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  • The Mayor of Casterbridge

    Thomas Hardy

    Hardcover (MacMillan Collector's Library, Sept. 1, 2003)
    In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Hardy's powerful and sympathetic study of the heroic but deeply flawed Henchard is an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the backdrop of a close-knit Dorset town.

  • The Aeneid

    Virgil

    Hardcover (Collectors Library, Aug. 1, 2004)
    ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPVirgil's sweeping epic of Trojan warrior Aeneas and the founding of Rome -- a stirring tale of exile, heroism, and combat, and of a man caught between love, duty, and fate.THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives the reader important background informationA chronology of the author's life and workA timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical contextAn outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretationsDetailed explanatory notesCritical analysis and modern perspectives on the workDiscussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interactionA list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experienceEnriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.

  • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

    Anne Bronte

    Hardcover (Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, July 6, 2007)
    As the new tenants of Wildfell Hall, the beautiful, reclusive Helen Graham and her young son find themselves the objects of gossip and scandal. First published in 1848, this passionate, psychologically honest novel shocked contemporaries with its outspoken treatment of women's equality.

  • Kidnapped

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    Hardcover (MacMillan Collector's Library, Sept. 1, 2009)
    Set in Scotland in 1751, this novel tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle Ebenezer who should have been his guardian, is kidnapped, and falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause.

  • Jane Austen: The Complete Novels

    Jane Austen

    Hardcover (Collector's Library Editions, Sept. 1, 2011)
    Jane Austen is perhaps the best loved of all English novelists. Her knowledge of human nature is remarkable, and her awareness of the importance of class, money and appearances makes her a peculiarly modern author. She addresses the politics of dating, courtship and mating with an incisive intelligence that both foreshadows and outstrips romantic novels of today. Her teasing novels of gentle worldliness have been brought to new audiences by modern film and television productions, and this complete edition of her full length novels will be a welcome addition to any library or collection of books. This edition contains the delightful illustrations of Hugh Thomson, the finest illustrator of Jane Austen's works.

  • Jane Austen The Complete Novels

    Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson

    Hardcover (Collector's Library Editions, Oct. 9, 2012)
    Jane Austen is perhaps the best-loved of all English novelists. Her knowledge of human nature is remarkable, and her awareness of the importance of class, money and appearances makes her a peculiarly modern author. She addresses the politics of dating, courtship and mating with an incisive intelligence that both foreshadows and outstrips romantic novels of today. Her teasing novels of gentle worldliness have been brought to new audiences by modern film and television productions, and this complete edition of her full-length novels will be a welcome addition to any library or collection of books. This edition contains the delightful illustrations of Hugh Thomson, the finest illustrator of Jane Austen's works.

  • Alice in Wonderland Everlasting Diary

    Rosemary Gray

    Hardcover (Collector's Library, )
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  • Tom Brown's Schooldays

    Thomas Hughes

    Hardcover (Pan MacMillan, Sept. 1, 2012)
    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.

  • War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy

    Hardcover (Crw Pub Ltd, Oct. 31, 2004)
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  • Tales & Poems

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Hardcover (Collector's Library, Sept. 1, 2013)
    This companion volume to Tales of Mystery & Imagination contains PoeÂ’s best-known poetry and a selection of his very best stories, including some fine tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems reflect familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession, and love, but there are also tales of the fantastic, black comedies, parodies, and hoaxes.

  • Rights of Man

    Thomas Paine

    Hardcover (Crw Pub Ltd, Aug. 31, 2004)
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  • The Thirty-nine Steps

    John Buchan

    Hardcover (Collector's Library, Jan. 1, 2008)
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