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  • Emma 
    Austen, Jane (Giuseppe Ierolli, 2012)
    When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen's immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and ...
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 
    Twain, Mark (A Glass Book Classic, 1994)
    Referring to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, H. L. Mencken noted that his discovery of this classic American novel was "the most stupendous event of my whole life"; Ernest Hemingway declared that "all modern American ...
  • Animal Farm: a study guide student’s book 
    Orwell, George (Educasia, 2012)
    Manor Farm is like any other English farm, expect for a drunken owner, Mr Jones, incompetent workers and oppressed animals. Fed up with the ignorance of their human masters, the animals rise up in rebellion and take over ...
  • Arms and the Man 
    Shaw, George Bernard (The Electronic Classics Series, 2013)
    This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative ...
  • A Farewell to Arms 
    Hemingway, Ernest (Pitman, 1995)
    The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway’s frank portrayal ...
  • Wuthering Heights 
    Bronte, Emily (Planet PDF, 1801)
    Considered lurid and shocking by mid-19th-century standards, Wuthering Heights was initially thought to be such a publishing risk that its author, Emily Brontë, was asked to pay some of the publication costs. A somber tale ...
  • Selected Poems 
    Thomas, Dylan (The World's Poetry Archive, 2004)
    Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) prepared this volume in 1952—the author's choice of the ninety poems he felt would best represent his work up to that time—and it was published by New Directions in 1953 as The Collected Poems of ...
  • Absalom and Achitophel 
    Dryden’s, John (Fili-Quarian Classics, 2010)
    Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Samuel Pordage is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original ...
  • The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 
    Defoe, Daniel (An Electronic Classics Series, 2012)
    Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. This first edition credited the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person ...
  • A History of English Language 
    Baugh, Albert C.; Cable, Thomas (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2002)
    NOT FOR SALE IN THE USA, CANADA OR THE PHILIPPINES** A History of the English Language explores the linguistic and cultural development of English from the Roman conquest of England to the present day to provide a comprehensive ...
  • Coleridge's Biographia Literaria 
    Burwick, Frederick (Ohio State University Press, 1989)
    Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell." ...
  • Jane Eyre 
    Bronte, Charlotte (Planet PDF, 1848)
    Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1848 by Planet PDF. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell." The ...
  • Great Expectations 
    Dickens, Charles (Planet PDF, 2001)
    In this unflaggingly suspenseful story of aspirations and moral redemption, humble, orphaned Pip, a ward of his short-tempered older sister and her husband, Joe, is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to ...
  • David Copperfield 
    Dickens, Charles (Penguin Classics, 1850)
    Drawing on Charles Dickens's own, often difficult childhood, to create a compelling story of personal success, David Copperfield is edited with an introduction and notes by Jeremy Tambling in Penguin Classics. David ...
  • The Law of Torts (including statutory torts) 
    Jhabvala, Noshirvan H. (C. Jamnadas & Co., 2001)
    Both students and instructors will welcome the new edition of Noshirvan H. Jhabvala, The Law of Torts: (including statutory torts). This popular study guide provides clear, engaging introductions to the principles of tort ...
  • Taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary 
    Venes, Donald (Editor) (F.A. Davis, 2005)
    To thrive in the ever-changing world of health care, we need a respected, trusted, and cutting-edge, cyclopedic resource. In hand, online, or on a mobile device, turn to Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition, ...
  • The Pilgrim's Progress 
    Bunyan, John (Grand Rapids, 1853)
    Often rated as important as the Bible as a Christian document, this famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most entertaining allegories of faith ever written. Set against ...
  • A tale of two cities 
    Dickens, Charles (An Electronic Classics Series, 2013)
    It was the time of the French Revolution — a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against ...
  • Biographia Literaria 
    Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014)
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Biographia Literaria has been, since its first publication, a worthwhile and interesting read, and remains so even today.
  • Man and Superman: a comedy and a philosophy 
    Shaw, George Bernard (The Electronic Classics Series, 2013)
    Shaw began writing MAN AND SUPERMAN in 1901 and determined to write a play that would encapsulate the new century's intellectual inheritance. Shaw drew not only on Byron's verse satire, but also on Shakespeare, the Victorian ...

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