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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/Robinson Crusoe/Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn/Boxed Set

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/Robinson Crusoe/Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn/Boxed Set

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Introduction and Notes by Dr Tim Middleton, Head of English Studies, University of Ripon and York In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature. Also included in this volume is Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories, The Merry Men and Other Tales... (more)

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A vision of a lost generation.

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Dostoyevsky's penetrating study of a man for whom the distinction between right and wrong disappears, and a riveting portrait of guilt and retribution. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • A chronology of the author's life and work • A timeline of significant events that... (more)

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

One of the acknowledged masterpieces of 19th century realism, Madame Bovary is revered by writers and readers around the world, a mandatory stop on any pilgrimage through modern literature. Flaubert's legendary style, his intense care over the selection of words and the shaping of sentences, his unmatched ability to convey a mental world through the careful selection of telling details, shine on every page of this... (more)

Lord Jim

by Joseph Conrad, John Barnes

One of Joseph Conrad's greatest novels, Lord Jim brilliantly combines adventure and analysis. Haunted by the memory of a moment of lost nerve during a disastrous voyage, Jim submits to condemnation by a Court of Inquiry. In the wake of his disgrace he travels to the exotic region of Patusan, and as the agent at this remote trading post comes to be revered as ‘Tuan Jim.’ Here he finds a measure of serenity and... (more)

The Way of All Flesh (Giant Thrifts)

by Samuel Butler

The Way of All Flesh is one of the time-bombs of literature," said V. S. Pritchett. "One thinks of it lying in Samuel Butler's desk for thirty years, waiting to blow up the Victorian family and with it the whole great pillared and balustraded edifice of the Victorian novel." Written between 1873 and 1884 but not published until 1903, a year after Butler's death, his marvelously uninhibited satire savages... (more)

Tender Is the Night

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published in 1934, Tender Is the Night was one of the most talked-about books of the year. "It's amazing how excellent much of it is," Ernest Hemingway said to Maxwell Perkins. "I will say now," John O'Hara wrote Fitzgerald, "Tender Is the Night is in the early stages of being my favorite book, even more than This Side of Paradise." And Archibald MacLeish exclaimed: "Great God, Scott...You are a fine... (more)

The Golden Ass (Penguin Classics)

by P. G. Walsh, Apuleius

Apuleius's Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel--the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived from antiquity. It tells the story of the hero Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic results in his transformation into an ass. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately returned to human shape by the kindness of the goddess Isis.... (more)

Middlemarch

by George Eliot

Vast and crowded, rich in irony and suspense, Middlemarch is richer still in character, with two of the era's most enduring characters, Dorothea Brooke, trapped in a loveless marriage, and Lydgate, an ambitious young doctor.

Thirty-Nine Steps (Wordsworth Collection)

Thirty-Nine Steps (Wordsworth Collection)

by John Buchan, Christopher T. Harvie

When Richard Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war. After a corpse is found in his flat, Hannay flees the attentions of both the conspirators and the law, and a manhunt ensues.

Lady Chatterly's Lover

by D.H.Lawrence

Erewhon

by Samuel Butler

In this novel, Butler satirically describes a utopian society, using the civilization of 'Erewhon' ('nowhere,' scrambled) to satirize beliefs popular in the England of his day. Butler wrote a sequel to the novel, Erewhon Revisited.

Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans

by Plutarch

Plutarch of Chaeronea is one of the great storytellers of antiquity, a writer whose ability to create unforgettable scenes matches the grandeur of his subject matter. The heroes of his Lives were the great men of antiquity, often greatly flawed, but with tragic depth and epic stature. Thomas North's translation, one of the most splendid works of sixteenth-century English prose, presents a vigorous and passionate... (more)

Aeneid (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

Aeneid (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

by Virgil

'Something greater than the Iliad is being brought to birth', wrote Virgil's contemporary Propertius, in Western literature's most famous flourish of advance publicity. The Aeneid was published after Virgil's death, and at once established itself as Rome's national poem. The hero Aeneas flees from the sack of Troy, and after much suffering carves out a foothold for the future Romans in Italy. While defining and... (more)

Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics)Patsy Stoneman Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics)

by Patsy Stoneman Emily Bronte

Ivanhoe

by Sir Walter Scott

The epitome of the chivalric novel, Ivanhoe sweeps readers into Medieval England and the lives of a memorable cast of characters. Ivanhoe, a trusted ally of Richard-the-Lion-Hearted, returns from the Crusades to reclaim the inheritance his father denied him. Rebecca, a vibrant, beautiful Jewish woman is defended by Ivanhoe against a charge of witchcraft--but it is Lady Rowena who is Ivanhoe's true love. The wicked... (more)

Njal's Saga

by Anonymous

Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion... (more)

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/Robinson Crusoe/Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn/Boxed Set

by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

Lord Jim

by Joseph Conrad, John Barnes

The Way of All Flesh (Giant Thrifts)

by Samuel Butler

Tender Is the Night

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Golden Ass (Penguin Classics)

by P. G. Walsh, Apuleius

Middlemarch

by George Eliot

Thirty-Nine Steps (Wordsworth Collection)

by John Buchan, Christopher T. Harvie

Lady Chatterly's Lover

by D.H.Lawrence

Erewhon

by Samuel Butler

Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans

by Plutarch

Aeneid (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

by Virgil

Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics)

by Patsy Stoneman Emily Bronte

Ivanhoe

by Sir Walter Scott

Njal's Saga

by Anonymous