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Shadows of Sherlock Holmes(Davies, D.S.(Ed.))
A collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents and debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was esconsced in his rooms at 221B Baker Street and London was permanently…
€ 3,³⁵
Last of the Mohicans (Cooper, J.F.)
Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. This book contains vivid incident - pursuits through wild terrain, skirmishes - but reflects also on the interaction between colonists and…
€ 3,³⁵
Three Sea Stories (Conrad, J.)
Includes three stories where characters are tested by dramatic events 'that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the…
€ 3,³⁵
Secret Agent(Conrad, J.)
A story of espionage and counter-espionage, and anarchists and embassies.
€ 3,³⁵
Nostromo(Conrad, J.)
Nostromo is the only man capable of the decisive action needed to save the silver of the San Tome mine and secure independence for Sulaco. Is his integrity as unassailable as everyone believes, or will his ideals, like those which…
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Lord Jim(Conrad, J.)
Set in the Malay Archipelago, this novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. It explores the dilemmas of conscience, of moral isolation, of loyalty and…
€ 3,³⁵
The Lingard Trilogy(Conrad, J.)
Contains the novels: Almayer's Folly, An Outcast of the Islands and The Rescue With an introduction by Robert Hampson
€ 3,³⁵
Heart of Darkness(Conrad, J.)
A tale of horror, set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century. The story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic, social and political exploitation of European and African…
€ 3,³⁵
Moonstone(Collins, W.)
The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night, the stone is stolen. Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked…
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The Awakening and Selected Short Stories(Chopin, K.)
Widely censured at the time of its publication in 1899, Kate Chopin's The Awakening is an evocative story of self-discovery and female emancipation that has since become one of the most popular classics in the American canon.
€ 3,³⁵
The Complete Father Brown Stories(Chesterton, G.K.)
Father Brown first made his appearance in "The Innocence of Father Brown" in 1911. This collection contains all of the Father Brown stories, showing thr quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his…
€ 3,³⁵
Selected Stories(Chekhov, A.)
A collection of stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which intend to leave much to the reader's imagination.
€ 3,³⁵