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ISBN 9780812550924 (0-8125-5092-7, 0812550927)

by Jules Verne

ISBN 0812550927 (0-8125-5092-7)
Softcover, Tor Books

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Hold on tight as Captain Nemo takes you on a perilous journey deep beneath the ocean waves, into the incredible underwater world where lives the crew of the mighty submarine the Nautilus. When Nemo captures Professor Arronax; his servant, Conseil; and the harpoonist Ned Land, the prisoners join Nemo's breathtaking journey through the ocean's depths in search of long-lost revenge.

In twelve dazzling full-color plates and dozens of two-color illustrations, two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillion capture the beauty, grandeur, and suspense of this timeless tale. From the exploration of the lost city of Atlantis to the battle with a giant octopus to the mad genius of the organ-playing Captain Nemo, their art brings the classic words of Jules Verne to vivid life.

More than one hundred years after its first publication, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remains one of the most memorable adventure stories ever told. Now, with this beautifully illustrated and unabridged gift edition, a new generation can discover the excitement and imaginative power of Jules Verne's epic tale.

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ISBN 9780789434289 (0-7894-3428-8, 0789434288)

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

by Ron Miller, Jules Verne, Paul Wright

ISBN 0789434288 (0-7894-3428-8)
Hardcover, Dk Pub

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The adventure begins when Professor Aronnax accidentally becomes a prisoner of the very monster he is seeking to destroy -- the submarine Nautilus, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Invited to experience the marvels of the Nautilus' magnificent undersea world, Arronnax struggles to piece together Nemo's tragic past. This exciting retelling captures the essence of Verne's visionary and unforgettable story, while also explaining the fascinating facts and fantasies of Captain Nemo's marvelous ocean realm. A unique cross-section of the Nautilus, color photographs, diagrams, and narrative illustrations explore Verne's unique vision and knowledge of the deep. [via]

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ISBN 9780836931501 (0-8369-3150-5, 0836931505)

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The Amateur Cracksman

by Ernest William Hornung

ISBN 0836931505 (0-8369-3150-5)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub

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"Do you prefer the alternative?" asked my companion, with a sneer. "No, hang it, that's unfair!" he cried apologetically in the same breath. "I quite understand. It's a beastly ordeal. But it would never do for you to stay outside. I tell you what, you shall have a peg before we start--just one. [via]

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ISBN 9780690011517 (0-690-01151-2, 0690011512)

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The Annotated Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

by Jules Verne, Walter James Miller

ISBN 0690011512 (0-690-01151-2)
Hardcover, Crowell

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The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. [via]

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Ashworth Hall

by Anne Perry

ISBN 0754020371 (0-7540-2037-1)
Softcover, Thorndike Press

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ISBN 9780704347335 (0-7043-4733-4, 0704347334)

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The Awakening

by Kate Chopin

ISBN 0704347334 (0-7043-4733-4)
Softcover, Women's Press, Limited, The

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Edna Pontellier, a young married woman with two small children gradually awakens, to her individuality and sexuality and experiences love outside of her passionless marriage. [via]

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ISBN 9780743487672 (0-7434-8767-2, 0743487672)

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The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin

by Kate Chopin, Nina Baym, Alyssa Harad

ISBN 0743487672 (0-7434-8767-2)
Softcover, Pocket Classics

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I used this book for a college class... But read it again because it was SOOOO good! [via]

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ISBN 9780755334377 (0-7553-3437-X, 075533437X)

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

ISBN 075533437X (0-7553-3437-X)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square

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'Mr Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim of a murderous assault this morning which has left him in a precarious position'. Dr Watson stops dead in his tracks when he reads of the attempt on his friend's life. The forces of nature turn against man, love breeds hatred and cowardice, mothers appear to attack their own children, and Sherlock Holmes, the one man who can redress the balance, seemingly lies at death's door ...When an assassination attempt is made on the great detective's life it seems that no one can escape the death and dread which blights Britain... [via]

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ISBN 9780764587283 (0-7645-8728-5, 0764587285)

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Cliffscomplete Chopin's the Awakening

by Sheri Metzger

ISBN 0764587285 (0-7645-8728-5)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

CliffsComplete The Awakening offers insight and information into a work considered scandalous when it arrived from the turn-of-the-20th-century presses. Every generation since has been able to identify with some social or thematic aspect of the novel.

Discover what happens to this heroine who found her husband dull, married life dreary and confining, and motherhood to be bondage and save valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of The Awakening with these additional features:

A summary and insightful commentary for each chapter
Bibliography and historical background on the author, Kate Chopin
A look at late-19th-century intellect, religion, politics, and society
Coverage of Chopin's career and reaction to the novel
A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
Review questions, a quiz, discussion guide, and activity ideas
A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Web sites

Streamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides!

