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S&s/Saga Press Stormbringer: The Elric Saga Part 2
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S Fischer Verlag GmbH Buddenbrooks
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Engage Books Hound of the Baskervilles
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Selected Stories
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Suma de Letras Historias de cronopios y de famas / Cronopios and
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Debolsillo La fiesta del chivo / The Feast of the Goat
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Juventud Los Cinco Han de Resolver Un Enigma
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University of Minnesota Press Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows
Book SynopsisThe initial volume in the Nobel Prize–winning author’s tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway—the first new English translation in nearly a century As a child, Olav Audunssøn is given by his dying father to an old friend, Steinfinn Toressøn, who rashly promises to raise the boy as his foster son and eventually marry him to his own daughter, Ingunn. The two children, very different in temperament, become both brother and sister and betrothed. In the turbulent thirteenth-century Norway of Sigrid Undset’s epic masterpiece, bloodlines and loyalties often supersede law, and the crown and the church vie for power and wealth. Against this background and the complicated relationship between Olav and Ingunn, a series of fateful decisions leads to murder, betrayal, exile, and disgrace. In Vows, the first book in the powerful Olav Audunssøn tetralogy, Undset presents a richly imagined world split between pagan codes of retribution and the constraints of Christian piety—all of which threaten to destroy the lives of two young people torn between desires of the heart and the dictates of family and fortune. As she did when writing her earlier and bestselling epic Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset immersed herself in the legal, religious, and historical documents of medieval Norway to create in Olav Audunssøn remarkably authentic and compelling portraits of Norwegian life in the Middle Ages. In this new English edition, renowned Scandinavian translator Tiina Nunnally again captures Undset’s fluid prose, conveying in an engaging lyrical style the natural world, complex culture, and fraught emotional territory of Olav and Ingunn’s dramatic story.Trade Review"Sigrid Undset's gift was to take readers inside the hearts and minds of people who lived and worked, struggled and connived in the fjords, villages, farms, and estates of thirteenth-century Norway. Tiina Nunnally's gift is to bring these characters to today's readers in clear, lyrical prose. Here we have the story of Olav Audunssøn and Ingunn Steinfinnsdatter, betrothed as children and constantly challenged by people who turn their sweet and simple love story into a fraught, twenty-year journey to that final kiss. No one but Undset could have written Olav Audunssøn, and no one but Nunnally could do it justice in translation. Read it—and spend time in the thirteenth century as it really was."—Nicola Griffith, author of Hild"Tiina Nunnally is that rarest phenomenon: a translator whose translations sound entirely natural, idiomatic, and true. This new translation of the first volume of Sigrid Undset's Olav Audunssøn is a heroic undertaking, which Nunnally has accomplished with her accustomed elegance and flair."—John Banville, author of Mrs. Osmond"This tetralogy, less known and less beloved than Kristin Lavransdatter, may be Sigrid Undset’s masterwork. Arthur G. Chater’s translation is now nearly a century old. Calculatedly archaic and smoothly florid, it retains the charms of its time and place. This new version by Tiina Nunnally performs Undset in a blunter and terser style which would not be out of place in one of those Norse sagas whose grim ethos lives on in the midbrains of the characters. It is a style entirely in keeping with the bleakness of this story of an honorable man whose loving self-sacrifice calcifies his heart."—William T. Vollmann, author of The Lucky Star"Undset brings the setting to life with rich descriptions of the natural world, well-captured in Nunnally’s stunning translation. Those interested in Norse history will appreciate this modern classic of Norwegian literature."—Publishers Weekly"Vows is an unexpected gift in a year that would welcome more of them."—Lit Hub"Long out of print, the first volume [of Olav Audunssøn] now appears in a captivating new translation by Tiina Nunnally . . . This is an absorbing, psychologically rich tale that promises to grow deeper and more memorable in each successive volume."—Wall Street Journal"Undset matches the precision and force of her characters’ inner lives—lacerated by indecision, sunk in sorrow or transported by joy—with her evocation of a vanished age and depictions of the life-affirming beauty of nature. This is a novel you wish would never end—and it doesn’t, not yet: The following volumes will be appearing over the next three years."—Star Tribune"Thirteenth-century Norway is a blend of pagan and Christian. Women have no rights, and the male head of an extended family makes all decisions. It is a world we rarely are invited into, and if you have patience, you will be rewarded."—Pioneer Press "Tiina Nunnally’s new translation captures the dark imperatives of a land where clan loyalties and ancient codes of honor have become ensnarled in the struggle between rising powers: the church and the royal court."—Alida Becker, The New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsContentsTranslator’s NoteMap of the Gudbrandsdal RegionGenealogy and KinshipPart I. Olav Audunssøn MarriesPart II. Ingunn SteinfinnsdatterNotesList of Holy Days and Canonical Hours
