The Castle Of Otranto by Horace Walpole
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Category: Classics
With this title, Walpole established the Gothic as a literary form in England. It was first published as a scholarly translation from an ancient Italian text, a supernatural tale of a fatal prophecy set in the time of the crusades and one which inspired terror in its early readers.
Black Beauty (Usborne Illustrated Originals) by Anna Sewell
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Category: Classics | Series: Illustrated Originals Ser.
This classic story is narrated by a well-bred horse named Black Beauty. Follow her as she tells the tale of her life from a pleasant meadow in the English countryside to the dark streets of Victorian London, as she passes from owner to owner and experiences both cruelty and kindness. Beautifully illustr ...Show more
Moby Dick (Collins Classics) by Herman Melville
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee...' Few literary masterpieces cast quite ...Show more
The Apple in the Dark by Clarice Lispector
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Category: Classics
Described by Clarice Lispector as 'the best one', this intoxicating portrayal of a man searching for his destiny is her mystical, enigmatic masterpiece 'All I've got is hunger. And that instable way of grasping an apple in the dark-without letting it fall' Martim, believing that he has committed a murde ...Show more
Being Happy
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'It is impossible to live the pleasant life without also living sensibly, nobly and justly' The ancient Greek philosopher and teacher Epicurus argued that pleasure - not sensual hedonism, but the absence of pain or fear - is the highest goal of life. His hugely influential lessons on happiness are a cal ...Show more
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition) by CARROLL, LEWIS
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Category: Classics | Series: Barnes and Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection
Scurry down the rabbit hole and step through the looking glass with this luxurious compilation of works from Lewis Carroll. Don't be late--it's a very important date Witty, whimsical, and often nonsensical, the fiction of Lewis Carroll has been popular with both children and adults for over 150 year ...Show more
The Chandelier by Clarice Lispector
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The Chandelier, written when Lispector was only twenty-three, reveals a very different author from the college student whose debut novel, Near to the Wild Heart, announced the landfall of "Hurricane Clarice."Virginia and her cruel, beautiful brother, Daniel, grow up in a decaying country mansion. They l ...Show more
break your glass slippers by Amanda Lovelace, ladybookmad
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Category: Classics | Series: You Are Your Own Fairy Tale Ser.
"more forgetting time.more midnight dances with yourself." amanda lovelace, the bestselling & award-winning author of the "women are some kind of magic" poetry series, presents a new companion series, "you are your own fairy tale" the first installment, break your glass slippers, is about overco ...Show more
Jane Eyre (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte Brontë
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for the mysterious Mr Rochester, the ...Show more
Beloved by Toni Morrison
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Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics
Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but 18 years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is not only haunted by the memories of her past but also by the ghost of ...Show more
Hard Times (Popular Penguins) by Charles Dickens
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins
Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young adult minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of ...Show more
Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Edgar Allen Poe
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ...Show more