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Dangerous Mourning

by Anne Perry

ISBN 0804110379 (0-8041-1037-9)
Softcover, Ivy Books

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Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England

by James Ruddick

ISBN 0802139744 (0-8021-3974-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr

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Dracula

by Bram Stoker

ISBN 0862277493 (0-86227-749-3)
Hardcover, Grandreams

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Emma Bovary

by Harold Bloom

ISBN 0791009351 (0-7910-0935-1)
Hardcover, Facts on File

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ISBN 9780694011100 (0-694-01110-X, 069401110X)

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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha Tudor, Judith Sutton

ISBN 069401110X (0-694-01110-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each titleoffering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.

This edition of The Secret Garden includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Jane Yolen.

May is sullen and ugly. Orphaned, unloved and left alone, she has no reason to live. Colin is twisted and dying. Crippled, vicious, rejected by his own family, he has no hope to live. But Dickon is strange and wild. He sleeps on the moors, calls animals to him, and speaks the language of flowers--all he knows is how to live.

And a bird of early spring leads them all to a mystery. A walled garden filled with ghosts of love and loss. Only Mary can unlock the garden's hidden door. Only Dickon can find the green pulse within the dead land. And only Colin can summon forth an ancient power that might give two lost children the strength to survive...

They thought the power in the secret garden was magic. It was.

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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden

by E. L. Konigsburg, Frances Hodgson Burnett

ISBN 0689831412 (0-689-83141-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]

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ISBN 9780816162284 (0-8161-6228-X, 081616228X)

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The Great Train Robbery

by Michael Crichton

ISBN 081616228X (0-8161-6228-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr

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Lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side in Victorian Londonand Edward Pierce easily navigates both worlds. Rich, handsome, and ingenious, he charms the city's most prominent citizens even as he plots the crime of his century, the daring theft of a fortune in gold. But even Pierce could not predict the consequences of an extraordinary robbery that targets the pride of England's industrial era: the mighty steam locomotive.

Based on remarkable fact, and alive with the gripping suspense, surprise, and authenticity that are his trademarks, Michael Crichton's classic adventure is a breathtaking thrill-ride that races along tracks of steel at breakneck speed.

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The Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

ISBN 0804901120 (0-8049-0112-0)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co

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Hester

by Oliphant

ISBN 0860685152 (0-86068-515-2)
Softcover, Virago

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In a Glass Darkly

by Sheridan Le Fanu

ISBN 0862993792 (0-86299-379-2)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd

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ISBN 9780679736363 (0-679-73636-0, 0679736360)

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Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller

ISBN 0679736360 (0-679-73636-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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Flaubert avait beau affirmer qu'il désirait faire du style le coeur d'un "livre sur rien", son premier roman n'en est pas moins un récit, un roman de la "fatalité", comme le souligne innocemment Charles Bovary, sans même savoir qu'il s'agit d'une fatalité d'ordre narratologique qui imbrique imperceptiblement les éléments du texte pour rendre l'issue inévitable. Tableau des Moeurs de province, Madame Bovary dépeint avec tant d'efficacité la dynamique de la frustration que le mélange d'ennui profond, d'apathie et d'exaltation romanesque qui caractérise son héroïne a donné naissance au terme de bovarysme. De Tostes à Yonville-l'Abbaye, Emma Bovary traîne sa morne existence jalonnée d'adultères. Certes, ses échappées à bord de l'Hirondelle, l'express qui relie Yonville à Rouen, pimentent sa vie. Mais elle est conduite par Hivert, vouée au retour ironique et incontournable. Quelles que soient les tentatives d'évasion, le bovarysme triomphe. Dans le portrait de cette petite bourgeoise normande, Flaubert a poussé l'écriture objective, neutralité indispensable afin de se fondre dans les personnages, au point de rendre si vivantes les aspirations d'Emma que le roman lui valut un procès. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]

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Man of My Dreams

by Johanna Lindsey

ISBN 0816156360 (0-8161-5636-0)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr

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The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.

by William Makepeace Thackeray

ISBN 0783802722 (0-7838-0272-2)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co

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The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq., Written by Himself

by William Makepeace Thackeray

ISBN 0860070336 (0-86007-033-6)
Hardcover, Futura Publications

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Mr. Scarborough's Family

by Anthony Trollope

ISBN 0809589508 (0-8095-8950-8)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr

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On a Wave

by Thad Ziolkowski

ISBN 0802140017 (0-8021-4001-7)
Softcover, Grove Pr

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ISBN 9780742542464 (0-7425-4246-7, 0742542467)

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On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill

