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The Adventures of Roderick Randomby Paul-Gabriel Bouce, Tobias George SmollettISBN 0192837168 (0-19-283716-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The American Senatorby Anthony Trollope, John HalperinISBN 0192837141 (0-19-283714-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Senator'Book summary:Arabella Trefoil, the beautiful anti-heroine of this novel, inspired Trollope to write of her, "I wished to express the depth of my scorn for women who run down husbands." Arabella's determination to find a rich husband is at the heart of this story and her character, though often maligned, is one of Trollope's most famous and vivid creations. [via]
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Anna of the Five Townsby Arnold Bennett, Margaret HarrisISBN 0192829653 (0-19-282965-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules VerneISBN 0192837788 (0-19-283778-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around the World in Eighty Days'Book summary:Around the World in Eighty Days has been a bestseller for over a century, but it has never before appeared in a critical edition. While most translations misread or even abridge the original, this stylish new version is completely true to Verne's classic, moving as fast and as brilliantly as Phineas Fogg's own race against time. Around the World in Eighty Days offers a strong dose of post-romantic reality but not a shred of science fiction: its modernism lies instead in the experimental technique and Verne's unique twisting of space and time. [via]
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Aunts Aren't Gentlemenby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0214200477 (0-214-20047-7)
Hardcover, Barrie and Jenkins
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An Autobiographyby Anthony Trollope, Frederick Page, Michael Sadleir, P. D. EdwardsISBN 0192838458 (0-19-283845-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Barchester Chroniclesby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0192816470 (0-19-281647-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Bertramsby Anthony Trollope, Geoffrey HarveyISBN 019282645X (0-19-282645-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bertrams'Book summary:Set in the Middle East, but informed by the ramifications of of the repeal of the Corn Laws and the rise of Tractarianism, The Bertrams is a tale of doomed love and a remarkable blend of psychological insight, trenchant satire, and deft social comedy. Published in the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species its story of the contrasting careers of three Oxford graduates echoes the idea of the survival of the fittest. This fully annotated edition of the novel Trollope hoped would secure him a reputation as a serious author uses the original 1859 text. This book is intended for trollope fans; students and teachers of nineteenth-century literature and history, general. [via]
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Blake Complete Writings With Variant Readingsby Geoffrey KeynesISBN 0192810502 (0-19-281050-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Burnsby James Kinsley, Robert BurnsISBN 0192811142 (0-19-281114-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Caleb Williamsby William GodwinISBN 0192553313 (0-19-255331-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelleyby Percy Bysshe Shelley, Neville RogersISBN 0198118546 (0-19-811854-6)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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The Complete Writings of William Blake With Variant Readingby William Blake, Geoffrey KeynesISBN 0192541579 (0-19-254157-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Languageby Tom McArthur, Roshan McArthurISBN 0198631367 (0-19-863136-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language'Book summary:First published in 1992, The Oxford Companion to the English Language was described by The Times as an `excellent guide to the history, geography and contours of English', one that `immediately establishes itself as a necessary book'. A carefully-planned shorter version of the Oxford Companion to the English Language, this new Concise concentrates on the central themes in the language: grammar, usage, dialect, pronunciation, and the history of English. Within each theme all the key subjects are covered, and individual entries offer all the most essential information from the parent Companion.
With nearly 2,000 articles in A-Z format the Concise Companion is an ideal reference for both students and general readers wanting access to the highly readable scholarship of the Companion in a portable and affordable format. [via]More editions of The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language:
Daniel Martinby John FowlesISBN 0224014900 (0-224-01490-0)
Hardcover, Cape
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The Desire & Pursuit of the Wholeby Frederick RolfeISBN 0192819410 (0-19-281941-0)
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The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridanby Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Cecil John Layton PriceISBN 0198118562 (0-19-811856-2)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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Flatlandby Edwin Abbott Abbott, Rosemary JannISBN 0192805983 (0-19-280598-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flatland'Book summary:How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful "romance of many dimensions" explores this conundrum in the experiences of his protagonist, A Square, whose linear world is invaded by an emissary Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, this classic work of science fiction brilliantly succeeds in enlarging all readers' imaginations beyond the limits of their "respective dimensional prejudices."
