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2014
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Dangerous Liaisons, written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and published in 1782, is a novel that has maintained its relevance due to its exploration of manipulation, power, and moral ambiguity. Set in the context of the French aristocracy, the book provides a stark examination of the social dynamics and ethical challenges of its time.
Dangerous Liaisons is a critical examination of power dynamics, moral ambiguity, and the complex nature of human relationships....
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1907
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David Copperfield enjoys an idyllic life with his gentle, widowed mother and his loving nurse, Peggotty. Then tragedy strikes when Mr. Murdstone weds David's mother and drives her to an early grave. Despised by his stepfather, the boy is forced to live in misery and poverty until he runs away to throw himself upon the mercy of his eccentric aunt. Charles Dickens's classic tale of growing up.
3) Dracula
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1897
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First published in 1897, Dracula by Bram Stoker has become the standard against which all other vampire stories are compare and the inspiration for countless film and stage adaptations. Indeed, the name "Dracula" has been synonymous with the Undead for at least a century, and the original novels till has the power to chill. Come then to Castle Dracula, hidden in the forbidding peaks of the Carpathian Mountains, where an undying creature of evil casts...
4) Emma
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1948
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"The culmination of Jane Austen's genius, a sparkling comedy of love and marriage--now in a stunning 200th-anniversary Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Beautiful, clever, rich--and single--Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to...
5) Macbeth
Earliest Publication Date
1909
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
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1950
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"Northanger Abbey is a novel written by Jane Austen and published posthumously in 1818. The story follows the journey of Catherine Morland, a young and naive girl from a rural family, as she travels to Bath with some family friends. There, she meets Henry Tilney, a charming and witty gentleman, and his sister, Eleanor. Catherine is invited to stay at their family home, Northanger Abbey, where she imagines it to be a gothic mansion full of secrets...
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1922
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John Harmon returns to England as his father's heir. Believed drowned under suspicious circumstances--a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity--John evaluates Bella Wilfer whom he must marry to secure his inheritance. The story is filled with colorful Victorian characters and incidents -- the faded aristocrats and parvenus gathered at the Veneering's dinner table, Betty Higden and her terror of the workhouse and the greedy plottings of Silas...
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2010
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2000
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1911
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The Pickwick Club was founded by the most learned minds in London for the purpose of making a scientific tour of the world. No sooner have the distinguished members begun their historic journey than they are set upon by a charming but notorious con man. So begins a series of hilarious misadventures that takes the incorrigibly innocent Pickwicks wandering around England, coming in contact with some of the most colorful and comical characters in all...
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2002
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