Classic Fiction
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Classic Fiction, literature, Novel
The Suspense Trail [hardcover] Albert Camus
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author dramatist, journalist, and political activist. He received the 1957 Nobel Prize in litPrizere Literature 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, the Fall, and The Rebel.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, Novel
The Time Machine: An Invention by H. G. Wells (H.B)
- Hardcover : 88 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-8182478459
- Item Weight : 248 g
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
A compelling science fiction, the Time Machine is a first-hand account of a Time Traveler’s journey into the future. a pull of the lever and the machine sends him to the year 802,701, when humanity has split into two bizarre races?the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks. Here, his machine is stolen and with the help of Weena, an Eloi he saved from drowning, the traveler is able to retrieve it. Whizzing thirty million years further into the future, he finds a slowly dying earth, where the bloated red sun sits motionless in the sky and the only sign of life is a black blob with tentacles. He returns to the Victorian time, overwhelmed, just three hours after he originally left.. Credited with inventing the time machine in this masterpiece, the provocative insight of H. G. Wells continues to enthrall the readers. The Time Machine has since been adapted into many feature films and television series and has inspired many more works of fiction.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction
The Turn of The Screw By Henry James (Hard cover)
Widely recognized as one of literature’s most gripping ghoststories, this classic tale of moral degradation concerns thesinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liarsand hypocrites. The story begins when a governess arrives at anEnglish country estate to look after Miles, aged ten, and Flora,eight. At first, everything appears normal but then eventsgradually begin to weave a spell of psychological terror.One night a ghost appears before the governess. It is the deadlover of Miss Jessel, the former governess, Later, the ghost ofMiss Jessel herself appears before the governess and the littlegirl. Moreover, both the governess and the housekeeper suspectthat the two spirits have appeared to the boy in private. Thechildren, however, adamantly refuse to acknowledge thepresence of the two spirits, in spite of indications that there issome sort of evil communication going on between the childrenand the ghosts.SKU: n/a -
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction
The White Company [hardcover] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & FictionThe White Company [hardcover] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A historical adventure set during the Hundred Years’ War. The story follows a young man as he leaves the shelter of an abbey in England and becomes involved with Edward, the Black Prince’s campaign in Spain.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald (H.B)
- Hardcover : 275 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-8182476455
- Item Weight : 440 g
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2 cm
Young Amory Blaine, who is convinced he has an exceptionally promising future, finishes boarding school and attends Princeton. At university, Amory is an indifferent student, preferring instead to fall in and out of love, and cheerfully immersing himself in a glitzy world of excessive drinking and casual liaisons.
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Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (H.B)
“But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand. Published in 1889, three men in a Boat is the most widely acclaimed novel by English author Jerome K. Jerome. Jerome wrote the novel after going on a boating trip along river Thames. Intended initially to serve as a tour guide, the novel, however, was soon overtaken by the comical elements and transformed into the humorous travelogue that is a classic today. Three friends, J. (Jerome), Harris and George, are apparent hypochondriacs in need of a vacation. A two-week long boating trip, they feel, would be good for their health. Narrated by “J.”, An embodiment of Jerome K. Jerome himself, the story chronicles in the form of ramblings and digressions, the hilarious adventures and mishaps of the three friends. The novella success led to a sequel, three men on the bummel (1900) and was adapted in several art-forms including film and theatre.”.
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Treasure Island [hardcover] by Robert Louis Stevenson
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & FictionTreasure Island [hardcover] by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jim Hawkins is a young boy who helps his parents run their seaside inn. When their lodger Billy Bones dies, Jim gains possession of a map that indicates the location of a hoard of gold hidden by pirates on a Caribbean island. Jim seeks the advice of Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney, and together they decide to set out on a treasure hunt. The adventure starts with their journey in the schooner Hispaniola. The majority of the crew is a group of bloodthirsty pirates, led by the wily Long John Silver, preparing a mutiny. Silver also assumes the role of a father figure for Jim. The novel is filled with buried treasure and treasure maps, pirates and mutinies, gunfights and sword fights, narrow escapes, and a young hero who manages to save the day.
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Classic Fiction, History
Typhoon
Typhoon a classic novella, evokes the seafaring life at the turn of the century. Typhoon is a metaphorical work inspired by events in Joseph Conrad’s Ocean Life that investigates the consequences of pursuing choices disregarding realities or resistance and collaboration. With ironic characters and a thrilling setting, Typhoon is both interesting and daring. Joseph Conrad was first distributed in 1902 and republished in numerous distributions, including abstract magazines and artistic assortments. Typhoon portrays an account of high stakes and experience with a particularly perceptive story style, bearing Conrad’s elaborate tradition of breathtaking writing. This novel contains a mystery, a thriller, an adventure, and a life lesson for all readers.
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Uncle’s Dream and The Permanent Husband (Classic Edition) by Fyodor Dostoevsky (H.B)
Classic Fiction, FictionUncle’s Dream and The Permanent Husband (Classic Edition) by Fyodor Dostoevsky (H.B)
- Hardcover : 307 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-8182475274
- Item Weight : 520 g
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm
This book is a compilation of two of the most celebrated novels of Fyodor namely, Uncle’s Dream and The Permanent Husband. Uncle’s Dream by Fyodor Dostoyevsky uncle’s drear was written following his five year exile to Siberia where he was sent to serve in a amazon sel hard labor camp. Uncle’s Dream is a whatsapp v humorous and yet scathing commentary on Russian provincial high-society. In The Permanent Husband, Alexei Ivanovich Velchaninov is a land owner who stays in Saint Petersburg for a trial about a piece of land. He receives a visit from Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky, an old acquaintance who recently became a widower. Velchaninov had an affair with Trusotsky’s wife Natalia, and he realizes that he is the biological father of Liza, Trusotsky’s eight-year-old daughter. Velchaninov, who doesn’t want Liza to be raised by an alcoholic, brings Liza to a foster family,
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Vikram and the Vampire by Sir Richard Francis Burton (H.B)
Translated from the original Sanskrit by the noted Victorian Orientalist, Sir Richard Burton, these ancient Indian folk tales influenced such later works as 1001 Arabian Nights and Boccaccio’s Decameron. As revealing today as they were in their own time, these stories will entertain and delight modern readers while illuminating the life and customs of classical India.
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