This new edition begins with an introduction by Rosemary Jann that illuminates the social and intellectual context that produced the work and explains its relationship to the theological issues central to Abbott's career. It also provides the most extensive discussion to date of the class and gender issues raised by the text and of the debates over the limits of scientific and mathematical knowledge in which it participated.
Flatland's unique combination of astute social, philosophical, and mathematical observations with wit and humor can be read at many different levels, and will prove especially enjoyable to readers of Victorian literature and philosophy. [via]More editions of Flatland:
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Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Major Worksby Gerard Manley Hopkins, Catherine PhillipsISBN 0192840797 (0-19-284079-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) was one of the most innovative of nineteenth-century poets. During his tragically short life he strove to reconcile his religious and artistic vocations, and this edition demonstrates the range of his interests. It includes all his poetry, from best-known works such as "The Wreck of the Deutschland" and "The Windhover" to translations, foreign language poems, plays, and verse fragments, and the recently discovered poem "Consule Jones". In addition there are excerpts from Hopkins's journals, letters, and spiritual writings. The poems are printed in chronological order to show Hopkins's changing preoccupations, and all the texts have been established from original manuscripts. [via]More editions of Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Major Works:
The Ghost Stories of M.R. Jamesby Montague R. JamesISBN 019212255X (0-19-212255-X)
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Greenmantleby John Buchan, Kate MacDonaldISBN 0192836846 (0-19-283684-6)
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Gulliver's Travels and Other Writingsby Jonathan Swift, Louis A. LandaISBN 0192812068 (0-19-281206-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Heart of Mid-Lothianby Walter Scott, Claire LamontISBN 019283567X (0-19-283567-X)
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Henry 6thby Randall MartinISBN 0192831410 (0-19-283141-0)
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Henry VIby William Shakespeare, Michael TaylorISBN 0192804715 (0-19-280471-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry VI'Book summary:Henry VI: Part One is a dramatic tale of the lives of soldiers, diplomats, kings, and insurrectionists. It depicts the fractious instability of the court and nobility of fifteenth-century England, and their squabbles with their French counterparts.
Despite its debut performance in 1592, however, Henry VI: Part One does not appear in printed form until some thirty years later, in the 1623 folio. There are many questions, therefore, surrounding exactly how many people wrote the play, when they did so, how it was performed, who played what part, and the nature of the manuscript behind the first performance. In his wide-ranging introduction, Michael Taylor offers answers to these questions, and discusses other key issues such as language, structure, performance history, and the role of women in the play. Taylor edits the play for students, scholars, and theater-goers with an informative commentary on all aspects of the language, action, characters, and staging. [via]More editions of Henry VI:
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan Doyle, W.W. RobsonISBN 019283519X (0-19-283519-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Stage 4 1,400 Headwordsby Arthur Conan Doyle, Patrick Nobes, Jennifer BassetISBN 019423035X (0-19-423035-X)
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Jacob's Roomby Virginia WoolfISBN 0156457423 (0-15-645742-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jacob's Room'Book summary:Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, who is both representative and victim of the social values which led Edwardian society into war. Jacob's life is traced from the time he is a small boy playing on the beach, through his years in Cambridge, then in artistic London, and finally making a trip to Greece, but this is no orthodox Bildungsroman. Jacob is presented in glimpses, in fragments, as Woolf breaks down traditional ways of representing character and experience.
