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American Notes and Pictures from Italyby Charles DickensISBN 0192545191 (0-19-254519-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Notes and Pictures from Italy'Book summary:"American Notes" was the result of the author's five-month trip to America in 1842. Dickens's travelogue includes the glitter of Boston; a Broadway swarming with hogs; a gruesome penitentiary in Philadelphia; Cincinnati, Louisville, and St Louis; railways and steamboats. Its publication was greeted with dismay: what Dickens described as 'honest and true' was regarded in America as 'a compound of egotism, coxcombry and cockneyism', the product of 'the most coarse, vulgar, impudent and superficial' writer ever to visit the country.
"Pictures from Italy" is a colourful account of a tour made in 1844.
This collectable series is the most comprehensive illustrated Dickens available. Each volume includes up to seventy-six early engravings, many of which appeared in the first editons of these works. The text is derived from the Charles Dickens Edition, revised by the author in the 1860s. [via]
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Antony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare, A. R. BraunmullerISBN 0140714529 (0-14-071452-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antony and Cleopatra'Book summary:This book has soft covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. [via]
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Arms and the Man: A Pleasant Playby Bernard Shaw, Dan H. Laurence, Rodelle WeintraubISBN 0143039768 (0-14-303976-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arms And the Man: A Pleasant Play'Book summary:[via]Arms and the Man, optimistic, farcical, absurd, and teeming with sexual energy, has Shaw inverting the devices of melodrama to glorious effect.
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Between the Actsby Virginia WoolfISBN 015611870X (0-15-611870-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Between the Acts'Book summary:In Woolf's last novel, the action takes place on one summer's day at a country house in the heart of England, where the villagers are presenting their annual pageant. A lyrical, moving valedictory.
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The BFGby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0141301058 (0-14-130105-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Boxenby C. S. Lewis, Walter HooperISBN 0156140004 (0-15-614000-4)
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Boyby Roald DahlISBN 0141303050 (0-14-130305-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boy'Book summary:In Boy, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child growing up in England. From his years as a prankster at boarding school to his envious position as a chocolate tester for Cadbury's, Roald Dahl's boyhood was as full of excitement and the unexpected as are his world-famous, best-selling books. Packed with anecdotes -- some funny, some painful, all interesting -- this is a book that's sure to please. [via]
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevatorby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0141301120 (0-14-130112-0)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator'Book summary:Picking right up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator continues the adventures of Charlie Bucket, his family, and Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy maker. As the book begins, our heroes are shooting into the sky in a glass elevator, headed for destinations unknown. What follows is exactly the kind of high-spirited magical madness and mayhem we've all come to expect from Willy Wonka and his creator Roald Dahl. The American space race gets a send-up, as does the President, and Charlie's family gets a second chance at childhood. Throw in the Vermicious Knids, Gnoolies, and Minusland and we once again witness pure genius. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Cocktail Party: A Comedyby T. S. EliotISBN 0156182890 (0-15-618289-0)
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Coleridge Poetical Worksby Samuel Taylor ColeridgeISBN 019254120X (0-19-254120-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Collection of Essaysby George OrwellISBN 0156186004 (0-15-618600-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Collection of Essays'Book summary:Imagine any of today's writers of "creative nonfiction" dispatching a rogue elephant before an audience of several thousand. Now, imagine the essay that would result. Can we say "narcissism"? As part of the Imperial Police in Burma, George Orwell actually found himself aiming the gun, and his record--first published in 1936--comprises eight of the highest voltage pages of English prose you'll ever read. In "Shooting an Elephant," Orwell illumines the shoddy recesses of his own character, illustrates the morally corrupting nature of imperialism, and indicts you, the reader, in the creature's death, a process so vividly reported it's likely to show up in your nightmares ever after. "The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing.... Among the Europeans opinion was divided. The older men said I was right, the younger men said it was a damn shame to shoot an elephant for killing a coolie, because an elephant was worth much more than any damn Coringhee coolie."
