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	Doctor Thorne TV Tie-In with a foreword by Julian Fellowes: The Chronicles of Barsetshire £9.99 Anthony Trollope, Julian Fellowes, Simon Dentith 9780198785637 Paperback 03 March 2016 Oxford World's Classics Frank Gresham needs to marry for money if he is to save his impoverished family estate. But he loves the doctor's penniless niece, and faces a terrible dilemma. Doctor Thorne, now adapted for ITV by Julian Fellowes.
	King Solomon's Mines Second Edition £7.99 H. Rider Haggard, Roger Luckhurst 9780198722953 Paperback 11 February 2016 Oxford World's Classics Allan Quatermain leads an expedition in search of a missing man and the fabled King Solomon's mines in deepest Africa. His exciting adventures captivated readers, and this new edition looks at Haggard's own African experiences and colonial attitudes to native tribes and the ravages of the British Empire.
	The Oxford Handbook of John Donne £30.00 Jeanne Shami, Dennis Flynn, M. Thomas Hester 9780198715573 Paperback 21 January 2016 Oxford Handbooks With over fifty newly commissioned essays from leading international scholars, The Oxford Handbook of John Donne links past scholarship with current and future re-definitions to provide a distinctive response to Donne and the significance of his work, and forms an essential contribution to early modern studies.
	The Monk New Edition £8.99 Matthew Lewis, Nick Groom 9780198704454 Paperback 14 January 2016 Oxford World's Classics The Monk (1796) is a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. It tells of the pious monk Ambrosio's descent into depravity, his passion leading to rape, blasphemy, black magic, incest, and murder. Its sensational story also reflects the terrors of the French Revolution.
	Jezebel's Daughter £9.99 Wilkie Collins, Jason David Hall 9780198703211 Paperback 14 January 2016 Oxford World's Classics This suspenseful case study in villainy pits the scheming Madame Fontaine against another strong woman, and a former inmate of Bedlam asylum. With its intricate plot and memorable characters, Jezebel's Daughter shares its sensational nature with Collins's major novels. This edition examines the Victorian fascination with criminality.
	Stories and Poems £12.99 Rudyard Kipling, Daniel Karlin 9780198723431 Paperback 08 October 2015 Oxford World's Classics First published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series, this comprehensive selection of Kipling's stories and poems covers the full range of his career. It displays Kipling's comic mastery as well as his bleak insights into human behaviour, from the days of British India to the aftermath of the First World War. With Introduction and full notes.
	The Mill on the Floss £8.99 George Eliot, Gordon S. Haight, Juliette Atkinson 9780198707530 Paperback 10 September 2015 Oxford World's Classics Young Maggie Tulliver is devoted to her brother Tom, but as she grows older and discovers romantic love she comes into conflict with him and her family. She strives to reconcile moral claims and family loyalty with her own desires. Eliot's most autobiographical novel was also her most controversial, and this new edition examines its impact.
	Scenes of Clerical Life Second Edition £10.99 George Eliot, Thomas A. Noble, Josie Billington 9780199689606 Paperback 10 September 2015 Oxford World's Classics Scenes of Clerical Life consists of three short novellas in which the lives of ordinary men and women in a provincial Midlands town are portrayed with tender sympathy and understanding. Eliot brought a new level of literary realism to her tales of Amos Barton, Mr Gilfil, and Janet Dempster in her first published work of fiction.
	Summer £7.99 Edith Wharton, Laura Rattray 9780198709985 Paperback 13 August 2015 Oxford World's Classics Charity Royall yearns to escape her dull existence in the New England backwater where she lives with her guardian. When her sexual nature is awakened, darker undercurrents in the community threaten her future happiness. The 'hot' counterpart to Ethan Frome, and equally memorable, Summer was regarded by Wharton as one of her best works.
	Vanity Fair £7.99 William Makepeace Thackeray, Helen Small 9780198727712 Paperback 11 June 2015 Oxford World's Classics Set during the Napoleonic wars, Vanity Fair follows Becky Sharp as she cuts a swathe through Regency society. War, money, and national identity are the themes of Thackeray's great satirical novel, as it exposes a world on the make. In Becky, Thackeray created one of the most memorable female characters in Victorian fiction.
	Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India £8.99 Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher 9780198718000 Paperback 11 June 2015 Oxford World's Classics Hobson-Jobson is a unique lexicon of British India. Part dictionary, part encyclopedia it shows how words of Indian origin entered the English language and offers insight into Victorian views of Asia and the way cultures transform one another. Quirky and entertaining, this selected edition includes a fascinating introduction and notes.
	Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction £8.99 Richard Bradford 9780199658787 Paperback 28 May 2015 Very Short Introductions Since the mid-19th century crime fiction has been one of the most popular sub-genres of the novel. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Bradford explores its origins and the features that define its varied style. He considers its role in popular culture around the world and considers why its classification as 'literature' is still ambiguous.
	Waverley Second Edition £9.99 Walter Scott, Claire Lamont, Kathryn Sutherland 9780198716594 Paperback 09 April 2015 Oxford World's Classics Edward Waverley, a young English soldier, is caught up in the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the attempt to reinstate the Stuart monarchy. With Waverley Scott invented the modern historical novel and profoundly influenced the development of European and American fiction for a century at least.
	Effi Briest £8.99 Theodor Fontane, Mike Mitchell, Ritchie Robertson 9780199675647 Paperback 09 April 2015 Oxford World's Classics Effi Briest is steered into marriage with a man twenty years her senior, and taken to live in a remote Baltic seaport. Isolated and bored, she drifts into an affair, which is quickly ended. Years later the past catches up with Effi, with profound consequences. Fontane's masterpiece, the novel is an acute portrait of Prussian society.
	A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas Second Edition £8.99 Virginia Woolf, Anna Snaith 9780199642212 Paperback 12 March 2015 Oxford World's Classics In these two classic essays of feminist literature, Woolf argues passionately for women's intellectual freedom and their role in challenging the drive towards fascism and conflict. She raises questions concerning militarism, education, and social and gender inequality that are relevant to this day.
	The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories £8.99 Leo Tolstoy, Nicolas Pasternak Slater, Andrew Kahn 9780199669882 Paperback 08 January 2015 Oxford World's Classics In these six late stories Tolstoy explores human relationships and moral choices, raising profound questions about life in gripping fictional form. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is an existential masterpiece, a harrowing tale of the final illness and death of a bourgeois lawyer. Newly translated, and with a wide-ranging Introduction.
	Orlando Second Edition £7.99 Virginia Woolf, Michael H. Whitworth 9780199650736 Paperback 11 December 2014 Oxford World's Classics Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through history first as a man, then as a woman. At its heart is the figure of Woolf's friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West, and Knole, the historic home of the Sackvilles. Orlando mocks the conventions of biography and history and wryly examines sexual double standards.
	The Last Chronicle of Barset: The Chronicles of Barsetshire £9.99 Anthony Trollope, Helen Small 9780199675999 Paperback 11 December 2014 Oxford World's Classics The Reverend Josiah Crawley faces ruin and disgrace when he is accused of stealing a cheque. Crawley's predicament divides the community between those who seek to help, and those who, like Mrs Proudie, are convinced of his guilt. The last volume in the Barsetshire series, The Last Chronicle is a moving conclusion for its many familiar characters.
	The Small House at Allington: The Chronicles of Barsetshire £8.99 Anthony Trollope, Dinah Birch 9780199662777 Paperback 11 December 2014 Oxford World's Classics Lily Dale falls passionately in love with the urbane Adolphus Crosbie and is devastated when he abandons her for another. She has another suitor, devoted to her since childhood: can she find happiness in Johnny's courtship? This is a new edition of one of Trollope's most successful Barsetshire novels.
	The Waves New Edition £6.99 Virginia Woolf, David Bradshaw 9780199642922 Paperback 11 December 2014 Oxford World's Classics Regarded by many as Woolf's greatest achievement, The Waves follows a set of six friends from childhood to middle age. As the contours of their lives are revealed, a unique novel is unveiled. In this new edition David Bradshaw considers its spellbinding oddness and originality, helping the reader through this most poetic and haunting of novels.

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