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ISBN 9780750900836 (0-7509-0083-0, 0750900830)

by W. C. Sellar, R.J. Yeatman

ISBN 0750900830 (0-7509-0083-0)
Hardcover, Sutton Pub Ltd

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A comical look at English history since the beginning of time -- no one, no event is spared. A strong knowledge of English history is not needed to enjoy this fun read. [via]

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1066 & All That: A Memorable History of England: ISBN 0750917164 (0-7509-1716-4)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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1066: The Year of the Conquest

by David Armine Howarth

ISBN 0670696013 (0-670-69601-3)
Hardcover, Penguin USA

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All Things Wise And Wonderful

by James Herriot

ISBN 0816165254 (0-8161-6525-4)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co

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The Annotated Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare, A. L. Rowse

ISBN 0681322608 (0-681-32260-8)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Press

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Britain Yesterday and Today

by Smith, Arnstein

ISBN 0669244600 (0-669-24460-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div

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ISBN 9780618001040 (0-618-00104-2, 0618001042)

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Britain Yesterday and Today: 1830 To the Present

by Walter L. Arnstein

ISBN 0618001042 (0-618-00104-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div

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This text, which is the fourth volume in the best-selling History of England series, tells how a small and insignificant outpost of the Roman empire evolved into a nation that has produced and disseminated so many significant ideas and institutions. This is the only comprehensive text available for the History of England survey course that has been revised and updated to include coverage of the entire 20th century. [via]

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ISBN 9780671203078 (0-671-20307-X, 067120307X)

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The Code of the Woosters

by P.G. Wodehouse

ISBN 067120307X (0-671-20307-X)
Hardcover, Simon and Schuster

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A Jeeves and Wooster novel When Bertie Wooster goes to Totleigh Towers to pour oil on the troubled waters of a lovers' breach between Madeline Bassett and Gussie Fink-Nottle, he isn't expecting to see Aunt Dahlia there - nor to be instructed by her to steal some silver. But purloining the antique cow creamer from under the baleful nose of Sir Watkyn Bassett is the least of Bertie's tasks. He has to restore true love to both Madeline and Gussie and to the Revd 'Stinker' Pinker and Stiffy Byng - and confound the insane ambitions of would-be Dictator Roderick Spode and his Black Shorts. It's a situation that only Jeeves can unravel. Writing at the very height of his powers, in The Code of the Woosters, P.G. Wodehouse delivers what might be the most delightfully funny book ever committed to paper. [via]

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The Complete Works of Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare, David M. Bevington, Hardin Craig

ISBN 0673076911 (0-673-07691-1)
Hardcover, Scott, Foresman

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Every play All 37, All 154 Sonnets, with hyper-linking ready Easy To Use 'Table of Contents'

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright

This publication includes all of Shakespeare's works and comes with an Easy To Use 'Table of Contents' to navigate from the beginning to any play of your choice.

Included are all the 37 Major plays by Shakespeare.
Included are all the 154 Sonnets all by Shakespeare. [via]

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The Complete Works of Shakespeare

by David Bevington

ISBN 0673388735 (0-673-38873-5)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley

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ISBN 9780706414004 (0-7064-1400-4, 0706414004)

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

by John Wilson

ISBN 0706414004 (0-7064-1400-4)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub

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excellent hardcover book. great binding. soft cushiony cover. pages are excellent [via]

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Complete Works of William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare

ISBN 0681410035 (0-681-41003-5)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Pr

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The Constant Princess

by Philippa Gregory

ISBN 0743272498 (0-7432-7249-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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"I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England."

Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. When they meet and are married, the match becomes as passionate as it is politically expedient. The young lovers revel in each other's company and plan the England they will make together. But tragically, aged only fifteen, Arthur falls ill and extracts from his sixteen-year-old bride a deathbed promise to marry his brother, Henry; become Queen; and fulfill their dreams and her destiny.

"They tell me nothing but lies here and they think they can break my spirit. I believe what I choose and say nothing. I am not as simple as I seem."

Widowed and alone in the avaricious world of the Tudor court, Katherine has to sidestep her father-in-law's desire for her and convince him, and an incredulous Europe, that her marriage to Arthur was never consummated, that there is no obstacle to marriage with Henry. For seven years, she endures the treachery of spies, the humiliation of poverty, and intense loneliness and despair while she waits for the inevitable moment when she will step into the role she has prepared for all her life. Then, like her warrior mother, Katherine must take to the battlefield and save England when its old enemies the Scots come over the border and there is no one to stand against them but the new Queen.

"It was my dying husband's hope, my mother's wish, and God's will that I should be Queen of England; and for them and for the country, I will be Queen of England until I die."

