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The Adventures of Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 1595400362 (1-59540-036-2)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Peter Pan'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end. Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street], and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there is was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner. [via]
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Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 158827960X (1-58827-960-X)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Allan Quatermainby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1588275019 (1-58827-501-9)
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Allan Quatermain and the Ice Godsby H. Rider HaggardISBN 158715708X (1-58715-708-X)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Allan Quatermain's Wifeby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1587157101 (1-58715-710-1)
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Allan's Wifeby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1588275329 (1-58827-532-9)
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The Annotated Ancient Marinerby Martin Gardner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Gustave DoreISBN 1591021251 (1-59102-125-1)
Hardcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Ancient Mariner'Book summary:Coleridge's greatest work, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is utterly unique, unlike any other ballad. No narrative poem has rivaled it in combining scenes of terror with scenes of incomparable beauty. Although enormously popular in the nineteenth century, it is seldom read or studied today. This annotated version by Martin Gardner will help to renew the appreciation and deepen the understanding of Coleridge's unjustly neglected masterpiece.
Preceding the poem is a biographical sketch of the great poet, which emphasizes those aspects of his many-sided life and personality that have the strongest bearing on the poem, especially on circumstances surrounding its composition. Both the 1798 and 1834 versions of the poem are presented, with notes on words, lines, and stanzas that Coleridge later excised. Following the poem, Gardner summarizes major critical attitudes toward the ballad, discusses possible higher levels of meaning, and closes with questions concerning the poem's much-debated moral.
Many artists have illustrated the Rime, but none as skillfully as Gustave Doré. He was far and away the most popular and prolific book illustrator of all time, and though his work has been out of fashion for some time, it is becoming harder and harder to dismiss him as a mere yeoman illustrator.
Here is your chance to read, or reread, Coleridge's classic Rime, to fully understand it, and to relish Doré's magnificent illustrations. [via]More editions of The Annotated Ancient Mariner:
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Autobiography of Anthony Trollopeby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1594623198 (1-59462-319-8)
Softcover, Standard Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autobiography of Anthony Trollope'Book summary:It may be well that I should put a short preface to this book. In the summer of 1878 my father told me that he had written a memoir of his own life. He did not speak about it at length, but said that he had written me a letter, not to be opened until after his death, containing instructions for publication. This letter was dated 30th April, 1876. I will give here as much of it as concerns the public: "I wish you to accept as a gift from me, given you now, the accompanying pages which contain a memoir of my life. My intention is that they shall be published after my death, and be edited by you. But I leave it altogether to your discretion whether to publish or to suppress the work;-and also to your discretion whether any part or what part shall be omitted. But I would not wish that anything should be added to the memoir. If you wish to say any word as from yourself, let it be done in the shape of a preface or introductory chapter." At the end there is a postscript: "The publication, if made at all, should be effected as soon as possible after my death." My father died on the 6th of December, 1882... [via]
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Ayala's Angelby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1594623511 (1-59462-351-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ayala's Angel'Book summary:Ayala's Angel is a novel written by English author Anthony Trollope, written between April 25, 1878, and September 24 of the same year, although it was not published for two years. It was written as a stand-alone novel rather than as part of a series, though several of the minor characters appear in other novels by Trollope.
The plot focuses on two orphaned sisters, Lucy and Ayala Dormer, Ayala especially, and their trials, with first their relatives, and then of the heart, though as in most Trollope novels, pages are given over to subplots related to the main plot.
