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The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton, Stephen OrgelISBN 0192806629 (0-19-280662-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Innocence'Book summary:Newland Archer saw little to envy in the marriages of his friends, yet he prided himself that in May Welland he had found the companion of his needs--tender and impressionable, with equal purity of mind and manners. The engagement was announced discreetly, but all of New York society was soon privy to this most perfect match, a union of families and circumstances cemented by affection. Enter Countess Olenska, a woman of quick wit sharpened by experience, not afraid to flout convention and determined to find freedom in divorce. Against his judgment, Newland is drawn to the socially ostracized Ellen Olenska, who opens his eyes and has the power to make him feel. He knows that in sweet-tempered May, he can expect stability and the steadying comfort of duty. But what new worlds could he discover with Ellen? Written with elegance and wry precision, Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece is a tragic love story and a powerful homily about the perils of a perfect marriage. Commentary by William Lyon Phelps and E. M. Forster [via]
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- The Age of Innocence: ISBN 0375753206 (0-375-75320-6)
Softcover, Modern Library - The Age of Innocence: ISBN 0393967948 (0-393-96794-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Age of Innocence: ISBN 0395980798 (0-395-98079-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div - The Age of Innocence: ISBN 0451526120 (0-451-52612-0)
Softcover, Signet - The Age of Innocence: ISBN 0192806629 (0-19-280662-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
- The Age of Innocence: ISBN 0375753206 (0-375-75320-6)
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The American Senatorby Anthony Trollope, John HalperinISBN 0192837141 (0-19-283714-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Senator'Book summary:Arabella Trefoil, the beautiful anti-heroine of this novel, inspired Trollope to write of her, "I wished to express the depth of my scorn for women who run down husbands." Arabella's determination to find a rich husband is at the heart of this story and her character, though often maligned, is one of Trollope's most famous and vivid creations. [via]
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The Angel of Darknessby Caleb CarrISBN 0345427637 (0-345-42763-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Angel of Darkness'Book summary:Caleb Carr paints an intricate portrait of Golden Age New York, and brings back all the great characters from "The Alienist, [via]
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Bedford Squareby Anne PerryISBN 0449005828 (0-449-00582-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Belton Estateby Anthony Trollope, John HalperinISBN 0192817256 (0-19-281725-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Bertramsby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0405141300 (0-405-14130-0)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bertrams'Book summary:Set in the Middle East, but informed by the ramifications of of the repeal of the Corn Laws and the rise of Tractarianism, The Bertrams is a tale of doomed love and a remarkable blend of psychological insight, trenchant satire, and deft social comedy. Published in the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species its story of the contrasting careers of three Oxford graduates echoes the idea of the survival of the fittest. This fully annotated edition of the novel Trollope hoped would secure him a reputation as a serious author uses the original 1859 text. This book is intended for trollope fans; students and teachers of nineteenth-century literature and history, general. [via]
Bluegate Fieldsby Anne PerryISBN 0449207668 (0-449-20766-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bluegate Fields'Book summary:[via]Thomas and Charlotte Pitt must discover the truth of a young gentlemans sordid murderor an innocent man will hangThe naked body of an aristocratic youth turns up in the sewers beneath Bluegate Fields, one of Londons most notorious slums. But Arthur Waybourne had been drowned in his bath, not in the Thames. More shocking still was that the boy had been sexually violated and infected with syphilis before he was murdered. Despite Inspector Thomas Pitts efforts to fully investigate the crime, the family closes ranks, stonewalling Pitt, leaving him to wonder what they are hiding. All evidence points to Arthurs tutor, Jerome, as the murderer. The courts agree and Jerome is sentenced to hang. Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, dont believe the answer is so simple. But if not Jerome, then who molested and infected the boy?To learn the truth, Charlotte uses her familiarity with the upper classes to draw aside the curtain of lies, while Pitt defies his superior and the boys family to follow a trail that leads him into the foulest streets of London through a web of deceit involving male prostitution and pedophilia. In a race against time, Thomas and Charlotte must find the real killer to save Jerome from the hangmans noose.
A Breach of Promiseby Anne PerryISBN 0449908496 (0-449-90849-6)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Brunswick Gardensby Anne PerryISBN 0449003183 (0-449-00318-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brunswick Gardens'Book summary:Like the great Victorian novelists whose mantle she wears with such distinction, Anne Perry creates a rich and intimate world and fills it with remarkably vivid characters who experience the majesty--and shame--of the British Empire at its brilliant zenith. Now, in Brunswick Gardens, she explores the controversial birth of a philosophy that enflamed fiery debate--and possibly murder.
