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The Annotated Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, David M. ShapardISBN 0307278107 (0-307-27810-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:This first-ever fully annotated edition of one of the most beloved novels in the world is a sheer delight for Jane Austen fans. Here is the complete text of Pride and Prejudice with more than 2,300 annotations on facing pages, including:
" Explanations of historical context
Rules of etiquette, class differences, the position of women, legal and economic realities, leisure activities, and more.
" Citations from Austens life, letters, and other writings
Parallels between the novel and Austens experience are revealed, along with writings that illuminate her beliefs and opinions.
" Definitions and clarifications
Archaic words, words still in use whose meanings have changed, and obscure passages are explained.
" Literary comments and analyses
Insightful notes highlight Austens artistry and point out the subtle ways she develops her characters and themes.
" Maps and illustrations
of places and objects mentioned in the novel.
" An introduction, a bibliography, and a detailed chronology of events
Of course, one can enjoy the novel without knowing the precise definition of a gentleman, or what it signifies that a character drives a coach rather than a hack chaise, or the rules governing social interaction at a ball, but readers of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice will find that these kinds of details add immeasurably to understanding and enjoying the intricate psychological interplay of Austens immortal characters.
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The Capricorn Stoneby Madeleine BrentISBN 0385145969 (0-385-14596-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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A Cluster of Separate Sparksby Joan AikenISBN 0385029063 (0-385-02906-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Cousin Kateby Georgette HeyerISBN 0373834462 (0-373-83446-2)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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Daughter of Deceitby Victoria HoltISBN 038541949X (0-385-41949-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Daughter of the Starsby Phyllis A. WhitneyISBN 0345480333 (0-345-48033-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Deveraux Legacyby Carolyn G. HartISBN 0373320140 (0-373-32014-0)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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The Devil on Horsebackby Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean PlaidyISBN 0385132093 (0-385-13209-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Drawing Bloodby Poppy Z. BriteISBN 0385308957 (0-385-30895-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Emeraldby Phyllis A. WhitneyISBN 0385182856 (0-385-18285-6)
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, James RiegerISBN 0226752275 (0-226-75227-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:This revision of a widely adopted critical edition presents the 1831 text of mary shelley's english romantic novel along with critical essays that introduce students to frankenstein from contemporary psychoanalytic, marxist, feminist, gender, and cultural studies perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how various critical perspectives can be combined. In the second edition, 3 of the 6 essays are new. The text and essays are complemented by contextual documents, introductions (with bibliographies), and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms [via]
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- Frankenstein: ISBN 031219126X (0-312-19126-X)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins - Frankenstein: ISBN 0321399536 (0-321-39953-6)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group - Frankenstein: ISBN 0375753419 (0-375-75341-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Frankenstein: ISBN 0393964582 (0-393-96458-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Frankenstein: ISBN 0394848276 (0-394-84827-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - Frankenstein: ISBN 0321096983 (0-321-09698-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley - Frankenstein: ISBN 0195149017 (0-19-514901-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Frankenstein: ISBN 0312065256 (0-312-06525-6)
Hardcover, Bedford/st Martins - Frankenstein: ISBN 0312249489 (0-312-24948-9)
Hardcover, Bedford/st Martins - Frankenstein: ISBN 0330241885 (0-330-24188-5)
Hardcover, Pan Books - Frankenstein: ISBN 0226752275 (0-226-75227-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
- Frankenstein: ISBN 031219126X (0-312-19126-X)
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Frankenstein Mary Shelleyby J. SmithISBN 0312044690 (0-312-04469-0)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein Mary Shelley'Book summary:This revision of a widely adopted critical edition presents the 1831 text of Mary Shelleys English Romantic novel along with critical essays that introduce students to Frankenstein from contemporary psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gender, and cultural studies perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how various critical perspectives can be combined. In the second edition, 3 of the 6 essays are new. The text and essays are complemented by contextual documents, introductions (with bibliographies), and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.[via]More editions of Frankenstein Mary Shelley:
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0385487320 (0-385-48732-0)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein : Or, the Modern Prometheus'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Golden Urchinby Madeleine BrentISBN 038523015X (0-385-23015-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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A Great and Terrible Beautyby Libba BrayISBN 0385732317 (0-385-73231-7)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Great and Terrible Beauty'Book summary:Volume One of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy. A 19th century historical novel of England. [via]
