Classic Fiction
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Classic Fiction, Fiction
1984 by George Orwell (Hardback)
- Page : 282
- ISBN : 978-8182479357
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm
In England that has been shred to pieces by wars, civil conflict and revolutions, Winston Smith survives in a one-room apartment in the small province of Airstrip One. In a dictatorial society where freedom of individuality is suppressed and thoughts are monitored by the Thought Police, the Party makes all the rules, guided by its leader Big Brother. Tele screens, cameras and secret microphones in every home enable the Thought Police in identifying citizens that might compromise the Party’s command. Winston works under the Ministry of Truth as an editor and his job is to revolutionise history by rewriting records, altering photographs, managing the ‘unpersons’ and discarding original documents in a ‘memory hole’. Winston soon develops a keen interest in the real history of the world and starts writing a secret journal criticising the Party and Big Brother. He crosses paths with Julia, who shares his contempt towards the Party, and they begin their apparently secret love affair by meeting in blue-collar neighbourhoods that do not have tele screens. Believing that they are escaping the Thought Police’s radar, both join the Brotherhood, an underground society that intends to rage war against the Party but they are unaware that Big Brother is always watching. With plot twists that are breath-taking this book does not shy away from questioning the modern world which explains why throughout its publication history, the book has either been banned or challenged as subversive and claimed to be ideologically corrupting.
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Classic Fiction
A Tale Of a Tub By Jonathan Swift (Hardcover)
A tale of a tub, Jonathan Swift’s first major and his most masterly work. It presents a satire of religious excess. When it was written, politics and religion were so closely linked in England, that the religious and political aspects of the satire could not be separated. The story revolves around the exploits of three sons, Peter, Martin and Jack, representing the main threads of Christianity, viz. Catholic, Anglican, and Puritan, respectively. They receive a bequest from their father, of a coat each, with instructions that no alterations whatsoever may be made in the coats. After some time, the sons find that their coats have fallen out of current fashion. They begin to look for loopholes in their father will so that they may make the alterations they want. Each son finds his own means of getting around their father admonition, and they struggle with each other for power and dominance.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction
Alexander The Great [hardcover] by Jacob Abbott
‘And what do you think of it all, Watson?’ asked Sherlock Holmes, leaning back in his chair.’It seems to me to be a most dark and sinister business.”Dark enough and sinister enough.’-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’Best Classic Short Stories for Children brings together some of the most well-known and beloved stories by authors like O. Henry, Oscar Wilde and Saki, and extracts from children’s classics such as The Railway Children and Little Women. With a mix of genres including science fiction, mystery and ghost stories, and a host of popular characters such as Oliver Twist, Sherlock Holmes, Jane Eyre and Dracula, this is the perfect introduction to a range of classic literature. Classics for the New Decade is a new anthology series celebrating the most acclaimed and enduring works of literature.
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Anne of Avonlea By lucy maud montgomery (Hardcover)
A tall, slim girl, “half-past sixteen,” with serious gray eyes and hair which her friends called auburn, had sat down on the broad red sandstone doorstep of a Prince Edward Island farmhouse one ripe afternoon in August, firmly resolved to construe so many lines of Virgil. But an August afternoon, with blue hazes scarfing the harvest slopes, little winds whispering elfishly in the poplars, and a dancing slendor of red poppies outflaming against the dark coppice of young firs in a corner of the cherry orchard, was fitter for dreams than dead languages. The Virgil soon slipped unheeded to the ground, and Anne, her chin propped on her clasped hands, and her eyes on the splendid mass of fluffy clouds that were heaping up just over Mr. J. A. Harrison’s house like a great white mountain, was far away in a delicious world where a certain school-teacher was doing a wonderful work, shaping the destinies of future statesmen, and inspiring youthful minds and hearts with high and lofty ambitions.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, literary fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction, Non-fiction, Novel
Anne of Ingleside [hardcover] by L M Montgomery
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literary fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction, Non-fiction, NovelAnne of Ingleside [hardcover] by L M Montgomery
Anne of Ingleside is a children’s novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Chronologically, Anne of Ingleside precedes Rainbow Valley. Seven years on from ‘Anne’s House of Dreams’ the Blythes have set up home in a house they affectionately name Ingleside. Anne and Gilbert now have several children who engage in a series of adventures and mishaps with the other local youngsters. Anne begins to worry that her husband no longer loves her but vows to make him fall for her again.
