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Island of Doctor Moreau and Other Stories by H. G. Wells
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Emily Alder, Lecturer in Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University 'Each time I dip a living creature into the bath of burning pain, I say: this time I will burn out all the animal, this time I will make a rational creature of my own!' declares Doctor Mo ...Show more
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: good
Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a h ...Show more
Kidnapped & Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics
Set in Scotland in 1751, Kidnapped remains one of the most exciting stories ever written. Young David Balfour, orphaned then betrayed by his Uncle Ebenezer, his so-called guardian, falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause. Shipwreck, murder and dramatic escape ...Show more
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: very good
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Kim is Rudyard Kipling’s finest work. Now controversial, this novel is a memorably vivid evocation of the life and landscapes of India in the late nineteenth century. Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befrie ...Show more
King Solomon's Mines & Allan Quatermain by H. RIDER HAGGARD
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics
In King Solomon's Mines, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good persuade Allan Quatermain to help them find Sir Henry's brother George, who has gone missing in the unexplored African interior while searching for the legendary treasure trove of a lost kingdom. Quatermain agrees to lead the expedition, though ...Show more
Kipps and the History of MR Polly by H. G. Wells
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics Ser.
These comic novels will resonate with anyone who has ever felt trapped by circumstance. Their central characters, Artie Kipps and Alfred Polly, are prisoners of their modest social class, limited education, dull work, and sterile relationships. In Wells' hands they break out of the cages that society ...Show more
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With its four-letter words and its explicit descriptions of sexual intercourse, Lady Chatterley's Lover is the novel with which D.H. Lawrence is most often associated. First published privately in Florence in 1928, it only became a world-wide best-seller after Penguin Books had successfully resisted an ...Show more
Les Miserables (#1) by Victor Hugo
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: good
One of the great Classics of Western Literature, Les Miserables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, ...Show more
Les Miserables (#2) by Victor Hugo
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: good
One of the great Classics of Western Literature, Les Merables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, a ...Show more
Man In The Iron Mask by ALEXANDRE DUMAS
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas' celebrated foursome of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who first appeared in The Three Musketeers. Some thirty-five years on, the bonds of comradeship are under strain as they end up on different sides in a powe ...Show more
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: very good
With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd, Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury and co-editor of ‘Poetry Review’. Moby Dick is the story of Captain Ahab’s quest to avenge the whale that ‘reaped’ his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabo ...Show more
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
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Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With an Introduction and Notes by R.T.Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York. The novel follows the life of its eponymous heroine, Moll Flanders, through its many vicissitudes, which include her early seduction, careers in crime and prostitution, conviction for theft and transportation to the ...Show more