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Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth GaskellThe tale of a rural habitation in the late 19th Century and the effect of industrialisation on the local community.
Seventeen year old Phillis lives on Hope Farm with her parents Minister Ebenezer Holman and his simple wife. Her sec… £13.49 |
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The Frozen Deep by Wilkie CollinsRichard Wardour leaves England on a voyage to the African coast under the impression he is engaged to delicate orphan Clara Burnham. Despite sending him a letter stating the contrary Clara is anxious for her honour. She is aware that he may not have received the missive and is now betrothed to anoth… £13.49 |
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert L. StevensonDr Jekyll creates a potion whereby he can divide the good and evil parts of his personality and thus free the good side to work for the benefit of mankind without the distraction of his baser instincts. Unfortunately, he undertakes the experiment while the depraved side of his nature is in the ascen… £11.99 |
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The Princess and the Goblin by George MacdonaldRevolutionary for the time in encouraging children to think like children, the adventure of Princess Irene and Curdie, the boy miner, was to influence generations of writers, including Chesterton and Tolkien. Overflowing with fantastic ideas and images to delight the young and allegory to inspire th… £15.99 |
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Mr Wray's Cash-Box by Wilkie CollinsMr. Reuben Wray, a retired actor who has had little public success, flees Stratford-upon-Avon fearing pursuit by the police. He arrives in Tidbury in the Marsh and sets up shop teaching elocution. Two local villains notice he carries a rather large cash box and attempt to steal the contents. When th… £13.49 |
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Catriona by Robert L. StevensonCharles Dickens started his literary career as a journalist reporting for ‘The Morning Chronicle,’ a profession which encouraged his observing eye. This collection of essays and short stories was first published in that journal and anticipates, and frequently demonstrates, the genius tha… £24.99 |
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The Adventures of Raffles by E.W. Hornung‘Why should I work when I could steal.’ Thus speaks A.J.Raffles, gentleman, finest slow bowler of his generation and shameless thief.
When Bunny, an old school acquaintance, confesses that he will be dishonorably disgraced for writing cheques which his bank will not meet, Raffles persua… £13.49 |
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Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael WestThe columnist of the New York Post-Dispatch, Miss Lonelyhearts, is initially cynical about the letters he receives for help. They are a joke. Gradually however, the letters start to move him but he is powerless to do anything. Retreating from the pain into a fantasy world he starts to believe that h… £11.99 |
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Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de BalzacEugénie Grandet is Balzac's first great novel and one of the series Comédie Humaine. At the beginning of the story the heroine lives an unfulfilled life in rural France, her nature crushed by a domineering and miserly father. Gallant cousin Charles arrives and acts as a catalyst on… £21.49 |
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Martin Eden by Jack LondonThe phrase ‘this book will change your life’ has become one of the clichés of the publishing world but ‘Martin Eden’ is certainly a novel that merits that observation.
Set in turn of the century San Francisco, Jack London’s semi-autobiographical narrative tells of working class sailor Ed… £32.99 |