This essay alone would be worth the cover price, and the dozen other pieces collected here prove that, given the right thinker/writer, today's journalism actually can become tomorrow's literature. "The Art of Donald McGill," ostensibly an appreciation of the jokey, vaguely obscene illustrated postcards beloved of the working classes, uses the lens of popular culture to examine the battle lines and rules of engagement in the war of the sexes, circa 1941. "Politics and the English Language" is a prose working-out of Orwell's perceptions about the slippery relationship of word and thought that becomes a key premise of 1984. "Looking Back on the Spanish War" is as clear-eyed a veteran's memoir of the nature of war as you're likely to find, and Orwell's long ruminations on the wildly popular "good bad" writers Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling showcase his singular virtues--searing honesty and independent thinking. From English boarding schools to Gandhi's character to an early appreciation of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, these pieces give an idiosyncratic tour of the first half of the passing century in the company of an articulate and engaged guide. Don't let the idea that Orwell is an "important" writer put you off reading him. He's really too good, and too human, to miss. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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Coming Up for Airby George OrwellISBN 0156196255 (0-15-619625-5)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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The Complete Poemsby Andrew Marvell, Elizabeth Story DonnoISBN 0140806857 (0-14-080685-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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The Complete English Poems of John Donneby John Donne, A.J. SmithISBN 0140802363 (0-14-080236-3)
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Complete Poems and Playsby T. S. EliotISBN 015121185X (0-15-121185-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Poems and Plays'Book summary:Eliot's poetry ranges from the massively magisterial ( The Waste Land), to the playfully pleasant ( Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). This volume of Eliot's poetry and plays offers the complete text of these and most all of Eliot's poetry, including the full text of Four Quartets. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Eliot exerted a profound influence on his contemporaries in the arts generally and this collection makes his genius clear. [via]
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The Complete Shorter Fiction of Virginia Woolfby Susan DickISBN 0156212501 (0-15-621250-1)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Shorter Fiction of Virginia Woolf'Book summary:Woolf continually used stories and sketches to experiment with narrative models and themes for her novels. This collection of nearly fifty pieces brings together the contents of two published volumes, A Haunted House and Mrs. Dalloways Party; a number of uncollected stories; and several previously unpublished pieces. Edited and with an Introduction by Susan Dick.[via]More editions of The Complete Shorter Fiction of Virginia Woolf:
The Complete Shorter Fiction of Virginia Woolfby Virginia Woolf, Susan DickISBN 0151189838 (0-15-118983-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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The Duke's Childrenby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0192546163 (0-19-254616-3)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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Finnegans Wakeby James JoyceISBN 0141181265 (0-14-118126-5)
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Having done the longest day in literature with his monumental Ulysses, James Joyce set himself even greater challenges for his next book the night."A nocturnal state...That is what I want to convey: what goes on in a dream, during a dream." The work, which would exhaust two decades of his life and the odd resources of some sixty languages, culminated in the 1939 publication of Joyce's final and most revolutionary masterpiece, Finnegans Wake.
A story with no real beginning or end (it ends in the middle of a sentence and begins in the middle of the same sentence), this "book of Doublends Jined" is as remarkable for its prose as for its circular structure. Written in a fantantic dream language, forged from polyglot puns and portmanteau words, the Wake features some of Joyce's most brilliant inventive work. Sixty years after its original publication, it remains, in Anthony Burgess's words, "a great comic vision, one of the few books of the world that can make us laugh aloud on nearly every page."
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Flushby Virginia WoolfISBN 0156319527 (0-15-631952-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flush'Book summary:This story of Elizabeth Barrett Brownings cocker spaniel, Flush, enchants right from the opening pages. Although Flush has adventures of his own with bullying dogs, horrid maids, and robbers, he also provides the reader with a glimpse into Brownings life. Introduction by Trekkie Ritchie.[via]More editions of Flush:
Framley Parsonageby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0192510207 (0-19-251020-7)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Golden Treasury: Of the Best Songs & Lyrical Poems in the English Languageby John Press, Francis Turner PalgraveISBN 0192542028 (0-19-254202-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Treasury: Of the Best Songs & Lyrical Poems in the English Language'Book summary:In the 1860s, Francis Turner Palgrave set out to collect the finest English lyrical poems in one volume. What he created was The Golden Treasury, an instant classic of verse anthologies. Over the last century, it has withstood the test of time as an immensely popular collection--becoming virtually synonymous with English verse for generations of readers.
