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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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Fiction, Novel
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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Fiction, Novel
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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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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Coming soon, Fiction, Novel
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, Novel
The Truth about Woman by C. Gasquoine Hartley (H.B)
Catherine Gasquoine Hartley 1867? – 1928 Author, journalist, headmistress; also known as Mrs. Walter M. Gallichan and Mrs. Arthur D. Lewis. Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Hartley was the second daughter of Reverend Richard Griffiths Hartley and Catherine Gasquoine. She was schooled privately and had no formal education until she was 16. Her first job was teaching, and in 1894 she became headmistress at Babington House School in Kent, England-a position she held until about 1903, when she left Kent and her job to begin a career as a writer in London. After composing an unsuccessful novel, Hartley went on to become a prolific journalist and author of non-fiction. She published books on art, Spanish culture and society, feminist issues, human sexuality, and children. She also wrote articles for the New Age, Art Journal, Connoisseur, the English Review, and the Daily Express. Her first marriage was to Walter M. Gallichan; her second, to Arthur D. Lewis.
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Fiction, Novel
The U. P. Trail by Zane Grey (Hardback)
- Page : 387
- ISBN : 9789393198983
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm
“The U.P. Trail,” by Zane Grey, is a classic western set in and around the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming. The main characters are Allie, a young woman who is the sole survivor of an Indian attack on a wagon train, and Neale, an ambitious young engineer with the U.P. who falls in love with Allie. The novel follows Neale from one crisis to the next – Allie’s kidnapping by her abusive father, mismanagement and corruption on the railroad, engineering challenges, and Indian raids. As the book is primarily set in and around towns and the railroad, it doesn’t have as much of the beautifully detailed descriptions of nature that make some of Grey’s other novels (e.g. “Riders of the Purple Sage” and “The Rainbow Trail”) stand out. Nonetheless, “The U.P. Trail” is a solidly entertaining western that will be of particular interest to readers who enjoyed watching AMC’s “Hell on Wheels.” (Geoffrey Benn)
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Fiction, Novel
The Wind in the Willows : Original Un-Abridged Collector’s Edition by Kenneth Grahame (Hardback)
Fiction, NovelThe Wind in the Willows : Original Un-Abridged Collector’s Edition by Kenneth Grahame (Hardback)
- Page : 160
- ISBN : 978-9394885653
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.2 cm
The Wind in the Willows is a children’s book by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternatingly slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals: Mole, Rat (a European water vole), Toad, and Badger. They live in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The book was based on bedtime stories Grahame told his son Alastair. It has been adapted numerous times for both stage and screen
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Fiction, Novel
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (H.B)
‘The woman who first gives life, light, and form to our shadowy conceptions of beauty, fills a void in our spiritual nature that has remained unknown to us till she appeared.’ One of the earliest works of ‘detective’ fiction with a narrative woven together from multiple characters, Wilkie Collins partly based his infamous novel on a real-life eighteenth century case of abduction and wrongful imprisonment. In 1859, the story caused a sensation with its readers, hooking their attention with the ghostly first scene where the mysterious ‘Woman in White’ Anne Catherick comes across Walter Hartright.
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Fiction, Novel
The Young Pitcher by Zane Grey (H.B)
College student Ken Ward dreams of making the varsity baseball team, but as a freshman he doesn’t stand a chance until he proves himself with, of all things, a potato, Originally published over eighty years ago, this entertaining story is perfect for fans of all ages.
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literature, Novel, Story Books
Thik Usi Waqt By Madhav Kaushik (Hardcover)
Madhav Kaushik was born on 1 December 1954 in Bhiwani (Haryana) His father Mr. Pahlad Kishan Kaushik Educational Qualification M.A. Hindi. B.Ed. postgraduate Translation Diploma Sahityavachaspati (Honorary)) Present President Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi, Official Language Honors:Committee Bihar. Vice President National Sahitya Akademi New Delhi. Member – Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) Board of Studies Bharatiya Jnanpith Jury Indian Press.Published Works.His 44 compositions have been published so far. 18- Ghazal Collection 02-Volume Poetry 03 Navgeet 03 Story Collection 04- Poetry Collection 03- Editing,02–Children’s Literature,02 Criticism,02- Translation
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Fiction, Novel, Story Books
Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens (Hardback)
- Page : 60 pages
- ISBN : 9789394885837
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
In ghost stories there is no path to escape. Charles was such a versatile writer that he could put life in such simplistic stories with his amazing wit. In “the haunted house,” a new homeowner discovers he is sharing his bed with the skeleton of the house’s former master. In “the trial for murder,” a revengeful ghost haunts a juror serving at his killer trial. In “the Signal-Man,” An apparition warns a man of impending disaster.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, Novel
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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Fiction, Novel
Through the Looking-Glass (Classic Vintage Edition) by Lewis Carroll (HB)
- Hardcover : 88 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-8182479142
- Item Weight : 225 g
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
“For some minutes Alice stood without speaking, looking out in all directions over the country—and a most curious country it was.” curled up in an armchair with her black kitten, Kitty, as Alice shares with it her ideas about a looking-glass house, she suddenly finds herself up on the chimney-piece, on the other side of the mirror. In a room that looks much like her own but where everything is exactly reversed, Alice sees chessmen walking around. And as she steps out of the looking-glass house into the garden of live flowers, she is taken to the Hill by the Red queen. “I declare it‘s marked out just like a large chess-board!” Alice said at last. “There ought to be some men moving about somewhere—and so there are!… Oh, what Fun it is! How I wish I was one of them! I couldn’t mind being a pawn, if only I might join—though of course I should like to be a queen, best.” as Alice embarks on an adventure, joining in as a pawn in the game and exploring this fantastical world of chessmen, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, will she become a queen?.
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