The Vicar of Wakefield
By: Robert L. Mack , Oliver Goldsmith , Arthur Friedman
3.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly …
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1. Tara: A play in two acts
By: Mahesh Dattani
3.94
Format: 61 pages, Hardcover
‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri Tara and Chandan have always been close. Th… read more
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- fiction
2. A Sentimental Journey
By: Laurence Sterne , Paul Goring
3.31
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
A furiously witty response to Tobias Smollett's curmudgeonly 'Travels through France and Italy', La… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- literature
- 18th century
- fiction
- novels
"It had ever, as I told the reader, been one of the singular blessings of my life, to be almost every hour of it miserably in love with some one...."-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
"Dear sensibility! Source inexhausted of all that's precious in our joys, or costly in our sorrows! Eternal fountain of our feelings! 'tis here I trace thee and this is thy divinity which stirs within…"-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
"I could wish to spy the nakedness of their hearts, and through the different disguises of customs, climates, and religion, find out what is good in them, to fashion my own by. It is for this reason t…"-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
3. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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- classics
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- literature
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
4. Dr. Faustus
By: Christopher Marlowe
3.80
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more
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- literature
- classics
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"Hell is just a frame of mind."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"Be silent then, for danger is in words."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
5. The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems
By: Kālidāsa , Chandra Rajan
3.84
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
Kalidasa was the most accomplished poet and playwright in classical Sanskrit literature. This colle… read more
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- literature
- classics
"All those born in this land before Bharata, All those born after, are called after his name."-Kālidāsa, The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems
"O Cloud, in all the lands you choose, gathering greater glory in the rains; may you never be parted from the lightning even for an instant."-Kālidāsa, The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems
6. The Man of Feeling
By: Henry MacKenzie , Brian Vickers , Stephen Bending
3.01
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Mackenzie's hugely popular novel of 1771 is the foremost work of the sentimental movement, in which… read more
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- classics
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"Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man’s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain respect for the follies of mankind: fo…"-Henry MacKenzie, The Man of Feeling
7. Lysistrata
By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden
3.87
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more
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- literature
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"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
8. The Vicar of Wakefield
By: Robert L. Mack , Oliver Goldsmith , Arthur Friedman
3.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly … read more
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- classics
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- literature
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- 18th century
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9. The Female Quixote
By: Charlotte Lennox , Margaret Anne Doody , Margaret Dalziel , Duncan Isles
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Female Quixote, a vivacious and ironical novel parodying the style of Cervantes, portrays Arabe… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- 18th century
- historical fiction
- fiction
10. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
By: Tobias Smollett
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Offers a picture of eighteenth-century society. This story describes Squire Bramble's tour of the B… read more
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- classics
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- literature
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11. The Rover
By: Aphra Behn , Simon Trussler
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England and the most prolific playwright of … read more
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- classics
- fiction
12. Cranford
By: Elizabeth Gaskell
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
'It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor...I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant thin… read more
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- historical fiction
- classics
- fiction
- british literature
13. Paradise Lost Book 1
By: John Milton
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
An epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton, Paradise Lost follows the… read more
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- classics
- fiction
14. Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
By: Samuel Richardson , Angus Ross
4.33
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- literature
- 18th century
- fiction
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15. The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
By: Geoffrey Chaucer
3.24
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
This well-established series is now being updated with new scholarly introductions and attractive n… read more
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- classics
- fiction
16. Martin Chuzzlewit
By: Charles Dickens , Hablot Knight Browne , Patricia Ingham
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
Set partly in the United States, this novel includes a searing satire on mid-nineteenth-century Ame… read more
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- classics
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- literature
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- historical fiction
17. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
By: Henry Fielding , Thomas Keymer , Alice Wakely
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is… read more
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18. The Adventures of Roderick Random
By: Tobias Smollett , David Blewett
3.60
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
Roderick is combative, often violent, but capable of great affection and generosity. His father had… read more
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19. Evelina
By: None , Edward A. Bloom
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Frances Burney's first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive accou… read more
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20. The Rape of the Lock
By: Alexander Pope
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A satirical poem that intentionally over-dramatizes an incident in which a lock of a woman's hair i… read more
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21. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
By: Samuel Johnson , None
4.27
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Rasselas--regarded as Johnson's most creative work--presents the story of the journey of Rasselas a… read more
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22. Caleb Williams
By: William Godwin , Maurice Hindle
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
When honest young Caleb Williams comes to work as a secretary for Squire Falkland, he soon begins t… read more
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23. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
By: Samuel Richardson , Thomas Keymer , Alice Wakely
3.97
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
One of the most spectacular successes of the flourishing literary marketplace of eighteenth-century… read more
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24. The Recognition of Śakuntalā
By: Kālidāsa , W.J. Johnson
3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta for Sakuntala, a monastic girl, is the supreme work… read more
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25. Castle Rackrent
By: Maria Edgeworth
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Set in Ireland prior to its achieving legislative independence from Britain in 1782, Castle Rackren… read more
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26. General Prologue To The Canterbury Tales
By: Geoffrey Chaucer
3.87
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
Presents the text of Chaucer's General Prologue, from the Riverside text with support on the portra… read more
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27. The Age of Fable
By: Thomas Bulfinch
1.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
THE religions of ancient Greece and Rome are extinct. The so-called divinities of Olympus have not … read more
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28. Joseph Andrews / Shamela
By: Henry Fielding , Judith Hawley
4.00
Format: 131 pages,
Henry Fielding wrote both Joseph Andrews(1742) and Shamela(1741) in response to Samuel Richardson's… read more
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29. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
By: Anthony Trollope , David Skilton
3.75
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in p… read more
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- novels
"It is much less difficult for the sufferer to be generous than for the oppressor."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"... In what I do I may appear to be interfering with you, and I hope you will forgive me for doing so."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!"-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
30. Joseph Andrews
By: Henry Fielding
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Joseph Andrews refuses Lady Booby's advances, she discharges him, and Joseph and his old tutor, Par… read more
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31. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
By: Cindy Rollins
4.75
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more
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"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