Raised on the battlefield and in the most beautiful Moorish palace in the world, sent to England alone at the age of sixteen to take her place in a court where she couldn't speak the language, and abandoned and forced to endure poverty after the death of her husband, Katherine remained a woman of indomitable spirit, unwavering faith, and extraordinary strength. Philippa Gregory brings to life one of history's most inspiring women and creates one of the most compelling characters in historical fiction.

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ISBN 9780786219261 (0-7862-1926-2, 0786219262)

Desolation Island

by Patrick O'Brian

ISBN 0786219262 (0-7862-1926-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr

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Captain Bligh (yes, the guy from the Bounty) needs to be rescued, and the Royal Navy has the perfect man for the job: Captain Jack Aubrey. With his friend and cloak-and-dagger expert Stephen Maturin in tow, Aubrey sets off for Australia. Several factors, including an attractive spy and a small-scale epidemic, conspire to change his plans, and before long his frigate is being pursued into Antarctic waters by a Dutch man-of-war. Five installments into the series, the Aubrey-Maturin story remains (to quote The Observer) "the best thing afloat since Horatio Hornblower." [via]

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ISBN 9780670770762 (0-670-77076-0, 0670770760)

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Diversity and Depth in Fiction

by Angus Wilson, Kerry McSweeney

ISBN 0670770760 (0-670-77076-0)
Hardcover, Penguin USA

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ISBN 9780812034486 (0-8120-3448-1, 0812034481)

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Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

by Emily Bronte, Frances McCarthy

ISBN 0812034481 (0-8120-3448-1)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc

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A guide to reading "Wuthering Heights" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list. [via]

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ISBN 9780785707219 (0-7857-0721-2, 0785707212)

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Every Living Thing

by James Herriot

ISBN 0785707212 (0-7857-0721-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound

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From the author of All Creatures Great and Small -- an enchanting volume of memoirs. You'll meet his associate, John Crooks; his partner, Siegfried; more of the farmers and village-dwellers who form his diverse (and sometimes rather eccentric) clientele; and more of his patients -- the farm and domestic animals on which Dr. Herriot lavishes his affection, care and love.

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ISBN 9780670030644 (0-670-03064-3, 0670030643)

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Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde

ISBN 0670030643 (0-670-03064-3)
Hardcover, Penguin USA

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Penzler Pick, January 2002: When I first heard the premise of this unique mystery, I doubted that a first-time author could pull off a complicated caper involving so many assumptions, not the least of which is a complete suspension of disbelief. Jasper Fforde is not only up to the task, he exceeds all expectations.

Imagine this. Great Britain in 1985 is close to being a police state. The Crimean War has dragged on for more than 130 years and Wales is self-governing. The only recognizable thing about this England is her citizens' enduring love of literature. And the Third Most Wanted criminal, Acheron Hades, is stealing characters from England's cherished literary heritage and holding them for ransom.

Bibliophiles will be enchanted, but not surprised, to learn that stealing a character from a book only changes that one book, but Hades has escalated his thievery. He has begun attacking the original manuscripts, thus changing all copies in print and enraging the reading public. That's why Special Operations Network has a Literary Division, and it is why one of its operatives, Thursday Next, is on the case.

Thursday is utterly delightful. She is vulnerable, smart, and, above all, literate. She has been trying to trace Hades ever since he stole Mr. Quaverley from the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and killed him. You will only remember Mr. Quaverley if you read Martin Chuzzlewit prior to 1985. But now Hades has set his sights on one of the plums of literature, Jane Eyre, and he must be stopped.

How Thursday achieves this and manages to preserve one of the great books of the Western canon makes for delightfully hilarious reading. You do not have to be an English major to be pulled into this story. You'll be rooting for Thursday, Jane, Mr. Rochester--and a familiar ending. --Otto Penzler [via]

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ISBN 9780786219278 (0-7862-1927-0, 0786219270)

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The Fortune of War

by Patrick O'Brian

ISBN 0786219270 (0-7862-1927-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr

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Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Royal Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel, but the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephens past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance. [via]

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Her Little Majesty: The Life of Queen Victoria

by Carolly Erickson

ISBN 0743236572 (0-7432-3657-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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ISBN 9780771079221 (0-7710-7922-2, 0771079222)

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A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000

by Simon Schama

ISBN 0771079222 (0-7710-7922-2)
Hardcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd

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The key to understanding the nature of Simon Schama's contribution in his original and imaginative A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire, 1776-2000 lies in his use of the indefinite article in the title. This is no standard history. Schama's many fans know him to be an innovator, a groundbreaker in the best sense of the term. He overturned tired historical constructs in his study of the French Revolution; he saw the world of art from a different perspective in Rembrandt's Eyes; and he suggested a completely new historical methodology in Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations). It should come as no surprise to readers that this, his third volume of the history of Britain written for the BBC Television series, is an unconventional account. To be sure, we find Queen Victoria and Sir Winston Churchill, but they share space both with a host of previously little-known figures and with others whose contributions may not at first seem to be intimately connected to the main strands of British history.