A century ago, Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution rocked the civilized world, and the outraged Anglican church went on the warpath against it. In a mansion in London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle is intense, as that most respected clergyman, the Reverend Ramsay Parmenter, is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood--a "new woman" whose feminism and aggressive Darwinism he finds appalling.
When Unity, three months pregnant, tumbles down the Parmenter staircase to her death, Thomas Pitt, commander of the Bow Street police station, is virtually certain that one of the three deeply devout men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter, his handsome curate, or his Roman Catholic son? Powerful forces demand that the scandalous matter be cleared up immediately. But Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, refuse to settle for less than the truth . . . and justice.
Like all Anne Perry's novels, Brunswick Gardens translates great moral issues into deeply moving human dramas. Perhaps the most psychologically penetrating book she has written, it is a distinguished addition to her acclaimed body of work. [via]-
Callander Squareby Anne PerryISBN 0449209997 (0-449-20999-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Callander Square'Book summary:"Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon."
ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION
Murders just didn't take place in fashionable Callander Square, so Inspector Pitt's well-bred wife Charlotte couldn't resist finding out why one had. Suddenly there she was, rattling the closets of the very rich, listening to backstair gossip, and unearthing truths that could push even the most proper aristocrat to murder.... [via] 
Cousin Henryby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0192838466 (0-19-283846-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Cousin Henryby Julian Thompson, Anthony TrollopeISBN 0192817841 (0-19-281784-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Critical Edition of the War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 0253328535 (0-253-32853-5)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Crocodile on the Sandbankby Elizabeth PetersISBN 0445406518 (0-445-40651-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crocodile on the Sandbank'Book summary:Elizabeth Peters's unforgettable heroine Amelia Peabody makes her first appearance in this clever mystery. Amelia receives a rather large inheritance and decides to use it for travel. On her way through Rome to Egypt, she meets Evelyn Barton-Forbes, a young woman abandoned by her lover and left with no means of support. Amelia promptly takes Evelyn under her wing, insisting that the young lady accompany her to Egypt, where Amelia plans to indulge her passion for Egyptology. When Evelyn becomes the target of an aborted kidnapping and the focus of a series of suspicious accidents and mysterious visitations, Amelia becomes convinced of a plot to harm her young friend. Like any self-respecting sleuth, Amelia sets out to discover who is behind it all. [via]
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Culture & Anarchyby Matthew Arnold, Jane GarnettISBN 0192805118 (0-19-280511-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Culture & Anarchy'Book summary:Matthew Arnold's famous series of essays, which were first published in book form under the title Culture and Anarchy in 1869, debate important questions about the nature of culture and society. Arnold seeks to find out what culture really is, what good it can do, and if it is really necessary. He contrasts culture, which he calls the study of perfection, with anarchy, the mood of unrest and uncertainty that pervaded mid-Victorian England.
This edition reproduces the original book version, revealing the immediate historical context and controversy of the piece. The introduction and notes broaden out the interpretative approach to Arnold's text, elaborating on the complexities of the religious context. The book also reinforces the continued importance of Arnold's ideas its influences in the face of the challenges of multi-culturalism and post-modernism.
