The Old English Baron by Clara Reeve
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: World's Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Clara Reeve (1729-1807), novelist, was the author of several novels, of which only one is remembered -- The Old English Baron (1777), written in imitation of, or rivalry with, the Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, with which it has often been printed. Her novel has noticeably infl ...Show more
JOURNAL OF A WEST INDIA PROPRIETOR by Matthew Lewis; Judith Terry (Editor)
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Every man of humanity must wish that slavery, even in its best and most mitigated form, had never found a legal sanction, and must regret that its system is now so incorporated with the welfare of Great Britain as well as of Jamaica, as to make its extirpation an absolute impossibilitiy,without the cert ...Show more
Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
'You expected bread, and you have got a stone; break your teeth on it, and don't shriek...you will have learned the great lesson how to endure without a sob.' Shirley is Charlotte Bronte's only historical novel and her most topical one. Written at a time of social unrest, it is set during the period of ...Show more
Civil War by Lucan
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The great Roman poet Lucan is considered one of the most important Latin Poets of all time. His masterful epic "Pharsalia", or "Civil War" chronicles the dynamic battle between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. The Great Civil War led to the downfall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the ...Show more
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ by W. w. Denslow (Illustrator); L. Frank Baum; Susan Wolstenholme (Editor)
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
A tremendous cyclone transports Dorothy to the peculiar land of Oz and she fears she will never see home again. Joined by some unlikely new friends, Dorothy follows a strange road to find a mysterious wizard in the hope that he may be able to send her home. But the Wizard of Oz wants something impossibl ...Show more
MEDITATIONS by Marcus Aurelius; R. B. Rutherford (Introduction by, Translator); A. S. L. Farquharson (Translator)
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
A. S. L. Farquharson's translation was originally published in 1944, as part of a major commentary on Marcus Aurelius' work. In this volume, Farquharson's work is brought up to date and supplied with an introduction and notes for the student and general reader. A selection of lively letters from Marcus ...Show more
BLACK TULIP by Alexandre Dumas; David Coward (Editor); Franz Demmler (Translator)
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: World's Classics Ser.
Famous for classic adventure novels such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas is one of the most popular French authors of all time. Set in the Netherlands during the 17th century, The Black Tulip follows young bourgeoisie Cornelius van Baerle as he attempts to claim th ...Show more
MISFORTUNES OF VIRTUE by Marquis De Sade; David Coward (Edited and Translated by)
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: World's Classics Ser.
The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is foulest in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no morality, no human affection, and no hope. Power is given to the strong, and the strong aremurderers, t ...Show more
LA DAME AUX CAMELIAS by Alexandre Dumas; David Coward (Translator)
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: World's Classics Ser.
Il y avait en l'an de gr ce 1845, dans ces ann es d'abondance et de paix o toutes les faveurs de l'esprit, du talent, de la beaut et de la fortune entouraient cette France d'un jour, une jeune et belle personne de la figure la plus charmante qui attirait elle, par sa seule pr sence, une certaine admira ...Show more
LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE by Alexandre Dumas; David Coward (Editor)
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Louise de la Balliere is the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne or, Ten Years After. Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and will end with The Man in the Iron Mask.It is early summer, 1661, and the royal court of France is in turm ...Show more
Silas Marner by George Eliot
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
It came to me first of all, quite suddenly, as a sort of legendary tale, suggested by my recollection of having once, in early childhood, seen a linen-weaver with a bag on his back; but, as my mind dwelt on the subject, I became inclined to a more realistic treatment. Falsely accused, cut off from his p ...Show more
VILLETTE by Charlotte Brontë; Margaret Smith (Editor); Tim Dolin (Introduction by)
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: World's Classics Ser.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, a ...Show more