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Frankenstein
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, (1797-1851.) - Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)

Frankenstein / by Mary Shelley ; with an introduction by Diane Johnson.

Toronto ; New York : Bantam, 1981.

The great work of making real
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Modern linguistic material

The great work of making real : Salman Rushdie's The ground beneath her feet / edited by Elsa Linguanti and Viktoria Tchernichova.

Pisa : Edizioni ETS, c2003.

The satanic verses
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Modern linguistic material

Rushdie, Salman.

The satanic verses : a novel / Salman Rushdie.

New York : Picador, 1997.

David Copperfield
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Dickens, Charles

David Copperfield / Charles Dickens ; with an introduction and notes by Jeremy Tambling.

Rev. ed.

London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2004.

Penguin classics

Abstract: "Penguin Classics" give you the best possible editions of Charles Dickens' novels, including all the original illustrations, useful and informative introductions, the definitive, accurate text as it was meant to be published, a chronology of Dickens' life and notes that fill in the background to the book. "David Copperfield" is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are David's tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy, school-friend Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations.

Emma
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Modern linguistic material

Austen, Jane, (1775-1817.)

Emma / Jane Austen ; edited by James Kinsley ; with an introduction and notes by Adela Pinch.

New ed.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Abstract: 'I wonder what will become of her!' So speculate the friends and neighbours of Emma Woodhouse, the lovely, lively, wilful,and fallible heroine of Jane Austen's fourth published novel. Confident that she knows best, Emma schemes to find a suitable husband for her pliant friend Harriet, only to discover that she understands the feelings of others as little as she does her own heart. As Emma puzzles and blunders her way through the mysteries of her social world, Austen evokes for her readers a cast of unforgettable characters and a detailed portrait of a small town undergoing historical transition. Written with matchless wit and irony, judged by many to be her finest novel, Emma has been adapted many times for film and television. This new edition shows how Austen brilliantly turns the everyday into the exceptional.

The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
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Johnson, Samuel, (1709-1784.)

The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia / Samuel Johnson.

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2005.

The fable of the bees
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Mandeville, Bernard

The fable of the bees / bernard Mandeville ; edited with an introduction by Phillip Harth

London : Penguin Books, 1989

Penguin classics

Abstract: A physician with a particular interest in psychological disorders and satirist, Mandeville published versions of his notorious "Fable of the Bees" from 1714 to 1732. Each was a defence and elaboration of his short satirical poem "The Angry Hive, 1705". The version of the Fable of 1723 and 1732 are the fullest defences of his early paradox that social benefit is the unintended consequence of personal vice. It is an argument that is generally held to lie behind Adam Smith's doctrine of the 'hidden hand' of economic development.

Oroonoko, or, The royal slave
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Behn, Aphra

Oroonoko, or, The royal slave : a critical edition / Aphra Behn ; edited with an introduction by Adelaide P. Amore.

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c1987.

Abstract: The first woman in England to make her living by writing, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) combines memoir, exotic travel narrative, and romance to tell the story of the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave. The tale depicts the overthrow of a hero by a civilization that considers itself superior to him.Taken up by reformers in the long battle against the slave trade, reprinted and imitated countless times, Oroonoko remains a popular tale that introduces powerful themes onto the literary stage.

All you want is money, all you need is love
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Dwyer, Rachel.

All you want is money, all you need is love : sexuality and romance in modern India / Rachel Dwyer.

London ; New York : Cassell, 2000.

Abstract: An examination of India's bourgeois, its lifestyle and aspirations as manifested in fiction and film. It begins by looking at heroines and notions of idealized womanhood in a historical perspective, and examines how these are reworked in modern narratives, how conflicts are resolved and new models developed. A major theme is the redefinition of love and romance among the Indian middle classes, as part of the creation of a bourgeois individual revolving around love, romance and marriage. The book concentrates on the most radical of India's metropolitan bourgeoisies, that of the city of Mumbai (Bombay).

