2nd Hand Virgil: Aeneid VI by Virgil
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This pivotal book of the "Aeneid" has Aeneas - like Odysseus in "Odyssey XI" - visiting the Underworld. He is poised, as it were, between the world of his 'Homeric' past, the wanderings he has undergone in the poem's first half, and the destiny mapped out for his descendants, which culminates in the age ...Show more
2nd Hand Virgil: Aeneid XII by Virgil
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Category: Classics | Series: Latin Texts
Latin text, with Latin-English vocabulary and notes in English.
2nd hand Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, and Selected Stories by Nikolai Gogol, Ronald Wilks (Translator); Robert A. Maguire (Introduction by);
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Author, dramatist and satirist, Nikolai Gogol deeply influenced later Russian literature with his powerful depictions of a society dominated by petty bureaucracy and base corruption. This volume includes both his most admired short fiction and his most famous drama. A biting and frequently hilarious pol ...Show more
2nd hand Frogs and Other Plays by Aristophanes
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Marrying deft social commentary to a rich, earthy comedy, the three comedies collected in Aristophanes' "The Frogs and Other Plays" offers a unique insight into one of the most turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated by David Barrett with revisions, an i ...Show more
2nd hand Hard Times by Charles Dickens
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
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 Kate Flint in Penguin Classics. In Hard Times, the Northern mill-town of Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgri ...Show more
2nd hand Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
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Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A witty exploration of the perils of mistaking fiction for reality, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is edited with an introduction and notes by Marylin Butler in Penguin Classics. During an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first t ...Show more
2nd hand Persuasion by Jane Austen
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
Her last completed novel, marrying witty social realism to a 'Cinderella' love story, Jane Austen's "Persuasion" is edited with an introduction by Gillian Beer in "Penguin Classics". Anne Elliot, twenty-seven and still single, seems destined for spinsterhood. In her youth, she broke off an engagement to ...Show more
2nd hand Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique wit. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Ros Ballaster, University of OxfordMarianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the ...Show more
2nd hand The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 by Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekhov
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
An enchanting collection of tales which showcase Anton Chekhov at the height of his power as a writer In the final years of his life, Chekhov produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces, and some of the most highly-regarded works in Russian literature. The poignant 'The Lady with the L ...Show more
Second Hand Washington Square by Henry James
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance. This novel interweaves the public and private faces of nineteenth-century New York society; it is also a ...Show more
2nd Hand A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The social revolution for women's rights has made great progress in recent years. But how many casual observers - or advocates, for that matter - are aware that the roots of this movement extend deep into Western history? Even before launching the great campaign to attain universal suffrage, strong ...Show more
2nd Hand Agricola And The Germania, The by Cornelius Tacitus
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"The Agricola" is both a portrait of Julius Agricola (most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law) and the first detailed account of Britain. It offers descriptions of the geography, climate and peoples of the country and a succinct account of the early Roma ...Show more