Fiction
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Fiction, Novel
Apology: Crito and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato (Hardback)
The Apology and Crito Greek sculpture. Prof Rufus B. Richardson, late Director of the Merican School of Classical Studies, Athens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Fiction, Novel
Armadale (Un-Abridged Classic Collector’s Edition) by Wilkie Collins (HB)
- Page : 791
- ISBN : 9789394885073
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 5 cm
Allan Armadale makes a startling deathbed confession to be shared with his young son once he reaches adulthood-he murdered another man named Allan Armadale. It’s a dark secret that inevitably looms over the child of the perpetrator and his victim. Before dying, Allan Armadale reveals that he previously killed a man also named Allan Armadale. It’s a revelation meant for his young son who discovers the information as an adult. At this point, he’s run away from his mother’s home and is living under the assumed name–Ozias Midwinter. While traveling, Midwinter encounters another Allan Armadale, who is the son of the man his father killed. The two become close friends and eventually meet one woman who will bring their checkered pasts two ahead. Wilkie presents a compelling portrait of Victorian society that’s riddled by greed and narcissism. Armadale is a multilayered story of resilience in the face of generational trauma. The story follows two men navigating the sins of their fathers to find true love and friendship. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Armadale is both modern and readable.
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Fiction, Novel
Ben Hur : A Tale of the Christ ( An Original Classic ) (Hardback)
- Page : 550
- ISBN : 978-9394885196
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 3.7 cm
N first-century Judea, Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur is falsely accused of assassinating a Roman governor and sentenced to life as a galley slave. His fortunes are reversed when he saves the captain’s life and he returns, determined to seek his revenge against those who have brought misfortune to both himself and his family. His life becomes intertwined with that of Christ’s and after witnessing His teachings and eventual crucifixion Ben-Hur discovers the redemptive power of forgiveness. The bestselling American novel of the nineteenth century, ‘Ben Hur had never been out of print on the hundredth anniversary of its publication in 1980. After numerous stage and film adaptations, it remains hugely influential today and is soon to be a new major adaptation.
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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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Fiction
Betty Zane by Zane Grey (Hardcover)
“Betty Zane” is a 1903 historical novel by American author Zane Grey. The story revolves around Grey’s great-grandmother “Betty” Zane, who was a heroine of the Revolutionary War on the American frontier. The central event of the novel is the story of how Zane single-handedly resupplied a besieged Fort Henry with gun powder from her family home, resulting in a victorious defence on the American side. Unable to find a publisher for his book, Grey published “Betty Zane” himself. This fantastic story is highly recommended for those with an interest in historical fiction and the Revolutionary War.
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Fiction, Novel
Biraj Bahu By Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (Hardcover)
हुगली जिले का सप्तग्राम-उसमें दो भाई नीलाम्बर व पीताम्बर रहते थे। नीलाम्बर मुर्दे जलाने, कीर्तन करने, ढोल बजाने और गांजे का दम भरने में बेजोड़ था। उसका कद लम्बा, बदन गोरा, बहुत ही चुस्त, फुर्तीला तथा ताकतवर था। दूसरों के के मामले में उसकी ख्याति बहुत थी तो गंवारपन में भी वह गाँव- -भर में बदनाम था। मगर उसका छोटा भाई पीताम्बर उसके विपरीत था। वह दुर्बल तथा नाटे कद का था। शाम के बाद किसी के मरने का समाचार सुनकर उसका शरीर अजीब-सा हो जाता था। वह अपने भाई जैसा मूर्ख ही नहीं था तथा मूर्खता की कोई बात भी उसमें नहीं थी । सवेरे ही वह भोजन करके अपना बस्ता लेकर अदालत चला जाता था। पश्चिमी तरफ एक आम के पेड़ के नीचे बैठकर वह दिनभर अर्जियां लिखा करता था। वह जो कुछ भी कमाता था, उसे घर आकर सन्दूक में बंद कर देता था। रात को सारे दरवाजे-खिड़कियां बन्द कर और उनकी कई बार जाँच करने के बाद वह सोता था।
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Fiction, Novel
Brahmin Ki Beti By Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (Hardcover)
मुहल्ले में घूमने-फिरने के बाद रासमणि अपनी नातिन के साथ घर लौट रही थी। गाँव की सड़क कम चौड़ी थी, उस सड़क के एक ओर बंधा पड़ा मेमना (बकरी का बच्चा) सो रहा था। उसे देखते ही बुढ़िया नातिन को चेतावनी देने के स्वर में सावधान करती हुई बोली ‘ऐ लड़की, कहीं आँख मींचकर चलती हुई मेमने की रस्सी लांधने की मूर्खता न कर बैठना।
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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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Coming soon, Fiction
Dead Souls: A Novel By Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Hardcover)
Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the provincial town of ‘N’, visiting a succession of landowners and making each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these ‘dead souls’ as collateral to re-invent himself as a aristocrat.