The novel's composition coincided with the consolidation of Woolf's interest in feminism, and she criticizes the privilege thoughtless smugness of patriarchy, "the other side," "the men in clubs and Cabinets." Her stylistic innovations are conscious attempts to realize and develop women's writing and the novel dramatizes her interest in the ways both language and social environments shape differently the lives of men and women. [via]
King Henry VIby Edward BurnsISBN 0174434936 (0-17-443493-6)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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King Henry VIII, or All Is Trueby William Shakespeare, Jay L. HalioISBN 0192840363 (0-19-284036-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry VIII, or All Is True'Book summary:This is the first fully annotated modern-spelling edition of King Henry VIII to appear for over a decade and includes up-to-date scholarship on all aspects of the play, including dating authorship, printing, sources and stage history. The editor accepts the view that the play is a collaboration between Shakespeare and Fletcher. Unique to this edition is the frequent reference to Cavendish's biography of Wolsey, neglected in earlier editions. This edition includes a fully detailed commentary and a selective collation of major variant readings appear immediately beneath the text. Special attention has been paid to the frequent allusion to scripture and proverb law. An index to all words glossed and authorities cited appears at the end of the volume. [via]
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The Life of Timon of Athensby Thomas Middleton, John JowettISBN 0192814974 (0-19-281497-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Literature of Renaissance Englandby J HollanderISBN 0195016378 (0-19-501637-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0194229440 (0-19-422944-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Pack of ten best-selling Bookworms ideal for building up class libraries. Each Pack contains one copy of each listed title. * The Adventures of Tom Sawyer * The Elephant Man * A Little Princess * Love or Money? * The Monkey's Paw * The Phantom of the Opera * The President's Murderer * Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son * White Death * The Wizard of Oz [via]
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Measure for Measureby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 0198320108 (0-19-832010-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measure for Measure'Book summary:Like every other play in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, Measure for Measure has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of Measure for Measure aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed. [via]
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Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tourby Robert Smith SurteesISBN 0192815210 (0-19-281521-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Much Obliged, Jeevesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0214653609 (0-214-65360-9)
Hardcover, Barrie and Jenkins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Much Obliged, Jeeves'Book summary:A humorous novel in which Bertie Wooster is dismayed by the prospect of a lifetime spent with Madeleine Bassett. If only Jeeves could come to his help. From the author of CARRY ON JEEVES, THE INIMITABLE JEEVES and FEUDAL SPIRIT. [via]
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The Mysteries Of Udolphoby Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy DobreeISBN 0192810790 (0-19-281079-0)
Hardcover, Oxford U.P.
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The Mysteries Of Udolphoby Bonamy Dobree, Ann Ward RadcliffeISBN 0192815024 (0-19-281502-4)
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The Mysteries Of Udolphoby Terry Castle, Bonamy Dobree, Ann Ward RadcliffeISBN 0192825232 (0-19-282523-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Nigger of the Narcissusby Joseph Conrad, Jacques A. BerthoudISBN 0192816233 (0-19-281623-3)
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No Nameby Wilkie Collins, Virginia BlainISBN 019283388X (0-19-283388-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Name'Book summary:Condemned by Victorian critics as immoral, but regarded today as a novel of outstanding social insight, No Name shows William Wilkie {ollins as the height of his literary powers. It is the story of two sisters, Magdalen and Norah, who discover after the deaths of their dearly beloved parents that the parents were not married at the time of their births. Disinherited and ousted from their estate, they must fend for themselves and either resign themselves to their fate or determine to recover their wealth by whatever means. [via]
Old Mortalityby Walter Scott, Jane Stevenson, Peter DavidsonISBN 0192826301 (0-19-282630-1)
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Old Possums Book of Practical Catsby T. S. Eliot, Edward GoreyISBN 015668568X (0-15-668568-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Old Possums Book of Practical Cats'Book summary:An engaging collection of humorous poems. These verses, originally composed to amuse Eliots intimate friends, have proven irresistible to cat lovers, lovers of nonsense, and admirers of Eliot throughout the English-speaking world. Enough ferocious fancy and parody to knock the spots off most cat books and most...verses (Time). Drawings by Nicolas Bentley.[via]More editions of Old Possums Book of Practical Cats:
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Oxford Anthology of English Literature: 1800 To the Presentby Frank Kermode, John HollanderISBN 0195016580 (0-19-501658-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oxford Anthology of English Literature: 1800 To the Present'Book summary:This collection presents the finest English literature from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century, with introductory matter and authoritative annotation. Almost three hundred illustrations show the relationship between images in language and in pictures. In addition to the two volume set, it is also available in six paperbound volumes covering major periods. [via]
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The Oxford Companion to the English Languageby Tom McArthurISBN 019214183X (0-19-214183-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to the English Language'Book summary:Language is the life blood of a culture, and to be interested in culture is in some sense to be interested in language, in the shapes and sounds of words, in the history of reading, writing, and speech, in the endless variety of dialects and slangs, in the incessant creativity of the human mind as it reaches out to others. It is surprising then that until now there has been no major one-volume reference devoted to the most widely dispersed and influential language of our time: the English language.
