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Can You Forgive Her?
Anthony trollope’s stock-in-trade was the life of the great drawing rooms of mid-victorian england, where the thirst for wealth and political power and the need for love continually formed and reformed in unexpected, illuminating combinations. can you forgive her?, the story of alice vavasor, her conundrums in love, and her confusions about the rights and duties of a modern, is the first novel in his magnificent palliser series; it is energized on every page by the affectionate and ironicdelight trollope felt in observing the entanglements of his splendid characters. for more than seventy years, penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the english-speaking world. with more than 1,700 titles, penguin classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Our Mutual Friend
John harmon returns to england as his father’s heir. he is believed drowned under suspicious circumstances – a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity until he can evaluate bella wilfer whom he must marry to secure his inheritance.
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Daniel Deronda
The hero, daniel deronda, adopted son of an english aristocrat, discovers his jewish heritage and with that his heritage.
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A Dictionary Of Modern English Usage
Guide to precise phrases, grammar, and pronunciation can be key; it can even be admired. but beloved? yet from its first appearance in 1926, fowler’s was just that. henry watson fowler initially aimed his dictionary of modern english usage, as he wrote to his publishers in 1911, at “the half-educated englishman of literary proclivities who wants to know can i say so-&-so?” he was of course obsessed with, in swift’s phrase, “proper words in their proper places.” but having been a schoolmaster, fowler knew that liberal doses of style, wit, and caprice would keep his manual off the shelf and in writers’ hands. he also felt that description must accompany prescription, and that advocating pedantic “superstitions” and “fetishes” would be to no one’s advantage. adepts will have their favorite inconsequential entries–from burgle to brood, truffle to turgid. would that we could quote them all, but we can’t resist a couple.
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Little Dorrit
Presenting a tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, this novel highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life.
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The Cranford Chronicles
In this witty and poignant story the railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from manchester, bringing fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order. the arrival of handsome young doctor harrison causes yet further agitation not just because of his revolutionary methods but also because of his effect on the hearts of the ladies. meanwhile miss matty jenkyns nurses her own broken heart after she was forced to give up the man she loved when she was a young girl.
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The Silver Chair
Brand new editions of the chronicles of narnia the silver chair is now repackaged in an unjacketed paper-over-board edition with black-and-white pauline baynes’ artwork in the interior and the iconic chris van allsburg art on the cover.
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Travels With My Aunt
Henry pulling, a retired manager, volunteers to accompany his aunt on a trip to istanbul and soon becomes involved with an ill-assorted group of travelers on the orient express
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The Moonstone
The moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to rachel verinder.
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Wives And Daughters
A story of romance, scandal and intrigue within the confines of a watchful, gossiping english village during the early nineteenth century when seventeen-year-old molly gibson’s widowed father remarries, her life is turned upside down by the arrival of her vain, manipulative stepfather. she also acquires an intriguing new stepsister, cynthia, glamorous, sophisticated and irresistible to every man she meets. the two girls begin to confide in one another and molly soon finds herself a go-between in cynthia’s love affairs – but in doing so risks losing both her own reputation and the man she secretly loves. set in english society before the 1832 reform bill, elizabeth gaskell’s last novel – considered to be her finest – demonstrates an intelligent and compassionate understanding of human relationships, and offers a witty, ironic critique of mid-victorian society. this text is based on the 1866 cornhill magazine version of the novel. it also includes notes on textual variants between this edition and the original manuscript, a note on the story’s ending and an introduction discussing the novel’s challenging investigation of themes of englishness, darwinism and masculine authority. for more than seventy years, penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the english-speaking world. with more than 1,700 titles, penguin classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
Lucy, edmund and eustace join prince caspian on his voyage to search for seven friends of his father long since lost on a voyage to the eastern islands.