Due to a lack of success in his immediately preceding novels, Trollope had difficulty publishing Ayala's Angel. It was first published in the United States, in the periodical Cincinnati Commercial, which, as was the usual custom for novels at the time, released it in increments, probably of four chapters per issue, between November 6, 1880 and July 23, 1881, for which illustrations were drawn, which were left out of the British publication, released in May 1882. -- from Wikipedia [via]More editions of Ayala's Angel:
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Bostoniansby Henry James, Siri HustvedtISBN 1593082975 (1-59308-297-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bostonians'Book summary:[via]The Bostonians, by Henry James, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Nearly a century before the birth of the contemporary feminist movement, Henry James dealt with its nineteenth-century forerunner in The Bostonians. Mixing acute social observation and psychological analysis with mordant humor, James hangs his story on a unique instance of the traditional romantic triangle. At its apex stands the vibrantly beautiful Verena Tarrant, an intense public speaker who arouses the passions of two very different people. Olive Chancellor, a Boston-bred suffragette, dreams of turning Verena into a fiery campaigner for womens rights. Basil Ransom, a Mississippi-bred lawyer, dreams of turning her into his wife. As these two struggle for possession of Verenas souland bodytheir confusions, crises, and conflicts begin almost preternaturally to prefigure todays sexual politics. In fact, Jamess complex portrait of Olive and her ideals, savagely satirical yet sympathetic and so controversial when it first appeared, continues to evoke both anger and admiration. But he treats Verena and Basil with equal complexity, climaxed by the novels quietly haunting final sentence.
Siri Hustvedt earned a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University in 1986 and is the author of a book of poetry, Reading to You; three novels: The Blindfold, The Enchantment of Lily Dahl, and What I Loved; and a book of essays, Yonder.
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The Brethrenby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1587157500 (1-58715-750-0)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Children of the New Forestby Frederick MarryatISBN 1599150506 (1-59915-050-6)
Softcover, Yesterdays Classics
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Christmas Carol, The Chimes, And The Cricket On The Hearthby Charles DickensISBN 1593080336 (1-59308-033-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Complete Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Kyle FreemanISBN 1593080344 (1-59308-034-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Vol. I'Book summary:[via]The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes comprises four novels and fifty-six short stories revolving around the worlds most popular and influential fictional detectivethe eccentric, arrogant, and ingenious Sherlock Holmes. He and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step from Holmess comfortable quarters at 221b Baker Street into the swirling fog of Victorian London to exercise that unique combination of detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction. Inevitably, Holmes rescues the innocent, confounds the guilty, and solves the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.
Volume I of The Complete Sherlock Holmes starts with Holmess first appearance, A Study in Scarlet, a chilling murder novel complete with bloodstained walls and cryptic clues, followed by the baffling The Sign of Four, which introduces Holmess cocaine problem and Watsons future wife. The story collections The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes feature such renowned tales as A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, and The Musgrave Ritual.
Tired of writing stories about Holmes, his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, killed him off at the end of The Final Problem, the last tale in The Memoirs. But the public outcry was so great that eight years later he published the masterful The Hound of the Baskervilles, which supposedly takes place before Holmess death.
The separate Volume II of The Complete Sherlock Holmes collects the remaining accounts of Holmess exploits, including The Adventure of the Empty House, which reveals the elaborate circumstances behind Holmess literary resurrection.
Kyle Freeman, a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast for many years, earned two graduate degrees in English literature from Columbia University, where his major was twentieth-century British literature.More editions of The Complete Sherlock Holmes:
The Coral Islandby Robert M. BallantyneISBN 1592245064 (1-59224-506-4)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Daisy Millerby Henry JamesISBN 1592243002 (1-59224-300-2)
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Daisy Miller And Washington Squareby Henry JamesISBN 1593081057 (1-59308-105-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daisy Miller And Washington Square'Book summary:[via]Daisy Miller and Washington Square, by Henry James, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Strikingly modern in its psychological insight, social observation and stylistic innovation, Henry Jamess fiction continues to attract and intrigue readers a century after its initial appearance. This volume offers two of his most popular and critically admired novellas: Daisy Miller and Washington Square.
In Daisy Miller, James paints a vivid portrait of a vibrant young American girl visiting Europe for the first time. Lovely, flirtatious, eager for experience, Daisy meets a wealthy American, Mr. Winterbourne, and a penniless but passionate Italian. Her complex encounters with them and others allow James to explore one of his favorite themes, the effect of Americans and Europeans on each other.
