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Classics |
VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. 'There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas' said Charles Dickens. There are also petty jealousies, mournful reminiscences, family feuds, inequalities and injustices, and fakery and excess and shopping, shopping, shop... read more
| Author: | Arthur Conan Doyle |
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Classics |
| Series: | Popular Penguins Ser. |
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle"Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body- this classic horror s... read more
| Author: | Philip Pullman; Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Introduction by) |
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Young Adult |
"Northern Lights introduces Lyra, an orphan, who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra s search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and tur... read more
| Author: | Mary Shelley; Maurice Hindle (Introduction by, Notes by, Editor) |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Penguin Classics Ser. |
FrankensteinThe Modern Prometheusby Mary ShelleyA monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator. Shelley's suspenseful and intellectually rich gothic tale confronts so... read more
| Author: | George Eliot; David Carroll (Introduction by, Notes by); Q. D. Leavis (Preface by) |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Penguin Classics Ser. |
Silas Marner, the story of an isolated man who learns to open his heart, was George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combining humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism."God gave her to me because you turned your back upon her, and He looks upon her as ... read more
| Author: | H. A. Rey |
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Classics |
| Series: | Curious George Ser. |
Curious George has found a lasting place in the hearts of millions all over the world ever since he was brought to life more than 60 years ago. This treasury contains eight timeless stories about George, the man with the yellow hat, and their friends. Full color.
| Author: | Jack Kerouac |
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Classics |
| Series: | Popular Penguins Ser. |
On the Roadby Jack Kerouac is the exhilarating novel that defined the Beat Generation and is a 2012 major motion picture starring Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Riley, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.'What's your road, man? - holyb... read more
| Author: | Shirley Jackson |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Popular Penguins Ser. |
Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isol... read more
| Author: | Joan Lindsay |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Popular Penguins Ser. |
Everyone agreed that the day was just right for the picnic to Hanging Rock - a shimmering summer morning warm and still . . .In 1900, a class of young women from an exclusive private school go on an excursion to the isolated Hanging Rock, deep in the Australi... read more
| Author: | Virginia Woolf |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Vintage Classics Woolf Series |
This volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century. Together they form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. A Room of One's Own, first published in 1929, is a witty, ... read more
| Author: | Don DeLillo |
| Category: |
Classics |
Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Friday, November 22, 1963. 12.30 PM. Shots ring out. A president dies. And a nation is plunged into psychosis. Don DeLillo's extraordinary Librais a brilliant reimagining of the events and people surrounding the assassination of President Joh... read more