To cut a long story short
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Archer, Jeffrey, (1940-)

To cut a long story short / Jeffrey Archer.

New York : HarperCollins, c2000.

Abstract: The latest short-story collection from Britain's bestselling writer, 'the greatest storyteller of our age'. The latest collection from the master storyteller. The fourteen -- all new -- stories show Jeffrey Archer's great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tail. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the railway tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service. One of the most intriguing describes a woman who only appears to her lover every six years. And one of the most powerful is the story of a wealthy man who declares himself bankrupt in order to discover which of his family and friends will support him. The last story, 'The Grass is Always Greener', is possibly the best piece Archer has written. To Cut a Long Story Short is Jeffrey Archer's fourth story collection, and shows him at the top of his form.

East, west
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Rushdie, Salman.

East, west : stories / Salman Rushdie.

1st Vintage International ed.

New York : Vintage International, 1996.

Abstract: In these nine stories, Salman Rushdie looks at what happens when East meets West, at the forces that pull his characters first in one direction, then the other. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out in a violent world fantasies hatched by "Star Trek"; and Christopher Columbus dreams of consummating his relationship with Queen Isabella. The stories in "East, West" show the extraordinary range and power of Salman Rushdie's writing.

Mrs Dalloway's party; a short story sequence. Edited with an introd. by Stella McNichol.
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Woolf, Virginia

Mrs Dalloway's party; a short story sequence. Edited with an introd. by Stella McNichol.

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [1975]

Abstract: Written in the same period as Mrs Dalloway these seven short stories show the author's fascination with parties and with all the excitement, the fluctuations of mood and temper and the heightened emotions which surround these social occasions. "Mrs Dalloway's Party" is enchanting piece of work by one of our most acclaimed twentieth century writers.

The passion
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Winterson, Jeanette, (1959-)

The passion / Jeanette Winterson.

1st ed.

New York : Grove Press, 1988, c1987.

Abstract: Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, "The Passion" intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, and Villanelle, the daughter of a Venetian boatmen, who has lost her heart to a married noblewoman and who wanders the Western world to retrieve it.

The picture of Dorian Gray
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Wilde, Oscar, (1854-1900.)

The picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde.

1998 Modern Library ed.

New York : Modern Library, c1998.

A handful of dust
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Waugh, Evelyn

A handful of dust / by Evelyn Waugh.

England : Penguin Books, 1972.

Abstract: From sleepy rural England to decadent London and the jungles of Brazil, Waugh describes the fortunes of Lady Brenda Last and her husband Tony, as her infatuation with the young man-about-town John Beaver leads to the break-up of her marriage.

Short story masterpieces
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Short story masterpieces / edited by Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine.

1st ed.

New York : Dell Books 1954.

Kim
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Kipling.

Kim / Kipling, Jeffrey Meyers.

New York, NY : Fine Creative Media, 2003.

Barnes & noble classics

Childhood's end
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Clarke, Arthur C. (1917-2008.)

Childhood's end / Arthur C. Clarke.

New York : Del Rey Impact, 2001.

Abstract: Earth has become a Utopia, guided by a strange unseen people from outer space whose staggering powers have eradicated war, cruelty, poverty and racial inequality. When the 'Overlords' finally reveal themselves, their horrific form makes little impression. Then comes the sign that the Overlords have been waiting for. A child begins to dream strangely - and develops remarkable powers. Soon this happens to every child - and the truth of the Overlords' mission is finally revealed to the human race...

3001
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Clarke, Arthur C. (1917-2008.)

3001 : the final odyssey / Arthur C. Clarke.

1st ed.

New York : Ballantine Books, 1997.

Abstract: When Frank Poole, whose body has been frozen in deep space for 1000 years, is resurrected, his second life brings him enlightening culture shocks a-plenty, but his Odyssey eventually leads him to defy the limitless power of an alien technology. The final sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The martian chronicles
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Modern linguistic material

Bradbury, Ray

The martian chronicles / Ray Bradbury

New York [etc.] : Bantam books, 1979

Bantam Spectra