Books from Collector's Library
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Oliver Twist
By Charles DickensOn his eighth birthday he is taken to the workhouse, and now his troubles are really about to begin. Find out what happens to Oliver in this vivid graphic novel retelling of Charles Dickens' literary classic.
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The Iliad
By HomerThen Hera swiftly smote the horses with the lash ; self - moving groaned upon their hinges the gates of heaven whereof the Hours are warders , to whom is committed great heaven and Olympus , whether to throw open the thick cloud or set ...
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The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes
By Arthur Conan DoyleCompared with earlier collections these tales are darker, exploring such themes as treachery, mutilation and the terrible consequences of infidelity, and containing such gothic touches as a blood-sucking vampire and crypts at midnight.
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Goodbye, Cruel World: A Book of Memorable Epitaphs
By Book BlocksThis book contains many others, some pompous, some sad, some downright funny and some ambiguous such as this gravestone in Liverpool which declares Here lyeth Sarah Young who went to sleep with Christ 6th January 1741 or that of her ...
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Who's who in Myth and Legend: Classic Guide to the Ancient World
By Alexander Stuart MurrayWho's Who in Myth and Legend is devoted mainly to Greek and Roman mythology, telling with great precision and detail the stories of all the ancient deities and their deeds.
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Our Man in Havana
By Graham GreeneBoth a brilliant Cold War thriller and hilarious work of satire, Our Man in Havana is Graham Greene's classic tale of an accidental spy. 'Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?'
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Persuasion
By Jane AustenBound in real cloth, and featuring gilt edges and ribbon markers, these beautifully produced books are a wonderful way to build a handsome library of classic literature. These are the essential novels that belong in every home.
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Classic Tales of the Macabre
By David Stuart DaviesHere are tales written by masters of the genre that feature ghosts, monsters, magic, and horror.
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The Age of Innocence
By Edith WhartonWharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is at once a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical portrait of a vanished world."--Publisher's website.
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Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog
By J. K. JeromeThe boat - builder himself came up then , and assured us , on his word as a practical man , that the thing really was a ... We fastened the so - called boat together with some pieces of string , got a bit of wall - 252 THREE MEN IN A BOAT.
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Silas Marner
By George EliotIn this heartwarming classic, a gentle linen weaver named Silas Marner is wrongly accused of theft actually committed by his best friend.
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The African Queen
By C. S. ForesterThis beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The African Queen by C. S. Forester features an introduction by the award-winning author and journalist, Giles Foden. So they went on down the wild river, deafened and drenched.
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Walden
By Henry David ThoreauDuring the two years spend there, he began to write 'Walden', his most important work, a chronicle of his communion with nature that became one of the most influential books in Western literature.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
By Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo is the ultimate novel of retribution.
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War and Peace
By Leo TolstoyWidely regarded as the greatest novel in any language, War and Peace is primarily concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families--particularly the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskys, and the Rostovs--the members of which are portrayed ...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: A Novel
By Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain's joyful and nostalgic recollection of tall tales from his own boyhood by the Mississippi some 'thirty or forty years ago', an instant success on first publication in 1876 and a delight to children ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days
By Jules Verne0000000000Around the World in Eighty Days (Le tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours) is a classic. The story starts in London on 2 October 1872.
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Demelza: a Poldark Novel 2
By Winston GrahamDemelza is the second novel in Winston Graham's sweeping saga of Cornish life in the eighteenth century. I love you, Demelza, and we've had such happiness. And we're going to have it again.
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The Happy Prince and Other Stories
By Oscar Wilde0000000000The richness of Oscar Wilde's way with words and ideas are given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891.
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Jane Austen
By Jane AustenThis revised, elegant edition collects Austen's acclaimed novels "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice," "Emma," and "Northanger Abbey.