The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
An Bronte (Anne Bronte)
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful and sometimes violent novel of expectations, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal. It portreys the disintegration of the marriage of Helen Huntingdon, the mysterious “tenant” of the title, ... [ more ] |
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Three Men in a Boat
Dzherym K. Dzherym (Jerome Klapka Jerome)
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There were four of us - George, William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency".
So begins Three Men in a Boat, perhaps the best-loved comic novel of the Victorian era. It describes the boating expedition on the Thames of the three ... [ more ] |
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The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy
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The Return of the Native is widely recognized as the most representative of Hardy' s Wessex novels. He evokes the dismal presence and menacing beauty of Egdon Heath – reaching out to touch the lives and fate of all who dwell on it. The ... [ more ] |
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The Secret Agent
Dzhouzef Konrad (Joseph Conrad)
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Conrad's 'monstrous town' is London, and his story of espionage and counter-espionage, anarchists and embassies,is a detective story that becomes the story of Winnie Verloc' s tenacity in maintaining her devotion to her ... [ more ] |
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Lord Jim
Dzhouzef Konrad (Joseph Conrad)
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First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an ... [ more ] |
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The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux (Gaston Lioru)
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This novel is a tale of extraordinary events, tragedy, horror, pathos, humour and a gallery of minor characters. The portrait of the hideous musician, crazed by his extreme ugliness, shows compassionate insight into the criminally insane mind. |
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Shirley
Sharlot Bronte (Charlotte Bronte)
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Charlote Bronte was a natural story - teller with a gift for creating memorable characters and for evoking atmosphere. The novel is set among the cloth mills of the author's native Yorkshire and she succeeds brilliantly in creating the ... [ more ] |
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The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
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Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton' s greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the “eternal triangle” of love.
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables
Robyrt Luis Stivynsyn (Robert Louis Stevenson
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In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Henry Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to immediate acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man' s nature, and it is the book ... [ more ] |
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Tales from the Arabian Nights
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The beautiful Scheherazade"s royal husband threatens to kill her, so each night she diverts him by weaving wonderful tales of fantastic adventure, leaving each story unfinished so that he spares her life to hear the ending the next night.
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