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Aesop's Fablesby AesopISBN 0460050494 (0-460-05049-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Aesop's Fablesby Zipes, Jack David (AFT), Aesop, Jack David Zipes, Sam PickeringISBN 0451529537 (0-451-52953-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'Book summary:[via]203 of Aesop's most enduring and popular fables, translated into readable, modern American English and beautifully illustrated with 50 classic woodcuts by the great French artist J.J. Grandville.
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Aesop's Fablesby Jack ZipesISBN 0451525655 (0-451-52565-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton, Regina BarrecaISBN 0451526120 (0-451-52612-0)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Innocence'Book summary:Somewhere in this book, Wharton observes that clever liars always come up with good stories to back up their fabrications, but that really clever liars don't bother to explain anything at all. This is the kind of insight that makes The Age of Innocence so indispensable. Wharton's story of the upper classes of Old New York, and Newland Archer's impossible love for the disgraced Countess Olenska, is a perfectly wrought book about an era when upper-class culture in this country was still a mixture of American and European extracts, and when "society" had rules as rigid as any in history. [via]
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicleby G.N. GarmonswayISBN 0460106244 (0-460-10624-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Animal Farmby George OrwellISBN 0451525361 (0-451-52536-1)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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- Animal Farm: ISBN 0451526341 (0-451-52634-1)
Softcover, Signet Classic - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452277507 (0-452-27750-7)
Softcover, Plume - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452284244 (0-452-28424-4)
Softcover, Plume - Animal Farm: ISBN 0451524667 (0-451-52466-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452262771 (0-452-26277-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452264901 (0-452-26490-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Animal Farm: ISBN 0451525361 (0-451-52536-1)
Softcover, Signet
- Animal Farm: ISBN 0451526341 (0-451-52634-1)
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0451528824 (0-451-52882-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:Everyone's favorite redhead, the spunky Anne Shirley, begins her adventures at Green Gables, a farm outside Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. When the freckled girl realizes that the elderly Cuthberts wanted to adopt a boy instead, she begins to try to win them-and, consequently, the reader-over. [via]
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Anne of the Islandby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0451525345 (0-451-52534-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of the Island'Book summary:This volume contains "Anne of The Island" and "Anne of Windy Willows". Anne is older now, and her friends are beginning to get married and move away; meanwhile her romance with Gilbert Blythe begins to blossom, and there are developments in her career as a schoolteacher. [via]
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Anne's House of Dreamsby Lucy Maud MontgomeryISBN 0451523199 (0-451-52319-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne's House of Dreams'Book summary:The newlyweds, Anne and Gilbert, move into their house of dreams where they share joys and sorrows with special neighbors Captain Jim, Leslie Moore and Cornelia. The births of the first children a moving part of the story. Five 90-minute cassettes. [via]
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The Blue and the Gray Vol. 2 : From the Battle of Gettysburg to Appomattoxby Henry Steele Commager, Douglas S. FreemanISBN 0452011450 (0-452-01145-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Comedy of Errorsby William Shakespeare, Harry LevinISBN 0451528395 (0-451-52839-5)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Comedy of Errors'Book summary:Hilarious fun, this early comedy is filled with the merry violence of slapstick and farce. When two sets of twins, separated and apparently lost to each other, all end up in the rowdy, rollicking city of Ephesus, the stage is set for mix-ups, mayhem, and mistaken identity--plus the timeless puns, jokes, gags, and suspense that makes this play a wonderful theatrical frolic and a brilliant tour de force of language and laughter. [via]
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre Dumas, Roger CelestinISBN 0451529707 (0-451-52970-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Count of Monte Cristo'Book summary:[via]Wrongfully imprisoned for fourteen years, Edmond Dantes escapes to the island of Monte Cristo. What awaits him there is a fortune in gold-and a new identity with which to persue his revenge and redemption.
