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The Jew of Malta'Tell me worldlings, underneath the sun, If greater falsehood ever has been do... 'Tell me worldlings, underneath the sun, If greater falsehood ever has been done' The Jew of Malta, written around 1590, can present a challenge for modern audiences. Hugely popular in its day, the play swings wildly and rapidly in genre, from pointed... more
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Wise ChildrenThis title is presented with an introduction by Ali Smith. A richly comic tale... This title is presented with an introduction by Ali Smith. A richly comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families, the Hazards and the Chances, Angela Carter's witty and bawdy novel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken... more
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The Old Curiosity Shop`... holding her solitary way among a crowd of wild, grotesque companions; the... `... holding her solitary way among a crowd of wild, grotesque companions; the only pure, fresh, youthful object in the throng.' `Little Nell' cares for her grandfather in the gloomy surroundings of his curiosity shop. Reduced to poverty the pair flee... more
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Literary NamesWhy do authors use pseudonyms and pen-names, or ingeniously hide names in thei... Why do authors use pseudonyms and pen-names, or ingeniously hide names in their work with acrostics and anagrams? How has the range of permissible given names changed and how is this reflected in literature? Why do some characters remain mysteriously... more
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The Honorary ConsulA gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinean tow... A gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinean town, considered to be one of Greene's finest novels.Charley Fortnum is the 'Honorary Consul', a whisky-sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of rebels. As Eduardo... more
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The Wife of BathFrom the award-winning biographer of Chaucer, the story of his most popular an... From the award-winning biographer of Chaucer, the story of his most popular and scandalous character, from the Middle Ages to #MeToo Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and... more
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The Golden AssWritten towards the end of the second century AD, The Golden Ass tells the sto... Written towards the end of the second century AD, The Golden Ass tells the story of the many adventures of a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to be transformed into a donkey. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner -... more
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The DecameronA seminal work of European literature that has inspired writers from Chaucer t... A seminal work of European literature that has inspired writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare, the Penguin Classics edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is translated with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam. In the summer of 1348, as the Black... more
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Travesties'Tom Stoppard's Travesties is witty, playful and wise. Forty years on, it is s... 'Tom Stoppard's Travesties is witty, playful and wise. Forty years on, it is starting to look timeless as well.' Sunday Times 'It is a champagne cocktail, compounded of a balletic nimbleness of invention, a bewildering intricacy of design which reaches... more
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The MetamorphosesBringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends, Ovid's del... Bringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends, Ovid's deliciously witty and poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men and women are transformed - often by love - into flowers, trees, animals, stones and stars.... more
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Sweet SorrowOne life-changing summer Charlie meets Fran… In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kin... One life-changing summer Charlie meets Fran… In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don’t remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and... more
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Shakespeare in JestCourses on Shakespeare and Comedy are very popular so there is a ready market ... Courses on Shakespeare and Comedy are very popular so there is a ready market for this book Study of humour and comedy more generally is growing so there is a secondary market This book draws parallels between Shakespeare's time and today, which makes... more
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The Complete EnderbyEnderby is a poet, social critic and Catholic. He may be found hiding in the l... Enderby is a poet, social critic and Catholic. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of his best work is composed, or perhaps in Rome, brainwashed into respectability by a glamorous wife, aftershave and the dolce vita. Whether he is... more
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Great ExpectationsA gritty adaptation of Dickens' least sentimental love story with a cast of so... A gritty adaptation of Dickens' least sentimental love story with a cast of some of his most unforgettable characters. Whilst at his parents' graveside, Pip is accosted by Magwitch, a convict escaped from one of the prison ships. Terrified, he is... more
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Contemporary Monologues for Wo...THE GOOD AUDITION GUIDES: Helping you select and perform the audition piece th... THE GOOD AUDITION GUIDES: Helping you select and perform the audition piece that is best suited to your performing skills In this volume of the Good Audition Guides, you'll find fifty fantastic speeches for women, all written since the year 2000, by... more
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Pericles: The Oxford Shakespea...The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare of... The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers - The only single-volume, modern-spelling edition... more
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Doctor Zhivago (Vintage Classi...'Not since Shakespeare has love been so fully, vividly, scrupulously and direc... 'Not since Shakespeare has love been so fully, vividly, scrupulously and directly communicated' Sunday TimesRead this stunning new translation of Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the... more
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Sir Thomas MoreThis edition of Sir Thomas More is the first to bring the play into the contex... This edition of Sir Thomas More is the first to bring the play into the context of a major Shakespeare series, to provide a substantial critical analysis, and to offer a comprehensive modern stage history. The introduction deals with issues such as the... more
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Besieged***OVER A MILLION COPIES OF THE IRON DRUID BOOKS SOLD***'American Gods meets J... ***OVER A MILLION COPIES OF THE IRON DRUID BOOKS SOLD***'American Gods meets Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden' SFF WorldDiscover this action-packed collection of short stories featuring Atticus O'Sullivan - the two-thousand-year-old tattooed Irishman with... more
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The PenelopiadAs portrayed in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the... As portrayed in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends... more
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