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From the acclaimed author of the bestselling Italian Fever comes a fresh twist on the classic Jekyll and Hyde story, a novel told from the perspective of Mary Reilly, Dr. Jekyll's dutiful and intelligent housemaid. Faithfully weaving in details from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, Martin introduces an original and captivating character: Mary is a survivor–scarred but still strong–familiar with evil, yet... (more)

A Hoboken Hipster in Sherwood Forest

by Marianne Mancusi

If Chrissie Hayward knew that morning she'd be going back in time to rescue her crazy coworker Kat, she'd have worn better shoes. Doubly so if she'd expected to meet her true love. According to the mysterious gypsy, Chrissie was the "gentle soul who would tame an outlaw's thirst for revenge" -- aka the real Robin Hood. So how come the guy was such a dud? LOST...IN SHERWOOD FOREST? No, Robin of... (more)

Mr. Dalloway: A Novella

by Robin Lippincott

A virtuoso performance of postmodern daring, Mr. Dalloway offers a rich augmentation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel. It is June 29, 1927Ã‘Richard and Clarissa Dalloway's thirtieth anniversary and also a day of historical significance. Richard has arranged a surprise party for his wife. As he leaves their house in Westminster to buy flowers for the party, his thoughts turn to Robert Davies (Robbie), a young... (more)

The Gargoyle

by Andrew Davidson

An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time. On a burn ward, a man lies between living and dying, so disfigured that no one from his past life would even recognize him. His only comfort comes from imagining various inventive ways to end his misery. Then a woman named Marianne Engel walks into his hospital room, a wild-haired, schizophrenic sculptress... (more)

Scarlett

The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

by Alexandra Ripley

Picks up the story begun in Margaret Mitchell's classic "Gone With the Wind". What happens to Ashley now that Melanie is gone? Does Scarlett find a way to get Rhett back? What new joys, frustrations and adventures does the future hold?

Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel (P.S.)

Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel (P.S.)

by Sena Jeter Naslund

From the opening line—"Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last"—you will know that you are in the hands of a master storyteller and in the company of a fascinating woman hero. Inspired by a brief passage in Moby-Dick , Sena Jeter Naslund has created an enthralling and compellingly readable saga, spanning a rich, eventful, and dramatic life. At once a family drama, a romantic adventure, and a... (more)

Wide Sargasso Sea

by Jean Rhys

The fortieth anniversary reissue of the best-selling "tour de force" (Walter Allen, New York Times Book Review ). Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon the publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of fiction's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. A sensual and protected young woman, Antoinette Cosway... (more)

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