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HarperCollins Publishers Three Men in the Dark Tales of Terror by Jerome K. Jerome Barry Pain and Robert Barr Collins Chillers
Book SynopsisA collection of rare horror stories that will thrill fans of classic writers such as M. R. James, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and E. F. Benson.Trade Review‘One of the features of [the October issue of The Idler] is a limited liability romance, entitled The Mystery of Black Rock Creek, in which five well-known writers take shares, Jerome K Jerome, Eden Philpotts [sic], E F Benson, E Frankfort Moore [sic], and Barry Pain are each responsible for a chapter. The result is a thrilling combination of mysterious horrors which will yield terrific delight to every lover of sensational romance.’ The Arbroath Herald, 11 Oct 1894 ‘The Mystery of Black Rock Creek … is an Australian story, full of interest. The unravelling of the mystery is exceedingly cleverly done by Messrs J K Jerome, Eden Philpot [sic], E F Benson, E F Moore [sic] and Barry Pain, each of whom contributes a chapter.’ The Star [Guernsey], 9 Oct 1894
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HarperCollins Publishers BEREN AND LÚTHIEN Large type edition J. R. R. Tolkien
Book SynopsisPainstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Luthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien's Middle-earth.Trade ReviewPraise for The Children of Húrin:‘I hope that its universality and power will grant it a place in English mythology’Independent on Sunday ‘The darkest of all Tolkien’s tales. Alan Lee’s illustrations complement the writing splendidly’Times Literary Supplement
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Broadview Press Ltd Agnes Grey
Book SynopsisAgnes Grey was one of a trio of novels that defined the 'governess novel' in 1847 and 1848. Alongside Jane Eyre and Vanity Fair, Agnes Grey may be the most radical of the three. Agnes Grey is the younger daughter of a clergyman and his wife of modest means, cherished but also infantilized. When her father's mercantile investment goes disastrously wrong, Agnes decides to contribute to the family's financial rebuilding by working as a governess, despite her mother and sister's misgivings about her fitness for such work. Her first position is indeed trying, as the parents and children are uncouth and even cruel. Her second position is slightly more congenial, but she is still manipulated and ignored. Still, Agnes perseveres and begins to build relationships outside the family, most importantly, with a kind, empathetic young curate. As life brings more trials to Agnes and her family, we watch her persevere in her steady path of hope and determination.This Broadview Edition provides extensive historical documents on the novel's reception, the role of the governess in Victorian England, and contemporary debates about the treatment of non-human animals.Trade Review“This engaging new edition makes a strong case for the radical nature of Anne Brontë’s novel and for its place as a seminal feminist work. It contains a wealth of important material for students, especially texts from the Victorian period about the plight of governesses and the issues of animal cruelty and animal rights—key historical contexts for the novel. The introduction provides an excellent grounding in the period and in the place of Anne Brontë’s novel in relation to its era and to the books of her more-famous sisters. It’s a timely and necessary contribution to Brontë studies.” — Deborah Lutz, University of Louisville“Anne Brontë has been the frequent recipient of barbed faint praise that inevitably positions her as ‘the other’ Brontë sister. But in this well-conceived and reader-friendly new edition of Anne’s debut 1847 novel, Agnes Grey, Robin Inboden lays out a persuasive case for why we should care about Brontë’s writing for its own sake. Even if we may not quite join late-Victorian Irish novelist George Moore in his startling judgment that Agnes Grey is ‘the most perfect prose narrative in English literature,’ Inboden’s resourcefully intelligent editorial work allows us to appreciate this novel for the rich and fascinating text that it is. Especially welcome here is the extensive appendix containing a range of materials contextualizing the novel in relation to the early-Victorian animal welfare movement.” — Ivan Kreilkamp, Indiana University“Broadview’s edition of Agnes Grey is a welcome contribution to the rehabilitation of Anne Brontë’s reputation and her place in Victorian literary and cultural studies.… Broadview’s editions are wonderfully affordable and feature a wealth of secondary sources, reception history, and criticism in their apparatus, making them extremely valuable and relevant for teaching and research. Robin Inboden’s new edition provides teachers, students, and literary scholars with a most welcome resource, well-timed to coincide with Anne’s bicentenary year.” — Deborah A. Logan, Victorians: A Journal of Culture and LiteratureTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Anne Brontë: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text Agnes Grey Appendix A: Other Writings by and about Anne Brontë 1. From Charlotte Brontë to Ellen Nussey (letter, 15 April 1839) 2. From Anne Brontë, Diary Paper (30 July 1841) 3. From Charlotte Brontë to Ellen Nussey (letter, 7 August 1841) 4. From Anne Brontë, Diary Paper (31 July 1845) 5. Anne Brontë, “The Bluebell” (22 August 1840) 6. Acton Bell [Anne Brontë], “Appeal” (28 August 1840) 7. Anne Brontë, “Lines Written at [Thorp] Green” (19 August 1841) 8. Acton Bell [Anne Brontë], “Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day” (30 December 1842) 9. From Ellen Nussey, “Reminiscences of Charlotte Brontë” (1871) 10. From Currer Bell [Charlotte Brontë], “Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell” (1850) Appendix B: Contemporary and Early Reviews and Responses 1. From Spectator (18 December 1847) 2. From Henry F. Chorley, Athenaeum (25 December 1847) 3. From Douglas Jerrold’s Weekly Newspaper (15 January 1848) 4. From New Monthly Magazine (January 1848) 5. From Atlas (22 January 1848) 6. From Portland [Maine] Transcript (5 January 1850) 7. From Graham’s Magazine [Philadelphia] (1 February 1850) 8. From W.C. Roscoe, “Miss Brontë,” National Review (July 1857) 9. From Mary Augusta Ward, “Introduction,” The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1900) 10. From George Moore, Conversations in Ebury Street (1910) Appendix C: The Governess in Society 1. Maria Smith Abdy, “A Governess Wanted,” Metropolitan Magazine (May 1836) 2. From George Stephen, The Guide to Service: The Governess (1844) 3. From “Hints on the Modern Governess System,” Fraser’s Magazine (November 1844) Appendix D: Humane Treatment of Animals 1. From Isaac Watts, A Discourse on the Education of Children and Youth (1725) 2. From Thomas Erskine, Speech … On … Preventing … Cruelty to Animals (1809) 3. From “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” Times (17 June 1824) 4. From Sarah Burdett, The Rights of Animals (1839) 5. From Charlotte Elizabeth [Tonna], Kindness to Animals (c. 1845) 6. C.S., “The Lost Nestlings,” A Mother’s Lessons in Kindness to Animals (c. 1862) Works Cited and Select Bibliography
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Silver Dolphin Books H. P. Lovecraft Tales of Horror
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Pan Macmillan The Invisible Mile
Book SynopsisBased on a true story The Invisible Mile tells the poignant story of five Australian and New Zealand cyclists who in 1928 formed the first English-speaking team to ride in the Tour de France. They were gallant, under-resourced and badly outnumbered but taken deep to the heart by the French nation. The novel describes in a wonderful poetic and visceral voice what it was like to ride in this race (the chaos, danger and rivalries), the extraordinary lengths to which the riders pushed themselves, suffering horrific injuries, riding through the night in pitch dark, and the ways they staved off the pain, through camaraderie, through sexual conquest, through drink, and through drugs (cocaine for energy, opium for pain).Added to the team is the fictional narrator who is cycling towards his demons in a northern France still scarred by the First World War. His brother was a fighter pilot damaged by his experiences in France, his sister has died, and this self-imposed test of endurance is slowly and painfully bringing him to his final, invisible mile where memory eventually comes to collide with the past
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HarperCollins India Postscript Give the gift of love this Christmas
Book SynopsisItâs taken seven years to reinvent herself, and sheâs ready to move on with her life. But Holly comes to realize that when you love someone, thereâs always one more thing to say.Trade Review'As this gorgeous novel illuminates, life does on, even in the wake of loss'Nicholas Sparks, bestselling author of The Notebook ‘A gorgeously hopeful, poignant story that is guaranteed to make readers weep but leave them with a warm heartl’ Irish Independent ‘Touching, full of humour…life-affirming. Ahern writes with honesty and empathy. I had a lump in my throat when I finished reading’ Irish Times ‘Explores one of the fundamentals of human experience with warmth, humour and pathos’ Sunday Independent ‘Cecelia Ahern is without a doubt an incredibly talented storyteller … heartbreaking, bittersweet and beautifully written’ RTE Guide ‘The book, like the first, spoke straight to my heart…perhaps it’s the realness and simplicity of Ahern’s observations that make it so impactful’ Irish News ‘Fans of PS, I Love You are in for a treat… Warmth emanates from the pages of this lovely, uplifting novel’ Good Housekeeping ‘A poignant, warm and hopeful novel’ Woman & Home ‘Wise and uplifting – but keep a box of tissues at the read. You’ll need it’ Sunday Express ‘I adored this uplifting story about hope and love’ Prima ‘Another weepy about grief and the enduring power of love’ Sunday Mirror ‘This is a novel to delight loyal fans and new readers alike’ Woman’s Weekly
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El viejo y el mar / The Old Man and the Sea
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Seven Stories Press,U.S. Algerian White
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Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy
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Seven Stories Press,U.S. First Loves
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The New York Review of Books, Inc Ermine Of Czernopol
Book SynopsisAn NYRB Classics OriginalSet just after World War I, An Ermine in Czernopol centers on the tragicomic fate of Tildy, an erstwhile officer in the army of the now-defunct Austro-Hungarian Empire, determined to defend the virtue of his cheating sister-in-law at any cost. Rezzori surrounds Tildy with a host of fantastic characters, engaging us in a kaleidoscopic experience of a city where nothing is as it appears—a city of discordant voices, of wild ugliness and heartbreaking disappointment, in which, however, “laughter was everywhere, part of the air we breathed, a crackling tension in the atmosphere, always ready to erupt in showers of sparks or discharge itself in thunderous peals.”
