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The Experience of Pain

The first novel from one of Italy's most innovative writers of the 20th century 'The seething cauldron of life, the infinite stratification of reality, the inextricable tangle of knowledge are wh..

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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Selected Stories

'The most original genius that America has produced' Alfred, Lord Tennyson VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIES Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the d..

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The Franchise Affair

A classic mystery from the Golden Age of detective fiction ________________________________ 'An ingenious book' Sarah Waters, Guardian The Franchise is a beautiful country home. It's about..

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The Friend: Virago 50th Anniversary Edition

A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog - now in a stunning new edition as part of Virago's 50th anniversary Five Gold Reads series ..

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The Frigate Pallada

In the autumn of 1852, Ivan Goncharov, then the renowned author of The Same Old Story, was invited by Admiral Putyatin to join him as his secretary on an expedition to the Far East on board the ..

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The Frolic of the Beasts

New in Penguin Japanese Classics- a gripping novel about a love affair gone wrong Introducing Penguin Japanese Classics- a collection of some of Japan's most celebrated and ground-breaking 20th c..

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The Glass Bead Game

In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of maths, music, philosophy, scien..

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The Great Gatsby (Painted Editions)

One of literature's most renowned stories of decadence and betrayal is now available in an affordable softcover edition, featuring striking hand-painted cover art from Laci Fowler and distinctive inte..

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The Handmaid's Tale

The bestselling dystopian classic that became a cultural phenomenon and inspired an award-winning TV series ** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ** Go back to where it all began with the dy..

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The Handmaid's Tale: Vintage Quarterbound Classics

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of Atwood's classic dystopian novel. 'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' Guardian Offred..

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The Haunting of Hill House

A beautifully designed clothbound edition of Shirley Jackson's chilling tale of power and fear Hunting for evidence of the occult, Dr Montague invites three participants to Hill House- Theodora, ..

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The Heart Of A Woman

From the beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, this memoir chronicles Maya Angelou's involvement with the civil rights movement. 'A brilliant writer, a fierce ..

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The Heat of the Day

This series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition. A haunting portrayal of love ..

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The Hobbit: Illustrated by the Author

For the first time ever, a special enhanced edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout with over 50 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J. R. R. Tolkien h..

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The Hours

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer and Pen/Faulkner prizes, 'The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. A passionate, profound and haunting story of lo..

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The House of the Spirits: Vintage Quarterbound Classics

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of a Latin American classic - the enthralling saga of three generations of a proud and passionate family, secret ..

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The House on the Borderland

Penguin Weird Fiction- a celebration of the very best of the weird, a store of novels and tales that for generations have delighted and horrified. A manuscript is found. Filled with small, precis..

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

An emotionally stirring story, Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is rightfully considered to be one of the finest novels ever written. Rejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the ..

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The Hunting Gun

Three letters from three women unfold the story of a love affair and its tragic consequencesA lover, her daughter and an abandoned wife: three women write letters revealing the tragic aftermath of a f..

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The Iliad

One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its centre is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, ..

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The Iliad

Discover and treasure one of the greatest war stories of all time with this luxurious edition of Homer's first great epic, The Iliad. Find yourself swept right into the emotion of the action and ..

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The Iliad

The Iliad has had a far-reaching impact on Western literature and culture, inspiring writers, artists and classical composers across the ages. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series..

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The Inferno

This luxurious edition of Dante's timeless classic belongs on every book lover's bookshelf. The Infernoisthe first part of Dante's masterpiece,The Divine Comedy. In this epic poem, Dante is led b..

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The Inseparables

This recently rediscovered novel from the author of The Second Sex is the compulsive story of two close friends growing up and falling apart. The lost novel from the author of The Second Sex ..

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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Collins Classics)

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. But is not the slave trade entirely a war with the heart of man? In 1789, Olaudah Equiano published hi..

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The Intuitionist

The 25th anniversary hardback edition of the stylish debut novel by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad that wowed critics and readers and marked the emergence of an..