ISBN 0742542467 (0-7425-4246-7)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

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Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty. Mill's passionate advocacy of spontaneity, individuality and diversity, along with his contempt for compulsory uniformity and the despotism of popular opinion, has attracted both admiration and condemnation. [via]

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Poor Miss Finch

by Wilkie Collins

ISBN 0750906553 (0-7509-0655-3)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd

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ISBN 9780804901567 (0-8049-0156-2, 0804901562)

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The Princess and the Goblin

by George MacDonald

ISBN 0804901562 (0-8049-0156-2)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co

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As always with George MacDonald, everything here is more than meets the eye: this in fact is MacDonald's grace-filled vision of the world. Said to be one of J.R.R. Tolkien's childhood favorites, The Princess and the Goblin is the story of the young Princess Irene, her good friend Curdie--a minor's son--and Irene's mysterious and beautiful great great grandmother, who lives in a secret room at the top of the castle stairs. Filled with images of dungeons and goblins, mysterious fires, burning roses, and a thread so fine as to be invisible and yet--like prayer--strong enough to lead the Princess back home to her grandmother's arms, this is a story of Curdie's slow realization that sometimes, as the princess tells him, "you must believe without seeing." Simple enough for reading aloud to a child (as I've done myself more than once with my daughter), it's rich enough to repay endless delighted readings for the adult. --Doug Thorpe [via]

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Raffles the Amateur Cracksman

by Hornung

ISBN 0792701577 (0-7927-0157-7)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer

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A collection of stories about crime that involves sophistication, wit and genius. In this amazing anthology Hornung introduces Raffles as protagonist. A cricketer by profession, he is a skilled thief who specializes in stealing jewels yet apparently lives a respectable life. It is intriguing to see how Hornung shows that there is honour among thieves and even they live by some rules. Mind-blowing! [via]

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Scenes of Clerical Life

by George Eliot

ISBN 0824015673 (0-8240-1567-3)
Hardcover, Taylor & Francis

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ISBN 9780679947516 (0-679-94751-5, 0679947515)

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The Secret Garden

by James Howe, Nancy Carpenter

ISBN 0679947515 (0-679-94751-5)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books

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ISBN 9780688145828 (0-688-14582-5, 0688145825)

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The Secret Garden

by Susan Gallagher, Frances Hodgson Burnett

ISBN 0688145825 (0-688-14582-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers

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Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]

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ISBN 9780816712045 (0-8167-1204-2, 0816712042)

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The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Story

by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Louise Betts, Karen Prichett

ISBN 0816712042 (0-8167-1204-2)
Softcover, Troll Communications L.L.C.

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This kindle book also includes bonus annotations:

- information on the historical context of the book
- biography of the author
- literary critique

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in autumn 1910; the book was first published in its entirety in 1911.

Its working title was Mistress Mary, in reference to the English nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of children's literature.

The main character of this story is Mary Lennox. She has been born to rich British parents that are currently living in India. Her parents were busy with extravagent parties and left Mary with her ayah for most of the time. Orphaned by an outbreak of cholera, she is sent back to England to be cared for by her mother's sister's husband, Archibald Craven, a reclusive widower. Craven's wife, Lilian, passed away ten years earlier. He is still mourning that loss. To escape his sad memories, he constantly travels abroad, leaving the entire manor, including Mary, to be cared for by his housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock. The only person who has any time for the little girl is the chambermaid Martha Sowerby, who tells Mary about a locked up garden, surrounded by a wall that was the late Mrs. Craven's favorite place. No one has entered the garden since she died because Archibald locked its entrance and buried the key. He hasn't told anyone where it is.

Mary finds the key to the secret garden hidden in a box in the house. A robin shows her where the door is hidden beneath overgrown ivy. Once inside, she discovers that although the roses seem lifeless, some of the other flowers have survived. She decides to tend the garden herself. Mary wants to keep her new found garden a secret, but she knows she needs help tending it. She gets this help from Martha's brother Dickon. He seems to have a connection with all wild animals and plants. Mary gives him money to buy gardening implements and he shows her that the roses, though neglected, are not dead. When Mary's uncle briefly meets with her for the first time since her arrival, Mary asks him for permission to claim her own garden from any abandoned part of the grounds, and he acquiesces. Thanks to her new-found interests and activities, Mary herself begins to blossom, becoming more healthy looking and more pleasant to be around.

Some nights, Mary hears someone weeping in another part of the house. When she asks questions, the servants become evasive. They tell her that she is hearing things, like a servant with a toothache. Shortly after her uncle's visit, she goes exploring and discovers her uncle's son, Colin, a lonely, bedridden boy as petulant and disagreeable as Mary used to be. His father shuns him because the child closely resembles his mother. Mr. Craven is a mild hunchback, and both he and Colin are morbidly convinced that the boy will develop the same condition. The servants have been keeping Mary and Colin a secret from one another because Colin doesn't like strangers staring at him and is prone to terrible tantrums.