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Broadview Press Ltd The Library Window
Book SynopsisIn this Victorian tale, a young woman recuperating at her aunt’s house in a Scottish town is spending a good deal of time looking out at the world through an upstairs window. Across the way is a university library; one of its windows holds particular interest—but the things she sees there at one moment are gone the next. Is what she has seen real, or a figment of her adolescent imagination?In addition to an illuminating introduction, this edition includes a variety of background materials that help to set this extraordinary work of fiction in its literary and historical context.Trade Review“A timely edition of one of the Victorian era’s most brilliant—if hitherto under-read—ghost stories, at once a tale of frustrated romance and a haunting allegory of women’s marginal relation to male-defined spheres of learning and literary authority. Annmarie S. Drury’s introduction and the volume’s supplementary materials usefully situate the story in such relevant contexts as its place in its author’s career, Victorian debates about reading for girls, views on the supernatural, and issues of Scottish national identity.” — Tamar Heller, University of Cincinnati“This valuable edition of Oliphant’s supernatural tale ‘The Library Window’ will be a useful entryway into the work of one of Victorian literature’s most important and, until recently, critically ignored authors. Drury’s excellent introduction offers readers useful information about Oliphant’s career and life, while also situating Oliphant’s extensive oeuvre in the context of Victorian literary debates around women’s writing and professional authorship. … Drury offers useful information and background, without ever dictating readers’ interpretations of the story. This is an excellent edition for the college classroom.” — Elizabeth Meadows, Vanderbilt University“‘The Library Window’ is one of the finest Victorian ghost stories: a compelling mixture of psychological acuity, mystery, and tragic love which is at once a vivid portrait of adolescence and a sophisticated meditation on the experience of haunting. This new edition provides a helpful introduction and notes alongside a range of informative contextual material which situates Oliphant's story in Victorian considerations of the supernatural, women’s health, psychology, and the profession of authorship.” — Nick Freeman, Loughborough University“Margaret Oliphant’s ‘The Library Window’ is one of the most important ghost stories of the late nineteenth century. … This new edition helps to contextualize the story with well-chosen extracts from contemporary texts on the psychology of the adolescent and the social role of the library. …” — Penny Fielding, University of EdinburghTable of Contents Introduction The Library Window In Context from Sir David Brewster, Letters on Natural Magic, Addressed to Sir Walter Scott (1832) from Margaret Oliphant, “Scotland and Her Accusers” (1861) from Margaret Oliphant, “The Sisters Brontë,” in Women Novelists of Queen Victoria’s Reign (1897) from J. E. [Jane Ellen] Panton, A Gentlewoman’s Home: the Whole Art of Building, Furnishing, and Beautifying the Home (1896) [on libraries] from E. J. [Edward John] Tilt, On the Preservation of the Health of Women at the Critical Periods of Life (1851) from G. Stanley Hall, Adolescence: Its Psychology and its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, Religion and Education, vol. 2 (1904) from Margaret Oliphant, The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. M. O. W. Oliphant (1899) Images of Late Victorian Scottish Street Scenes
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Random House USA Inc Myra Breckinridge
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Srishti Publishers & Distributors Animal Farm
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Broadview Press Ltd Mansfield Park
Book SynopsisMansfield Park is Austen's darkest, and most complex novel. In contrast to the confident and vivacious heroines of Emma and Pride and Prejudice, its central character, Fanny Price, is a shy and vulnerable poor relation who finds the courage to stand up for her principles and desires. Fanny comes to live at Mansfield Park, the home of the wealthy Bertram family, and of Fanny's aunt, Lady Bertram. Though the family impresses upon Fanny her inferior status, she finds a friend in Edmund, the younger brother.Mansfield Park explores important issues such as slavery (the source of the Bertrams' wealth), the oppressive nature of idealized femininity, and women's education. This edition sheds light on these and other issues through its insightful introduction and