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Culture and Anarchyby Matthew Arnold, Samuel LipmanISBN 0300058675 (0-300-05867-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Death in the Devil's Acreby Anne PerryISBN 0449210952 (0-449-21095-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Death of a Strangerby Anne PerryISBN 0345440064 (0-345-44006-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death of a Stranger'Book summary:Private enquiry agent William Monk is hired to investigate a potential case of fraud in the construction of a new railway line. His client is the fiancée of a man she fears is embroiled in the scheme, and Monk's investigation causes a strange sense of déjà vu--a former policeman afflicted with a case of amnesia concerning his prior life, Monk finds both the case and its milieu unsettlingly familiar. His case is somehow connected to the death of a railway magnate in a sleazy area of London where Monk's wife Hester, a nurse, operates a shelter for abused prostitutes. The women have been doubly victimized by an extortion scheme in which the dead man, who turns out to have been Monk's employer during his "lost" years, may have been involved. More than an ingenious way to fill in Monk's backstory, Anne Perry's newest mystery featuring the enigmatic investigator deepens the reader's understanding of an unusual and compelling protagonist and brings Victorian-era England vividly to life. --Jane Adams [via]
The Diary of a Nobodyby George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith, Kate FlintISBN 0192833278 (0-19-283327-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diary of a Nobody'Book summary:The diary is that of a man who acknowledges that he is not a "Somebody" - Charles Pooter of 'The Laurels', Brickfield Terrace, Holloway, a clerk in the city of London - and it chronicles in hilarious detail the everyday life of the lower middle class during the Great Victorian age. [via]
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- The Diary of a Nobody: ISBN 0460019635 (0-460-01963-5)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - The Diary of a Nobody: ISBN 046000963X (0-460-00963-X)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - The Diary of a Nobody: ISBN 019282404X (0-19-282404-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Diary of a Nobody: ISBN 0460872273 (0-460-87227-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Diary of a Nobody: ISBN 0460872648 (0-460-87264-8)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Diary of a Nobody: ISBN 0192833278 (0-19-283327-8)
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- The Diary of a Nobody: ISBN 0460019635 (0-460-01963-5)
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Freedom & Necessityby Emma Bull, Steven BrustISBN 0312859740 (0-312-85974-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freedom & Necessity'Book summary:The early 19th century was a heady time of repeated challenges to the assumption that the social order as it stood was supernaturally (divinely) ordained. A particularly sticky web of politics and romance traps Susan Voight and James Cobham in a dense, thrillingly suspenseful plot connecting a reforming democratic labor movement, Chartism, to a secret society, the Trotters Club, whose corrupt members intend to exploit a magical ritual for their personal, complicated purposes of vengeance and power. Layers of truths and falsehoods mislead and confound the protagonists in their dealings with each other and the conspiracies; they come to understand that only honesty can save them. Although the perversion of the natural power of sorcery fails because it is unnatural, the social order, unnatural or not, is more resistant to justice. The swift pace, surprising developments, and appealing characters make it nearly impossible to put this book down. Though the women's rights movement is glancingly acknowledged, the conventionally romantic fulfillment is a little disappointing. Is there no other end for intelligent, financially independent women than maternity and love-partnership (as binding, or more, as legal marriage) with a man? [via]
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The Hyde Park Headsmanby Anne PerryISBN 0449223507 (0-449-22350-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hyde Park Headsman'Book summary:Drama, Plays, Theatre, Literature, Reading, Learning [via]
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John Caldigateby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0140438416 (0-14-043841-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Caldigate'Book summary:John Caldigate (1879) possesses in abundance the virtues of Trollope's writing: an engrossing story told by a worldly-wise, kindly, fair-minded narrator, and a tale strong on what Trollope claimed as the leading feature of his novels, "real" characters. But John Caldigate has some striking and distinctive calls on the reader's attention: Australian gold-mining scenes, the prominence given to matters of law and a criminal trial, and the stronger than usual attack on religious fanaticism. Moreover, the main character is accused of and standing trial for bigamy on the testimony of his former mistress. [via]
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Journey to the Centre of the Earthby Jules Verne, William ButcherISBN 0192836757 (0-19-283675-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'Book summary:This high-tension odyssey follows three men in an awesome search for the mysterious center of the earth-as they risk their chances of ever returning to the surface alive. [via]
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- A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0451528964 (0-451-52896-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic - Journey to the Centre of the Earth: ISBN 0460050842 (0-460-05084-2)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Journey to the Centre of the Earth: ISBN 0192829009 (0-19-282900-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0451519825 (0-451-51982-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0451524500 (0-451-52450-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - Journey to the Centre of the Earth: ISBN 0192836757 (0-19-283675-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