Schama's business is with people, and to this end he introduces his readers to the likes of obscure authors and critics such as Anna Barbaud and Elizabeth Gaskell, and to colonials like Robert and Kate Bartrum. Through their stories we learn about historical forces like social reform and imperialism. And while Schama still pays attention to leading lights, he places these figures in broader contexts. Thus George Orwell becomes part of the fabric of British socialism in the middle of the 20th century: "Nothing could be more British--all right, more English--than for George Orwell to insist that to have a future, a free future at any rate, presupposes keeping faith with the past." Schama keeps faith with this past and offers strong opinions about reform, the Victorian age, imperialism, conflict, and the career of Sir Winston Churchill. This unique and personal history is strongly recommended. --William Newbigging [via]

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ISBN 9780786868995 (0-7868-6899-6, 0786868996)

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A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire 1776-2002

by Simon Schama

ISBN 0786868996 (0-7868-6899-6)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books

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Simon Schamas dramatic, broad-ranging, and immensely readable epic history of Britain reaches its triumphant conclusion in this third and final volume, which stretches from the American Revolution to the present.

The Fate of Empire tells the eventful and exhilarating story of Britains rise and fall as an imperial power, from the political turmoil of the 1770s to the struggle of present day leaders to find a way to make a different national future. The volume also examines the Romantic generation, the role of women in Victorian England, industrialization, and the liberal empire from Ireland to India, which promised material improvement, but delivered coercion and famine. As in the previous volumes, Schama vividly portrays the lives of extraordinary personalities Queen Victoria, Churchill, Dickens, and ordinary individuals including the author of the first British travel guide, and Elizabeth Anderson, the first woman doctor.

Finally, Schama asks an essential question: what kind of Britain can hold together when its island isolation and its imperial dominion have both vanished? An examination of the legacy of the British ideal of freedom is at the heart of this entertaining and well-researched book. With The Fate of Empire, Simon Schama has proven himself, again, as a masterful writer of narrative history. [via]

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ISBN 9780786867523 (0-7868-6752-3, 0786867523)

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History of Britain: The Wars of the British, 1603 - 1776

by Simon Schama

ISBN 0786867523 (0-7868-6752-3)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books

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Inside these pages lies the bloody epic of liberty, the British Iliad.

The second volume of Simon Schama's A History of Britain brings the histories of Britain's civil wars -- full of blighted idealism, shocking carnage, and unexpected outcomes -- startlingly to life. These conflicts were fought unsparingly between the nations of the islands -- Ireland, England, and Scotland -- and between parliament and the crown. Shattering the illusion of a "united kingdom," they cost hundreds of thousands of lives: a greater proportion of the population than died in the First World War.

When religious passion gave way to the equally consuming passion for profits, it became possible for the pieces of Britain to come together as the spectacularly successful business enterprise of "Britannia Incorporated." And in a few generations that business state expanded in a dizzying process that transformed what had been an obscure, off-shore footnote to Europe's great powers into the main event -- the most powerful empire in the world.

Yet somehow, it was the "wrong empire." The British considered it a bastion of liberty, yet it was based on military force and the enslavement of hundreds of thousands of Africans. In America, the emptiness of British claims to protect "freedom" was thrown back into the teeth of colonial governors and redcoat soldiers, while the likes of Sam Adams and George Washington inherited the mantle of Cromwell.

Simon Schama grippingly evokes the horror of the battle, famine, and plague; the flames of burning cities; the pathos of broken families, with fathers and sons forced to choose opposing sides. But he also captures the intimacies of palace and parliament and the seductions of profit and pleasure. Geniuses like John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, and Benjamin Franklin stalk vividly through his pages, but so do Scottish clansmen, women pamphleteers, and literate, eloquent African slaves like Olaudah Equiano. [via]

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ISBN 9780783802800 (0-7838-0280-3, 0783802803)

An Instance of the Fingerpost

by Iain Pears

ISBN 0783802803 (0-7838-0280-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr

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ISBN 9780679642237 (0-679-64223-4, 0679642234)

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Ivanhoe

by Walter Scott

ISBN 0679642234 (0-679-64223-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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The Prior Aymer had taken the opportunity afforded him, of changing his riding robe for one of yet more costly materials, over which he wore a cope curiously embroidered. Besides the massive golden signet ring, which marked his ecclesiastical dignity, his fingers, though contrary to the canon, were loaded with precious gems; his sandals were of the finest leather which was imported from Spain; his beard trimmed to as small dimensions as his order would possibly permit, and his shaven crown concealed by a scarlet cap richly embroidered. The appearance of the Knight Templar was also changed; and, though less studiously bedecked with ornament, his dress was as rich, and his appearance far more commanding, than that of his companion. He had exchanged his shirt of mail for an under tunic of dark purple silk, garnished with furs, over which flowed his long robe of spotless white, in ample folds. The eight-pointed cross of his order was cut on the shoulder of his mantle in black velvet. The high cap no longer invested his brows, which were only shaded by short and thick curled hair of a raven blackness, corresponding to his unusually swart complexion. Nothing could be more gracefully majestic than his step and manner, had they not been marked by a predominant air of haughtiness, easily acquired by the exercise of unresisted authority. . . . [via]

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Ivanhoe

by Scott, Walter, Sr.

