From Austen to Zola, from medieval to the modern day - all genres are catered for between the covers of these coveted classics.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Three Musketeers
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£8.70
Penguin Putnam Inc The Wind In The Willows
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£13.72
Penguin Putnam Inc A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Signet
Book SynopsisA masterpiece of modern fiction, James Joyce’s semiautobiographical first novel follows Stephen Dedalus, a sensitive and creative youth who rebels against his family, his education, and his country by committing himself to the artist’s life. “I will not serve,” vows Dedalus, “that in which I no longer believe…and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can.” Likening himself to God, Dedalus notes that the artist “remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.” Joyce’s rendering of the impressions of childhood broke ground in the use of language. “He took on the almost infinite English language,” Jorge Luis Borges said once. “He wrote in a language invented by himself....Joyce brought a new music to English.” A bold literary experiment, this classic has had a huge and lasting influence on the contemporary novel. With an Introduction by Langdon HammerTrade Review“Joyce’s work is not about the thing—it is the thing itself.”—Samuel Beckett“Admirable.”—Jorge Luis Borges
£7.45
Penguin Putnam Inc This Side Of Paradise
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£6.60
Penguin Putnam Inc Dubliners
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£5.95
Penguin Putnam Inc Silas Mariner
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£5.96
Penguin Putnam Inc Uncle Toms Cabin
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£5.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Emma
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£7.33
Penguin Putnam Inc Persuasion
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£6.60
Penguin Putnam Inc Jane Eyre
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£5.99
Penguin Putnam Inc The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
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£5.95
Penguin Putnam Inc Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
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£5.95
Penguin Putnam Inc Hard Times
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£5.95
Penguin Putnam Inc Sense And Sensibility
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£6.95
Penguin Putnam Inc Mansfield Park
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£7.33
Penguin Putnam Inc Gullivers Travels
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£5.95
Penguin Putnam Inc Great Expectations
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£6.95
Penguin Putnam Inc The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories Signet
Book SynopsisThe Call of the Wild is Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Harrison Ford!Out of the white wilderness, out of the Far North, Jack London, one of America’s most popular authors, drew the inspiration for his robust tales of perilous adventure and animal cunning. Swiftly paced and vividly written, the novel and five short stories included here capture the main theme of London’s work: the law of the club and the fang—man’s instinctive reversion to primitive behavior when pitted against the brute force of nature. Includes The Call of the Wild, Diable: A Dog, An Odyssey of the North, To the Man on the Trail, To Build a Fire, and Love of Life
£6.45
Penguin Publishing Group Ivanhoe
Book SynopsisDuring the Crusades, Wilifrid, a young Saxon knight, embarks on a series of adventures to prove himself worthy of the princess Rowena, fighting the Normans and the Templars?and allied with such figures as Robin Hood and Richard the Lionheart.
£7.04
Penguin Putnam Inc The Hunchback of Notre Dame Signet Classics
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£7.36
Penguin Putnam Inc The House of the Seven Gables
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£5.95
Penguin Putnam Inc 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
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£5.95
Penguin Publishing Group The Decameron Signet Classics Paperback
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£8.95
Penguin Putnam Inc Far From the Madding Crowd
Book SynopsisGabriel Oaks observes Bathsheba Everdene, the young mistress of Weatherbury Farm, fall victim to bad decisions and romantic impulses, unaware of the stroke of fate that will finally bring about their union.
£6.95
Penguin Putnam Inc The Phantom of the Opera
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£6.97
Penguin Putnam Inc Bleak House
Book SynopsisIn the fog of London, lawyers enrich themselves with endless litigation over a dwindling inheritance. A sterling example of Dickens''s genius for character, dramatic construction, and social satire, this novel was hailed by Edmund Wilson as a masterpiece.