- A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0451528964 (0-451-52896-4)
King Solomon's Minesby Henry Rider Haggard, Dennis ButtsISBN 0192834851 (0-19-283485-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africaby William MinterISBN 0465037232 (0-465-03723-2)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa'Book summary:"A superb book. I recommend it highly. Thorough research, erudite writing, and startling insights. Must reading." Randall Robinson, Founding Executive Director, TransAfrica
"Splendid... An invaluable work, elegantly organized and written. Nadine Gordimer
"A must for scholars and analysts of South Africa and the U.S. stance toward that country. Foreign Affairs
"This is the history of southern Africa that anti-apartheid militants have been waiting for. Its critics will be hard-pressed to match its cogency and depth of documentation. Geroge M. Fredrickson
"Impressive work. Lucid scholarship. Coherently presents the last hundred years as they directly lead to the unfolding cataclysm of South Africa. June Jordan
"The clearest comprehensive account of the political history of southern Africa I know. Committed, sober, and intelligent." Immanuel Wallerstein [via]More editions of King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa:
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Lady Annaby Anthony Trollope, Stephen OrgelISBN 0192837184 (0-19-283718-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Anna'Book summary:When it appeared in 1874, Lady Anna met with little success, and positively outraged the conservative - 'This is the sort of thing the reading public will never stand...a man must be embittered by some violent present exasperation who can like such disruptions of social order as this.' ("Saturday Review") - although Trollope himself considered it 'the best novel I ever wrote! Very much! Quite far away above all others!!!' This tightly constructed and passionate study of enforced marriage in the world of Radical politics and social inequality, records the lifelong attempt of Countess Lovel to justify her claim to her title, and her daughter Anna's legitimacy, after her husband announces that he already has a wife. However, mother and daughter are driven apart when Anna defies her mother's wish that she marry her cousin, heir to her father's title, and falls in love with journeyman tailor and young Radical Daniel Thwaite. The outcome is never in doubt, but Trollope's ambivalence on the question is profound, and the novel both intense and powerful. [via]
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The Law and the Ladyby Wilkie Collins, Jenny Bourne TaylorISBN 019283679X (0-19-283679-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Law and the Lady'Book summary:Probably the first full-length novel with a woman detective as its heroine, The Law and the Lady (1875) is a fascinating example of Collins' later fiction. Valeria Valerie Woodville's first act as a married woman is to sign her name incorrectly in the marriage register; this slip is followed by a gradual disclosure of secrets about her husband's earlier life, each of which leads to another set of questions and enigmas. Developing many of the techniques at work in The Moonstone in bizarre and unexpected ways, and employing both Gothic and fantastic elements, The Law and the Lady adds a significant dimension to the history of the detective novel. [via]
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Misfortuneby Wesley StaceISBN 0316154482 (0-316-15448-2)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Miss Mackenzieby Anthony Trollope, A.O.J. CockshutISBN 0192818465 (0-19-281846-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Norton Anthology of English Literatureby M. H. Abrams, Stephen Greenblatt, Meyer Howard AbramsISBN 039397569X (0-393-97569-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of English Literature'Book summary:With adoptions at over 1,300 colleges and universities in its first semester; the Seventh Edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature continues to be the indispensable anthology. Like its predecessors, the Seventh Edition offers the best in English literature from the classic to the contemporary in a readable, teachable format. More selections by women and twentieth-century writers, a richer offering of contextual writings and apparatus fully revised to reflect today's scholarship make the Seventh Edition the choice for breadth, depth, and quality.
For the first time ever, the acclaimed Norton Anthology of English Literature is available in six separate volumes, each of which cover a specific period of English lit and focus on the wide range of writers and literature, with full annotation and commentary. Adapted unabridged from the full Norton Anthology, this volume is ideal for focused study or specific coursework in the period. [via]
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Queen Victoriaby Lytton StracheyISBN 0151756953 (0-15-175695-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Queen Victoria'Book summary:This is the definitive biography of Britains greatest monarch, who was hailed at once as the mother of her people and as the embodied symbol of their imperial greatness. One of the surpassingly beautiful prose achievements of our time (Chicago Daily News). Index; illustrations.[via]
Queen Victoria: A Personal Historyby Christopher HibbertISBN 0306810859 (0-306-81085-9)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Ralph the Heirby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0192818058 (0-19-281805-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Rules of Engagementby Christina DoddISBN 0380811987 (0-380-81198-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Silent Cryby Anne PerryISBN 0449908488 (0-449-90848-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Tom Brown's Schooldaysby Thomas Hughes, Arthur Hughes, Andrew SandersISBN 0192835351 (0-19-283535-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'Book summary:A classic of Victorian literature, and one of the earliest books written specifically for boys, Tom Brown's Schooldays has long had an influence well beyond the middle-class, public school world that it describes. An active social reformer, Hughes wrote with a freshness, a lack of cant, and a kind, relaxed tolerance which keeps this novel refreshingly distinct from other schoolboy adventures. This edition is the only one available, and comes with the outstanding 1869 illustrations by Arthur Hughes. This book is intended for general, students of Victorian and schoolboy fiction, and at Colleges of Further Education. [via]