Now available in a new edition for the first time in thirty years, The Golden Treasury is as delightful as ever, offering old classics together with the finest works of our own time. Here you can find priceless gems by Shakespeare, Byron, Tennyson, Yeats, and other immortal lights of literature. This new edition also serves as a map to the changing landscape of today's British verse, presenting outstanding poetry by both famous and lesser-known writers of Ireland and Great Britain: Seamus Heaney, Sylvia Plath, Fleur Adcock, Carol Ann Duffy, Douglas Dunn, Gavin Ewart, Tony Harrison, Elizabeth Jennings, Derek Mahon, Peter Porter, Carol Rumens, Anne Stevenson, and Hugo Williams, among others. Editor John Press is himself an accomplished poet and translator, and he has taken care to preserve the spirit of the original Golden Treasury. The result is a marvelous collection of British verse--a source of unexpected delights and old favorites alike. [via]More editions of The Golden Treasury: Of the Best Songs & Lyrical Poems in the English Language:
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Haunted House and Other Short Storiesby Virginia WoolfISBN 0156028034 (0-15-602803-4)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Haunted House and Other Short Stories'Book summary:Virginia Woolfs intention to publish her short stories is carried out in this volume, posthumously collected by her husband, Leonard Woolf. Containing six of eight stories from Monday or Tuesday, seven that appeared in magazines, and five other stories, the book makes available Virginia Woolfs shorter works of fiction. Foreword by Leonard Woolf.[via]More editions of Haunted House and Other Short Stories:
Heartbreak Houseby Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0140450173 (0-14-045017-3)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Henry IV. Part 2by William Shakespeare, Claire McEachernISBN 014071457X (0-14-071457-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV. Part 2'Book summary:Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of Part One., Part Two is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that "I will turn diseases to commodity".
The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of Part One, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of Part Two. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of Part One. "I know thee not, old man" he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, Henry V. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The History of Englandby Jane AustenISBN 0146001559 (0-14-600155-9)
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Homer in Englishby Homer, George Steiner, Aminadav DykmanISBN 0140446214 (0-14-044621-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homer in English'Book summary:This text is one of the volumes in the "New Poets in Translation" series. It focuses on the epic poems of Homer, one of the most translated authors in literature. [via]
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The Iliadby Homer, Robert FaglesISBN 0140445927 (0-14-044592-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Newly updated by D. C. H. Rieu, son of E. V. Rieu One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals. @RageAgainstTheAchaean Pissed. I am so, so very pissed. First I have to go to this beach. Then I have to kill all these dudes. And NOW - now! This prick stole my biscuit. Who does that? Am I right? Can't resolve this problem on my own - calling Mom! From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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The Iliadby Peter Jones, Peter V. Jones, D. C. H. Rieu, E. V. Rieu, HomerISBN 0140447946 (0-14-044794-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Newly updated by D. C. H. Rieu, son of E. V. Rieu[via]One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals.
@RageAgainstTheAchaean Pissed. I am so, so very pissed.
First I have to go to this beach. Then I have to kill all these dudes. And NOW now! This prick stole my biscuit. Who does that? Am I right?
Cant resolve this problem on my own calling Mom!
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The Iliad: The Epic Story of Troyby Robert FaglesISBN 0140997083 (0-14-099708-3)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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King Henry IVby William Shakespeare, Alan ChesterISBN 0140714081 (0-14-071408-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry IV'Book summary:The stirring continuation of the themes begun in "Henry IV, Part One" again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities of power as an old king dies and a young king must choose between a ruler's solemn duty and a merry but dissipated friend, Falstaff. The play represents Shakespeare at the peak of his maturity in writing historical drama and comedy. [via]
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austenby Fay WeldonISBN 0156509814 (0-15-650981-4)
Softcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Lorna Dooneby R. D. Blackmore, R. D. Madison, Michelle AllenISBN 0143039326 (0-14-303932-6)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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Lost in a Good Bookby Jasper FfordeISBN 0142004030 (0-14-200403-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost in a Good Book'Book summary:[via]The second installment in Jasper Ffordes New York Times bestselling series follows literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England
The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with New York Times bestselling author Jasper Ffordes magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth Thursday Next. When Landen, the love of her life, is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative of Jurisfictionthe police force inside the BookWorld. She is apprenticed to the man-hating Miss Havisham from Dickenss Great Expectations, who grudgingly shows Thursday the ropes. And she gains just enough skill to get herself in a real mess entering the pages of Poes The Raven. What she really wants is to get Landen back. But this latest mission is not without further complications. Along with jumping into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potters The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth. Its another genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainment for fans of Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse. Thursdays zany investigations continue with The Well of Lost Plots. Look for the five other bestselling Thursday Next novels, including One of Our Thursdays is Missing and Jasper Ffordes latest bestseller, The Woman Who Died A Lot. Visit jasperfforde.com for a ffull window into the Ffordian world!More editions of Lost in a Good Book:
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Lost Worldby Arthur Conan Doyle, Philip GoodenISBN 0142002720 (0-14-200272-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost World'Book summary:"The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales" comprises of two novels and two short stories. In this mesmerizing collection, a blend of imagination and reality is apparent. The author bases his ideas on scientific facts and creates an extra-ordinary world of fantasy. An interesting array of escapades and expeditions. Engrossing! This EasyRead Large Bold Edition has been optimized for readers with reduced vision who prefer a bold print that stands out and facilitates reading. [via]
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Love's Labour's Lostby William Shakespeare, Peter HollandISBN 0140714774 (0-14-071477-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love's Labor's Lost'Book summary:This edition of Love''s Labour''s lost provide s a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and comment ary on the same pages as the text and an in-depth survey of critical approaches to the play. ' [via]
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Matildaby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0141301066 (0-14-130106-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Matilda'Book summary:Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.