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Green Darknessby Anya SetonISBN 0395139376 (0-395-13937-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Green Darkness'Book summary:This unforgettable story of undying love combines mysticism, suspense, mystery, and romance into a web of good and evil that stretches from 16th-century England to the present day. Richard Marsdon marries a young American woman named Celia, brings her to live at his English estate, and all seems to be going well. But now Richard has become withdrawn, and Celia is constantly haunted by a vague dread. When she suffers a breakdown and wavers between life and death, a wise doctor realizes that only by forcing Celia to relive her past can he enable her to escape her illness. Celia travels back 400 years in time to her past life as a beautiful but doomed servant. Through her eyes, we see the England of the Tudors, torn by religious strife, and experience all the pageantry, lustiness, and cruelty of the age. As in other historical romance titles by this author, the past comes alive in this flamboyant classic novel.[via]More editions of Green Darkness:
Happily Never Afterby Kathleen O'BrienISBN 0373836562 (0-373-83656-2)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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A Heritage of Shadowsby Madeleine BrentISBN 0385190417 (0-385-19041-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Hotel Transylvaniaby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0312392486 (0-312-39248-6)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hotel Transylvania'Book summary:The classic tale that introduced the legendary Le Comte de Saint-Germain, first published in 1978 and spawning 14 titles in the Saint-Germain epic, is now available in paperback. A fixture in 1740s Parisian society, Saint-Germain is a perfect gentleman--and a vampire. When the fiery young Madeline falls in love with him, a group of evil sorcerers targets her for their black mass--and only Saint-Germain can save her soul. [via]
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House of Many Shadowsby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0396070167 (0-396-07016-7)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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The India Fanby Victoria Holt, Jean PlaidyISBN 0385246005 (0-385-24600-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Ivy Treeby Mary StewartISBN 0380820749 (0-380-82074-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Jamaica Innby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0380725398 (0-380-72539-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jamaica Inn'Book summary:Jamaica Inn is a true classic. After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan travels to Jamaica Inn on the wild British moors to live with her Aunt Patience. The coachman warns her of the strange happenings there, but Mary is committed to remain at Jamaica Inn. Suddenly, her life is in the hands of strangers: her uncle, Joss Merlyn, whose crude ways repel her; Aunt Patience, who seems mentally unstable and perpetually frightened; and the enigmatic Francis Davey. But most importantly, Mary meets Jem Merlyn, Joss's younger brother, whose kisses make her heart race. Caught up in the danger at this inn of evil repute, Mary must survive murder, mystery, storms, and smugglers before she can build a life with Jem. [via]
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Susan J. Wolfson, Claudia L. JohnsonISBN 0321105079 (0-321-10507-9)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:From Longman's Cultural Editions series, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , edited by Claudia Johnson and Susan Wolfson, offers the text of the first edition and is extensively annotated in several contexts, from Austen's views, to cultural issues, to first reviews and critical reception. [via]
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The Judas Kissby Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean PlaidyISBN 0385177860 (0-385-17786-0)
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Kirkland Revelsby Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean PlaidyISBN 0385000618 (0-385-00061-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Landower Legacyby Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean PlaidyISBN 0385196288 (0-385-19628-8)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co
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The Lion Triumphantby Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean PlaidyISBN 0399111352 (0-399-11135-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Listen, Please Listenby Naomi A. HintzeISBN 039449072X (0-394-49072-X)
Hardcover, Random House
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Lost Soulsby Poppy Z. BriteISBN 0385308752 (0-385-30875-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Love Curse of the Rumbaughsby Jack GantosISBN 0374336903 (0-374-33690-3)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Mary Shelley: Frankensteinby Berthold Schoene-Harwood, Richard BeynonISBN 0231121938 (0-231-12193-8)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mary Shelley: Frankenstein'Book summary:Mary Shelley's first novel has established itself as one of modernity's most compelling and ominous myths. Frankenstein poignantly captures the spirit of the early 1800s as an age of transition tragically divided between scientific progress and religious conservatism, revolutionary reform and conformist reaction.
This "Guide" encapsulates the most important critical reactions to a novel that straddles the realms of both "high" literature and popular culture. The selections shed light on "Frankenstein"'s historical and socio-political relevance, its innovative representations of science, gender, and identity, as well as its problematic cultural location between academic critique and creative production. Ranging from the first reviews in 1818 to postmodern readings of the mid-1990s, the "Guide" illuminates one of British literature's most spectacular novels. [via]
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Michael's Wifeby MillhiserISBN 0399110151 (0-399-11015-1)
Hardcover, Putnam
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The Miracle at St. Bruno'sby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Eleanor HibbertISBN 0399109773 (0-399-10977-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Mystiqueby Charlotte DouglasISBN 037322852X (0-373-22852-X)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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Patriot's Dreamby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0396073379 (0-396-07337-9)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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Poincianaby Phyllis A. WhitneyISBN 0385171846 (0-385-17184-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poinciana'Book summary:The Palm Beach home of Ross Logan contains his celebrated collection of oriental art, and a prized new possession -- his terrified young bride....