£8.50
Penguin Publishing Group The Song of Roland
Book SynopsisOne of the crowning achievements of medieval literature, The Song of Roland tells the story of the battle of Roncesvals in 778 and enters into the very soul of a gallant, brutal, and tumultuous age.At the center of this heroic epic is Roland, the supreme embodiment of the chivalric ideal who leads his men into combat and fights valiantly to the death. But Roland is just one of the superbly defined figures in the panoramic drama. The poem’s vivid portrayals of Ganelon’s treason, Roland’s last stand, Charlemagne’s campaign of vengeance, and the final act of retribution are justly famous. Equally fascinating is the sophisticated use of repetition and juxtaposition that gives this work its remarkable organic unity and time-defying dimension of vision. As Robert Harrison, the translator of this acclaimed edition, explains, “The carefully balanced structure of The Song of Roland is designed like a folding mirror to reflect the battle between Good and Evil at all levels of meaning.” Quite possibly the oldest and surely the greatest chanson de geste, The Song of Roland is a sophisticated and enduring work that remains a masterpiece to this day.Translated and with an Introduction by Robert HarrisonAnd an Afterword by Guy Gavriel Kay
£8.50
Penguin Putnam Inc Alices Adventures in Wonderland Through the
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£6.18
Penguin Putnam Inc Andersens Fairy Tales Signet Classics
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£6.95
Penguin Putnam Inc Little Women
Book SynopsisLouisa May Alcott shares the innocence of girlhood in this classic coming of age story about four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy are responsible for keeping a home while their father is off to war. At the same time, they must come to terms with their individual personalities—and make the transition from girlhood to womanhood. It can all be quite a challenge. But the March sisters, however different, are nurtured by their wise and beloved Marmee, bound by their love for each other and the feminine strength they share. Readers of all ages have fallen instantly in love with these Little Women. Their story transcends time—making this novel endure as a classic piece of American literature that has captivated generations of readers with their charm, innocence, and wistful insights.This Signet Classics edition contains Little WomTrade Review.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of
Book SynopsisTwo of Mark Twain's great American novels—together in one volume.THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYERTake a lighthearted, nostalgic trip to a simpler time, seen through the eyes of a very special boy named Tom Sawyer. It is a dreamlike summertime world of hooky and adventure, pranks and punishment, villains and first love, filled with memorable characters. Adults and young readers alike continue to enjoy this delightful classic of the promise and dreams of youth from one of America’s most beloved authors. ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINNHe has no mother, his father is a brutal drunkard, and he sleeps in a barrel. He’s Huck Finn—liar, sometime thief, and rebel against respectability. But when Huck meets a runaway slave named Jim, his life changes forever. On their exciting flight down the Mississippi aboard a raft, the boy nobody wanted matures into a young man of courage and conviction. As Ernest Hemingway said of
£8.33
Penguin Putnam Inc Journey to the Center of the Earth
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£5.95
Penguin Putnam Inc The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories
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£6.95
Penguin Putnam Inc The Best of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Collection
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£6.94
Penguin Putnam Inc Little men
Book SynopsisAt Plumfield, an experimental school for boys, the little scholars can do very much as they please, even slide down banisters. For this is what writer Jo Bhaer, once Jo March of Little Women, always wanted: a house “swarming with boys…in all stages of…effervescence.” At the end of Little Women, Jo inherited the Plumfield estate from her diamond-in-the-rough Aunt March. Now she and her husband, Professor Bhaer, provide their irrepressible charges with a very different sort of education—and much love. In fact, Jo confesses, she hardly knows “which I like best, writing or boys.” Here is the story of the ragged orphan Nat, spoiled Stuffy, wild Dan, and all the other lively inhabitants of Plumfield, whose adventures have captivated generations of readers.Trade Review“A natural source of stories...she is, and is to be, the poet of children.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson “The novelist of children…the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom.”—Henry James“The best boys—in the literary sense—that we have ever come across.”—London Spectator
£10.41
Penguin Putnam Inc Frankenstein