She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable--the big surprise comes when Matilda discovers a new, mysterious facet of her mental dexterity. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Merry Wives of Windsorby William Shakespeare, Russ McDonaldISBN 0140714642 (0-14-071464-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'Book summary:This new edition of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor focuses at every point on a theatrical understanding of the play. While emphasising the liveliness of the play in stage terms, David Crane also claims that this citizen comedy needs to be taken much more seriously than in the past, as an expression of Shakespeare's fundamental understanding of human life, conveyed centrally in the character of Falstaff. In the process he also examines Shakespeare' free and vigorous use of different linguistic worlds within the play. [via]
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Mrs. Dalloway Readerby Francine ProseISBN 0151010447 (0-15-101044-7)
Hardcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs. Dalloway Reader'Book summary:This first volume of its kind contains the complete text of and guide to Virginia Woolf's masterpiece plus Mrs. Dalloway's Party, and numerous journal entries and letters by Virginia Woolf relating to the book's genesis and writing. The distinguished novelist Francine Prose has selected these pieces as well as essays and appreciations, critical views, and commentary by writers famous and unknown. This complete volume illuminates the creation of a beloved book and the genius of its author.[via]More editions of Mrs. Dalloway Reader:
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The Mrs. Dalloway Readerby Virginia Woolf, Francine Prose, Mark HusseyISBN 0156030152 (0-15-603015-2)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mrs. Dalloway Reader'Book summary:This first volume of its kind contains the complete text of and guide to Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, plus Mrs. Dalloway's Party and numerous journal entries and letters by Virginia Woolf relating to the book's genesis and writing. The distinguished novelist Francine Prose has selected these pieces as well as essays and appreciations, critical views, and commentary by writers famous and unknown. Now with additional scholarly commentary by Mark Hussey, professor of English at Pace University, this complete volume illuminates the creation of a celebrated story and the genius of its author.[via]
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Michael Cunningham
E. M. Forster
Margo Jefferson
James Wood
Mary Gordon
Elaine Showalter
Daniel Mendelsohn
Sigrid Nunez
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Mrs. Miniverby Jan StrutherISBN 0156631407 (0-15-663140-7)
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Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Worksby Robert NyeISBN 0142000043 (0-14-200004-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works'Book summary:It is April 1594. Will Shakespeare, budding poet and playwright, invites his estranged wife to come to London to celebrate his thirtieth birthday. Seven years after his death, Anne Hathaway reminisces about her now-famous husband, recalling in particular that unforgettable week and what happened to her in a certain bed in his lodgings above a fishmonger's shop-an enormous four-poster that the playwright called their "private playhouse." By turns thoughtful and bawdy, Mrs. Shakespeare's tale offers insight into Will's secret lives, including the mystery of the second-best bed that he bequeathed her, as well as the question that has intrigued scholars and readers for centuries: to hom and for whom were the "Dark Sonnets" written? [via]
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Murder in the Cathedralby T. S. EliotISBN 0156632772 (0-15-663277-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder in the Cathedral'Book summary:T. S. Eliot's verse dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Archbishop Thomas Becket speaks fatal words before he is martyred in T. S. Eliot's best-known drama, based on the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Praised for its poetically masterful handling of issues of faith, politics, and the common good, T. S. Eliot's play bolstered his reputation as the most significant poet of his time. [via]