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The Essential Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston Leroux, Leonard WolfISBN 0452273862 (0-452-27386-2)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:This edition of Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" is fully annotated, and includes facts, bibliographical information and legends. It also features a full bibliography of works by and about Gaston Leroux, including critical works on "The Phantom of the Opera". [via]
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Fathers and Childrenby Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevISBN 0460007424 (0-460-00742-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Fathers and Sonsby Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, George Reavey, Jane T. CostlowISBN 0451529693 (0-451-52969-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fathers and Sons'Book summary:When first published in 1862, this novel of a divided russia, with peasants set against masters and fathers set against sons, caused great outrage. But its enduring legacy of social insight and conscience mixed with drama has given it universal appeal. Features an introduction by anna tolstoy in an exciting new bantam classics' package [via]
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Fencesby August WilsonISBN 0452264014 (0-452-26401-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fences'Book summary:[via]The 1987 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
From August Wilson, author of The Piano Lesson and the 1984-85 Broadway season's best play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, is another powerful, stunning dramatic work that has won him numerous critical acclaim including the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize. The protagonist of Fences (part of Wilsons ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle plays), Troy Maxson, is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be to survive. Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America where to be proud and black is to face pressures that could crush a man, body and soul. But the1950s are yielding to the new spirit of liberation in the 1960s... a spirit that is changing the world Troy Maxson has learned to deal with the only way he can...a spirit that is making him a stranger, angry and afraid, in a world he never knew and to a wife and son he understands less and less...
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Firestarterby Stephen KingISBN 0452273307 (0-452-27330-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0451528832 (0-451-52883-2)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary: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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- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0460051016 (0-460-05101-6)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0451524179 (0-451-52417-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0451525817 (0-451-52581-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0451528832 (0-451-52883-2)
Softcover, Signet Classic
- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0460051016 (0-460-05101-6)
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Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 0451527119 (0-451-52711-9)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV'Book summary:Written between 1596 and 1597, Henry IV Part One represents Shakespeare's increasingly mature talent in staging the history of the early Tudor monarchy. Midway in the cycle of Shakespeare's History Plays, which begin with Richard II and ultimately culminate in his last play, Henry VIII, Henry IV Part One tells the story of the troubled reign of Henry IV following his deposition of Richard II. The historical action revolves around the attempt by Henry Percy (known as Hotspur) to overthrow Henry at the Battle of Shrewsbury. However, over half the play deals with the transformation of Henry's profligate son, Prince Hal (the future King Henry V), from tavern joker to national icon.
The whole play is stolen from its kings and princes by Shakespeare's greatest comic creation, the "fat-kidneyed rascal" Sir John Falstaff, king of his own dominions--the taverns and brothels of London's Eastcheap district. The tavern scenes of the play are some of the most evocative accounts of 16th-century popular London life. They revolve around the comical but ultimately sinister relationship between Falstaff and his young apprentice Hal, who learns to "so offend to make offence a skill" as he learns the slippery ropes of realpolitik and kingship. The play is considered by many to be the liveliest and most profound of Shakespeare's History Plays, and remains one of its most popular examples. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Historiesby Hugh Bowden, George RawlinsonISBN 0460871706 (0-460-87170-6)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor Hugo, Walter J. CobbISBN 0451527887 (0-451-52788-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'Book summary:This extraordinary historical novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by the specter of his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, it is a work that gives full play to Victor Hugo's brilliant historical imagination and his remarkable powers of description. [via]
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Jacob's Roomby Virginia WoolfISBN 0451530055 (0-451-53005-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jacob's Room'Book summary:With its publication in 1922, Virginia Woolf revolutionized the modern novel with Jacob's Room. Based on the life of her own brother, this unforgettable book chronicles the life and times of Jacob Flanders, from childhood to his death in World War I. An untraditional tale focusing on a flow of random impressions through the minds of its characters, Jacob's Room remains an important work in the development of the novel form-and a shining example of Woolf's genius and literary daring. [via]