ISBN 0812565657 (0-8125-6565-7)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom

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The first of Scott's Waverley novels burst upon an astonished world in 1814. Its publication marked the emergence of the modern novel in the western world, influencing all the great nineteenth-century writers. This handsome new edition of Sir Walter Scott's novels captures the original power and freshness of his best-loved novels. [via]

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Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice

by Jane Austen

ISBN 0791094375 (0-7910-9437-5)
Hardcover, Facts on File

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ISBN 9780764108341 (0-7641-0834-4, 0764108344)

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Literature Made Easy Pride and Prejudice

by Tony Buzan, Michael Kerrigan

ISBN 0764108344 (0-7641-0834-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc

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This English literature revision guide for GCSE English students discusses Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". It features "mind maps" which summarize the entire work, icons, symbols, diagrams, cartoons and storyboards. [via]

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The Mauritius Command

by Patrick O'Brian

ISBN 0812824768 (0-8128-2476-8)
Hardcover, Stein & Day Pub

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ISBN 9780809599943 (0-8095-9994-5, 0809599945)

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

ISBN 0809599945 (0-8095-9994-5)
Softcover, Wildside Pr

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A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."

As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]

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ISBN 9780679783268 (0-679-78326-1, 0679783261)

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Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

ISBN 0679783261 (0-679-78326-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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"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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by Harold Bloom

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Shakespeare: The Illustrated Library

by William Shakespeare, George Cruikshank, John Gilbert, R. Dudley

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Sharpe's Battle

by Bernard Cornwell

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Sharpe's Enemy

by Bernard Cornwell

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by Bernard Cornwell

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The Unabridged William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright

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These elegant volumes are bound in simulated leather with titles stamped in gold and gilt-edged pages.

Includes footnoted text of the Bard's 37 plays, sonnets, and poems, with a glossary and index of characters. [via]

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Waterloo

by Bernard Cornwell

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In creating workds such as Hamlet and Macbeth, Shakespeare became the quintessential dramatist of the Western canon. This comprehensive volume places critical focus on Shakespeare's major comedies, histories, romances, and tragedies.

This title, William Shakespeare, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of William Shakespeare through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on William Shakespeare, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]

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William Shakespeare Complete Works

by William Shakespeare, Eric Rasmusse N, Heloise Senechal

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FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE, MODERNIZED, AND CORRECTED EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE'S FIRST FOLIO IN THREE CENTURIES.Skillfully assembled by Shakespeare's fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works. It is arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations.Now Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, have edited the First Folio as a complete book, resulting in a definitive Complete Works for the twenty-first century.Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition will be indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike.For more information on this Modern Library edition, visit www.therscshakespeare.com [via]

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William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet/Macbeth/Hamlet/Othello/The Taming of the Shrew/A Midsummer Night's Dream/The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare, Marina Kastan

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He was the greatest poet and playwright who ever lived, the dramatist who penned lines that we quote without even realizing their origin. Shakespeare's glorious works have even inspired animated films--like Disney's The Lion King. Introduce children to the Bard with this wonderful, fully annotated collection of sonnets and soliloquies, enhanced with beautiful, highly realistic color paintings that bring each excerpt to vivid life. Here are Shakespeare's most famous speeches: "To be or not to be" from Hamlet, with the melancholy Dane pictured in front of the castle, his face pensive and gazing into the distance; Portia's gentle plea for mercy in The Merchant of Venice; Macbeth's witches' cackling "Double, double, toil and trouble"; and Marc Antony's sarcastic address to "Friends, Romans, Countrymen," in Julius Caesar. A golden-robed Henry V, kneeling and bowed from the weight of the world, ponders how rulers must bear the burden of their subjects' needs. Mercutio, seen here in a bright red background as fiery and explosive as his personality, gently teases his lovesick friend Romeo. From the tender sonnets (Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?) to the humorous songs sung by his jesters in comedies such as Twelfth Night, every page contains pure verbal and visual magic.

"...the most delicate challenge in introducing poetry to children [is]...making all the necessary allowances for accessibility without completely throwing felicity and mystery to the winds. In this respect...it is particularly heartening to come upon...The Poetry for Young People Series [which] should be commended for recognizing that secure stepping stones hold infinitely more hope than forced marches."--Washington Post Book World.

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