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The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: good
Set in 1482, Victor Hugo's powerful novel of 'imagination, caprice and fantasy' is a meditation on love, fate, architecture and politics, as well as a compelling recreation of the medieval world at the dawn of the modern age. In a brilliant reworking of the tale of Beauty and the Beast, Hugo creates a h ...Show more
The Man Who Would be King and Other Stories by Rudyard Kipling
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
This anthology of tales by Rudyard Kipling contains some of the most memorable and popular examples of the genre of which he is an undisputed master. The Man Who would be King (later adapted as a spectacular film) is a vivid narrative of exotic adventure and disaster. The other tales include the ironic, ...Show more
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne; Alex Dolby (Introduction by); W.H.G. Kingston (Translator)
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
rare edition printed About The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Unde ...Show more
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
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Category: Science | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...'. Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are locked into a pitiless struggle for existence, with extin ...Show more
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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Category: Children's Literature | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: very good
A historical romance, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D'Artagnan and his three friends from the regiment of the King's Musketeers - Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Under the watchful eye of their patron M. de Treville, the four defend the honour of ...Show more
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
Features Rat, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad and their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall.
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
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Category: No Category | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: very good
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading. This simple and haunting story captures the transcience of life and its surrounding emotions. To the Lighthouse is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it tou ...Show more
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant, Conseil, and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land, begin an extremely hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster. However, the 'monster' turns out to be the giant submarine, Nautilus, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, by who ...Show more
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
More's Utopia is a complex, innovative and penetrating contribution to political thought, culminating in the famous 'description' of the Utopians, who live according to the principles of natural law, but are receptive to Christian teachings, who hold all possessions in common, and view gold as worthless ...Show more