Washington Squares Catherine Sloper is Daisy Millers opposite. Neither pretty nor charming, she lives with her wealthy, widowed, tyrannical father, Dr. Austin Sloper, who can barely conceal his disdain for his shy, awkward daughter. When a handsome suitor, Morris Townsend, comes calling, Catherines father refuses to believe he is anything other than a heartless fortune hunter and sets out to destroy her romance.Jennie A. Kassanoff is Assistant Professor of English at Barnard College. Her articles have appeared in Arizona Quarterly and PMLA. Her book, Edith Wharton and the Politics of Race, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.
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De Profundis, Ballad If Reading Gaol and Other Writingsby Oscar WildeISBN 1840224010 (1-84022-401-0)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Dracula's Guestby Bram StokerISBN 1587155788 (1-58715-578-8)
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Elissa, or the Doom of Zimbabweby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1587157497 (1-58715-749-7)
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Ethan Fromeby Edith WhartonISBN 1598183028 (1-59818-302-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ethan Frome'Book summary:With an Introduction by Dr Pamela Knights, Department of English Studies, Durham University
On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan's farm. An embittered man and an enchanting young woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused between the three protagonists, Edith Wharton's characterisation and deft handling of reversals of fortune are so accomplished that Ethan Frome has remained enduringly popular since its first publication in 1911 and is considered her greatest tragic story. [via]
The Golden Bowlby Henry JamesISBN 1592640478 (1-59264-047-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Bowl'Book summary:Henry James's 1904 novel "The Golden Bowl" is the story of Prince Amerigo, an impoverished but charismatic Italian nobleman who travels to London to marry Maggie Verver, only child of the wealthy American financier and art collector, Adam Verver. While in London, Prince Amerigo meets his former mistress, Charlotte Stant, and the two are soon engaged in an adulterous affair. Considered by some to be the last work of Henry James's "major phase", "The Golden Bowl" is a complex examination of marriage and adultery. [via]
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The Heart of Darknessby Joseph ConradISBN 1599869500 (1-59986-950-0)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of Darkness'Book summary:JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) was one of the most remarkable figures in English literature. Born in Poland, and originally named Josef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski, he went to sea at the age of seventeen and eventually joined the crew of an English vessel, becoming a British citizen in the process. He retired from the sea in 1894 and took up the pen, writing all his works in English, a language he had only learned as an adult. Despite this, he was a master stylist, both lush and precise. His outsider's eye gave him special insights into the moral dangers of the great age of European empires. The book you hold in your hands -- Conrad's immortal HEART OF DARKNESS -- was the basis for the renowned film, APOCALYPSE NOW. [via]
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Heart Of Darkness And Selected Short Fictionby Joseph Conrad, George Stade, A. Michael Matin, Michael MatinISBN 1593080212 (1-59308-021-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heart Of Darkness And Selected Short Fiction'Book summary:Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction, by Joseph Conrad, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.One of the most haunting stories ever written, Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness follows Marlow, a riverboat captain, on a voyage into the African Congo at the height of European colonialism. Astounded by the brutal depravity he witnesses, Marlow becomes obsessed with meeting Kurtz, a famously idealistic and able man stationed farther along the river. What he finally discovers, however, is a horror beyond imagining. Heart of Darkness is widely regarded as a masterpiece for its vivid study of human nature and the greed and ruthlessness of imperialism.[via]
This collection also includes three of Conrads finest short stories: Youth, the authors largely autobiographical tale of a young mans ill-fated sea voyage, in which Marlow makes his first appearance, The Secret Sharer, and Amy Forster.Features a map of the Congo Free State.A. Michael Matin is a professor in the English Department of Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has published articles on various twentieth-century British and postcolonial writers.More editions of Heart Of Darkness And Selected Short Fiction:
The House by the Churchyardby Joseph Sheridan Le FanuISBN 1598182250 (1-59818-225-0)
Hardcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor HugoISBN 1593080476 (1-59308-047-6)
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- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
One of the first great novels of the Romantic era, Victor Hugos The Hunchback of Notre Dame has thrilled generations of readers with its powerfully melodramatic story of Quasimodo, the deformed hunchback who lives in the bell tower of medieval Pariss most famous cathedral.