Mr. Craven has been traveling through Europe, but is inspired to rush home after hearing the voice of his dead wife in a dream and receiving a letter from Mrs. Sowerby (Martha's and Dickon's mother, who also knows the secret) telling him, "I think your lady would ask you to come if she was here." He arrives while the children are outdoors and finds himself drawn toward the secret garden. As he approaches nearer, he is astonished to hear their voices inside the walls; Colin bursts out of the garden door toward him, actually winning a footrace against Mary and Dickon. The story's heartwarming ending has Colin able to walk, Archibald smiling again, and Mary has a family and friends who love her. [via]

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The Shifting Tide

by Anne Perry

ISBN 0786265884 (0-7862-6588-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr

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The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson

by Anthony Trollope

ISBN 0783891660 (0-7838-9166-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr

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ISBN 9780765341617 (0-7653-4161-1, 0765341611)

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Three Men in a Boat

by Jerome Klapka Jerome

ISBN 0765341611 (0-7653-4161-1)
Softcover, Tor Books

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Describes a comic expedition by middle-class Victorians up the Thames to Oxford. [via]

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Three Men in a Boat: (to Say Nothing of the Dog)

by Jerome K. Jerome

ISBN 0760757569 (0-7607-5756-9)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books

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Three Men in a Boat: (to Say Nothing of the Dog)

by Jerome Klapka Jerome

ISBN 0826400183 (0-8264-0018-3)
Hardcover, Continuum

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The Tin Princess

by Philip Pullman

ISBN 0679876154 (0-679-87615-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books

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Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

ISBN 0804901554 (0-8049-0155-4)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co

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The story starts conventionally enough with friends sharing ghost stories 'round the fire on Christmas Eve. One of the guests tells about a governess at a country house plagued by supernatural visitors. But in the hands of Henry James, the master of nuance, this little tale of terror is an exquisite gem of sexual and psychological ambiguity. Only the young governess can see the ghosts; only she suspects that the previous governess and her lover are controlling the two orphaned children (a girl and a boy) for some evil purpose. The household staff don't know what she's talking about, the children are evasive when questioned, and the master of the house (the children's uncle) is absent. Why does the young girl claim not to see a perfectly visible woman standing on the far side of the lake? Are the children being deceptive, or is the governess being paranoid? By leaving the questions unanswered, The Turn of Screw generates spine-tingling anxiety in its mesmerized readers. [via]

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne

ISBN 0804900124 (0-8049-0012-4)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co

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Science FictionLarge Print EditionAn American frigate, tracking down a ship-sinking monster, faces not a living creature but an incredible invention a fantastic submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Suddenly a devastating explosion leaves just three survivors who find themselves prisoners in Nemos death ship on an underwater odyssey around the world, as Captain Nemo one of the most horrible villains ever created takes his revenge out on society.This novel, written in 1870, foretells with uncanny accuracy the inventions and advanced technology of the 20th century, and has become a literary stepping-stone for generations of science-fiction writers. [via]

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Twisted Root

by Anne Perry

ISBN 0804119368 (0-8041-1936-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books

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ISBN 9780679732587 (0-679-73258-6, 0679732586)

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The Victorian Fairy Tale Book

by Michael Patrick Hearn

ISBN 0679732586 (0-679-73258-6)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group

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Here is a truly magical book. It brings together the best and best-loved stories from the Golden Age of the fairy tale, and reunites them with delightful illustrations from their original editions. Stories and poems by Dickens, Thackeray, J. M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, Oscar Wilde, Christina Rossetti, W. B. Yeats, and many others are paired with pictures by some of the most celebrated illustrators of the Victorian era, including Arthur Rackham, Arthur Hughes, Max field Parrish, Walter Crane, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This book will delight adults and children alike. [via]

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ISBN 9780743421898 (0-7434-2189-2, 0743421892)

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Washington Square

by Henry James, Peter Conn

ISBN 0743421892 (0-7434-2189-2)
Softcover, Pocket Classics

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"Washington Square is perhaps the only novel in which a man has successfully invaded the feminine field and produced work comparable to Jane Austen's," said Graham Greene.
Inspired by a story Henry James heard at a dinner party, Washington Square tells how the rakish but idle Morris Townsend tries to win the heart of heiress Catherine Sloper against the objections of her father. Precise and understated, the book endures as a matchless social study of New York in the mid-nineteenth century.
The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with afford-
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