Book SynopsisMore than 200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece—a classic work of horror that blurs the line between man and monster.“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear.”For centuries, the story of Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created has held readers spellbound. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting dread. On a more profound level, it illuminates the triumph and tragedy of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a creature tortured by the solitude of a world in which he does not belong. A novel of almost hallucinatory intensity, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. With an Introduction by Douglas Clegg And an Afterword by Harold Bloom
£6.96
Penguin Publishing Group MobyDick Signet Classics
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£6.99
LUP - University of Michigan Press The Heavenly Twins
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£31.30
Thames & Hudson Ltd A Humument
Book SynopsisThe final edition of the late Tom Phillips's defining masterpiece of postmodernism'. In 1966 the artist Tom Phillips discovered A Human Document (1892), an obscure Victorian romance by W.H. Mallock, and set himself the task of altering every page, by painting, collage or cut-up techniques, to create an entirely new version. Some of Mallock's original text remains intact and through the illustrated pages the character of Bill Toge, Phillips's anti-hero, and his romantic plight emerges. First published in 1973, A Humument as Phillips titled his altered book quickly established itself as a cult classic. From that point, the artist worked towards a complete revision of his original, adding new pages in successive editions. That process is now finished. This final edition presents an entirely new and complete version of A Humument. It includes a revised Introduction by the late artist, in which he reflects on the 50-year project, and 92 new illustrated pages.Trade Review'Simply astounding ... and addictive' - Stephen Fry'One of the most original, fascinating and lovely books of all time' - Brian Eno'The closest thing a book has come to being an art object' - The New York Times'Sly, humorous, erotic and endlessly fascinating' - Edward Lucie-Smith, Sunday Times'A teeming world of humour, sex, sadness and art' - London Review of Books'Turns a forgotten work into a thing of rare beauty' - Bernard Levin, Sunday Times'Intricate, philosophical, romantic ... and often funny' - Michael Kustow, Guardian'One of the freshest and most original pieces of art literary work you are likely to see' - The Spectator
£13.46
University of California Press Dance of the Tiger
Book SynopsisA novel that illuminates the lives of the humans who left us magnificent paintings in the caves of France and Spain.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Stephen Jay GouldA Challenge to the ReaderPART ONE: VEYDEPART TWO: SHELKPART THREE: TIGERAuthor's Note
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Cambridge University Press F. Scott Fitzgerald Trimalchio
Book SynopsisThis first edition ever published of Trimalchio, an early and complete version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby now appears in paperback. Fitzgerald originally submitted the novel as Trimalchio, and virtually rewrote it at galley-proof stage, producing the book we know as The Great Gatsby.Trade Review"The Cambridge edition of Trimalchio is for scholars and Fitzgerald fanatics...Trimalchio has shown me a new way to love Gatsby. I'm compelled into a vast aesthetic contemplation: I dream of The Great Gatsby as it might have been, greater still-" Adam Begley, New York Observer"...the principle reason to read Trimalchio is to observe a masterpiece taking form through the process of revision. Even those not easily caught up in textual detective stories may take an interest in puzzling out the effect of the changes..." Scott Donaldson, Star Tribune"West provides a meticulous and comprehensive critical apparatus...this fine edition will be of significant interest to Fitzgerald scholars and students." Choice"West provides a meticulous and comprehensive critical apparatus...this fine edition will be of significant interest to Fitzgerald scholars and students." Choice"...I enjoyed every second of Trimalchio...had it been published as the legitimate text it would probably still be considered a masterpiece." Christopher Fischbach, Rain Taxi"Treat yourself to a copy...This new version is an earlier draft of Fitzgerald's novel, and it seems even better than the one finally published." Press Democrat"Fitzgerald enthusiasts are advised to acquire a copy immediately." The Times"Raw and edgy, Fitzgerald's prose practically dances across the page. For all of its subtle, flawed deviations from the finished work, the book possesses a charm that Fitzgerald never realized so completely again." Missouri ReviewTable of ContentsChronology of composition and publication; Introduction: 1. History of the text; 2. Editorial principles; Trimalchio; Record of variants; Explanatory notes; Illustrations; Appendix 1. Perkins' letters of criticism; Appendix 2. Note on Trimalchio; Appendix 3. Note on eyeskip.