wide-ranging appendices of contemporary documents.Trade Review“Unlike Jane Austen's earlier novels, Mansfield Park is embedded within a specific historical moment, and the Introduction to this Broadview edition splendidly brings out the novel's engagement with a range of contemporary controversies, from female education to the slave trade and the proper use of wealth. The appendices, too, offer readers a generous range of material, expertly selected and introduced. They extend our insight into what Sturrock shows is Austen's most discomforting—as well as engrossing—text.” - John Wiltshire, LaTrobe University, Australia“An excellent edition. Sturrock's introduction provides a nuanced view of Mansfield Park as well as judicious treatment of the critical debates the novel has prompted in recent years. Her annotations are genuinely helpful, and the appendices thought-provoking. With a sharp eye for the most relevant passages, Sturrock has assembled late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century writings on issues such as slavery, female education, and private theatricals. These writings create fascinating vantage points from which to view Austen's novel, and they make clear how profound a response it was to contemporary cultural concerns.” - Deborah Kaplan, George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionJane Austen: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextMansfield ParkAppendix A: The Theatricals at Mansfield Park August von Kotzebue, from Lovers’ Vows Austen family correspondence, from The Austen Papers Erasmus Darwin, from A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools Thomas Gisborne, from “On Amusements in General” Appendix B: Religion Jane Austen’s prayers, from The Works of Jane Austen Hannah More, Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education William Wilberforce, from A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians Dr. John Gregory, from “Religion” Appendix C: Ideals of Femininity Henry Austen, from “Biographical Notice” of Jane Austen Thomas Gisborne, from “On the Importance of the Female Character” Dr. John Gregory, from “Conduct and Behaviour” Hannah More, from “The Benefits of Restraint” Appendix D: “The Improvement of the Estate” William Cowper, from The Garden Humphry Repton, from Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening Appendix E: The West Indian Connection A Permanent and Effectual Remedy Suggested for the Evils Under Which the British West Indies Now Labour Joseph Lowe, from An Inquiry into the State of the British West Indies Excerpt from Frank Austen’s notebook 1808, from Jane Austen’s Sailor Brothers Thomas Clarkson, from The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the AfricanSlave-Trade Hannah More, “The Sorrows of Yamba or the Negro Woman’s Lamentation” Appendix F: Women’s Education Thomas Gisborne, from “On Female Education” Thomas Gisborne, from “On Parental Duties” Hannah More, from “Comparison of the Mode of Female Education in the Last Age With That of the Present Age” Maria Edgeworth and Richard Lovell Edgeworth, from “Prudence and Economy” Mary Wollstonecraft, from “Introduction” to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Appendix G: Contemporary Reception of Mansfield Park Richard Whateley, from Quarterly Review, January 1821 Excerpt from “Opinions of Mansfield Park: collected and transcribed by Jane Austen” Excerpt from “Opinions of Emma: collected and transcribed by Jane Austen” Appendix H: Jane Austen’s Letters and Mansfield Park Letter from JA to Cassandra Austen. January 1813 Letter from JA to Francis Austen. July 1813 Letter from JA to Francis Austen. September 1813 Works Cited and Recommended Reading
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Arcturus Publishing Ltd The Turn of the Screw
Book SynopsisHow can I retrace today the strange steps of my obsession... The Turn of the Screw tells the tale of an unnamed governess who lives with her two charges in an isolated country house. After living for a while in blissful harmony, the governess begins to spy ghostly apparitions roaming the grounds. She becomes obsessed with these figures that only she can see, and strives to protect the children from their malevolent designs. But the situation soon begins to spiral out of control. This uneasy and sinister novella is a genius work of horror fiction, surrounding the terrors that emerge from everyday life.ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Silhouette Classics are high-quality hardback editions with contemporary cover-designs. Presented with dust jackets and beautiful colour end-papers, the titles in this series make wonderful gifts or collectibles for any classic literature lover.
