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Alternate cover editions of this ISBN by cover pictures: "Portrait of a Lady" by Octavius Oakley, "Reflexions" by Ethel Porter Bayley, "Dreaming" b...

Emma is the culmination of Jane Austen's genius, a sparkling comedy of love and marriage. Emma Woodhouse is introduced to us as 'handsome, clever a...

Digory let out a scream. "What's happened to Polly?" "Congratulate me, my dear boy," said Uncle Andrew, rubbing his hands. "My experiment has succe...

There are five daughters in the Bennet family and marriage is the only career open to them. There is naturally much excitement when two young men o...

After the death of her parents, Mary Lennox is brought back from India as a forlorn and unwanted child to live in her uncle's great lonely house on...

They say Aslan is on the move. Perhaps he has already landed, whispered the Beaver. Edmund felt a sensation of mysterious horror. Peter felt brave ...

Introduction and Notes by Dr Howard J. Booth, University of Kent at Canterbury. 'When you have experienced Sons and Lovers you have lived through t...

At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russ...

Oliver Twists famous cry of the heart — Please, sir, I want some more — has resounded with generations of readers of all ages. The author poured hi...

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank an...

Novel tracing Jude Fawley's life from his aspirations of intellectual freedom to his early death. Novel tracing Jude Fawley's life from his aspirat...

Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family ...

Bathsheba Everdene is a strong, confident woman who becomes a powerful farmer. But her emotional life descends into chaos as she becomes involved w...

David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocati...

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here. David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventure...

In the light of a huge roaring bonfire the last battle of Narnia is about to take place between King Tirian, aided resolutely by Jill and Eustace, ...

One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever written, Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White was a phenomenal bestseller in the 1860s, achieving even gre...

Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. In this celebrated work Wilde forg...

The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the...

Mr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions, content with his ordinary life. Yet he always seems to be troubled by disagreeable tradesmen, impertinent y...

Tom Stoppard's screenplay of the film "Shakespeare in Love", strongly tipped to win an Oscar in 1999. It is 1593 and Will Shakespeare - rising youn...

All the privilege I claim for my own sex...is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone.'. Anne Elliot's heartfelt words strike t...

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here. Introduction and Notes by Dr T.C.B. Cook Illustrations by...

Much Ado About Nothing is probably the most satisfying, and certainly the liveliest and most charming, of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare films. The ...