A language-lover's dream, The Oxford Companion to the English Language is a thousand-page cornucopia covering virtually every aspect of the English language as well as language in general. The range of topics is remarkable, offering a goldmine of information on writing and speech (including entries on grammar, literary terms, linguistics, rhetoric, and style) as well as on such wider issues as sexist language, bilingual education, child language acquisition, and the history of English. There are biographies of Shakespeare, Noah Webster, Noam Chomsky, James Joyce, and many others who have influenced the shape or study of the language; extended articles on everything from psycholinguistics to sign language to tragedy; coverage of every nation in which a significant part of the population speaks English as well as virtually every regional dialect and pidgin (from Gullah and Scouse to Cockney and Tok Pisin). In addition, the Companion provides bibliographies for the larger entries, generous cross-referencing, etymologies for headwords, a chronology of English from Roman times to 1990, and an index of people who appear in entries or bibliographies. And like all Oxford Companions, this volume is packed with delightful surprises. We learn, for instance, that the first Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard later became President (John Quincy Adams); that "slogan" originally meant "war cry"; that the keyboard arrangement QWERTY became popular not because it was efficient but the opposite (it slows down the fingers and keeps them from jamming the keys); that "mbenzi" is Swahili for "rich person" (i.e., one who owns a Mercedes Benz); and that in Scotland, "to dree yir ain weird" means "to follow your own star."
From Scrabble to Websters to TESOL to Gibraltar, the thirty-five hundred entries here offer more information on a wider variety of topics than any other reference on the English language. Featuring the work of nearly a hundred scholars from around the world, this unique volume is the ideal shelf-mate to The Oxford Companion to English Literature. It will captivate everyone who loves language. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to the English Language:
Oxford Illustrated Dickensby Charles DickensISBN 0192545221 (0-19-254522-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Pericles, Prince of Tyreby William Shakespeare, Roger WarrenISBN 0192814605 (0-19-281460-5)
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Playsby Richard Brinsley Butler SheridanISBN 0192541692 (0-19-254169-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays'Book summary:This edition of the complete plays of Sheridan, English dramatist, theatre manager, and politician, includes The Rivals and The School for Scandal, as well as six lesser-known works: St. Patrick's Day, The Duenna, A Trip to Scarborough, The Camp, The Critic, and Pizarro. the only one available in paperback B [via]
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Poetical Works of Shelleyby Percy Bysshe Shelley, G.M. Matthews, Thomas HutchinsonISBN 0192810693 (0-19-281069-3)
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Pope: Poetical Worksby Herbert DavisISBN 0192812467 (0-19-281246-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Quentin Durwardby Walter Scott, Susan ManningISBN 0192826581 (0-19-282658-1)
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Rachel Rayby Anthony Trollope, P. D. EdwardsISBN 0192837389 (0-19-283738-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Rob Royby Walter Scott, Ian DuncanISBN 0192817639 (0-19-281763-9)
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The Rover and Other Playsby Jane Spencer, Aphra Behn, Michael CordnerISBN 0192822489 (0-19-282248-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rover and Other Plays'Book summary:Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edtion brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage customs; and the dazzling and popular farce, The Emperor of the Moon. All the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. [via]