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Broadview Press Ltd The War of the Worlds
Book SynopsisH. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, the first story to speculate about the consequences of aliens (from Mars) with superior technology landing on earth, is one of the most influential science fiction books ever written. The novel is both a thrilling narrative and an elaboration of Wells’s socio-political thought on the subjects of imperialism, humankind’s treatment of other animals, and unquestioning faith in military technology and the continuation of the human species.This edition’s appendices include other related writings by Wells; selected correspondence; contemporary reviews; excerpts from works that influenced the novel and from contemporary invasion narratives; and photographs of examples of Victorian military technology.Trade Review“Martin Danahay’s edition shows the extent to which The War of the Worlds draws on the biological and astronomical theories, political ideologies, and military technology of its time. Readers who want to appreciate this greatest of all alien narratives in its original Victorian context cannot do better than to consult this edition.” — Patrick Parrinder, University of Reading“One reads this edition with great pleasure. The novel is lightly and intelligently annotated, making concise sense of all the local allusions that make this remarkable fantasy so realistic. The appendices, which reprint portions of articles from the 1890s, suggest an intellectual context for the work and are often interesting in themselves, especially Percival Lowell’s meditation on how some form of life might develop on Mars. The pictures of the various guns, cannons, ships, and other machinery mentioned in the novel give a wonderful sense of the scale of the war.” — John Huntington, University of Illinois at ChicagoTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionH.G.Wells: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextThe War of the WorldsAppendix A: H.G. Wells on The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells, from Strand Magazine (1920) H.G. Wells, from “Preface to Volume III” (1924) Appendix B: Wells’s Publications Related to The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells, from “Zoological Retrogression” (1891) H.G. Wells, “On Extinction” (1893) H.G. Wells, from “The Advent of the Flying Man: An InevitableOccurrence” (1893) H.G. Wells, from “The Man of the Year Million” (1893) H.G. Wells, from “Another Basis for Life” (1894) H.G. Wells, “The Extinction of Man: Some SpeculativeSuggestions” (1894) H.G. Wells, from “The Stolen Bacillus” (1894) H.G. Wells, “Intelligence on Mars” (1896) H.G. Wells, “Through a Microscope” (1897) Appendix C: Extracts from Wells’s CorrespondenceAppendix D: Reviews of The War of the Worlds John St. Loe Strachey, from Spectator (29 January 1898) Academy (29 January 1898) R.A. Gregory, from Nature (10 February 1898) Basil Williams, from Athenaeum (5 February 1898) Appendix E: Influences on Wells Winwood Reade, from The Martyrdom of Man (1872, 1875) T.H. Huxley, from Evolution and Ethics (1893) H.G.Wells, from “Huxley” (1901) Appendix F: Invasion Narratives William Le Queux, from The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) “Grip” (pseudonym), from How John Bull Lost London (1882) Appendix G: Mars in 1898 Nature (2 August 1894) Percival Lowell, from Mars (1895) Appendix H: Woking and Surrey A.R. Hope Moncrieff, from Black’s Guide to Surrey (1898) Eric Parker, from Highways and Byways in Surrey (1908) Appendix I: The Victorian Military, 1890s Field Artillery Gunners of Field Artillery High-Angle Firing Machine Gun Detachment Heliograph Operators 1st Dragoons H.M.S.Thunderer H.M.S. Ramilles Selected Bibliography
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Simon & Schuster Catch22
Book SynopsisThis fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller's masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Now a Hulu limited series starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh Laurie.Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniestand most celebratedbooks of all time. In recent years it has been named to best novels lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer. Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemyit is his own
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Simon & Schuster Catch22
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La montaña mágica / The Magic Mountain
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Pushkin Press Petersburg
Book SynopsisAfter enlisting in a revolutionary terrorist organization, the university student Nikolai Apollonovich Ableukhov is entrusted with a highly dangerous mission: to plant a bomb and assassinate a major government figure. But the real central character of the novel is the city of Petersburg at the beginning of the twentieth century, caught in the grip of political agitation and social unrest. Intertwining the worlds of history and myth, and parading a cast of unforgettable characters, Petersburg is a story of apocalypse and redemption played out through family dysfunction, conspiracy and murder.Trade ReviewThe most important, most influential, and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century The New York Times Book Review This modernist novel, rightly regarded as one of the pinnacles of twentieth-century Russian literature, presents great challenges to the translator. With unswerving loyalty to the original, Elsworth has succeeded in capturing its idiosyncratic rhythms and elusive layers of meaning, producing a masterful translation that reads like a work of art in its own right 2012 Rossica Prize Judging Panel One of the four most important works of twentieth century literature -- Vladimir Nabokov
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Penguin Putnam Inc Children of Dune
Book SynopsisBook Three in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles?the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All TimeThe Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad?Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities?making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides.Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia?s rule is not absolute. The displaced House Corrino is plotting to regain the throne while the fanatical Fremen are being provoked into open revolt by the enigmatic figure known only as The Preacher. Alia believes that by obtaining the secrets of the twins? prophetic visions, she can maintain control over her dynasty.But Leto and Ghanima have their own plans for their visions?and their destinies....
