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| "Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!' Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains maps treasure and shipwreck and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint's sea chest he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure Shipping as cabin boy on the Hispaniola he sails with Squire Trelawney Captain Smollett Dr Livesey the sinister Long John Silver and a frightening crew to Treasure Island There mutiny murder and mayhem lead to a thrilling climax"
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| "The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Mary Lennox was horrid Selfish and spoilt she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire She hated it But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it a change comes over her and her life She meets and befriends a local boy the talented Dickon and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her Between them the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around them The Secret Garden is one of the best-loved stories of all time"
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| "The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "When Father goes away with two strangers one evening the lives of Roberta Peter and Phyllis are shattered They and their mother have to move from their comfortable London home to go and live in a simple country cottage where Mother writes books to make ends meet However they soon come to love the railway that runs near their cottage and they make a habit of waving to the Old Gentleman who rides on it They befriend the porter Perks and through him learn railway lore and much else They have many adventures and when they save a train from disaster they are helped by the Old Gentleman to solve the mystery of their father's disappearance and the family is happily reunited"
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| "Tom Brown's Schooldays & Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Lively and mischievous idle and brave Tom Brown is both the typical boy of his time and the perennial hero celebrated by authors as diverse as Henry Fielding (in Tom Jones) and Alec Waugh (in The Loom of Youth) The book describes Tom's time at Rugby School from his first football match through his troubled adolescence when he is savagely bullied by the unspeakable Flashman to his departure for a wider world as a confident young man This classic tale of a boy's schooldays under the benevolent eye of the renowned Dr Arnold still retains the appeal for which it was acclaimed on its first publication in 1857 In its less well-known sequel Tom Brown at Oxford we follow our hero to St Ambrose's College and in sharing his undergraduate experiences gain a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Anna Sewell&39;s Black Beauty was an immediate success on its publication in 1877 and has gone on to sell an estimated 50 million copies Black Beauty is a horse with a fine black coat a white foot and a silver star on his forehead Seen through his eyes the story tells of his idyllic upbringing and the hardship and cruelty he suffers subsequently before finding security and happiness in a new home Black Beauty is one of the most popular children&39;s books ever written"
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| "The Children of the New Forest by Captain Frederick Marryat (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Cavalier and Roundhead battle it out in the turbulent setting of the English Civil war and provide the background for this classic tale of four orphans as they face adversity survival in the forest reconciliation and eventual forgivenessThis is the first enduring historical novel for children which conjures up as much magic today as it did on first publication The freedom from adult constraint allied with the necessary disciplines to survive in a hostile world make for a gripping read"
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| "Kidnapped & Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Set in Scotland in 1751 Kidnapped remains one of the most exciting stories ever written Young David Balfour orphaned then betrayed by his Uncle Ebenezer his so-called guardian falls in with Alan Breck the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause Shipwreck murder and dramatic escape through the Highlands are just a few of the ingredients of this highly charged tale of intrigue action and adventure Catriona the lesser-known sequel immediately continues David's story Back in Edinburgh he is caught up in the aftermath of the Appin murder; certain of the accused man's innocence David's determination to testify on his behalf is impeded by a series of adventures not least of which is hid passionate but problematic romance with Catriona granddaughter of Rob Roy MacGregor Alan Breck features again becoming involved in the thrilling attempt to reunite the lovers One of his own favourites Stevenson said of Catriona that he would never do a better book'"
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| "Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "This edition contains Alice&39;s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass It is illustrated throughout by Sir John Tenniel whose drawings for the books add so much to the enjoyment of them Tweedledum and Tweedledee the Mad Hatter the Cheshire Cat the Red Queen and the White Rabbit all make their appearances and are now familiar figures in writing conversation and idiom So too are Carroll&39;s delightful verses such as &39;The Walrus and the Carpenter&39; and the inspired jargon of that masterly Wordsworthian parody &39;The Jabberwocky&39;"
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| "Peter Pan & Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Sir J. M. Barrie (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children Wendy John and Michael He teaches them to fly then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land where they find Red Indians wolves Mermaids and Pirates The leader of the pirates is the sinister Captain Hook His hand was bitten off by a crocodile who as Captain Hook explains 'liked me arm so much that he has followed me ever since licking his lips for the rest of me' After lots of adventures the story reaches its exciting climax as Peter Wendy and the children do battle with Captain Hook and his band Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is the magical tale that first introduces Peter Pan the little boy who never grows any older He escapes his human form and flies to Kensington Gardens where all his happy memories are and meets the fairies the thrushes and Old Caw the crow The fairies think he is too human to be allowed to stay in after Lock-out time so he flies off to an island which divides the Gardens from the more grown-up Hyde Park - Peter's adventures and how he eventually meets Mamie and the goat are delightfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham"
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| "A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint He hates everyone especially children But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him scare him into mending his ways and he finds as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit Tiny Tim and their family that geniality brings its own reward This finest of all Christmas stories is beautifully illustrated with Arthur Rackham&39;s superb line drawings"