Adorning the Florida coastline stands Poinciana, the fabulous mansion of the Logan family. Inside its regal walls a volcano of intrigue and violent emotion has begun to erupt, and not one of the Logans is safe.
Especially not Sharon Hollis Logan, the lovely young bride of patriarch Ross Logan. For reasons unknown to Sharon, Ross seems to be hated by Gretchen, his daughter from a previous marriage, by her ne'er-do-well husband, Vasily, and by Ross's strange mother, Allegra -- and all their hostility is readily transferred to Sharon.
But as she tries to find out why, Sharon uncovers a devastating secret about her own relationship with her husband -- a secret that, in the end, will test the limits of her courage as well as her ability to love .... [via]More editions of Poinciana:
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Pride & Prejudiceby UnkISBN 0194227103 (0-19-422710-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride & Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Donald GrayISBN 0393976041 (0-393-97604-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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- Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0395775566 (0-395-77556-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin School - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0194230937 (0-19-423093-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0393103218 (0-393-10321-8)
Softcover, Norton - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0393962946 (0-393-96294-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0340076151 (0-340-07615-1)
Hardcover, University of London P. - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0393096688 (0-393-09668-8)
Hardcover, W.W. Norton - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0396085369 (0-396-08536-9)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0393976041 (0-393-97604-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
- Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0395775566 (0-395-77556-6)
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Pride and Prejudiceby Mark Schorer, Jane AustenISBN 0395051010 (0-395-05101-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Pride of the Peacockby Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Hibbert, Jean PlaidyISBN 0385122810 (0-385-12281-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Promiseby Donna BoydISBN 0380790963 (0-380-79096-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Rebel Angelsby Libba BrayISBN 0385733410 (0-385-73341-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rebel Angels'Book summary:In this sequel to the Victorian fantasy A Great and Terrible Beauty, Gemma continues to pursue her role as the one destined to bind the magic of the Realms and restore it to the Order--a mysterious group who have been overthrown by a rebellion. Gemma, Felicity and Ann, (her girlfriends at Spence Academy for Young Ladies), use magical power to transport themselves on visits from their corseted world to the visionary country of the Realms, with its strange beauty and menace. There they search for the lost Temple, the key to Gemma's mission, and comfort Pippa, their friend who has been left behind in the Realms. After these visits they bring back magical power for a short time to use in their own world. Meanwhile, Gemma is torn between her attraction to the exotic Kartik, the messenger from the opposing forces of the Rakshana, and the handsome but clueless Simon, a young man of good family who is courting her. The complicated plot thickens when Gemma discovers a woman in Bedlam madhouse who knows where to find the Temple; Ann shows signs of being enamored of Gemma's loutish brother Tom, and their father's addiction to laudanum lands him in an opium den. A large part of the enjoyment of this unusual fantasy comes from the Victorian milieu and its restrictive rules about the behavior of proper young ladies, as contrasted with the unimaginable possibilities of the Realms, where Gemma has power to confront gorgons and ghosts and the responsibility to save a world. (Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell [via]
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The Road to Paradise Islandby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Eleanor HibbertISBN 0385191103 (0-385-19110-3)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Road to Paradise Island'Book summary:Annalice Mallory is consumed with curiousity when she discovers the neglected grave of an ancestress with a name similar to her own. But it is her brother Philip who acts on the discovery of the long-dead Ann Alice's map and journals, and who sails in search of the legendary Paradise Island. [via]
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The Romance of the Forestby Ann Radcliffe, Chloe ChardISBN 0192837133 (0-19-283713-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Saraband for Two Sistersby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Eleanor HibbertISBN 0399117466 (0-399-11746-6)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Secret for a Nightingaleby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Eleanor HibbertISBN 0385236212 (0-385-23621-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secret for a Nightingale'Book summary:As a young girl in India, Susanna Pleydell first becomes aware of her special gifts of healing. But she puts aside her dream of helping others when she meets the dashing Aubrey St. Clare.
Back home in Victorian London, Susanna, now married, finds St. Clare has a weakness for opium and the occult. Worse, he falls in with Damien Adair, a sinister physician who controls him in ways that are frightening, often terrifying, to her.
When tragedy strikes, Susanna holds Damien responsible. But she cannot forget him. He haunts her dreams. . .and holds the key to the most sinister secret of all!