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King Learby William Shakespeare, John F. AndrewsISBN 0460873334 (0-460-87333-4)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia, to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en/Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark, and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Les Miserables a New Unabridged Translationby Victor HugoISBN 0451525264 (0-451-52526-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables a New Unabridged Translation'Book summary:Victor Hugo's towering novel of Jean Valjean, his unjust imprisonment, and his lifelong flight from a relentless police officer.[via]More editions of Les Miserables a New Unabridged Translation:
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Leviathanby Thomas HobbesISBN 0460874373 (0-460-87437-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leviathan'Book summary:Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. [via]
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Lie Down in Darknessby William StyronISBN 0452261287 (0-452-26128-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Life of Henry Vby William ShakespeareISBN 0451526902 (0-451-52690-2)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life of Henry V'Book summary:The new revised edition of Henry V, Shakespeare's sweeping historical pageant, includes these features: a general discussion of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater, sources from which Shakespeare derived Henry V, and new essays. [via]
Love's Labor's Lostby William Shakespeare, John ArthosISBN 0451529502 (0-451-52950-2)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love's Labor's Lost'Book summary:Love's Labor's Lost, one of Shakespeare's earliest works, features, in addition to a general discussion of Shakespeare's life, world and theater: a new stage history, an extensive note on sources Shakespeare used, and dramatic criticism from past and present. [via]
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, John F. AndrewsISBN 046087182X (0-460-87182-X)
Softcover, Everyman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. It also contains comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of "Macbeth", then and now. [via]
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Maggie:A Girl of the Streets : And Selected Storiesby Stephen Crane, Alfred KazinISBN 0451525523 (0-451-52552-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maggie:A Girl of the Streets : And Selected Stories'Book summary:Published in 1893, Crane's first novel shocked a world unprepared for his grim and starkly realistic exploration of the destructive forces within and against us. Maggie tells of a young girl's fall in turn-of-the century Bowery. Five stories offer sketches of small-town and city life and war stories imbued with the irony of heroism. [via]
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Measure for Measureby William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, S. NagarajanISBN 0451527151 (0-451-52715-1)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measure for Measure'Book summary:A dark and difficult play, Measure for Measure has been a popular play since the latter half of the 20th century for its prescient dramatisation of the issues of sexual and political hypocrisy, and the ways in which the state interferes in the private lives of its citizens. Set in Duke Vincentio's Vienna, where poverty, disease and prostitution are rife, Claudio and his fiancée Juliet are arrested for having sex before marriage, and Claudio is sentenced to death. Angelo, the Duke's deputy, who stands in for the Duke whilst he ostensibly goes off on a pilgrimage, enthusiastically endorses the sentence. In fact the Duke remains behind the scenes, watching Angelo as he falls for Claudio's sister Isabella, who comes to beg for her brother's life. Angelo is a wonderful creation, loathsome yet fascinating as he struggles with the double standards of his enforcement of draconian laws whilst lusting after the sister of the man he is prepared to execute, debating "The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?".
No one is spared Shakespeare's withering look at the mores of early 17th-century life, not even the pimps and madams who try to get by in the midst of the Duke's bizarre and coercive disguises and performances. The deeply ambiguous ending of Measure for Measure confirms it as one of Shakespeare's most ambivalent and arguably despairing plays. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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- Measure for Measure: ISBN 0451524098 (0-451-52409-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Measure for Measure: ISBN 0460874543 (0-460-87454-3)
Softcover, Everymans Library - Measure for Measure: ISBN 0451522591 (0-451-52259-1)
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The Odysseyby Homer, W. H. D. RouseISBN 0451527364 (0-451-52736-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Odysseus, the most heroic of the ancient Greek warriors, journeys home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. [via]
Oedipus Plays of Sophoclesby Paul RocheISBN 0451628470 (0-451-62847-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigoneby Sophocles, Paul RocheISBN 0452011671 (0-452-01167-1)
Softcover, Plume
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone'Book summary:Revising and updating his classic 1958 translation, Paul Roche captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. In vivid, poetic language, he presents the timeless story of a noble family moving toward catastrophe, dragged down from wealth and power by pride, cursed with incest, suicide, and murder. [via]
