Fiction
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Fiction, Novel
The Plague (Vintage Classic Hardback Edition) by Albert Camus
- ISBN-: 978-8182475861
- Page-: 258
- Editon-: 2021
The Plague is an extraordinary classic that tells the story from the point of view of a narrator of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. The narrator remains unknown until the start of the last chapter, chapter 5 of part 5. The novel presents a snapshot of life in Oran as seen through the author’s distinctive absurdist point of view. Camus used as source material the cholera epidemic that killed a large proportion of Oran’s population in 1849, but situated the novel in the 1940s. Oran and its surroundings were struck by disease several times before Camus published his novel. According to an academic study, Oran was decimated by the bubonic plague in 1556 and 1678, but all later outbreaks (in 1921 – 185 cases, 1931 – 76 cases, and 1944 – 95 cases) were very far from the scale of the epidemic described in the novel.
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The Quest Eternal By Will Lillibridge (Hardcover)
The Quest Eternal” by Will Lillibridge is a compelling narrative that delves into the profound journey of self-discovery and the relentless pursuit of one’s innermost dreams. Set against the backdrop of early 20th -century america, the novel follows the protagonit through a series of transformative experiences, exploring themes of ambition, love, and the existential quest for meaning. Lillibridge’s rich, evocative prose captures the essence of the era while weaving a timeless tale of human aspiration and resilience. with its vivd characters and thought-provoking storyline ,”The Quest Eternal” invites readers to reflect on their own path and the enduring nature of the human spirit.
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Fiction, Novel
The Rustlers of Pecos County by Zane Grey (Hardback)
- Page : 218
- ISBN : 9789356520141
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm
Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book.
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Fiction, Short Story, Story Books
The Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov (HB)
- Hardcover : 184 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-8182479685
- Item Weight : 348 g
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm
A schoolmistress makes a treacherous journey home after collecting her salary in town. Overwhelmed and exhausted, she begins to look back on her life with sadness and regret, and imagines a life of hope, a life, perhaps, worth living. Including the title story, The Schoolmistress and Other Stories contains twenty-one
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The Secret Agent : A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad (Hardcover)
The Secret Agent is one of Conrad’s two supreme masterpieces, one of the two questionable classics of the first order that he added to the English novel and in its own way, it is like Nostromo in the subtle and triumphant complexity of its art” and ndash; F.R. Leavis.An actual attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 is taken by Conrad as the basis of the central action in the novel. Verloc, who is secretly working for the police and a foreign power’ (Russia) while ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho, is required by his masters to discredit the anarchist group in some spectacular way. He persuades his wife’s simpleton brother, Stevie, to plant a bomb – provided by the novel’s most terrifying figure, ‘The Professor’ and ndash; at the Greenwich Observatory. But the plan goes horribly wrong and the repercussions are dramatically different from those that Verloc intended.
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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Hardcover)
Enter the enchanting world of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s timeless classic, The Secret Garden. Follow young Mary Lennox as she discovers a hidden paradise, filled with wonders and secrets waiting to be unlocked. This edition captures the magic and beauty of the garden’s transformative power. Captivating edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved classic, The Secret Garden Join Mary on her journey of discovery and transformation Experience the magic of a hidden garden and its profound impact on lives Perfect for readers of all ages, from children to adults A cherished addition to any book collection, inspiring hope and the joy of nature.
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Fiction, Novel
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (H.B)
As you stroll along the streets of London in the company of lawyer Utterson and his distant relative Enfield, the latter narrates a gruesome tale of assault he had witnessed some months ago. the tale describes a dreadful looking sinister man, Mr. Hyde, who ruthlessly tramples a young girl and disappears behind a door. a moment later he reemerges to pay off her relatives with a cheque drawn from the account of a reputable gentleman, later identified to be Utterson?s client and old friend, Dr. Jekyll. Who is Mr. Hyde?Who is Dr. Jekyll?Is there a mysterious connection between the two?Read Stevenson?s thrilling and titillating masterpiece, the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, to knit up the jigsaw puzzle and unveil the suspense. A harrowing tale of good and evil, this classic novella describes the fundamental dichotomy of the 19th century?outward respectability and inward lust, a duality for which it has been noted as ?one of the best guidebooks of the Victorian era? and remains one of the most famous stories of English literature.
