Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Ralph Ellison's impassioned first novel, winner of the prestigious American National Book Award, tells the story of an invisible man "simply because people refuse to see me". Yet his powerfully depicted adventures go far beyond the story of one man.
The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery behind the BBC TV Series The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William t ...Show more
Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Orphaned John Trenchard grows up in the village of Moonfleet with his aunt, entranced by the local legend of the ghostly Blackbeard, who rises each winter night to search for his lost diamond. While conducting his own hunt for the treasure, John is trapped in the church crypt and discovers the true secr ...Show more
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, George Eliot
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin English Library
If life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie? Tragic and moving, "The Mill on the Floss" is a novel of grand passions and tormented lives. As the rebellious Maggie's fiery spirit and imaginative nature bring her into bitter conflict with her narrow provincial family, most painfully with her ...Show more
The Mill On The Floss by Charles Dickens
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Drawing on George Eliot's own childhood experiences to craft an unforgettable story of first love, sibling rivalry and regret, "The Mill on the Floss" is edited with an introduction and notes by A.S. Byatt, author of "Possession", in "Penguin Classics". Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worsh ...Show more
The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell
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Category: Classics/Literature | Reading Level: very good
Consisting of Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea, The Alexandria Quartet explores the sexual and political intrigues of a group of expatriates in Egypt before and after the Second World War. In Justine, L. G. Darley attempts to reconcile himself to the recent end of his affair with the dark, passio ...Show more
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Category: Classics/Literature
More unforgettable Sherlock Holmes mysteries for fans of the hit movies. Sherlock Holmes, the world's best-known and most-loved fictional detective, is more popular today than ever. This collection presents many of the most familiar cases Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, ever solve, including "Sil ...Show more
The Lover (from US) by Marguerite Duras
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Category: Classics/Literature
An international bestseller with more than one million copies in print and a winner of France's Prix Goncourt, The Lover" has been acclaimed by critics all over the world since its first publication in 1984. Set in the pre-war Indochina of Marguerite Duras' childhood, this is the haunting tale of a tumu ...Show more
Sailor from Gibraltar by Marguerite Duras
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Category: Classics/Literature
A young man on holiday in Italy walks out on his mistress and meets Anna - the beautiful, enigmatic woman who lives on a great white yacht. Anna is rich, and her life is entirely occupied with searching for her lover, the sailor from Gibraltar. She takes on the young man temporarily as her lover, and re ...Show more
The Seven Sisters by Margaret Drabble
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Modern Classics | Reading Level: very good
Candida Wilton has been ignored by her husband and children for years, before being displaced by a younger woman. Moving to London, alone, divorced and without much money, it seems she will now enjoy a life only of small pleasures. When she receives an unexpected windfall, Candida maps out a journey she ...Show more
The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, Henry Fielding
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Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighbouring squire though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls.
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
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Category: Classics/Literature
In 1910 a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, goes to Picardy, France, to learn the textile business. While there he plunges into a love affair with the young wife of his host, a passion so imperative and consuming that it changes him forever. Several years later, with the outbreak of World War I, he f ...Show more