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The Orestes Plays of Aeschylus: Agamemnon; the Libation Bearers; the Eumenidesby Paul Roche, AeschylusISBN 0452011663 (0-452-01166-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Orestes Plays of Aeschylus: The Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenidesby AeschylusISBN 0451628195 (0-451-62819-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston LerouxISBN 0451528158 (0-451-52815-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:He lurked in the shadows of the Paris Opera House--a man with the voice of an angel but the face of a monster. His only hope for love is a beautiful soprano who draws him . . . to disaster. [via]
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The Possessedby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Andrew R. MacAndrew, Marc SlonimISBN 0451524861 (0-451-52486-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Possessed'Book summary:The Possessed (In Russian: 5AK, tr. Besy), also translated as The Devils or Demons, is an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Possessed is an extremely political book, and is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century. As the revolutionary democrats begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies begin to collide. Dostoevsky casts a critical eye on both the left-wing idealists, exposing their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment's ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences. This form of intellectual conservativism tied to the Slavophil movement of Dostoevsky's day, is seen to have continued on into its modern manifestation in individuals like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Dostoevsky's novels focusing on the idea that utopias and positivist ideas, in being utilitarian, were unrealistic and unobtainable. The book has five primary ideological characters: Verkhovensky, Shatov, Stavrogin, Stepan Trofimovich, and Kirilov. Through their philosophies, Dostoevsky describes the political chaos seen in 19th-Century Russia. [via]
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Pygmalion and My Fair Ladyby George Bernard ShawISBN 0451530098 (0-451-53009-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pygmalion And My Fair Lady'Book summary:The ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride.[via]Centuries later, George Bernard Shaw captured the magic of this legend in his celebrated romantic play, Pygmalion. Pygmalion became Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, his statue an untutored flower girl from the streets of London, and the barrier between them the difference in their stations in life.
In My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner takes the legend one step furtherthe barrier is swept away and Higgins and Eliza are reunited as the curtain falls on one of the loveliest musical plays of our timewinning seven Tonys® for its original Broadway production, and seven Oscars® for its film adaptation.
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The Republicby John Hall, Plato, Terence IrwinISBN 0460873822 (0-460-87382-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republic'Book summary:A newly designed second edition of the classic translation of Plato's timeless work, "The Republic," by the author of "The Closing of the American Mind." [via]
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The Republicby Plato, A.D. LindsayISBN 0460871528 (0-460-87152-8)
Hardcover, J.M. Dent
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republic'Book summary:(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Toward the end of the astonishing period of Athenian creativity that furnished Western civilization with the greater part of its intellectual, artistic, and political wealth, Plato wrote The Republic, his discussion of the nature and meaning of justice and of the ideal state and its ruler. All subsequent European thinking about these subjects owes its character, directly or indirectly, to this most famous (and most accessible) of the Platonic dialogues. Although he describes a society that looks to some like the ideal human community and to others like a totalitarian nightmare, in the course of his description Plato raises enduringly relevant questions about politics, art, education, and the general conduct of life.Translated by A. D. Lindsay [via]
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Richard IIby William Shakespeare, Kenneth MuirISBN 0451522680 (0-451-52268-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Richard II'Book summary:The New Penguin Shakespeare offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume has been prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a full and helpful commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play. [via]
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Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Storiesby Roger CarasISBN 0452267315 (0-452-26731-5)
Softcover, E P Dutton
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, John F. AndrewsISBN 0460871773 (0-460-87177-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby OrczyISBN 0451527623 (0-451-52762-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'Book summary:An Englishman assumes many disguises in order to rescue members of the French royalty from the terrorists during the French Revolution. [via]
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The Screwtape Lettersby C. S. Lewis, Richard GilmanISBN 0451628217 (0-451-62821-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Screwtape Letters'Book summary:This adaptation of C.S. Lewis's biting satire received a 1999 Grammy nomination for best spoken-word performance, and it's easy to see why--the story fits the format perfectly. It's relatively brief (the unabridged reading takes a mere four hours), and contains only one character--the demon Screwtape, who writes letters to his novice nephew Wormwood, instructing him on how to best tempt his "patient" (a wayward soul on earth) into the bosom of "our Lord below."
