Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
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Category: Classics
This unusual fictional account, in good part autobiographical, narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. In the tales of both cities we learn some sobering Orwellian truths about poverty and society.
In Our Time: Stories by ERNEST HEMINGWAY
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Hemingway made his North American literary debut in 1925 with In Our Time, his first collection of short stories and vignettes. Widely praised at the time for what later would be considered the author's hallmark style--uncomplicated, precise language with an eye for realism--the stories' themes of alien ...Show more
Robinson Crusoe (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Daniel Defoe
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Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
Widely regarded as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is one of the most popular and influential adventure stories of all time. This classic tale of shipwreck and survival on an uninhabited island was an instant success when first published in 1719, and it has inspired countless imi ...Show more
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Baroness Orczy
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Category: Classics
A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. During the height of the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, the Scarlet Pimpern ...Show more
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: Popular Penguins by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins
This brutal glimpse of Russia under Stalin shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, the ingenious possibilities of a nail, a piece of string or a single match in a time where survival is all. Enter a ...Show more
A Treasury of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition)
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Category: Classics | Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection
These lrish tales all are reprinted from nineteenth-century sources, but they date back to a centuries-old oral tradition of storytelling that had yet to be committed to the printed page. They were passed down through the ages virtually unaltered and feature a wide variety of fantastic beings. This edit ...Show more
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
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Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
North and South By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell North and South is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in book form in 1855 originally appeared as a twenty-two-part weekly serial from September 1854 through January 1855 in the magazine Household Words, edited by Charles Dickens. The title indica ...Show more
Lady with the Dog and Other Love Stories by ANTON CHEKHOV
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Category: Classics
A master playwright and short story writer, Anton Chekhov is revered for his ability to examine the social forces in his characters' lives. His virtuosity with the written word is on full display in this collection of his best stories that explore the euphoria and despair inherent in the process of fall ...Show more
THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR by Alan Seymour
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Category: Classics
Undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite plays, The One Day of the Year explores the universal theme of fatherson conflict against the background of the beery haze and the heady, nostalgic sentimentality of Anzac Day. It is a play to make us question a standard institution - Anzac Day, the sacred cow am ...Show more
TL;DR Shakespeare - Dynamically Illustrated Plot and Character Summaries for 12 of Shakespeare's Greatest Plays by SparkNotes
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Category: Classics | Series: Too Long; Didn't Read Ser.
This refresher reference volume features concise character and plot summaries for 12 of Shakespeare's best-known plays, drawn from the SparkNotes website and illustrated with colorful infographics. Each of the 12 chapters in this volume runs 6 to 8 pages of text taken from the SparkNotes website, and is ...Show more
The Symposium by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge t ...Show more
Arsene Lupin vs. Sherlock Holmes by MAURICE LEBLANC
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Mystery Classics Ser.
Gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin conspires to match wits with the great Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes in Maurice Leblanc's second collection of short stories. Brilliantly capturing each character's extraordinary skills, Leblanc offers readers an array of entertaining adventures. The eigh ...Show more