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Dedalus Ltd Tearaway
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Classical Comics Sweeney Todd the Graphic Novel Original Text: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
This is the classic novel that brought to life in full colour! From his barber shop in Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd murders selected customers to steal their money and valuables. Some suspect he is up to no good, but no one knows how he actually kills his victims. How does he dispose of the bodies? And what is his connection with Mrs. Lovett who runs a popular pie shop nearby? Will Colonel Jeffery discover what happened to his friend Thornhill after he visited Todd for a shave? And will the heartbroken Johanna Oakley ever find out what happened to her beloved Mark Ingestrie? Perhaps Todd's shop boy Tobias Ragg will uncover the barber's dark secrets - "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is a tale that has become part of London folklore. Adapted from the original serialised story "The String of Pearls", published in weekly instalments in "The People's Periodical" from November 1846 to March 1847, this graphic novel breathes new life into the legendary barber who "polished 'em off".
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The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd Around the World in 80 Days: Abridged and Retold,
Book SynopsisFeaturing the world-famous characters Phileas Fogg and Passepartout, Around the World in Eighty Days is the exciting, fun story of Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman, who makes a fantastic trip as a bet. His adventures, with his French manservant Passepartout, by railway, steamship and elephant, see him travel around the world pursued relentlessly by a detective who mistakes him for a notorious criminal. This edition is retold by John Kennett, and contains the key elements of the story using the author's language. Whether you are a student, or an English language learner, or just looking for something great to read in English, the Word Power English Readers are a series of novels with retold text that captures the best and key elements of the novels they are based on. They come with a free audio CD, character notes, a biography of the author, details about the time in which the book was written, and a glossary of the less familiar words in each book. The level of the Readers is B2 and they are suitable for age 10+ because of the content of the novels.Table of ContentsContents; Introduction; Summary of plot; Characters; List of characters; explanation of the time the novel was written in; the novel; Glossary.
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Valancourt Books The Demon of Sicily: A Romance (200th Anniversary Edition)
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd The Aeneid
Book SynopsisThe 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. This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future greatness. The tension between the public voice of celebration and the tragic private voice is given full expression both in the doomed love of Dido and Aeneas, and in the fateful clash between the Trojan leader and the Italian hero, Turnus. Hailed by T.S. Eliot as 'the classic of all Europe', Virgil's Aeneid has enjoyed a unique and enduring influence on European literature, art and politics for the past two thousand years.
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Scribner Book Company For Whom the Bell Tolls
Book SynopsisIntroduced by Hemingway’s grandson Seán Hemingway, this newly annotated edition and literary masterpiece about an American in the Spanish Civil War features early drafts and supplementary material—including three previously uncollected short stories on war by one the greatest writers on the subject in history.In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from “the good fight,” and one of the foremost classics of war literature in history. Published in 1940, For Whom the Bell Tolls tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. Robert Jordan is a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain. In his portrayal of Jordan’s love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of El Sordo’s last stand,
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Carcanet Press Ltd Crime of Father Amaro
Book SynopsisThe explosive and highly controversial new film of The Crime of Father Amaro is set in Mexico, in a material and religious culture of this century not unlike the provincial Portugal where, as a young man, de Queiros was despatched to train for the consular service. The Crime of Father Amaro is set in Leiria, a provincial cathedral city, in which the hypocrisies of churchmen were not far to seek. Father Amaro, a young man like himself, with a priestly rather than a diplomatic vocation, falls into a relationship with a woman, and their tragic story unfolds with a harsh relentlessness. The situation of women, tightly swaddled in conformities yet fevered in their illusions of romance, much troubled the young author in this and later books
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The New York Review of Books, Inc Chéri and The End of Chéri
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Culturea Los Problemas de la Filosofía
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Books on Demand Mr. & Mrs. Rodríguez - Geklaut, verlobt,
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Sirius Entertainment Gothic Horror Short Stories
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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Pedro Páramo
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Simon & Schuster The Lathe of Heaven
Book SynopsisWith a new introduction by Kelly Link, the Locus Award-winning science fiction novel by legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin, set in a world where one man’s dreams rewrite the future.During a time racked by war and environmental catastrophe, George Orr discovers his dreams alter reality. George is compelled to receive treatment from Dr. William Haber, an ambitious sleep psychiatrist who quickly grasps the immense power George holds. After becoming adept at manipulating George’s dreams to reshape the world, Haber seeks the same power for himself. George—with some surprising help—must resist Haber’s attempts, which threaten to destroy reality itself.A classic of the science fiction genre, The Lathe of Heaven is prescient in its exploration of the moral risks when overwhelming power is coupled with techno-utopianism.
