excellent … For anyone with an interest in Victorian gender studies, this is the go-to edition.” — Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsIntroductionSame-Sex Scandal in Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Brief ChronologyAlfred J. Cohen: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextA Marriage Below ZeroAppendix A: Contemporary Reviews From The New York World (26 February 1889) From The New York World (22 March 1889) From The New York World (25 March 1889) From The New York Daily Graphic (5 April 1889) From Sacramento Daily Record-Union (20 April 1889) From Belford’s Magazine (June 1889) From Countess Annie De Montaigu, “Hot and Sticky,” Los Angeles Times (11 August 1889) From “Professional Reform,” The San Francisco News Dealer (September 1890) From The Los Angeles Herald (21 February 1891) From The Cincinnati Enquirer (5 March 1891) From the Los Angeles Times (3 December 1891) Appendix B: Two Nineteenth-Century Historical and Literary Instances of Same-Sex Coupledom Charles Dickens, “A Visit to Newgate” (1836) From Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1877) Appendix C: Modes of Homosexual Exploration and Advocacy in Nineteenth-Century Britain From Walter Pater, “Conclusion,” Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873) From John Addington Symonds, “Male Love,” A Problem in Greek Ethics and Other Writings (1883) From Sir Richard Burton, “Pederasty,” in the “Terminal Essay” to The Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night (1885) George Bernard Shaw, Letter on “The Cleveland Street Scandals,” Truth Magazine (26 November 1889) From John Addington Symonds, The Memoirs of John Addington Symonds (1892) From Charles Kains Jackson, “The New Chivalry,” The Artist and Journal of Home Culture (2 April 1894) From Edward Carpenter, Homogenic Love, and Its Place in a Free Society (1894) Alan Dale (Alfred J. Cohen), “A Word from the Author,” An Eerie He and She (1889) Appendix D: Late-Victorian Legal and Medical Models and the New Social Panic From Section 11 of the 1885 Criminal Amendment Bill From Richard Krafft-Ebing, “Case 237,” Psychopathia Sexualis: A Medico-Forensic Study (1886) “Sex-Mania,” Reynolds’s Newspaper (21 April 1895) From Olive Schreiner, “The Woman Question,” Cosmopolitan Magazine (1889) Select Bibliography
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Editorial Alma Carmilla
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P Mizora
Book SynopsisThis book about an 1880s radical feminist utopia includes an extensive introduction that provides critical apparatus to appropriately place Mizora and author Mary Bradley Lane in the cultural and historical context of the 19th century.
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Quercus Publishing Ulysses: (riverrun editions)
Book Synopsis'It is not that Ulysses excludes us; it is, rather, that it includes us in ways that no other work prepares us for. The question is not 'what is a novel?', but what can a novel be? Ulysses is the answer'Patrick McGuinness from his preface to Ulysses: The Restored TextInitially rejected by several printers in Dublin and London for containing 'obscene' content, Ulysses was first published in book form in a limited-edition printing of 1000 copies by Shakespeare and Company in Paris in 1922. A subsequent printing was impounded by US customs and for a period the novel was famed for its notoriety rather than its literary achievement.Like its author, Ulysses exists in a complicated push-pull relationship with its language - English - and its setting - Ireland. Joyce returns to the themes that had preoccupied him in previous works, including nationalism and empire, religion, identity and sex in a novel which gloriously brings Dublin on June 16th 1904 to the page.This edition of Ulysses: The Restored Text includes the revisions that Joyce made to the novel during his lifetime.
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Fortunata y Jacinta / Fortunata and Jacinta
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Bodleian Library Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the
Book SynopsisThe much-loved tales from 'The Thousand and One Nights' first appeared in English translation in the early nineteenth century. The popularity of these ancient and beguiling tales set against the backdrop of Baghdad, a city of wealth and peace, stoked the widespread enthusiasm for and scholarly interest in eastern arts and culture, which had been a dominant fashion in Europe for almost a century. Four of the most well-known tales, translated by Laurence Housman, are reproduced in this collector’s edition: 'Sindbad the Sailor', 'Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp', 'The Story of the Three Calenders' and 'The Sleeper Awakened'. Each is illustrated with exquisite watercolours by the renowned artist Edmund Dulac. The sumptuous illustrations reproduced here capture the beauty and timeless quality of these alluring stories, made at the zenith of early twentieth-century book illustration.Trade ReviewSelected in 'The Times' Christmas round up ... 'In this gorgeous collection with pictures by Edmund Dulac, you can read the four best-known tales. Marina Warner's introduction puts it all in context.’ - The Times In 'The Spectator' Christmas round up ... 'Exquisite illustrations … Keep it for yourself.' - The Spectator -- Alex O'Connell * The Times *
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OM Books International A Passage to India: The originals
Book SynopsisE.M. Forster's "A Passage to India" delves into race relations and power dynamics in British-ruled India, focusing on Dr. Aziz's false assault accusation by Adela at the Marabar Caves. The novel explores Indian-British tensions but does not overtly criticize colonialism.
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Crossway Books The Pilgrims Progress
Book SynopsisWith updated language and 30original illustrations, John Bunyan's classic work is made accessible to modern readershelping them dig into this classic tale illustrating key facets of the Christian life.
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Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Book SynopsisA classic novel that explores how the moral standards of Victorian England affected a young woman seeking her place in society. This beautiful flexibound edition also features bright foil on the cover.Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles is a masterpiece of late 19th-century literature, presenting the story of Tess, a poor girl from rural England who faces the challenges of modern society while carrying a moral burden that threatens her reputation. As she navigates the difficult path to adulthood, Tess encounters numerous setbacks, each moving her further away from who she was as a young girl. With themes such as humanity’s loss of its connection to the natural world and how Victorian morals oppress personal growth, Hardy’s novel is an essential read for all lovers of classic literature.
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Ulises / Ulysses
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B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd Three Men in a Boat
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HarperCollins Publishers The Good Servant From the No.1 Sunday Times
Book SynopsisFrom the no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author comes the story of Marion Crawford, governess to the Queen – an ordinary woman living in an extraordinary time.Trade Review Praise for Fern Britton: ‘A charming story that is full of hope…will help put a spring in your step’ The Courier ‘This is ideal holiday reading’ Woman ‘A warm, easy read that depicts the joys of rural Cornwall’ Daily Mail ‘The warmth and empathy that have made Fern Britton such a popular TV presenter are evident in her latest novel’ Woman’s Weekly
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Persephone Books Ltd The Journey Home and Other Stories
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Editorial Alma Alicia: Edición Completa
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Editorial Alma Alicia En El País de Las Maravillas
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Dedalus Ltd The Notebooks of Serafino Gubbio: Shoot!
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Scribner Book Company The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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£18.00
Oetinger Verlag Guck mal, Madita, es schneit!
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Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. Nachts Unter Der Steinernen Brucke
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£11.88
Ediciones Abraxas La Guerra de Los Mundos
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£12.22
Thienemanns (K.) Verlag Der kleine Wassermann Schulausgabe
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Thienemanns (K.) Verlag Das kleine Gespenst
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Gallimard Candide ou L'optimisme
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