Posts Tagged ‘classics’

Great Expectations

Great Expectations, Dickens’s funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip’s journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man’s life is transformed by a mysterious series of events – an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune…

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Eligible

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK) This version of the Bennet family–and Mr. Darcy–is one…

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The Merchant of Venice

The text of the play is supported by criticism, historical and textual notes, and discussions of specific presentations

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Brave New World

Huxley’s story shows a futuristic World State where all emotion, love, art, and human individuality have been replaced by social stability. An ominous warning to the world’s population, this literary classic is a must-read.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an…

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The Giving Tree

‘Once there was a tree…and she loved a little boy.’ So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk…and the tree was happy. But…

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Sense & Sensibility Love Book

This ArtFolds book is more than just a book! Inside are simple instructions that show readers how to fold pages to transform this book into a beautiful, personal, and long-lasting work of art as the pages evolve into an amazing sculpture displaying the word LOVE. An ArtFolds book is a hardcover book that is transformed…

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Animal Farm

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control.

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East of Eden

In a technological civilization, people remain insecure and look to the government for protection. In exchange they sacrifice their creativity and independence. A copper tycoon and an inventor reject this philosophy and fight for the individualist.

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The Art of War

An ancient Chinese treatise on war stresses the importance of speed, sound tactics, subterfuge, discipline, appropriate form of attack, and accurate intelligence

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