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- Tom Brown's Schooldays: ISBN 0460050036 (0-460-05003-6)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Tom Brown's Schooldays: ISBN 0192821989 (0-19-282198-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Tom Brown's Schooldays: ISBN 0451520009 (0-451-52000-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Tom Brown's Schooldays: ISBN 0192835351 (0-19-283535-1)
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- Tom Brown's Schooldays: ISBN 0460050036 (0-460-05003-6)
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The Trial of Elizabeth Creeby Peter AckroydISBN 0385477074 (0-385-47707-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Trial of Elizabeth Cree'Book summary:A literary star returns with an addictive tale of murder in Victorian London. Peter Ackroyd is "our most exciting and original writer... one of the few English writers of his generation who will be read in a hundred years' time." -- The Sunday Times (London) The Trial Of Elizabeth Cree is without a doubt Peter Ackroyd's breakout book. It has all the erudition and literary brilliance we expect of Ackroyd, yet it is as vivid, scary, and spellbinding as the best of Edgar Allan Poe. The year is 1880, the setting London's poor and dangerous Limehouse district, home to immigrants and criminals. A series of brutal murders has occurred, and, as Ackroyd leads us down London's dark streets, the sense of time and place becomes overwhelmingly immediate and real. We experience the sights and sounds of the English music halls, smell the smells of London slums, hear the hooves of horses on the cobblestone streets, and attend the trial of Elizabeth Cree, a woman accused of poisoning her husband but who may be the one person who knows the truth about the murders. The wonderfully rhythmic shifting of focus from trial to back alleys, where we come upon George Gissing, author of New Grub Street, and even Karl Marx, gives the story a tremendous depth and resonance beyond its page-turning thriller plot. In The Trial Of Elizabeth Cree, Peter Ackroyd has once again confirmed his place as one of the great writers of our time. [via]
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Trilbyby George Du Maurier, Dennis Denisoff, Elaine ShowalterISBN 0192833510 (0-19-283351-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trilby'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Trilby: ISBN 0460872184 (0-460-87218-4)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - Trilby: ISBN 0460874470 (0-460-87447-0)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - Trilby: ISBN 0192833510 (0-19-283351-0)
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Trilby and Other Plays: Four Plays for Victorian Star Actorsby Peter Holland, Michael Cordner, Martin Wiggins, George TaylorISBN 019282984X (0-19-282984-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trilby and Other Plays: Four Plays for Victorian Star Actors'Book summary:Trilby and Other Plays is a new selection of English plays that had wide success on both sides of the Atlantic. Each achieved its greatest fame through the talents of a particular star performer. In Buckstone's Jack Sheppard , a spectacular and popular adaptation of Ainsworth's much dramatized novel, the rascal hero was played by the comedienne Mary Keeley. Dion Boucicault's The Corsican Brothers starred Charles Kean as telepathic twins and featured the famous stage-effect of the Corsican-trap. Tom Taylor's Our American Cousin became a star vehicle by default when E. A. Sothern improvised the role of Lord Dundreary to such effect that his performance became the rage on both the British and American stage. That President Lincoln was assassinated watching the play adds an extra macabre dimension to its interest. Finally, Paul Potter's dramatization of the novel Trilby achieved cult status after Herbert Beerbohm Tree built up the sinister Svengali into a mythical force of artistic creativity and evil genius. This book is intended for students from undergraduate level up studying drama, Victorian literature, theatre studies, cultural studies. Also actors and directors. [via]
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Uncle Silas a Tale of Bartram Haughby Joseph Sheridan Le FanuISBN 0486217159 (0-486-21715-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-haughby W.J. Mc Cormack, Andrew Swarbrick, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, J. Sheridan Le FanuISBN 0192815415 (0-19-281541-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Veils of Silkby Mary Jo PutneyISBN 0451204557 (0-451-20455-7)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Veils of Silk'Book summary:Suppressing her sensual nature behind a fac+a2ade of Victorian propriety, Laura Stephenson marries army major Ian Cameron and journeys with him to the mountains of India to build a life together. [via]
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870by Liza PicardISBN 0312366590 (0-312-36659-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The War of the Worldsby H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder, Andy Sawyer, Brian Wilson AldissISBN 0141441038 (0-14-144103-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War Of The Worlds'Book summary:This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..."
Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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Softcover, Berkley Pub Group - The War Of The Worlds: ISBN 0141441038 (0-14-144103-8)
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- The War of the Worlds: ISBN 0375759239 (0-375-75923-9)
The Worm in the Bud: The World of Victorian Sexualityby Ronald PearsallISBN 0297176633 (0-297-17663-3)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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