The Little Book of Mark Twain: Wit and wisdom from the great American writer by Unnamed
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Category: Classics | Series: The\Little Books of Literature Ser.
Plenty of his classic phrases grace the pages of The Little Book of Mark Twain, alongside numerous extracts from his writings, as well as comment and criticism from his contemporaries, fans and followers. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name of Mark Twain, is one of the most famous wri ...Show more
The Bacchae And Other Plays by Euripides
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. "Phoenician Women" portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their mother's doomed attempts at reconciliation, whi ...Show more
The Invisible Man by H G Wells, H. G. Wells
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
H. G. Wells skilfully combines tension, wit and terror in The Invisible Man, a masterpiece of science fiction. Complete & Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books ma ...Show more
The Analects by Confucius
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Formed in a time of great unrest in ancient China, <i>The Analects</i> is vital to an understanding of Chinese history and thought, and, 2,500 years on, it remains startlingly relevant to contemporary life. Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunn ...Show more
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A formally innovative work of modernist fiction, Virginia Woolf's "The Waves" is edited with an introduction by Kate Flint in "Penguin Modern Classics". More than any of Virginia Woolf's other novels, "The Waves" conveys the full complexity and richness of human experience. Tracing the lives of a group ...Show more
Cosmicomics (Little Clothbound Classics) by Italo Calvino
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Category: Classics
Introducing Little Clothbound Penguin Classics - irresistible, mini editions of short works by the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Twelve enchanting and fantastical stories about the evolution of the universe from the giant of Italian literature, Italo Cal ...Show more
Mrs Dalloway (Vintage Deco) by Virginia Woolf
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Category: Classics
VINTAGE DECO- Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on. 'The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames'In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of a party she is to give that evening. ...Show more
The Imitation of the Rose by Clarice Lispector
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Category: Classics
Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Thirteen short tales from one of the most blistering and innovative writers of the twentieth century. The small inciden ...Show more
Homage to Catalonia (Collins Classics) by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. I sometimes fear we shall never wake till we are jerked out of it by the roar of bombs In 1936, George Orwell volunteered as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. In Homage to Catalonia, first published just before ...Show more
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater - And Other Stories by Thomas De Quincey
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the "Penguin Classics" edition of Thomas De Quincey's "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" is edited with an introduction by Barry Milligan. "Confessions" is a remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of worshipp ...Show more
Poetry of Emily Dickinson (Word Cloud Classics) by Emily Dickinson
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Category: Classics | Series: Word Cloud Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
"This is my letter to the world . . ." -- Emily Dickinson The Poetry of Emily Dickinson is a collection of pieces by 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, who insisted that her life of isolation gave her an introspective and deep connection with the world. As a result, her work parallels her life- ...Show more
The Prophet (Hero Classics) by Kahlil Gibran
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Category: Classics | Series: Hero Classics Ser.
Exquisitely produced with a traditional Chinese binding, this edition of The Prophet will be cherished by all fans of Gibran's spiritual and wise guide to life.Love, marriage, children, work, joy, sorrow, friendship, freedom, pain, passion: those are just some of the topics Kahlil Gibran ponders in hi ...Show more