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| "The Happy Prince & Other Stories by Oscar Wilde (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "In these delightful tales Oscar Wilde employs all his grace artistry and wit The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-loving Prince which with the help of a selfless Swallow helps people in distress As well as The Nightingale and the Rose The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket this collection contains The Selfish Giant a remarkable story of the redemptive power of love"
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| "Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Its eyes were on long horns like a snail&39;s eyes… it had ears like a bat&39;s ears and its tubby body was shaped like a spider&39;s and covered with thick soft fur… and it had hands and feet like a monkey&39;s ‘It’ was the Psammead the grumpy sand-fairy that could if in the mood grant a wish a day When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail Golden guineas are too difficult to spend wings let them down in a most inconvenient way and when they wish for Red Indians the children forget that they can sometimes be a little warlike Generations of children have come to love the fantasy and the whimsy of the stories in the classic book from the author of The Railway Children"
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| "Heidi by Johanna Spyri (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Heidi is the heart-warming tale of a small girl&39;s power for good and it has remained a firm favourite since it was published over 100 years ago It has been filmed and televised several times It tells of the orphan Heidi and her idyllic existence with her gruff grandfather in the mountains When she is sent to live in a city comic chaos ensues and eventually it is arranged that Heidi should return to the mountains Together she and her friend Peter the goat-herd achieve wondrous changes in the community in which they live"
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| "Fables by Aesop (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "Aesop's celebrated collection of fables has always been popular with both adults and children These simple tales embody truths so powerful the titles of the individual fables - the fox and the grapes the dog in the manger the wolf in sheep's clothing and many others - have entered the languages and idioms of most European tongues This edition is beautifully illustrated in black and white by the great Arthur Rackham and has an introduction by GK Chesterton"
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| "The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "When Jerry Jimmy and Cathy discover a tunnel that leads to a castle they pretend that it is enchanted But when they discover a Sleeping Princess at the centre of a maze astonishing things begin to happen Amongst a horde of jewels they discover a ring that grants wishes But wishes granted are not always wishes wanted so the children find themselves grappling with invisibility dinosaurs a ghost and the fearsome Ugli-Wuglies before it is all resolved This edition of The Enchanted Castle has forty-seven evocative illustrations by HR Millar"
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| "What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "Katy Carr is untidy tall and gangling and lives with her brothers and sisters planning for the day when she will be beautiful and beloved and amiable as an angel An accidental fall from a swing seems to threaten her hopes for the future but Katy struggles to overcome her difficulties with pluck vitality and good humour"
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| "Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Montgomery (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "When the Cuthberts send to an orphanage for a boy to help them at Green Gables their farm in Canada they are astonished when a talkative little girl steps off the train Anne red-headed pugnacious and incurably romantic causes chaos at Green Gables and in the village but her wit and good nature delight the fictional community of Prince Edward Island Canada and ensure that Anne of Green Gables continues to be a firm favourite with readers worldwide Anne of Avonlea continues Anne&39;s story Now half-past sixteen but as strong-headed and romantic as ever Anne becomes a teacher at her old school and dreams of its improvement But her responsible position and mature ambitions do not prevent her entanglement in the scrapes that still seem to beset her in spite of her best intentions Thoroughly charming and amusing with a supporting cast of colourful and endearing characters both books will enchant and entertain readers guaranteeing that Anne&39;s adventures capture their affections as well as their imaginations"
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| "Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb was written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare' but are much more entertaining than that All of Shakespeare's best-loved plays comic and tragic are retold in a clear and robust style and their literary quality has made them popular and sought-after ever since their first publication in 1807 This edition contains the delightful pen-and-ink drawings of Arthur Rackham"
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| "The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "Tom a poor orphan is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep Grimes to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot While engaged in this dreadful task he loses his way and emerges in the bedroom of Ellie the young daughter of the house who mistakes him for a thief He runs away and hot and bothered he slips into a cooling stream falls asleep and becomes a Water Baby In his new life he meets all sorts of aquatic creatures including an engaging old lobster other water babies and at last reaches St Branden's Isle where he encounters the fierce Mrs Bedonebyeasyoudid and the motherly Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby After a long and arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere young Tom achieves his heart's desire"
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| "The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit (Paperback, 1995)" |
| "The Phoenix and the Carpet is E Nesbit's second fantasy novel and is the sequel to Five Children and It From Robert Anthea Jane and Cyril's new nursery carpet there falls a mysterious egg which is hatched in the fire to reveal a benevolent resourceful and ingenious Phoenix who explains that the carpet is possessed of magic qualities And so begins a series of fantastic and bizarre adventures as the carpet transports the children and the Phoenix to places as diverse as a chilling French castle a desert island and even the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company's offices which the Phoenix believes to be a shrine for his followers"
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| "The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Paperback, 1995)" |
| "Translated by Irene Testot-Ferry The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery in the desert of a small boy from another planet - the Little Prince of the title - and his stories of intergalactic travel while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition First published in 1943 the year before the author's death in action this translation contains Saint-Exupery's delightful illustrations"