"A great story and a great mystery as well!" (B-O-T Editorial Review Board) [via]
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Seven for a Secretby Victoria HoltISBN 038542406X (0-385-42406-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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The Shadowed Springby Carola SalisburyISBN 0385149581 (0-385-14958-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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The Shivering Sandsby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Eleanor HibbertISBN 0385065884 (0-385-06588-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Silverswordby Phyllis A. WhitneyISBN 0385236662 (0-385-23666-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silversword'Book summary:The last time Caroline Kirby saw handsome David Reed, she was only a child, back in the exotic days on Maui, where she lived with her parents before they were killed in a terrible accident. But she has never forgotten his voice, his eyes, or his kindness. Now, an adult, recently divorced, Caroline discovers her life has been built on deception, and to find the truth she must return to Maui -- and to the man she has never gotten out of her mind . . . From the Paperback edition. [via]
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Smoke and Mirrorsby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0380820048 (0-380-82004-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Snare of Serpentsby Victoria HoltISBN 0385413858 (0-385-41385-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Snowfireby Phyllis A. WhitneyISBN 0385022646 (0-385-02264-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Stone Bullby Phyllis A. WhitneyISBN 0385128916 (0-385-12891-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Stone Carnationby Naomi A. HintzeISBN 0394462440 (0-394-46244-0)
Hardcover, Random House
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Stormswiftby Madeleine BrentISBN 0385190476 (0-385-19047-6)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stormswift'Book summary:1984 Doubleday hardcover, BCE, no ISBN. Madeleine Brent(Moonraker's Bride, The Capricorn Stone). A young woman witnesses her parents murder, is enslaved aand vows to to free herself. [via]
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hallby Herbert Rosengarten, Anne BronteISBN 0198125968 (0-19-812596-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'Book summary:Published in June 1848, less than a year before her death, Anne Brontë's second (and last) novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, is the somber account of the breakdown of a marriage in the face of alcoholism and infidelity. The novel enjoyed a modest success that led its publisher, the unscrupulous T.C. Newby, to issue a "Second Edition" less than two months later. The present edition, which completes the Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontës, offers a text based on the collation of the first edition with the second. The introduction details the work's composition and early printing history, including its first publication in America; and the text is fully annotated. Appendices record the substantive variants in the first English and American editions, and discuss the author's belief in the doctrine of universal salvation. [via]
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The Time of the Hunter's Moonby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Eleanor HibbertISBN 038519109X (0-385-19109-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Tregaron's Daughterby Madeleine BrentISBN 0385003234 (0-385-00323-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Villette: Library Editionby Charlotte Bronte, Deborah Lutz, A. S. Byatt, Ignes SodreISBN 037575850X (0-375-75850-X)
Softcover, Modern Library
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Left by harrowing circumstances to fend for herself in the great capital of a foreign country, Lucy Snowe, the narrator and heroine of Villette, achieves by degrees an authentic independence from both outer necessity and inward grief. Charlotte Brontë's last novel, published in 1853, has a dramatic force comparable to that of her other masterpiece, Jane Eyre, as well as strikingly modern psychological insight and a revolutionary understanding of human loneliness. With an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallet. [via] -
Villette: Library Editionby Margaret Smith, Charlotte Bronte, Herbert Rosengarten, Tim DolinISBN 0192839640 (0-19-283964-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Villette: Library Edition'Book summary:First published in 1853, Villette draws from Charlotte Brontë's experiences in Brussels in the 1840's. In this emotionally charged tale, we see Lucy Snowe's response to the challenges of her restrictive social environment as she flees from her unhappy past in England to a new life as a teacher at Madame Beck's school in Villette.
This new edition features the definitive Clarendon edition of Villette which is derived from the earliest printings of Brontë's great work. The text is supplemented with a newly commissioned introduction, which gives a thorough and in depth analysis of the context of this fine example of the nineteenth century novel. [via]More editions of Villette: Library Edition:
Villette: Charlotte Bronteby Pauline NestorISBN 0312079095 (0-312-07909-5)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Walker in Shadowsby Barbara MertzISBN 0396077137 (0-396-07713-7)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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Will You Love Me in September?by Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Hibbert, Jean PlaidyISBN 0399125906 (0-399-12590-6)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Winter Brideby Carola Salisbury, Michael ButterworthISBN 0385131119 (0-385-13111-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Witchby Barbara MertzISBN 0396068383 (0-396-06838-3)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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The Witch from the Seaby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Eleanor HibbertISBN 0399114270 (0-399-11427-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Wizard's Daughterby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0396078990 (0-396-07899-0)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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Woman Without a Pastby Phyllis A. WhitneyISBN 0385417845 (0-385-41784-5)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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