Feared and hated by all, Quasimodo is looked after by Dom Claude Frollo, a stern, cold priest who ignores the poor hunchback in the face of his frequent public torture. But someone steps forward to helpthe beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, whose single act of kindness fills Quasimodo with love. Can the hunchback save the lovely gypsy from Frollos evil plan, or will they all perish in the shadows of Notre Dame?
An epic tale of beauty and sadness, The Hunchback of Notre Dame portrays the sufferings of humanity with compassion and power.Isabel Roche teaches French language and literature at Bennington College. She specializes in the nineteenth-century French novel.
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In a Glass Darklyby J. Sheridan Le FanuISBN 1598188356 (1-59818-835-6)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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The Ivory Towerby Henry James, Alan HollinghurstISBN 1590170784 (1-59017-078-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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King Solomon's Minesby Henry Rider Haggard, Benjamin IvryISBN 1593082754 (1-59308-275-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Solomon's Mines'Book summary:The thrilling classic tale of Allan Quatermain as he searches for the fabled Mines of King Solomon, in illustrated form! Will he and his companions find the great treasure rumored to be buried within? Or are they simply chasing a legend? Find out in Great Illustrated Classics King Solomon's Mines! [via]
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The Lair of the White Wormby Bram StokerISBN 1587155613 (1-58715-561-3)
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The Light That Failedby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1589630653 (1-58963-065-3)
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Lord Jimby Joseph ConradISBN 1593080840 (1-59308-084-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Jim'Book summary:JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) was one of the most remarkable figures in English literature. Born in Poland, and originally named Josef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski, he went to sea at the age of seventeen and eventually joined the crew of an English vessel, becoming a British citizen in the process. He retired from the sea in 1894 and took up the pen, writing all his works in English, a language he had only learned as an adult. Despite this, he was a master stylist, both lush and precise. His outsider's eye gave him special insights into the moral dangers of the great age of European empires. In his prefactory note to this novel, Conrad said, "When this novel first appeared in book form a notion got about that I had been bolted away with. Some reviewers maintained that the work starting as a short story had got beyond the writer's control. One or two discovered internal evidence of the fact, which seemed to amuse them. They pointed out the limitations of the narrative form. They argued that no man could have been expected to talk all that time, and other men to listen so long. It was not, they said, very credible. . . . After thinking it over for something like sixteen years, I am not so sure about that. Men have been known, both in the tropics and in the temperate zone, to sit up half the night 'swapping yarns.' This, however, is but one yarn, yet with interruptions affording some measure of relief. . . ." [via]
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Madam Crowl's Ghost And Other Tales of Mysteryby J. Sheridan Le FanuISBN 1598188828 (1-59818-882-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madam Crowl's Ghost And Other Tales of Mystery'Book summary:Included in this volume of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's marvelous ghost stories are "Madam Crowl's Ghost"; "Squire Toby's Will"; "Dickon the Devil"; "The Child That Went with the Fairies"; "The White Cat of Drumgunniol"; "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street"; Ghost Stories of Chapelizod, including "The Village Bully," "The Sexton's Adventure," "The Specter Lovers"; "Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling"; "Sir Dominick's Bargain"; "Ultor de Lacy"; "The Vision of Tom Chuff"; and Stories of Lough Guir, including "The Magician Earl," "Moll Rial's Adventure," "The Banshee," "The Governess's Dream," and "The Earl's Hall." [via]