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The Stranger (Classic Edition) by Albert Camus, Hardcover
- ISBN-: 978-8182475786
- Page-: 114
- Editon-: 2021
The stranger is a story about an Algerian, Meursault, the titular character who commits a murder after attending his mother’s funeral. His understanding of the world, his emotional spectrum, and the general absurdities of the time all combine to form a compelling read. The story is aptly divided into two riveting sections, both told from the perspective of Meursault, who gives us his views before the murder in the first section and later walks us through his state of mind after the murder in the second section. The two parts in this thrilling novel encompass the protagonist’s mindset through the ordeal of grieving for his mother’s death while also coming face to face with his own moral compass for committing a murder.
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The Sun Also Rises ( Original Classic Edition) by Ernest Hemingway (HB)
- Hardcover : 197 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-8182478923
- Item Weight : 357 g
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.7 cm
The Sun Also Rises is a 1926 novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway. The novel is a roman à clef: the characters are based on real people in Hemingway’s circle, and the action is based on real events, particularly Hemingway’s life in Paris in the 1920s and a trip to Spain in 1925 for the Pamplona festival and fishing in the Pyrenees. Hemingway presents his notion that the “Lost Generation”-considered to have been decadent, dissolute, and irretrievably damaged by World War I-was in fact resilient and strong. Hemingway investigates the themes of love and death, the revivifying power of nature, and the concept of masculinity.
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The Talisman by Walter Scott (Hardback)
- Page : 376
- ISBN : 978-9394885882
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm
The main characters are the Scottish knight Kenneth, a fictional version of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, who returned from the third Crusade in 1190; Richard the Lionheart; Saladin; and Edith Plantagenet, a relative of Richard. In Scott’s own words: “. . . the warlike character of Richard I, wild and generous, a pattern of chivalry, with all its extravagant virtues and its no less absurd errors, was opposed to that of Saladin, in which the Christian and English monarch showed all the cruelty and violence of an Eastern sultan, and Saladin, on the other hand, displayed the deep policy and prudence of a European sovereign, whilst each contended which should excel the other in the knightly qualities of bravery and generosity. This singular contrast afforded, as the author conceived, materials for a work of fiction possessing peculiar interest.”
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, Novel
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë (H.B)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is an 1848 novel by the youngest of the Bronte sisters, Anne, published under the pseudonym Acton Bell. A mysterious young widow arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son and servant. She lives there in strict seclusion under the assumed name Helen Graham and very soon finds herself the victim of local slander. Refusing to believe anything scandalous about her, Gilbert Markham, a young farmer, discovers her dark secrets. In her diary, Helen writes about her husband’s physical and moral decline through alcohol, and the world of debauchery and cruelty from which she has fled.
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Fiction, Play
The Three Musketeers (Un-Abridged Classic Collector’s Edition) by Alexandre Dumas (HB)
- Page : 649
- ISBN : 9789394885899
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 4 cm
17th century France: Young D’Artagnan leaves his home and travels to Paris with dreams of joining The Musketeers of Guard—the glamourous and gallant group of men who guard Louis XIII, the King of France. There he meets Athos, Porthos and Aramis, the three best musketeers and inseparable friends who believe with all their heart in the words ‘all for one, one for all.’ D’Artagnan rents an apartment above the shop of one Monsieur Bonacieux, hoping to settle into Parisian life and become a proper musketeer quickly. What the young and gallant D’Artagnan does not realise is that he has, inadvertently, landed himself in the very centre of one of the foulest conspiracies in monarchist France. There are love affairs and intrigues, ambushes and wild rides, duels and murders. And as the famous American author and editor Clifton Fadiman says, ‘it is all impossible and it is all magnificient.’
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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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The Torrents Of Spring By Ernest Hemingway (Hardcover)
Returning to Russia from a tour in italy, twenty- three-year-old dimitry saning breaks his journey in frankfurt. The Torrents of Spring is a burlesque of Sherwood Anderson’s Dark Laughter, but in the course of the narrative, other literary tendencies associated with American and British writers akin to Anderson—such as D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, and John Dos Passos—come in for satirical comment. A highly entertaining story, The Torrents of Spring offers a rare glimpse into Hemingway’s early career as a storyteller and stylist.
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Fiction
The Trial by Franz Kafka (Hardcover)
- ISBN-: 978-8182479043
- Editon-: 2021
- Page-: 202
A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis–an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life–including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door–becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.
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