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-28%Waverley'the most romantic parts of this narrative are precisely those which have a fo... 'the most romantic parts of this narrative are precisely those which have a foundation in fact' Edward Waverley, a young English soldier in the Hanoverian army, is sent to Scotland where he finds himself caught up in events that quickly transform moreDetails
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-28%Desperate Remedies'She was swayed into emotional opinions concerning the strange man before her;... 'She was swayed into emotional opinions concerning the strange man before her; new impulses of thought...entered into her with a gnawing thrill.' Hardy's first published work, Desperate Remedies moves the sensation novel into new territory. The an moreDetails
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-10%The OdysseyThis prose translation of the Odyssey is so successful that it has taken its p... This prose translation of the Odyssey is so successful that it has taken its place as one of the few really outstanding versions of Homer's famous epic poem. It is the story of the return of Odysseus from the siege of Troy to his home in Ithaca, a moreDetails
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-28%A Clergyman's Daughter'The face was quite unfamiliar to her, and yet not strange. She had not known ... 'The face was quite unfamiliar to her, and yet not strange. She had not known till this moment what face to expect'. A Clergyman's Daughter is George Orwell's least well-known, most unappreciated novel. Drawing on his experiences as a hop-picker, moreDetails
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-10%Orlando'I feel the need of an escapade after these serious poetic experimental books.... 'I feel the need of an escapade after these serious poetic experimental books...I want to kick up my heels & be off.' Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through centuries of English history, first as a man, then as a w moreDetails
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-14%The Adventures of Sherlock Hol...The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the... The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his moreDetails
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-17%This Book Just Ate My Dog!In this wonderfully inventive book, Bella is taking her dog for a stroll acros... In this wonderfully inventive book, Bella is taking her dog for a stroll across the page but halfway across, he disappears! Unable to quite believe what's just happened Bella watches, transfixed, with changing emotions of surprise, indignation, mo moreDetails
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-20%Theaetetus'What exactly is knowledge?' The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the philosoph... 'What exactly is knowledge?' The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, and is acknowledged as one of Plato's finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a clever but modest student, Theaetetus, it explores one moreDetails
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-20%Scenes of Clerical Life'the only true knowledge of our fellow-man is that which enables us to feel wi... 'the only true knowledge of our fellow-man is that which enables us to feel with him' George Eliot's first published work consisted of three short novellas: 'The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton', 'Mr Gilfil's Love-Story', and 'Janet's Rep moreDetails
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-10%Kidnapped'Your bed shall be the moorcock's, and your life shall be like the hunted deer... 'Your bed shall be the moorcock's, and your life shall be like the hunted deer's, and ye shall sleep with your hand upon your weapons.' Tricked out of his inheritance, shanghaied, shipwrecked off the west coast of Scotland, David Balfour finds him moreDetails
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-20%The Silver BranchViolence and unrest are sweeping through Roman Britain. Justin and Flavius fin... Violence and unrest are sweeping through Roman Britain. Justin and Flavius find themselves caught up in the middle of it all when they discover a plot to overthrow the Emperor. In fear for their lives they gather together a tattered band of men an moreDetails
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-28%Jezebel's Daughter'The power that I have dreamed of all my life is mine at last!' How far is a m... 'The power that I have dreamed of all my life is mine at last!' How far is a mother prepared to go to secure her daughter's future? Madame Fontaine, widow of an eminent chemist, has both the determination and the cunning to bring young Minna's mar moreDetails
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-10%The Good Soldier'This is the saddest story I have ever heard.' Wealthy American John Dowell de... 'This is the saddest story I have ever heard.' Wealthy American John Dowell describes in a disarmingly casual, compellingly intimate manner how he and his wife Florence meet an English couple in a German spa resort. They become friends over the ye moreDetails
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-20%Jane Eyre"Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!" Throughout the hardships... "Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!" Throughout the hardships of her childhood - spent with a severe aunt and abusive cousin, and later at the austere Lowood charity school - Jane Eyre clings to a sense of self-worth, despite of h moreDetails
