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In the isolated, decayed village of Dunwich, Massachusetts, a shadow lies heavy upon the land. The locals speak in whispers of strange lights atop Sentinel Hill, of a twisted family living in a crumbling farmhouse, and of blasphemous rites heard echoing through the...
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Cactus
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2026-02-11
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The Waves by Virginia Woolf is one of the most innovative and poetic novels of twentieth-century literature, representing the height of Woolf’s modernist experimentation. First published in 1931, the novel abandons traditional plot and character development in favor of...
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Asimis Books
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2026-02-08
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The Complete Works of Rhoda Broughton brings together the most significant novels and stories of one of the most distinctive voices of Victorian fiction. Known for her bold treatment of emotion, desire, and female independence, Rhoda Broughton challenged the conventions...
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Asimis Books
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2026-01-28
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Long considered the essential precursor to The Great Gatsby, "Winter Dreams" distills F. Scott Fitzgerald's most enduring themes into a single, piercing novella. It is a luminous and tragic exploration of the American Dream's irresistible promise and its devastating...
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Cactus
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2026-01-27
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The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time whenThe New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of...
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Cactus
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2026-01-27
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A sensation upon its publication in 1920, This Side of Paradise launched F. Scott Fitzgerald to instant fame and announced the arrival of a new, disillusioned generation. It is the vibrant, semi-autobiographical novel that gave voice to the "flaming youth" of the Jazz...
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Cactus
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2026-01-27
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In this groundbreaking collection of fifteen stories, James Joyce holds up an unflinching mirror to the heart of his native city at the turn of the twentieth century. With revolutionary precision and profound empathy, he captures the lives of ordinary Dubliners—from...
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Cactus
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2026-01-27
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On a seemingly ordinary day—June 16, 1904—in the bustling heart of Dublin, James Joyce sets an odyssey that would revolutionize literature. Ulysses meticulously chronicles the wanderings of two men: Leopold Bloom, a gentle Jewish advertising canvasser, and Stephen...
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Cactus
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2026-01-27
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Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his...
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Penguin
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2007-07-02
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'All his powers were in decline; the only thing growing stronger in him was the conviction that all this could not last much longer, that his demise was imminent.'
The Buddenbrooks (1900) was Thomas Mann's first major success. It draws on his own family history and...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-04
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'All his powers were in decline; the only thing growing stronger in him was the conviction that all this could not last much longer, that his demise was imminent.'
The Buddenbrooks (1900) was Thomas Mann's first major success. It draws on his own family history and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-01-04
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'As we come nearer to Christmas this wondrous book becomes ever more poignant and magical. Once read never forgotten' Michael Morpurgo Every winter, in the days leading up to Christmas, Benedikt walks into the snowy mountains of Iceland to rescue sheep lost in the...
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Vintage Digital
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2025-10-02
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A timeless tale of redemption and the spirit of ChristmasA Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' beloved novella, captures the essence of the festive season and the transformative power of kindness and compassion. Written in 1843, this classic story has become synonymous...
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Capstone
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2025-09-22
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Capstone Classics
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'the social kaleidoscope was shifting'
The Guermantes Way, the third volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, provides a transition from the realm of adolescence into the adult social world of Belle Epoque Paris. Its pages buzz with worldly conversations, with...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-09-12
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'the social kaleidoscope was shifting'
The Guermantes Way, the third volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, provides a transition from the realm of adolescence into the adult social world of Belle Epoque Paris. Its pages buzz with worldly conversations, with...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-07-18
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'I am looking for something still more mysterious: for the path you read about in books, the old lane choked with undergrowth whose entrance the weary prince could not discover.'
The Lost Domain (1913) is an adventure story as well as a lyrical homage to life in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-06-03
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'I am looking for something still more mysterious: for the path you read about in books, the old lane choked with undergrowth whose entrance the weary prince could not discover.'
The Lost Domain (1913) is an adventure story as well as a lyrical homage to life in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-06-03
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Charming, witty and profound, this stylish 50th anniversary hardback edition of A LIFE IN LETTERS is the perfect addition to any Wodehouse-lover's bookcase.'The letters, gossipy in the kindliest, most amused/bemused manner, bear true witness to the wide-ranging...
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Penguin
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2025-05-01
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90 classic titles celebrating90 years of Penguin BooksA young writer leaves the city to complete her manuscript in a small coastal town, but finds herself writing about the lives of its inhabitants instead – their occupation with memory and tradition, their vibrant...
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Penguin
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2025-04-17
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'For there she was.'
Mrs Dalloway follows a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class woman in London, in June 1923, as she prepares for a party. Clarissa's thoughts and actions are interwoven with the trauma and bereavement of Septimus Smith, a poor...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-02-24
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