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Fiction, literary fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction
Anne of Windy Poplars [hardcover] by L M Montgomery
Fiction, literary fiction, literature, Literature & FictionAnne of Windy Poplars [hardcover] by L M Montgomery
Anne of Windy Poplars published as Anne of Windy Willows in the UK, Australia, and Japan is an epistolary novel by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery. Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They’re known as the royal family of Summerside and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside’s strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature
Ayesha the return of she [hardcover] H. Rider Haggard
In “Ayesha, the Return of She,” the story continues as Ayesha, an immortal and powerful queen, is brought back to life through ancient magic. The narrative follows the characters drawn into her world, including the protagonist Leo Vincey and his companion, Holly. Ayesha’s powers, beauty, and commanding presence make her a compelling and complex figure in the novel. H. Rider Haggard is known for his adventure and fantasy novels, and the Ayesha series falls into this category, blending elements of adventure, romance, and the supernatural. The series has been influential in the fantasy and adventure genres and is often regarded as a classic of early 20th-century fiction. If you enjoy adventure novels with elements of fantasy, particularly stories that explore themes of immortality, power, and the mysteries of ancient civilizations, “Ayesha, the Return of She” by H. Rider Haggard is a novel that may be of interest. It delves into the mystique of the character Ayesha and her enduring appeal. Please note that my knowledge is based on information available up to September 2021, and I may not have information on any recent developments related to this specific novel.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & Fiction
Best of Children’s Classics (Set of 8 Books) – Gift Set for Kids – Peter Pan, Heidi, The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, The Railway Children, Black Beauty, Pollyanna, The Secret Garden, The Little Prince [hardcover] Various Authors
Classic Fiction, Fiction, literature, Literature & FictionBest of Children’s Classics (Set of 8 Books) – Gift Set for Kids – Peter Pan, Heidi, The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, The Railway Children, Black Beauty, Pollyanna, The Secret Garden, The Little Prince [hardcover] Various Authors
This amazing collection contains eight of the best books from the timeless classics for children. Be it entering into the magical world of Oz – The Great Wizard, exploring the Swiss Alps with young and vivacious Heidi, flying with Peter Pan to Neverland, living in “the three chimneys house”, running across the English farm with black beauty, crash landing in Sahara and meeting the little prince, playing “the glad game” with Pollyanna Whittier and finding the secret garden with Mary, children will enjoy reading these exciting stories.
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Fiction
Best Russian Short Stories (Classic Edition) by Anton Chekhov (Hardcover)
- ISBN : 978-8182479807
- Page : 276
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm
Life is a vexatious trap, when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape. One of the greatest Russian short story writers and an exemplary playwright, Anton Chekhov penned down some of the finest short stories and plays in literature. His works continue to be translated into various languages across the world. This edition brings together his early short stories along with the outstanding short fiction written in his later years. It includes the district doctor. The queen of spades, the cloak, the shades, the singal, the darling, the servant, hide and seek, her lover, and several other beautiful stories.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction
Black Beauty
“It is Good People Who make good places.”Well-born and well-bred, the handsome horse named Black Beauty spends his early days with his mother at an English farm. Treated with affection and kindness. he is encouraged to be good always.”… I hope you will fall into good hands, but a horse never knows who may buy him or drive him; it is all a chance for us; but still I say, do your best, wherever it is, and keep up your good name.”
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, Novel
Daddy Long Legs ( An Original Classic ) by Jean Webster (Hardback)
- Page : 113
- ISBN : 978-9394885523
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
- Jerusha Abbott at 18 years is the eldest orphan at John Grier Homeorphanage. All petty responsibilities of the kids at the orphanage reston her tender shoulders. One fine day, her mundane life under goes a surprising change when an unknown trustee of the orphanage to pay for her college education as he is very impressed by one of her essays! He promises her a liberal monthly allowanceand insists on being anonymous. His only condition is that Jerushashould send him monthly letters and keep him posted about her life in college, but not to expect any replies from him.What follows is an insight into Jerusha’s unexplored, fascinating world of college life through the letters that she writes to her unknownbenefactor. She addresses him adoringly as “Daddy-Long-Legs” as she had seen his long shadow once while he was leaving the asylum.She shares a love–hate–anger–gratitude relationship with him.Finally, at the end of the story, The identity of Daddy-Long-Legs is reveal Ed. Is her godfather someone familiar or a total stranger?.
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Classic Fiction, Fiction, Novel
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (Hardback)
- Page : 651
- ISBN : 9789393198532
- Dimensions : 25.2 x 19 x 4.5 cm
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. ”David Copperfield lives happily with his mother until she decides to marry the tyrannical Edward Murdstone. Abused and ill-treated by his stepfather, David is sent to the Salem House, a boarding school where he makes friends with the self-centred James Steerforth and the hapless Tom Taddles. David returns home upon his mother and half-brother’s demise, only to be neglected by his stepfather who sends him to work at their family bottling factory. What happens when after a miserable life at the factory, David runs away to his great-aunt Betsy Trotwood?A coming-of-age novel, David Copperfield presents Charles Dickens at his best. It is not only among his own personal favourites, but also draws on his life’s experiences. The novel has undergone several film and television adaptations and continues to be loved by the readers.
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