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Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
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Pinkie Brown, a neurotic teenage gangster wielding a razor blade and a bottle of sulfuric acid, commits a brutal murder - but it does not go unnoticed. Rose, a naive young waitress at a rundown cafe, has the unwitting power to destroy his crucial alibi, and Ida Arnold, a woman bursting with easy certain ...Show more
Candide, or the Optimist (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Voltaire
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Candide, or the Optimist is Voltaire's hilarious and deeply scathing satire on the Age of Enlightenment.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for an ...Show more
Classic Dog Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library) by HALLEY, ED. NED
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From the grit of a frontier man's dog, from pampered lapdog to wayward mongrel, from faithful guard dog to strong willed pet they're all here in Classic Dog Stories - the perfect gift for dog lovers everywhere.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These be ...Show more
Complete Ghost Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library) by David Stuart (AFT) M. R.; Davies James
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In another infinitesimal flash he had taken it in. Pale, dusky skin, covering nothing but bones and tendons of appalling strength; coarse black hairs, longer than ever grew on a human hand; nails rising from the ends of the fingers and curving sharply down and forward, grey horny and wrinkled. He flew o ...Show more
Cranford (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Elizabeth Gaskell; Josie Billington (Introduction by); Hugh Thomson (Illustrator)
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, (29 September 1810 - 12 November 1865), was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of l ...Show more
David Copperfield (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Charles Dickens
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In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist. The early scenes are particularly masterful, depicting the world as seen from the persp ...Show more
Don Quixote (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Miguel de Cervantes
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Don Quixote The story follows the adventures of a hidalgo named Mr. Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to set out to revive chivalry, undo wrongs, and bring justice to the world, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, S ...Show more
Down and Out in Paris and London (Macmillan Collector's Library) by George Orwell
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Orwell's first published book, Down and Out in Paris and London, is at once a very personal account, an exposé of poverty-stricken lives between the wars, and a call for social and economic reform.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gol ...Show more
Dracula (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Bram Stoker
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When Jonathan Harker is summoned to Transylvania to finalize a property deal for the mysterious Count Dracula, he stumbles upon an ancient evil he is unprepared to face. When that evil escapes to England, the entire nation is suddenly under threat and only an aged vampire hunter, Professor Abraham Van H ...Show more
Dubliners (Macmillan Collector's Library) by James Joyce
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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin.' From a child coming to terms with the death of a priest to a young woman torn between leading an uneventful life in D ...Show more
Far From the Madding Crowd (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Thomas Hardy
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Far From the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England and is set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year. The story both upholds and questions rural values with a startlingly modern sensibility. Part of the ...Show more
Food for Thought: Selected Writings by Various
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A gorgeous anthology of poetry, fiction and essays about food from your favorite classic authors. From ancient times to today's celebrity chefs, people have always been inspired to write about food. In this delectable collection, Food for Thought, food historian Annie Gray has chosen an array of materi ...Show more