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Mansfield Parkby Jane AustenISBN 1593081545 (1-59308-154-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mansfield Park'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet's lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income. All Huntingdon exclaimed on the greatness of the match, and her uncle, the lawyer, himself, allowed her to be at least three thousand pounds short of any equitable claim to it. She had two sisters to be benefited by her elevation; and such of their acquaintance as thought Miss Ward and Miss Frances quite as handsome as Miss Maria, did not scruple to predict their marrying with almost equal advantage. But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them. Miss Ward, at the end of half a dozen years, found herself obliged to be attached to the Rev. Mr. Norris, a friend of her brother-in-law, with scarcely any private fortune, and Miss Frances fared yet worse. Miss Ward's match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible: Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield; and Mr. and Mrs. Norris began their career of conjugal felicity with very little less than a thousand a year. But Miss Frances married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing On a lieutenant of marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly. She could hardly have made a more untoward choice. Sir Thomas Bertram had interest, which, from principle as well as pride - from a general wish of doing right, and a desire of seeing all that were connected with him in situations of respectability, he w [via]
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Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideasby Walter PaterISBN 1596055545 (1-59605-554-5)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Montezuma's Daughterby H. Rider Haggard, John BetancourtISBN 1587155028 (1-58715-502-8)
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Mr. Meeson's Willby H. Rider Haggard, John BetancourtISBN 1587154986 (1-58715-498-6)
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Nada the Lilyby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1587154730 (1-58715-473-0)
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Persuasionby Jane Austen, George Stade, Susan Ostrov WeisserISBN 1593080484 (1-59308-048-4)
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Peter Panby J. M. Barrie, Amy BilloneISBN 1593082134 (1-59308-213-4)
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For adults, the story of Peter and the Lost Boys works on a much deeper level, speaking to them about the inevitable loss of childhood and the ability to fly. The climactic duel between the proud and insolent youth (Peter Pan) and the dark and sinister man (Captain Hook) is both a swashbuckling romp and a moving metaphor for the complex, poignant struggle between innocent but irresponsible youth and tainted but dependable maturity. Neither side wins, for the one inevitably becomes the other. Of course, the ageless Peter Pan is the happy exception.Amy Billone teaches at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Princeton University, where she wrote her dissertation on womens involvement with the nineteenth-century sonnet.
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Poemsby Oscar WildeISBN 1598188704 (1-59818-870-4)
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Red Eveby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1592241433 (1-59224-143-3)
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes I: The Adventure of the Empty House, The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, and The Adventure of the Three Studentsby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1595404139 (1-59540-413-9)
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A Room With a Viewby E. M. Forster, Radhika JonesISBN 1593082886 (1-59308-288-6)
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A colorful gallery of characters, including Georges riotously funny father, Lucys sullen brother, the novelist Eleanor Lavish, and the reverend Mr. Beebe, line up on either side, and A Room with a View unfolds as a delightfully satiric comedy of manners and an immensely satisfying love story.Radhika Jones is a freelance writer and a Ph.D. candidate in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Omar KhayyamISBN 1596054387 (1-59605-438-7)
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1899by Gilbert James, Edward Fitzgerald, James GilbertISBN 1594621586 (1-59462-158-6)
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Shadow of Ashlydyatby Mrs Henry WoodISBN 1592245544 (1-59224-554-4)
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Sir Nigelby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1595402063 (1-59540-206-3)
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The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: And Other Storiesby Robert Louis Stevenson, Jenny DavidsonISBN 1593080549 (1-59308-054-9)
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde dramatically brings to life a science-fiction case study of the nature of good and evil and the duality that can exist within one person. Resonant with psychological perception and ethical insight, the book has literary roots in Dostoevskys The Double and Crime and Punishment. Today Stevensons novella is recognized as an incisive study of Victorian morality and sexual repression, as well as a great thriller.
This collection also includes some of the authors grimmest short fiction: Lodging for the Night, The Suicide Club, Thrawn Janet, The Body Snatcher, and Markheim.Jenny Davidson is Assistant Professor of eighteenth-century literature and culture in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her novel Heredity appeared from Soft Skull Press in 2003.