Obviously, the book wasn't written with former Monty Python John Cleese in mind, but it's hard to imagine a better Screwtape. Cleese's voice provides the perfect vehicle for Lewis's dry, razor-edged wit. His uncanny comic timing and ability to milk each phrase for maximum effect betray an infectious enthusiasm for the story. It's clear that he's having a great time reading, and it's impossible not to laugh along with him. This inspired pairing of two of the 20th century's greatest wits makes for a meditation on the dark side of spiritual guidance that's as relevant and funny today as it was in Lewis's war-torn England. (Running time: 4 hours, 3 cassettes) --Andrew Neiland [via]
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The Story of the Chevalier Des Grieux and Manon Lescautby Abbe PrevostISBN 0452006546 (0-452-00654-6)
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The Tragedy of King Learby Russell A. Fraser, William ShakspeareISBN 0451526937 (0-451-52693-7)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tragedy of King Learby William Shakspeare, Russell FraserISBN 0451524101 (0-451-52410-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tragedy of King Richard the Second: With New and Updated Critical Essays and a Revised Bibliographyby William ShakespeareISBN 0451527194 (0-451-52719-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of King Richard the Second: With New and Updated Critical Essays and a Revised Bibliography'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's finest history plays, Richard II deals with one of the most sensitive and politically explosive issues of its day--the rights and wrongs of deposing a legitimately appointed king. Forerunner to the two parts of Henry IV, the play deals with the abdication of King Richard II in 1399, the subsequent succession of Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, and Richard's death in the spring of 1400. But the play has been celebrated above and beyond its stature as historical drama. Richard II begins with a portrait of Richard as a pompous, arrogant and self-regarding sovereign, with little sense of his people or his political responsibilities. As he consistently miscalculates in his attempts to destroy Bolingbroke, and watches his own power wane, he becomes a far more appealing, Hamlet-like figure, more interested in "talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs", and "sad stories of the death of kings". Richard's speeches become increasingly lyrical and poetic as his supporters desert him, until he finally takes on the stature of the pilloried Christ in the climax of the play, the deposition scene, one of the most politically risky scenes in all of Shakespeare. The play remains most famous for John of Gaunt's "This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle" speech, but historians believe that the play was also performed in the streets of London in 1601 in support of the Earl of Essex's attempt to depose Elizabeth I. Whilst the plot failed, it showed the power of the theatre of the time, and the politically controversial nature of Shakespeare's play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Tragedy of Macbethby William Shakespeare, Sylvan BarnetISBN 0451526775 (0-451-52677-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tragedy of Macbeth'Book summary:"A first-rate entree to the Bard," hailed Publishers Weekly in praise of Bruce Coville's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream Dial . Now the author follows with Macbeth, expertly weaving his own dramatic yet accessible prose with language from the play, creating a gateway to the greater enjoyment of the original. Powerful paintings, rich in atmosphere, by renowned artist Gary Kelley-winner of twenty medals from the Society of Illustrators-make this, like its predecessor, a classic in itself, full justice to the genius that came before. A perfect gift for both newcomers to Shakespeare's work as well as devoted followers. [via]
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The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, Alvin B. KernanISBN 0451526856 (0-451-52685-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice'Book summary:An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages. [via]
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The Tragedy of Richard Thirdby William Shakespeare, Mark EcclesISBN 0451526953 (0-451-52695-3)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Richard the Third'Book summary:[via]Featuring a new overview of Shakespeare's works by Sylvan Barnet, former Chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, this Signet classic also includes a comprehensive stage and screen history, dramatic criticism from the past and present, and sources from which Shakespeare derived this great work.
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, J.A. BryantISBN 0451526864 (0-451-52686-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Trilbyby George Du MaurierISBN 0460018639 (0-460-01863-9)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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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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Twelfth Night; Or, What You Willby William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, Herschel BakerISBN 0451526767 (0-451-52676-7)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's finest comedies, Twelfth Night was written at the same time as Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida, and whilst it shares their fascination with sex, death and confused identities, its exuberant comedy and linguistic inventiveness rises above the introspection of these plays. Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated in a storm, which washes them both up at different points on the shores of Illyria. Believing each other to be dead, both attempt to survive by using their wits. Viola cross-dresses and enters the service of the lovesick Orsino, in love with Olivia, an heiress in mourning for the loss of her brother. Orsino's saucy young page Cesario (Viola) soon falls in love with "his" master, who tells "him", "all is semblative a woman's part". Unfortunately, whilst Viola falls in love with Orsino, Olivia falls in love with her alter ego, Cesario, whilst also being pursued at the same time by her pompous servant Malvolio. Olivia's house is also turned upside down by the antics of her drunken uncle, Sir Toby Belch, and the whole crazy situation reaches boiling point when Sebastian reappears.