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The Rover, the Feigned Courtesans, the Lucky Chance, the Emperor of the Moonby Aphra Behn, Jane SpencerISBN 0192834517 (0-19-283451-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rover, the Feigned Courtesans, the Lucky Chance, the Emperor of the Moon'Book summary:Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage customs; and the dazzling and popular farce, The Emperor of the Moon. All the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. [via]
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Ruthby Elizabeth Gaskell, Alan ShelstonISBN 0192834762 (0-19-283476-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ruth'Book summary:One of the less familiar of Mrs. Gaskell's novels, Ruth was in its own time a cause celebre which not only contributed substantially to its author's growing reputation but also won the approval of a number of her distinguished contemporaries. The text used for this edition is based upon that of the first edition published in 1853. [via]
The School for Scandalby Richard Brinsley Butler SheridanISBN 0199110085 (0-19-911008-5)
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Shakespeare's Sonnetsby Katherine Duncan-JonesISBN 017443474X (0-17-443474-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Sonnets'Book summary:This Arden edition of Shakespeare's sonnets is closely based on the 1609 Quarto. As Katherine Duncan-Jones demonstrates, this text was authorized by Shakespeare himself, and may be based on an authorial manuscript. The whole carefully-ordered sequence, including "A Lover's Complaint", is read in the context of Shakespeare's career and of the poems' historical setting within early Jacobean culture. A clear-eyed analysis of homoerotic elements in the sonnets puts an end to the century of homophobic readings initiated by Sir Sidney Lee in 1897. Succinct and accessible notes guide the reader through complex vocabulary and syntax, as well as the poems' literary and cultural background. For ease of reference, these are printed on the same page-opening as the text. [via]
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Shakespeare's Sonnets and a Lover's Complaintby Stanley WellsISBN 0192820265 (0-19-282026-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint'Book summary:The most famous collection of love poems in the English language, Shakespeare's Sonnets have spoken to generations of readers who have turned to them again and again when searching for supreme examples of expressions of love. Covering the whole range of emotions from joy to anguish, these sonnets reveal the beauty, power, inventiveness, and originality of Shakespeare's verse.
The collection depicts in beautiful, poignant, and intriguing language the poet's celebration of his passionate friendship with a young man, his grief over a friend's seduction by his own mistress, his chagrin at the friend's relationship with a rival poet, and, in the final group of poems, his own humiliating infatuation with "a woman colored ill"--the Dark Lady who has tempted his "better angel" from him.
Lyrically beautiful and psychologically fascinating, the sonnets both appeal as individual poems, and as an intricately related sequence. This volume presents all the sonnets in a freshly edited text, along with Shakespeare's wry, touching portrait of a forsaken maiden in A Lover's Complaint, a poem first printed with the sonnets in 1609. It also includes little-known alternative versions of four of the sonnets. [via]More editions of Shakespeare's Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint:
Sheridan's Playsby Cecil PriceISBN 0192811584 (0-19-281158-4)
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Sybilby Benjamin Disraeli, Sheila M. SmithISBN 0192836935 (0-19-283693-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sybil'Book summary:So vivid was its exposure of the horrifying inequalities of Victorian society--from the desperate poverty of the industrial workers to the gross and irresponsible excesses of the wealthy--that is subtitle "The Two Nations" has passed intothe language.