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The New Oxford Book of Romantic Period Verseby Jerome J. McGannISBN 0192141589 (0-19-214158-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Night and Dayby Virginia WoolfISBN 0156028042 (0-15-602804-2)
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The Nine Tailorsby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0156658992 (0-15-665899-2)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Nine Tailors'Book summary:When his sexton finds a corpse in the wrong grave, the rector of Fenchurch St Paul asks Lord Peter Wimsey to find out who the dead man was and how he came to be there. The lore of bell-ringing and a brilliantly-evoked village in the remote fens of East Anglia are the unforgettable background to a story of an old unsolved crime and its violent unravelling twenty years later. 'I admire her novels ...she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail' Ruth Rendell [via]
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Nuns and Soldiersby Iris Murdoch, Karen ArmstrongISBN 0142180092 (0-14-218009-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nuns and Soldiers'Book summary:Set in London and in the South of France, this brilliantly structured novel centers on two women: Gertrude Openshaw, bereft from the recent death of her husband, yet awakening to passion; and Anne Cavidge, who has returned in doubt from many years in a nunnery, only to encounter her personal Christ. A fascinating array of men and women hover in urgent orbit around them: the "Count," a lonely Pole obsessively reliving his émigré father's patriotic anguish; Tim Reede, a seedy yet appealing artist, and Daisy, his mistress; the manipulative Mrs. Mount; and many other magically drawn characters moving between desire and obligation, guilt and joy. This edition of Nuns and Soldiers includes a new introduction by renowned religious historian Karen Armstrong.[via]More editions of Nuns and Soldiers:
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Over Sea, Under Stoneby Susan Cooper, Margery GillISBN 015259034X (0-15-259034-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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Periclesby P. EdwardsISBN 0140707298 (0-14-070729-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pericles'Book summary:Controversy has surrounded Pericles for centuries, due to the fact that critics and editors have argued that much of the play was written between 1607 and 1608 by one of Shakespeare's inferior collaborators, and that it shows in both its style and content. However, Shakespeare was clearly the driving force behind the play, and it is important to remember that it was one of the most popular plays of its time.
Famous for its resurrection of John Gower, the 14th-century English writer, who acts as the play's chorus, Pericles is a play which is obsessed with incest. The dramatic action begins in Antioch, where Pericles travels to solve the riddle of King Antiochus, who "to incest did provoke" his daughter. When Pericles realises Antiochus' terrible secret, he flees, wandering the seas, where he meets his wife Thaisa, who apparently dies whilst giving birth to her daughter Marina during a terrible storm. Pericles' grief is compounded by the apparent death of his daughter whilst staying at Tarsus some months later. She has in fact been sold into sexual slavery, and as Pericles resumes his wanderings, 16 years later Marina battles to retain her "peevish chastity". As with many of Shakespeare's later plays, or romances, recognition and reunion occurs in the most unlikely of circumstances. Despite questions of authorship and textual corruption, Pericles continues to fascinate audiences and critics with its dark and ambivalent account of the relations between fathers and daughters. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Periclesby William Shakespeare, Stephen OrgelISBN 0140714693 (0-14-071469-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pericles'Book summary:Controversy has surrounded Pericles for centuries, due to the fact that critics and editors have argued that much of the play was written between 1607 and 1608 by one of Shakespeare's inferior collaborators, and that it shows in both its style and content. However, Shakespeare was clearly the driving force behind the play, and it is important to remember that it was one of the most popular plays of its time.