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The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan's bestselling classic novel of mothers and daughters. Four Chinese women, four America daughters - can they learn to understand each other? In 1949 a group of Chinese women, recent ..

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The Jungle Book

A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for th..

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The King in Yellow

Penguin Weird Fiction- a celebration of the very best of the weird, a store of novels and tales that for generations have delighted and horrified. Shot through with an unutterable sense of myster..

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The Known World

The masterful, Pulitzer Prize-winning literary epic about the painful and complex realities of slave life on a Southern plantation. An utterly original exploration of race, trust and the cruel truths ..

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The Labyrinth Makers

A crashed plane becomes a case for a civil servant turned detective, in a classic Cold War thriller A missing plane resurfaces - and so do long-submerged secrets... An RAF Dakota, presumed l..

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The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904

A collection of Chekhov's latest and haunting short stories In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also produced some of the stories that..

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The Last Days of Socrates

Penguin Classics relaunch. The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of Classical Athens. In tracing these events ..

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

One of America's best-loved short stories, plus other tales, in a handsome, collectible edition. Washington Irving's short stories have captured the imaginations of generations since the early ni..

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The Life to Come: And Other Stories

A searing collection of E. M. Forster's short stories about forbidden sexuality and desire 'Neither of them knew when the end came, and he when he realised it felt no sadness, no remorse' Ra..

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The Little Prince

One of the most famous stories in the world reissued in A Puffin Book series of timeless classics for children. This is the enchanting story of the little prince who lives on a tiny planet with t..

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The Little Prince

'The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.' A special edition of The Little Prince from the Macmillan Collector's Library series. Larger tha..

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The Little Prince

A stunning new 80th anniversary hardback edition of this classic fable. A wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed the world forever f..

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The Little Prince (Collector's Edition)

Few books have been as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. A beautiful slip-cased gift edition of this touching and wise classic children's book, with the ori..

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The Lord of the Rings

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. This one-volume, paperback edition includes The Fellowship of the Ring, ..

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The Machine Stops and Other Stories

A new selection of E. M. Forster's exquisite short stories, now in the beautifully designed Penguin English Library Series 'We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our wi..

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The Magic Mountain

This European masterpiece from the Nobel prizewinner explores the lure and degeneracy of ideas in an introverted community on the eve of World War I This European masterpiece from the Nobel prize..

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The Man Upstairs

This substantial collection of early stories displays a variety of tone, style and setting which may surprise readers familiar only with the author's later light comedies of aristocratic life. Wo..

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The Mandarins (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

A Harper Perennial Modern Classics reissue of this unflinching examination of post-war French intellectual life, and an amazing chronicle of love, philosophy and politics from one of the most importan..

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The Moustache

Elegant novellas-in-translation, VINTAGE EDITIONS celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word, transporting readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found. FROM THE..

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The Namesake

The incredible bestselling first novel from Pulitzer Prize- winning author, Jhumpa Lahiri. 'The kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person and say "Read this!"' Amy Tan 'When he..

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The Napoleon of Notting Hill

G. K. Chesterton's wild and whimsical debut novel, set in a future embattled London London, 1984. Democracy has given up the ghost. England's ruler is randomly selected, and this year it's Aubero..

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The New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The definitive edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal tale of depraved murder and unrelenting horror, introduced by Joe Hill, annotated by Edgar-winner Leslie S. Klinger and illustrated with ove..

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The New Dress and Other Stories

As Mabel Waring takes off her cloak and steps into the drawing room of Clarissa Dalloway, she immediately realizes that something is not right: her pale-yellow silk dress, which she has had specially ..

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The Night Circus: Vintage Quarterbound Classics

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of the modern fantasy classic, from the bestselling author of The Starless Sea. 'The only response to this n..

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The Night Manager

In le Carre's first post-Cold War novel, an ex-soldier helps British Intelligence penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers At the start of it all, Jonathan Pine is merely the night man..

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