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-10%The Sorrows of Young Werther'I have so much and my feeling for her devours everything, I have so much and ... 'I have so much and my feeling for her devours everything, I have so much and without her everything is nothing.' The Sorrows of Young Werther propelled Goethe to instant fame when it first appeared in 1774. Goethe drew on his own unhappy experien moreDetails
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-28%Tom JonesTom Jones is rightly regarded as Fielding's greatest work, and one of the firs... Tom Jones is rightly regarded as Fielding's greatest work, and one of the first and most influential of English novels. Attacked at the time as `A motley history of bastardism, fornication, and adultery', it overflows with a marvellous assortment moreDetails
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-14%Cranford'A man.is so in the way in the house!' A vivid and affectionate portrait of a ... 'A man.is so in the way in the house!' A vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford describes a community dominated by its independent and refined women. Undaunted by poverty, moreDetails
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-7%Uncle Tom's Cabin`So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!' T... `So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!' These words, said to have been uttered by Abraham Lincoln, signal the celebrity of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The first American novel to become an international best-seller, Sto moreDetails
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Notre-Dame de ParisThree extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession are at the c... Three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession are at the centre of Hugo's novel. The grotesque hunchback Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, owes his life to the austere archdeacon, Claude Frollo, who in turn is bound by a ho moreDetails
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-28%The Italian'Among his associates no one loved him, many disliked him, and more feared him... 'Among his associates no one loved him, many disliked him, and more feared him.' Father Schedoni is enlisted by the imperious Marchesa di Vivaldi to prevent her son from marrying the beautiful Ellena. Schedoni has no scruples in kidnapping Ellena moreDetails
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-14%The Portrait of a Lady'One ought to choose something very deliberately, and be faithful to that.' Is... 'One ought to choose something very deliberately, and be faithful to that.' Isabel Archer is a young, intelligent, and spirited American girl, determined to relish her first experience of Europe. She rejects two eligible suitors in her fervent com moreDetails
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-10%The OdysseyThis prose translation of the Odyssey is so successful that it has taken its p... This prose translation of the Odyssey is so successful that it has taken its place as one of the few really outstanding versions of Homer's famous epic poem. It is the story of the return of Odysseus from the siege of Troy to his home in Ithaca, a moreDetails
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-20%Journey to the Centre of the E...Journey to the Centre of the Earth has been consistently praised for its style... Journey to the Centre of the Earth has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. It explores the prehistory of the globe, but can also be read as a psychological quest, for the journey itself is as important as arrival o moreDetails
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-14%Treasure Island'there were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely; an... 'there were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely; and out of those seven one was a boy...' When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins is haunted by his frightening tales; the sailor's sud moreDetails
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-28%Martin ChuzzlewitThis edition of one of Dickens's earlier novels is based on the accurate Clare... This edition of one of Dickens's earlier novels is based on the accurate Clarendon edition of the text and includes the prefaces to the 1850 and 1867 editions and Dickens's Number Plans. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics moreDetails
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-14%The Theory of the Growth of th...There are not many books that are genuine classics, and only a handful in busi... There are not many books that are genuine classics, and only a handful in business and management whose insights and ideas last for 50 years and more. This book is one of the very few 'must reads' for anybody seriously interested in the role of ma moreDetails
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-28%The Way We Live Now'Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford ... 'Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.' It is impossible to be sure who Melmotte is, let alone what exactly he has done. He is, seemingly, a gentleman, and a great financier, who penetrates to the heart o moreDetails
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-20%Wuthering HeightsFirst published in 1847, Wuthering Heights is set on the bleak Yorkshire moors... First published in 1847, Wuthering Heights is set on the bleak Yorkshire moors, where the drama of Catherine and Heathcliff, Heathcliff's cruel revenge against Edgar and Isabella Linton, and the promise of redemption through the next generation, is e moreDetails
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-14%Oliver TwistA scholarly edition of a work by Charles Dickens. The edition presents an auth... A scholarly edition of a work by Charles Dickens. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus. moreDetails
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