Famous for its resurrection of John Gower, the 14th-century English writer, who acts as the play's chorus, Pericles is a play which is obsessed with incest. The dramatic action begins in Antioch, where Pericles travels to solve the riddle of King Antiochus, who "to incest did provoke" his daughter. When Pericles realises Antiochus' terrible secret, he flees, wandering the seas, where he meets his wife Thaisa, who apparently dies whilst giving birth to her daughter Marina during a terrible storm. Pericles' grief is compounded by the apparent death of his daughter whilst staying at Tarsus some months later. She has in fact been sold into sexual slavery, and as Pericles resumes his wanderings, 16 years later Marina battles to retain her "peevish chastity". As with many of Shakespeare's later plays, or romances, recognition and reunion occurs in the most unlikely of circumstances. Despite questions of authorship and textual corruption, Pericles continues to fascinate audiences and critics with its dark and ambivalent account of the relations between fathers and daughters. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Pericles, Prince of Tyreby William Shakespeare, James G. McManawayISBN 0140714383 (0-14-071438-3)
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Phineas Reduxby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0192546147 (0-19-254614-7)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Portrait of a Ladyby Henry James, Geoffrey MooreISBN 0141439637 (0-14-143963-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portrait of a Lady'Book summary:Described by F. R. Leavis as one of the two most brilliant novels in the language, The Portrait of a Lady tells the story of Isabel Archer, young, American, and eager to embrace life, as she makes her choice from the suitors who court her. She is true to her principles, but at what cost? [via]
The Prime Ministerby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0192546155 (0-19-254615-5)
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The Return of the Soldierby Rebecca WestISBN 014118065X (0-14-118065-X)
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Richard IIby William Shakespeare, Stanley WellsISBN 0140707190 (0-14-070719-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Richard II'Book summary:King Richard exiles his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, the son of the powerful but ailing nobleman, John of Gaunt. When Gaunt dies and the king seizes his lands, the son returns to his homeland. But Bolingbroke's ambitions extend beyond his family's property. He seeks nothing less than Richard's crown and all of England. In this production Richard is played by Rupert Graves, and Bolingbroke, by Julian Glover. The role of Queen Isabel falls to Saira Todd. [via]
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Serviceby Erskine ChildersISBN 0141181656 (0-14-118165-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service'Book summary:Childers' lone masterpiece, "The Riddle of the Sands", considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization, richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war. [via]
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The Ring and the Bookby Robert Browning, Richard D. AltickISBN 0140802835 (0-14-080283-5)
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The Sea, the Seaby Iris Murdoch, Mary KinzieISBN 014118616X (0-14-118616-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sea, the Sea'Book summary:Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core.[via]More editions of The Sea, the Sea:
Selected Poemsby John Donne, John HaywardISBN 0140585184 (0-14-058518-4)
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A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainianby Marina LewyckaISBN 0143036742 (0-14-303674-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian'Book summary:[via]With this wise, tender, and deeply funny novel, Marina Lewycka takes her place alongside Zadie Smith and Monica Ali as a writer who can capture the unchanging verities of family. When an elderly and newly widowed Ukrainian immigrant announces his intention to remarry, his daughters must set aside their longtime feud to thwart him. For their fathers intended is a voluptuous old-country gold digger with a proclivity for green satin underwear and an appetite for the good life of the West. As the hostilities mount and family secrets spill out, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian combines sex, bitchiness, wit, and genuine warmth in its celebration of the pleasure of growing old disgracefully.
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Something Rottenby Jasper FfordeISBN 014303541X (0-14-303541-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Something Rotten'Book summary:[via]The fourth installment in Jasper Ffordes New York Times bestselling series follows literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England
The popularity of Jasper Ffordes one-of-a-kind series of genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainment builds with each new book. Now in the fourth installment, the resourceful literary detective Thursday Next returns to Swindon from the BookWorld accompanied by her son Friday and none other than the dithering Hamlet. But returning to SpecOps is no snapas outlaw fictioner Yorrick Kaine plots for absolute power, the return of Swindons patron saint foretells doom, and, if that isnt bad enough, The Merry Wives of Windsor is becoming entangled with Hamlet. Can Thursday find a Shakespeare clone to stop this hostile takeover? Can she vanquish Kaine and prevent the world from plunging into war? And will she ever find reliable child care? Find out in this totally original, action-packed romp, sure to be another escapist thrill for Jasper Ffordes legions of fans. Thursdays zany investigations continue with First Among Sequels. Look for the five other bestselling Thursday Next novels, including One of Our Thursdays is Missing and Jasper Ffordes latest bestseller, The Woman Who Died A Lot. Visit jasperfforde.com for a ffull window into the Ffordian world!More editions of Something Rotten:
The Songlines/in Patagoniaby Bruce ChatwinISBN 014095130X (0-14-095130-X)
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The Sonnetsby William ShakespeareISBN 0174434731 (0-17-443473-1)
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The Spireby William Gerald GoldingISBN 0156027828 (0-15-602782-8)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Spire'Book summary:The vision that drives Dean Jocelin to construct an immense new spire above his cathedral tests the limits of all who surround him. The foundationless stone pillars shriek and the earth beneath them heaves under the structures weight as the Deans will weighs down his collapsing faith.[via]-
Tennyson Poemsby W. E. Williams, Alfred Tennyson TennysonISBN 0140585028 (0-14-058502-8)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tennyson Poems'Book summary:Alfred, Lord Tennyson is among the most beloved English poets of all time. This edition of his selected poems includes classics like:
- " The Lady of Shalott"
- " Charge of the Light Brigade"
- " Maud"
- " Morte d'Arthur"
- " Ulysses"
- " The Lotus Eaters"
Elegantly packaged with a ribbon marker, this volume is the perfect addition to any poetry library. [via]More editions of Tennyson Poems:
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The Thirty-Nine Steps: Level 4by John Buchan, John KeeganISBN 0141441178 (0-14-144117-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thirty-Nine Steps: Level 4'Book summary:Famous as the basis for several films, including the brilliant 1935 version directed by Alfred Hitchcock, The Thirty-Nine Steps is a classic of early twentieth-century popular literature.
Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot that could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one step ahead of his pursuers. [via]
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Thursday Next in the Well Of Lost Plotsby Fforde JasperISBN 0143034359 (0-14-303435-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thursday Next in the Well Of Lost Plots'Book summary:The third installment in Jasper Fforde's New York Times bestselling series follows literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England Jasper Fforde has done it again in this genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainment. After two rollicking New York Times bestselling adventures through Western literature, resourceful BookWorld literary detective Thursday Next definitely needs some downtime. And what better place for a respite than in the hidden depths of the Well of Lost Plots, where all unpublished books reside? But peace and quiet remain elusive for Thursday, who soon discovers that the Well is a veritable linguistic free-for-all, where grammasites run rampant, plot devices are hawked on the black market, and lousy books-like the one she has taken up residence in-are scrapped for salvage. To make matters worse, a murderer is stalking the personnel of Jurisfiction and it's up to Thursday to save the day. A brilliant feat of literary showmanship filled with wit, fantasy, and effervescent originality, this Ffordian tour de force will appeal to fans of Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse. Thursday's zany investigations continue with Something Rotten. Look for the five other bestselling Thursday Next novels, including One of Our Thursdays is Missing and Jasper Fforde's latest bestseller, The Woman Who Died A Lot. Visit jasperfforde.com for a ffull window into the Ffordian world! [via]
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The Tragedy of King Richard the Secondby William Shakespeare, Matthew Wilson BlackISBN 0140714065 (0-14-071406-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of King Richard the Second'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's finest history plays, Richard II deals with one of the most sensitive and politically explosive issues of its day--the rights and wrongs of deposing a legitimately appointed king. Forerunner to the two parts of Henry IV, the play deals with the abdication of King Richard II in 1399, the subsequent succession of Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, and Richard's death in the spring of 1400. But the play has been celebrated above and beyond its stature as historical drama. Richard II begins with a portrait of Richard as a pompous, arrogant and self-regarding sovereign, with little sense of his people or his political responsibilities. As he consistently miscalculates in his attempts to destroy Bolingbroke, and watches his own power wane, he becomes a far more appealing, Hamlet-like figure, more interested in "talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs", and "sad stories of the death of kings". Richard's speeches become increasingly lyrical and poetic as his supporters desert him, until he finally takes on the stature of the pilloried Christ in the climax of the play, the deposition scene, one of the most politically risky scenes in all of Shakespeare. The play remains most famous for John of Gaunt's "This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle" speech, but historians believe that the play was also performed in the streets of London in 1601 in support of the Earl of Essex's attempt to depose Elizabeth I. Whilst the plot failed, it showed the power of the theatre of the time, and the politically controversial nature of Shakespeare's play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tragedy of Richard the Secondby William Shakespeare, Frances E. DolanISBN 0140714820 (0-14-071482-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Richard the Second'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's finest history plays, Richard II deals with one of the most sensitive and politically explosive issues of its day--the rights and wrongs of deposing a legitimately appointed king. Forerunner to the two parts of Henry IV, the play deals with the abdication of King Richard II in 1399, the subsequent succession of Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, and Richard's death in the spring of 1400. But the play has been celebrated above and beyond its stature as historical drama. Richard II begins with a portrait of Richard as a pompous, arrogant and self-regarding sovereign, with little sense of his people or his political responsibilities. As he consistently miscalculates in his attempts to destroy Bolingbroke, and watches his own power wane, he becomes a far more appealing, Hamlet-like figure, more interested in "talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs", and "sad stories of the death of kings". Richard's speeches become increasingly lyrical and poetic as his supporters desert him, until he finally takes on the stature of the pilloried Christ in the climax of the play, the deposition scene, one of the most politically risky scenes in all of Shakespeare. The play remains most famous for John of Gaunt's "This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle" speech, but historians believe that the play was also performed in the streets of London in 1601 in support of the Earl of Essex's attempt to depose Elizabeth I. Whilst the plot failed, it showed the power of the theatre of the time, and the politically controversial nature of Shakespeare's play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Travels With My Auntby Graham Greene, Gloria EmersonISBN 0143039008 (0-14-303900-8)
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Troilus and Cressidaby William Shakespeare, Jonathan V. CreweISBN 0140714863 (0-14-071486-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Troilus and Cressida'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most notoriously difficult and cynical plays, labelled a "Problem Comedy", Troilus and Cressida has perplexed critics and theatre directors, and after Shakespeare's lifetime it was not performed again until 1907. In many ways the play's difficulty is a surprise; the story of Troilus and Cressida was a popular theme, drawn from Homer's Iliad and Chaucer's own Troilus and Criseyde, as was its classical setting, the Greek siege of Troy, led by Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax, Diomedes and Ulysses.