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Fiction, Novel
Dear Enemy ( An Original Classic ) by Jean Webster (Hardback)
- Page : 188
- ISBN : 9789394885660
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm
Jean Webster (1876-1916) was an American novelist, playwright, and social activist. During the start of the twentieth century (1912), Webster wrote “Daddy-Long-Legs”, an epistolary, best-selling novel that she developed into a play. It met with much success, and the characters were sold as dolls, the money from which going to charities to help fund orphan adoptions. In 1915, Webster published the sequel, “Dear Enemy”. Written in the same epistolary form, “Dear Enemy” met with best-selling acclaim as well. The novel is unique in that the story is propelled by crude, stick-figure animations, drawn by Webster herself, that add a whimsical air to the social issues addressed, the care of orphans and women’s life choices in particular. Sadly, Webster died of childbirth fever in 1916, just a year after the success of “Dear Enemy”.
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English Classics
Desert Gold by Zane Grey (HARDCOVER)
Pulse-pounding action and adventure, while at the same time philosophical and sophisticated, Desert Gold packs a western- style punch! A face haunted Cameron-a woman’s face. It was there in the white heart of the dying campfire; it hung in the shadows that hovered over the flickering light; it drifted in the darkness beyond. This hour, when the day had closed and the lonely desert night set in with its dead silence, was one in which Cameron’s mind was thronged with mmories of a time long past-of a home back in Peoria, of a woman he had wronged and lost, and loved too late. He was a prospector for gold, a hunter of solitude, a lover of the drear, rock-ribbed infinitude, because he wanted to be alone to remember.
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Fiction, Novel, Story Books
Dickens’ Stories About Children Every Child Can Read by Charles Dickens (HB)
Fiction, Novel, Story BooksDickens’ Stories About Children Every Child Can Read by Charles Dickens (HB)
- Page : 180
- ISBN : 978-9394885295
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.3 cm
“It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.” In this wonderful compilation of classic Charles Dickens stories, the adventures surrounding children have been taken out of their contexts and presented on their own. Dickens’ Stories About Children Every Child Can Read is therefore, as the title suggest, a great introduction for children or anyone new to Dickens. The book contains famous stories like The Christmas Carol, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist as well as a handful lesser known but equally great and informative.-
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Fiction, Novel
Dracula By Bram Stoker (Hardcover)
‘I could feel the soft, shivering touch of the lips on the super-sensitive skin of my throat and the hard dents of two sharp teeth, just touching and pausing there. I closed my eyes in a languorous ecstasy and waited waited with beating heart.’ In equal measures mesmerizing as it is diabolical, Dracula, told in epistolary format, is the story of Count Dracula and his attempt to move from Transylvania to England and the battle between him and a small team of people led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
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Coming soon, Short Story
Dubliners: A Beautiful Collection Of vignettes by james joyce (Hardcover)
First Published in 1914, Dubliners is a beautiful collection of vignettes describing Irish middle class life in and around Dublin at the end of the 19th century. Joyce’s intention in writing Dubliners, in his own words, was to write a chapter of the moral history of his own country and he chose Dublin for the scene because the city appeared to him the centre of paralysis and decay. He tried to present it to the apathetic public under four of it’s aspects: childhood, adolescence, maturity and public life. ‘The Sisters, “ An Encounter’ and ‘Araby’ are stories from childhood. “Eveline,’ ‘After the Race,’ ‘Two Gallants’ and ‘The Boarding House’ are stories from adolescence. ‘A Little Cloud. ‘’ Counterparts, ‘’Clay and ‘A Painful Case’ are all Stories concerned with mature life. Stories from public life are ‘Ivy Day in the Committee Room. ‘ ‘ A Mother’ and ‘Grace. ‘’ The Dead’ is the last story in the collection and most certainly Joyce’s greatest. It stands alone and as the Title would suggest, is concerned with death.
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