Despite the madcap plot, Twelfth Night remains one of Shakespeare's most complex and inventive comedies, fascinated with questions of cross-dressing, gender confusion, language and inversion, as well as retaining a darker edge to some of its laughter. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 0451523024 (0-451-52302-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'Book summary:From back cover: A powerful indictment of slavery by America's first major woman novelist, Uncle Tom's Cabin was hailed by Tolstoy as "one of the greatest productions of the human mind". [via]
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Uncle Tom's Cabin and Frederick Douglassby Harriet Beecher Stowe, Christopher BigsbyISBN 0460871390 (0-460-87139-0)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin and Frederick Douglass'Book summary:Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. [via]
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Uncle Tom's Cabin : Or, Life among the Lowlyby Harriet Beecher Stowe, Darryl PinckneyISBN 0451526708 (0-451-52670-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin : Or, Life among the Lowly'Book summary:Arguably the most influential novel in American history, Uncle Tom's Cabin fanned the embers of the struggle between free states and slave states into the fire of the Civil War-and is as powerful and relevant today as when it was first published a century and a half ago. [via]
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Villette: Library Editionby Charlotte BronteISBN 0451529227 (0-451-52922-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Villette: Library Edition'Book summary:Classic Fiction [via]
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Softcover, Tuttle Pub - Villette: Library Edition: ISBN 0460003518 (0-460-00351-8)
Hardcover, E P Dutton - Villette: Library Edition: ISBN 0460013513 (0-460-01351-3)
Hardcover, E P Dutton - Villette: Library Edition: ISBN 0451529227 (0-451-52922-7)
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- Villette: Library Edition: ISBN 0460872478 (0-460-87247-8)
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War and Peaceby Leo TolstoyISBN 0451523261 (0-451-52326-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War and Peace'Book summary:Details the invasion of Russia by Napoleon and his army. [via]
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The Winter's Taleby William ShakespeareISBN 0451527143 (0-451-52714-3)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Winter's Tale'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most haunting and enigmatic late plays, The Winter's Tale is a fine example of Shakespeare's fascination with the dramatic genre of "romance": the portrayal of magical lands, familial conflict and exile, and final reunion and reconciliation. Drawing on Robert Green's story Pandosto, Shakespeare play tells the story of the middle-aged Leontes, king of Sicilia, and his childhood friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia. Leontes mistakenly believes that his friend is having an affair with his wife, Hermione. In his jealousy, and consumed by "tremor cordis", he tries to murder Polixenes, who flees, and accuses his wife of adultery. Hermione gives birth to a baby girl, Perdita, who Leontes denounces as illegitimate, and casts her out into the wilderness. Hermione is ultimately proved innocent, but her son, Mamillius, dies of grief. Hermione collapses, apparently dead, and Leontes is left to pick up the tragic consequences of his actions. Time passes, and the action moves to Bohemia, where the lost child Perdita has grown up a shepherdess in the midst of "great creating nature". The final scenes of the play draw towards resolution and reconciliation between Leontes, Hermione and their lost daughter, culminating in one of Shakespeare's most moving final scenes. One of Shakespeare's most consummate plays, The Winter's Tale is a fascinating study of male insecurity and the relations between art and nature. --Jerry Brotton. [via]
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The Winter's Tale : Texts and Contextsby William Shakespeare, Frank KermodeISBN 0451522605 (0-451-52260-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Alice HoffmanISBN 0451529251 (0-451-52925-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0451525833 (0-451-52583-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Wuthering Heights and Poems: ISBN 0460873113 (0-460-87311-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0460012436 (0-460-01243-6)
Hardcover, E P Dutton - Wuthering Heights: ISBN 0451529251 (0-451-52925-1)
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- Wuthering Heights and Poems: ISBN 0460002430 (0-460-00243-0)
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