But Disraeli, the man who was to become one of Britian's most famous prime ministers, did not produce in "Sybil" merely a political tract on behalf of Tory democracy as the answer to the Hungry Forties. This is a dramatic novel of romance, full of wit and irony; a love story which ranges through adventure, mystery and political intrigue while questioning many of the basic assumptions of the Victorian social structure. [via]
Three Guineasby Virginia WoolfISBN 0156901773 (0-15-690177-3)
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Timon of Athensby William ShakespeareISBN 0174434766 (0-17-443476-6)
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Tono-bungayby H. G. Wells, Bryan CheyetteISBN 0192828290 (0-19-282829-0)
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The Trumpet-majorby Thomas Hardy, Richard NemesvariISBN 0192827189 (0-19-282718-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Trumpet-major'Book summary:Hardy distrusted the application of nineteenth-century empiricism to history because he felt it marginalized important human elements. In The Trumpet Major, the tale of a woman courted by three competing suitors during the Napoleonic wars, he explores the subversive effects of ordinary human desire and conflicting loyalties on systematized versions of history. This edition restores Hardy's original punctuation and removes the bowdlerisms forced upon the text on its initial publication. [via]
The Two Gentlemen of Veronaby William Shakespeare, Clifford LeechISBN 0174435819 (0-17-443581-9)
Softcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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Unquiet Grave level 4by M. R. James, Tricia HedgeISBN 0194230511 (0-19-423051-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unquiet Grave level 4'Book summary:If you find a locked room in a lonely inn, don't try to open it, even on a bright sunny day. If you find a strange whistle hidden among the stones of an old church, don't blow it. If a mysterious man gives you a piece of paper with strange writing on it, give it back to him at once. And if you call a dead man from his grave, don't expect to sleep peacefully ever again. Read these five ghost stories by daylight, and make sure your door is locked. [via]
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The Valley of Fear: Library Editionby Arthur Conan Doyle, Owen Dudley EdwardsISBN 0192823825 (0-19-282382-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Valley of Fear: Library Edition'Book summary:A cipher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale in which Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarity. In an investigation involving a terrorist brotherhood and one that brings Holmes to wit's end, it is the professor who has the final word. [via]
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Vathekby William Beckford, Roger H. LonsdaleISBN 0192836560 (0-19-283656-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vathek'Book summary:This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition. [via]
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The Waste Land and Other Poemsby T. S. EliotISBN 015694877X (0-15-694877-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land and Other Poems'Book summary:After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of "The Waste Land," listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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Wessex Tales: The Three Strangers; a Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four; the Melancholy Hussar; the Withered Armby Thomas Hardy, Kathryn R. KingISBN 0192835580 (0-19-283558-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wessex Tales: The Three Strangers; a Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four; the Melancholy Hussar; the Withered Arm'Book summary:In this, his first collection of short stories, Hardy sought to record the legends, superstitions, local customs, and lore of a Wessex that was rapidly passing out of memory. But these tales also portray the social and economic stresses of 1880s Dorset, and reveal Hardy's growing scepticism about the possibility of achieving personal and sexual satisfaction in the modern world. By turns humorous, ironic, macabre, and elegiac, these seven stories show the range of Hardy's story-telling genius.
The critically established text, the first to be based on detailed study of all revised texts, presents manuscript readings which have never before appeared in print.
The stories include The Three Strangers; A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four; The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion; The Withered Arm; Fellow-Townsmen; Interlopers at the Knap; The Distracted Preacher [via]More editions of Wessex Tales: The Three Strangers; a Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four; the Melancholy Hussar; the Withered Arm:
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The Yearsby Virginia WoolfISBN 0156997010 (0-15-699701-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Years'Book summary:The principal theme of this ambitious book is Time, threading together three generations of an upper-class English family, the Pargiters. The characters come and go, meet, talk, think, dream, grow older, in a continuous ritual of life that eludes meaning.[via]More editions of The Years:
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Youth, Heart of Darkness, the End of the Tetherby Joseph Conrad, Robert KimbroughISBN 0192816268 (0-19-281626-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Youth, Heart of Darkness, the End of the Tether'Book summary:"The three stories in this volume lay no claim to unity of artistic purpose. The only bond between them is that of the time in which they were written." Thus Conrad, in his Author's Note of 1917, qualifies his later statement that the stories represent the three ages of man--youth, maturity and age. Together on one volume we see that he did not set out to write about three separate periods of life, but rather that he wrote about life from three separate points of view. [via]
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