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A Study in Scarletby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1595404007 (1-59540-400-7)
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Teleny or the Reverse of the Medalby Oscar WildeISBN 1595690360 (1-59569-036-0)
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, Angus FletcherISBN 1593082479 (1-59308-247-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:"Rum," he repeated. "I must get away from here. Rum! Rum!" I ran to fetch it, but I was quite unsteadied by all that had fallen out, and I broke one glass and fouled the tap, and while I was still getting in my own way, I heard a loud fall in the parlor, and running in, beheld the captain lying full length upon the floor. At the same instant my mother, alarmed by the cries and fighting, came running downstairs to help me. Between us we raised his head. He was breathing very loud and hard, but his eyes were closed and his face a horrible color. . . . [via]
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The Trumpet-majorby Thomas HardyISBN 1595405232 (1-59540-523-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Trumpet-major'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The present tale is founded more largely on testimony - oral and written - than any other in this series. The external incidents which direct its course are mostly an unexaggerated reproduction of the recollections of old persons well known to the author in childhood, but now long dead, who were eye-witnesses of those scenes. If wholly transcribed their recollections would have filled a volume thrice the length of 'The Trumpet-Major.' Down to the middle of this century, and later, there were not wanting, in the neighbourhood of the places more or less clearly indicated herein, casual relics of the circumstances amid which the action moves - our preparations for defence against the threatened invasion of England by Buonaparte. An outhouse door riddled with bullet-holes, which had been extempo-rized by a solitary man as a target for firelock practice when the landing was hourly expected, a heap of bricks and clods on a beacon-hill, which had formed the chimney and walls of the hut occupied by the beacon-keeper, worm-eaten shafts and iron heads of pikes for the use of those who had no better weapons, ridges on the down thrown up during the encampment, fragments of volunteer uniform, and other such lingering remains, brought to my imagination in early childhood the state of affairs at the date of the war more vividly than volumes of history could have done. [via]
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Turn of the Screwby Henry JamesISBN 1592243118 (1-59224-311-8)
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The Valley of Fear: Library Editionby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1595404163 (1-59540-416-3)
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The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plainsby Owen Wister, John G. CaweltiISBN 1593082363 (1-59308-236-3)
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Walden And Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau, Jonathan LevinISBN 1593082088 (1-59308-208-8)
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Henry David Thoreau was a sturdy individualist and a lover of nature. In March, 1845, he built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived until September 1847. Walden is Thoreaus autobiograophical account of his Robinson Crusoe existence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience is the classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty, and is considered one of the most famous essays ever written. This newly repackaged edition also includes a selection of Thoreau's poetry.Jonathan Levin is Dean of the School of Humanities and Professor of Literature and Culture at SUNY-Purchase. His research interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature and culture, modernism and modernity, and environmental studies. He is the author of The Poetics of Transition: Emerson, Pragmatism, and American Literary Modernism, as well as numerous essays and reviews.
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The War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 1593080859 (1-59308-085-9)
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The War Of The Worldsby Edward Gorey, H. G. WellsISBN 1590171586 (1-59017-158-6)
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The Well at the World's Endby William MorrisISBN 1598182986 (1-59818-298-6)
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Wessex Tales: The Three Strangers; a Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four; the Melancholy Hussar; the Withered Armby Thomas HardyISBN 1603120165 (1-60312-016-5)
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The Wood Beyond the Worldby William MorrisISBN 1598182994 (1-59818-299-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wood Beyond the World'Book summary:The Wood Beyond the World was first published in 1894 and its author, William Morris is often considered one of the authors who aided in the growth of fantasy, utopian literature, and science fiction. C.S. Lewis cites William Morris as one of his favorite authors and J.R.R. Tolkein admits to being influenced greatly by Morris' fantasies. The hero of this romance is named Golden Walter, son of Bartholomew Golden, a great merchant in the town of Langton on Holm. Tired of his mundane life, Walter sets out on a sea voyage, anxious to see and learn more of the outside world, eventually winning for himself the kingdom of Stark-Wall and the love of a beautiful maiden. [via]
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The Worm Ouroborosby E.R. EddisonISBN 159360081X (1-59360-081-X)
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The Yellow Godby H. Rider Haggard, John BetancourtISBN 1587154358 (1-58715-435-8)
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Zanoniby E. Bulwer-LyttonISBN 1592248411 (1-59224-841-1)
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