£24.45
Vintage Espanol Cien años de soledad 50 Aniversario One Hundred
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£23.80
Vintage Espanol Pedro Páramo Spanish Edition
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£12.75
Vintage Espanol Cuentos Completos Complete Short Stories Jorge
Book Synopsis“He intentado, no sé con qué fortuna, la redacción de cuentos directos. No me atrevo a afirmar que son sencillos; no hay en la tierra una sola página, una sola palabra, que lo sea, ya que todas postulan el universo, cuyo más notorio atributo es la complejidad”. Este volumen reúne todos los cuentos de Borges, uno de los legados más influyentes y deslumbrantes de la literatura occidental. El universo borgiano, con sus espejos, laberintos, tigres, bibliotecas, gauchos o máscaras, es ya uno de los paisajes fundamentales del siglo XX. En este libro, el verdadero libro de libros, se encuentran obras maestras como “El jardín de los senderos que se bifurcan”, “Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote”, “Funes el memorioso”, “El Sur”, “El Aleph” o “Ulrica”. Leer estos cuentos supone releer la historia de la humanidad y emprender
£17.85
Random House USA Inc Russian Stories
Book SynopsisTwo centuries of short stories by twenty-five titans of Russian literature, from Pushkin and Gogol to Tatyana Tolstaya and Svetlana Alexievich--in the beautifully jacketed Pocket Classics series.Russian Stories rounds up marvelous short stories by all the Russian heavyweights, including Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Chekhov, Bulgakov, and Nabokov, and continuing up to contemporary writers such as Tatyana Tolstaya and the recent Nobel Prize-winner Svetlana Alexievich. There is no similar one-volume collection of the best of the Russian greats in English, and especially none that include as many women as this one does, including a story by the recently rediscovered Teffi, who was widely hailed a century ago in Russia as the female Chekhov. From the fate-changing storms that sweep through Alexander Pushkin's The Blizzard and Leo Tolstoy's The Snow Storm to the political whirlwind of perestroika that shapes Vladimir Sorokin's 1985 story Start of the Season to the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union as experienced by ordinary people in Alexievich's Landscape of Loneliness, these riveting stories chronicle not only the particular dramas and upheavals of the Russian people, but also the tribulations and triumphs of the human spirit.
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Random House USA Inc Prague Stories
Book SynopsisA gorgeously jacketed hardcover anthology of stories set in Prague, by an international array of brilliant writers.The Golden City of Prague has long been an intellectual center of the western world. The writers collected here range from the early nineteenth century to the present and include both Prague natives and visitors from elsewhere. Here are stories, legends, and scenes from the city’s past and present, from the Jewish fable of the golem, a creature conjured from clay, to tales of German and Soviet invasions. The international array of writers ranges from Franz Kafka to Ivan Klíma to Bruce Chatwin, and includes the award-winning British playwright Tom Stoppard and former American Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, both of whom have Czech roots. Covering the city’s venerable Jewish heritage, the glamour of the belle-époque period, World War II, Communist rule, the Prague Spring, the Velvet Revolution, and beyond, Prague Stor
£16.15
William Morrow & Company The Lord of the Rings
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£29.75
Mariner Books Classics Difficult Loves
Book SynopsisA “wondrous work from the early career of one of the world's greatest writers” (Kirkus Reviews), masterfully translated from Italian into English by Ann Goldstein Intricate interior lives are brilliantly explored in these short stories, now presented in one definitive collection as the author intended them. In Difficult Loves, Italy's master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions and illusions of loveincluding self-loveare swept away in magical instants of recognition. A soldier is reduced to quivering fear by the presence of a full-figured woman in his train compartment; a young clerk leaves a lady's bed at dawn; a young woman is isolated from bathers on a beach by the loss of her bikini bottom. Each of them discovers hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life. This edition also include two stories translated into English for the first time, translated by Ann Goldstein (The Neopolitan Quartet, Elena Ferrante).
£15.19