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| "Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (Paperback, 1995)" |
| "Translated by Mary Alice Murray The story of the walking and talking puppet Pinocchio is one of the best-loved children's tales of all time Carved by old Gepetto Pinocchio has an enormous nose which grows even longer whenever he tells a lie Pinocchio is such a scamp that he gets into all sorts of mischief He runs away to join a puppet show he teams up with a rascally fox and wily cat and plays truant from school which has dreadful consequences Eventually the conscience of a talking cricket and Pinocchio's guardian fairy restore him to good behaviour obedience and care for others"
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| "Nostromo by Joseph Conrad (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Robert Hampson Royal Holloway College University of London Nostromo is the only man capable of the decisive action needed to save the silver of the San Tome mine and secure independence for Sulaco Occidental province of the Latin American state of Costaguana Is his integrity as unassailable as everyone believes or will his ideals like those which have inspired the struggling state itself buckle under economic and political pressures?Nostromo is an extraordinary illustration of the impact of foreign commercial exploits on a young developing nation and the problems of reconciling individual identity with a social role Conrad peoples his imaginary Latin American state with a multi-national cast of fully-rounded characters to achieve striking realism and create a novel that he called my largest canvas'"
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| "The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction and Notes by Agnes Cardinal Honorary Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky's own views afflictions and manners His serene selflessness is contrasted with the worldly qualities of every other character in the novel Dostoevsky supplies a harsh indictment of the Russian ruling class of his day who have created a world which cannot accomodate the goodness of this idiot"
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| "Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Carole Jones freelance writer and researcher George Eliot's final novel Daniel Deronda (1876) follows the intertwining lives of the beautiful but spoiled and selfish Gwendolene Harleth and the selfless yet alienated Daniel Deronda as they search for personal and vocational fulfilment and sympathetic relationship Set largely in the degenerate English aristocratic society of the 1860s Daniel Deronda charts their search for meaningful lives against a background of imperialism the oppression of women and racial and religious prejudice Gwendolen's attempts to escape a sadistic relationship and atone for past actions catalyse her friendship with Deronda while his search for origins leads him via Judaism to a quest for moral growth Eliot's radical dual narrative constantly challenges all solutions and ensures that the novel is as controversial now as when it first appeared"
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| "The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Lionel Kelly Senior Lecturer in English University of Reading Transplanted to Europe from her native America Isabel Archer has candour beauty intelligence an independent spirit and a marked enthusiasm for life An unexpected inheritance apparently gives her freedom but despite all her natural advantages she makes one disastrous error of judgement and the result is genuinely tragic Her tale told with James' inimitable poise is of the widest relevance The phase when his (Henry James') genius functioned with the freest and fullest vitality is represented by The Portrait of a Lady' (FR LEAVIS)"
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| "Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour University of Kent at Canterbury The proverbial phrase 'life's little ironies' was coined by Hardy for his third volume of short stories These tales and sketches possess all the power of his novels the wealth of description the realistic portrayal of the quaint lore of Wessex the 'Chaucerian' humour and characterisation the shrewd and critical psychology the poignant estimate of human nature and the brooding sense of wonder at the essential mystery of life The tales which make up Life's Little Ironies tenderly re-create a rapidly vanishing rural world and scrutinise the repressions of fin-de-siecle bourgeois life They share the many concerns of Hardy's last great novels such as the failure of modern marriage and the insidious effects of social ambition on the family and community life Ranging widely in length and complexity they are unified by Hardy's quintessential irony which embraces both the farcical and the tragic aspects of human existence"
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| "The Best Short Stories by Rudyard Kipling (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings A Nobel prize-winner Kipling was phenomenally productive and imaginative displaying a literary mastery of idioms technology and technical terms exotic locations and social range He gained immense popularity becoming (as these stories indicate) the knowledgeable spokesman for a wide public Later although Kipling's right-wing views increasingly incurred hostility his creativity remained formidable In this rich collection we encounter bold realism poignant nostalgia dark comedy the vividly horrific the exuberantly fanciful and the disturbingly uncanny"
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| "Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston University of Nottingham With Illustrations by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment both literal and metaphorical while Dickens' working title for the novel Nobody's Fault highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life Dickens' childhood experiences inform the vivid scenes in Marshalsea debtor's prison while his adult perceptions of governmental failures shape his satirical picture of the Circumlocution Office The novel's range of characters - the honest the crooked the selfish and the self-denying - offers a portrait of society about whose values Dickens had profound doubts Little Dorrit is indisputably one of Dickens' finest works written at the height of his powers George Bernard Shaw called it a masterpiece among masterpices' a vedict shared by the novel's many admirers"
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| "The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by David Blair University of Kent at CanterburyJames Hogg's most ambitious prose work The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is now widely acclaimed as his masterpieceIn the early years of the 18th century Scotland is torn by religious and political strife Hogg's sinner justified by his Calvinist conviction that his own salvation is pre-ordained is suspected of involvement in a series of bizarre and hideous crimes A century later his memoirs reveal the extraordinary macabre truth The tale is chilling for its astute psychological accuracy as it illustrates with power and economy the dire effect of self-righteous bigotry on a fanatical character In the first half of his new introduction David Blair provides a detailed explanation of the historical and religious contexts of Hogg's novel In the second half he probes the book's brilliant complex engagement with issues of identity history and narrative itself"
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