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Broadview Press Ltd The Noble Slaves
Book SynopsisThis is the first ever critical edition of Penelope Aubin’s The Noble Slaves, a novel that shows women as both moral exemplars and independent adventurers in foreign lands. Its tales of seduction, imprisonment, and escape engage with contemporary debates about arbitrary authority and slavery—particularly in relation to the lives of women. In one brief and fast-paced novel, Aubin brings together the aristocratic romance and the world of trade with the themes of empire and colonialism. Sometimes assessed as a pious conservative or a popular sensationalist, Aubin used fiction as a vehicle for addressing the deepest moral and political concerns of her time, and The Noble Slaves will allow new readers to understand her importance to the history of the novel.The appendices to this Broadview Edition include contemporary fiction and historical documents on slavery, piracy, and Orientalism. Trade ReviewThis new edition of The Noble Slaves is very welcome to those of us who teach eighteenth-century fiction, as it makes it possible to offer a richer view of the early development of novels in the period. Penelope Aubin was one of the three most productive novelists of the 1720s, and this edition of her most reprinted novel will help us give students a fuller picture of that crucial decade in the history of the novel. Students will find the annotations helpful in guiding the through the text, and the introduction and appendices provide important context, both piratical and political, for Aubin's work." - Marta Kvande, Texas Tech UniversityTable of ContentsAppendix A: Slavery 1. London Journal, Saturday, December 9th, 1721 reports the parading of captives released from Morocco 2. Anon., from A Description of the Nature of Slavery among the Moors, and the Cruel Sufferings of those that Fall into it (1721) 3. Daniel Defoe, from A Review of the State of the English Nation, No. 127, Saturday, January 28th, 1710 4. [Daniel Defoe], from Reformation of Manners, A Satyr (1702) 5. [Daniel Defoe], from The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton (1720) 6. Anon., Excerpt from An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex (1696) 7. Mary Astell, from the Preface to Some Reflections Upon Marriage, third edition (1706) 8. [Cato], Excerpt from the London Journal, no. CXXX, Saturday, January 20th, 1722 9. [Cato], Excerpt from A Discourse of Standing Armies (1722) 10. William Stephens, Excerpt from A Second Deliverance from Popery and Slavery. As it was set forth in a Sermon in the Parish Church of Sutton in Surrey, Sept. 19. 1714. Being the First Sunday after His Majesty’s Landing (1714) Appendix B: Orientalism 1. Sir Paul Rycaut, Excerpt from The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire (1666) 2. [Cato], Excerpt from the London Journal, No. XC, Saturday, April 15, 1721 3. Delarivier Manley, Excerpt from Almyna: or, The Arabian Vow. A Tragedy (first performed 1706, 3. published 1707) 4. Mary Pix, Excerpt from Ibrahim, the Thirteenth Emperour of the Turks: A Tragedy (1696) Appendix C: Piracy 1. David Aubin, Excerpt from Letter to Abraham and Henry Aubin, June 3, 1720 2. Penelope Aubin, Deposition of Penelope Aubin to the Board of Trade, 20 January 1709 3. [Daniel Defoe], Excerpt from The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1719) 4. [Captain Charles Johnson], Excerpt from A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates (1724) Appendix D: Romance and Translation1. Penelope Aubin, Excerpts from The Illustrious French Lovers, 2v. (1726)
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New Directions Publishing Corporation The Complete Works of Álvaro de Campos
Book SynopsisA companion volume to Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet and The Complete Works of Alberto CaeiroTrade Review"As searing as Rilke or Mandelstam." -- The New York Times"Pessoa's amazing personality is as beguiling and mysterious as his unique poetic output." -- William Boyd"Arguably, the four greatest poets in the Portuguese language were all Pessoa using different names." -- NPR
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Hogarth Our Share of Night
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Lucian: Three Menippean Fantasies
Book SynopsisA handful of fragments is all that remains of the writings of Menippus, the third-century BCE provocateur of the Greek Cynic movement. The Western literary tradition knows him through Lucian, the Greek satirist who lived and worked four hundred years later. Included in this book are Joel Relihan’s lively English translations of Lucian’s three reanimations of Menippus—fantastic narratives and comic dialogues set in heaven and hell: Menippus; or, The Consultation of the Corpses Icaromenippus; or, A Man above the Clouds The Colloquies of the Corpses (Dialogues of the Dead) For the first time in over fifty years, these works are assembled in a unified format to tell a particular story: Lucian’s evolving understanding of the philosophical and literary potential of the person, productions, and purposes of Menippus. Not only is it time to give Lucian’s Menippus a fresh look and a thorough reevaluation, but also to consider how Lucian’s imitations and innovations adumbrate, illuminate, and complicate the history of that enigmatic genre, Menippean satire.Trade Review“Professor Relihan’s translations of Lucian’s Menippus works are the best I know of in English. The notes, Introduction, and Afterword are models of concision and clarity. This volume will be enormously useful to anyone interested in Lucian, Menippus, or ‘Menippean satire’.” —R. Bracht Branham, Emory University
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Penguin Books Ltd The Happy Reader 17
Book SynopsisFor avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained.The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles.
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