Within the walls of Troy, Prince Troilus falls madly in love with Cressida, daughter of the deserter Calchas. His love is intense and frenetic--"I am giddy, expectation whirls round me," but turns to bitter disillusion when Cressida defects to the Greek camp and flirts with Diomedes. As the war and conflict over the abduction of Helen whirls around the doomed romance, the play delights in its complex syntax and cynical images of waste, decay, corruption and mutability, summed up in Ulysses' comment that, "Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all / To envious and calumniating time." The play's cynical open-ended quality has frustrated many readers, but gives the play a remarkably modern, contemporary sensibility. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Victorian Literature: 1830-1900by Dorothy Mermin, Herbert F. TuckerISBN 0155071777 (0-15-507177-7)
Hardcover, Heinle
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The Winter's Taleby William Shakespeare, Frances E. DolanISBN 014071488X (0-14-071488-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Winter's Tale'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most haunting and enigmatic late plays, The Winter's Tale is a fine example of Shakespeare's fascination with the dramatic genre of "romance": the portrayal of magical lands, familial conflict and exile, and final reunion and reconciliation. Drawing on Robert Green's story Pandosto, Shakespeare play tells the story of the middle-aged Leontes, king of Sicilia, and his childhood friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia. Leontes mistakenly believes that his friend is having an affair with his wife, Hermione. In his jealousy, and consumed by "tremor cordis", he tries to murder Polixenes, who flees, and accuses his wife of adultery. Hermione gives birth to a baby girl, Perdita, who Leontes denounces as illegitimate, and casts her out into the wilderness. Hermione is ultimately proved innocent, but her son, Mamillius, dies of grief. Hermione collapses, apparently dead, and Leontes is left to pick up the tragic consequences of his actions. Time passes, and the action moves to Bohemia, where the lost child Perdita has grown up a shepherdess in the midst of "great creating nature". The final scenes of the play draw towards resolution and reconciliation between Leontes, Hermione and their lost daughter, culminating in one of Shakespeare's most moving final scenes. One of Shakespeare's most consummate plays, The Winter's Tale is a fascinating study of male insecurity and the relations between art and nature. --Jerry Brotton. [via]
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The Winter's Tale : Texts and Contextsby William Shakespeare, Baldwin MaxwellISBN 0140714049 (0-14-071404-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Winter's Tale : Texts and Contexts'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most haunting and enigmatic late plays, The Winter's Tale is a fine example of Shakespeare's fascination with the dramatic genre of "romance": the portrayal of magical lands, familial conflict and exile, and final reunion and reconciliation. Drawing on Robert Green's story Pandosto, Shakespeare play tells the story of the middle-aged Leontes, king of Sicilia, and his childhood friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia. Leontes mistakenly believes that his friend is having an affair with his wife, Hermione. In his jealousy, and consumed by "tremor cordis", he tries to murder Polixenes, who flees, and accuses his wife of adultery. Hermione gives birth to a baby girl, Perdita, who Leontes denounces as illegitimate, and casts her out into the wilderness. Hermione is ultimately proved innocent, but her son, Mamillius, dies of grief. Hermione collapses, apparently dead, and Leontes is left to pick up the tragic consequences of his actions. Time passes, and the action moves to Bohemia, where the lost child Perdita has grown up a shepherdess in the midst of "great creating nature". The final scenes of the play draw towards resolution and reconciliation between Leontes, Hermione and their lost daughter, culminating in one of Shakespeare's most moving final scenes. One of Shakespeare's most consummate plays, The Winter's Tale is a fascinating study of male insecurity and the relations between art and nature. --Jerry Brotton. [via]
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