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Ethan Frome (Wharton, E.)
On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute,…
€ 3,³⁵
Age of Innocence (Wharton, E.)
Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love.
€ 3,³⁵
Kipps & The History of Mr Polly - Pack's 40 (Wells, H. G.)
In these two classic comic novels, Wells is at his very best in exposing and satirising the unequal nature of British society while preparing the ground for its reformation.
€ 3,³⁵
The War of the Worlds & The War in the Air (Wells, H. G.)
The narrator of The War of the Worlds is quick to discover that what appeared to be a falling star was, in fact, a metallic cylinder landing from Mars.In The War in the Air, naive but resourceful Bert Smallways is thrilled by…
€ 3,³⁵
The Invisible Man & The Food of the Gods (Wells, H. G.)
Brought together for the first time in this new Wordsworth edition, The Invisible Man and The Food of the Gods are two of Wells's most entertaining and thought-provoking works.
€ 3,³⁵
The Island of Doctor Moreau & Other Works (Wells, H. G.)
This volume unites four of Wells' liveliest and most engaging tales of the strange evolution and behaviour of animals - including human beings. The Island of Doctor Moreau is followed by three fantastic yet chillingly plausible…
€ 3,³⁵
The Crystal Egg and Other Stories (Wells, H. G.)
This volume contains a generous selection of the tales of H. G. Wells, some of them famous, some forgotten. They demonstrate his immense imaginative energy, his originality and his prophetic genius
€ 3,³⁵
The Time Machine & Other Works (Wells, H. G.)
Contains: The Time Machine; When The Sleeper Awakes; The Chronic Argonauts. In these 'scientific romances' H. G. Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present; his aim is to provoke rather than…
€ 3,³⁵
Ben Hur (Wallace, L.)
An immediate best-seller on publication, Ben Hur remains a dazzling achievement by any standards. A thoroughly exhilarating tale of betrayal, revenge and salvation, it is the only novel that ranks with Uncle Tom's Cabin as a…
€ 3,³⁵
Candide and Other Works (Voltaire)
Voltaire was the nom de plume of Francois-Marie Aroue, an 18th-century philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. Candide, a biting satire on the philosophy of the time, is considered his finest work.
€ 3,³⁵
Aeneid (Virgil)
Hailed by T.S. Eliot as 'the classic of all Europe', Virgil's Aeneid has enjoyed a unique and enduring influence on European literature, art and politics for the past two thousand years.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Verne, J.)
Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant, Conseil, and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land, begin a hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster. However, the "monster" turns out to be a giant…
€ 3,³⁵