Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Book Club Edition Ser.
'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.' Drunken Mr Jones of Manor Farm has neglected his livestock for too long. In a burst of insurgent fervour they rise up and he is deposed, with the pigs taking charge of the newly named Animal Farm. Everything runs smoothly, productivi ...Show more
Carmilla: The cult classic that inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu
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Category: Classics
A beautiful gift edition of this cult classic female vampire story, which predated and greatly influenced Dracula. "I have been in love with no one, and never shall," she whispered, "unless it should be with you." A lonely castle, deep in the Styrian forest - here Laura leads a solitary life, with onl ...Show more
Wuthering Heights (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Emily Bronte, Emily Brontë
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte Perhaps the most haunting and tragic love story ever written, Wuthering Heights is the tale of Heathcliff, a brooding, troubled orphan, and his doomed love for Catherine Earnshaw. His desire for her leads him to madness, however, when Catherine is made to marry a wealth ...Show more
The Rescue by Joseph Conrad
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
In Search of Lost Time: The Way by Swann's by Marcel Proust
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics | Reading Level: good
One of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time Vol. 1: The Way by Swann's is published in a new translation from the French by Lydia Davis in Penguin Classics.The Way by Swann's is one of the great novels of childhood, depicting the imp ...Show more
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, aged 29, beautiful, impoverished and in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite, and to support her expensive habits - her clothes, her charities and her gambling. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vuln ...Show more
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius; trans. Gregory Hays
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics | Reading Level: very good
A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcus's insights and advice - on everything from living in the world to ...Show more
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics | Reading Level: good
Frances Hodgson Burnett's engrossing story of secrets and discoveries, brought to life in a new edition.Mary Lennox doesn't want to move to England to live with her uncle, but she has no choice. At first she hates her uncle's cold house, the gardens and moors that surround it and the servants with their ...Show more
The Origin of Species (Collins Classics) by Charles Darwin
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics
Still considered one of the most important and groundbreaking works of science ever written, Darwin's eminently readable exploration of the evolutionary process challenged most of the strong beliefs of the Western world. Forced to question the idea of the Creator, mid-nineteenth century readers were fa ...Show more
Investigations of a Dog by Franz Kafka, Franz Kafka
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern
If I think about it, and I have the time and inclination and capacity to do so, we dogs are an odd lot.' How does a dog see the world? How do any of us? In this playful and enigmatic story of a canine philosopher, Kafka explores the limits of knowledge.
Apuleius - Cupid and Psyche by Apuleius; E. J. Kenney (Contribution by, Editor); P. E. Easterling (Contribution by)
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Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics - Imperial Library
The story of Cupid and Psyche is part of The Golden Ass or Metamorphoses, a Latin novel by Apuleius (second century A.D.). It is both a charming fairytale and an allegory of the search of the Soul for happiness and fulfillment. This edition, the first with a full commentary in English to appear for eigh ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations has become a key text in the understanding of Roman Stoic philosophy. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Martin Hammond and an introduction by Diskin Clay.Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman ...Show more