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It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces....
Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on...
A witty debut whodunit that reimagines Harriet Smith, the gullible sidekick of Jane Austen’s Emma , as a spitfire con woman, hired to break off...
This selection of the best writing by Irish women about the season of holly, reindeer, carols, children, family gatherings, romance, fond memories, puddings, cakes and...
This beautifully illustrated volume contains fifteen captivating tales collected by the brothers Grimm, and adapted for young readers.
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"Les Miserables" is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description - site accessed 06/03/2013 http://www.booktopia.com.au/les-miserables-victor-hugo/prod9781853260858.html.
First published in 1894, the story of the diva Trilby O'Ferrall and her mentor, Svengali, has entered the mythology of that period alongside Dracula and...
Makes a portrait of India. In this book, these unabridged observations of the British in India and Indian life were originally commissioned for The Civil...
Complete and unabridged. First published: 1913. Includes bibliographical references.
Eliot's touching novel of a miser and a little child combines the charm of a fairy tale with the humor and pathos of realistic fiction....
These are the true confessions of a remarkable and passionate young woman are thought to have been based on the adventures of a real prisoner...
Complete and unabridged. Gift of anonymous donor.
"Complete and unabridged." Gift of anonymous donor.
Includes bibliographical references. Gift of anonymous donor.
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her doorstep. Two officers...
It is 1941 in rual California. Paula Harmon and Ken Nishimura have been friends and neighbours for as long as they can remember. But around...
The idea for "Tom Brown's Schooldays" came one day when Thomas Hughes was wondering what to say to his son, aged 8, before he went...
The classic tale of Hawkeye—Natty Bumppo—the frontier scout who turned his back on "civilization," and his friendship with a Mohican warrior as they escort two...
Three Men in a Boat is a comic classic. When it first appeared in 1889 it became a best seller, and has remained popular ever...
Erewhon, an anagram of nowhere is an unknown civilization in a remote British colony, is an anti-utopia in which illness is a criminal offence, children...
Michael Henchard is poverty-stricken and bitter. He blames his early marriage and drunkenly sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor. Regretting his recklessness,...
The soldier returns from the front to the three women who love him. His wife, Kitty, with her cold, moonlight beauty, and his devoted cousin...
She was the daughter of Sonoo, a Hill-man, and Jadeh his wife. One year their maize failed, and two bears spent the night in their...
Adam Bede is a hardy young carpenter who cares for his aging mother. His one weakness is the woman he loves blindly: the trifling town...
Character studies of a modest girl, her uncle, and her lover in west England
The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on...
The native of the title is Clym Yeobright, who returns to the area from the bright society of Paris and, as any reader of Hardy...
A damning indictment of Utlilitarianism and the dehumanising influence of the Industrial Revolution, Charles Dickens's Hard Times is edited with an introduction and notes by...
With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one...
Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers.
The Europeans concerns an expatriate American, Eugenia, and her artist brother, Felix Young. Eugenia is the morganatic wife of a German prince, but she is...
Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing...
Both have as a central character a young girl dominated by a miserly father; both women are wooed for their money, fall in love unsuitably...
