Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes
14.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Collector's Library
A classic of Victorian literature, and one of the earliest books written specifically for boys, Tom Brown's "Schooldays" has long had an influence well beyond the middle-class, public school world that it describes. The book describes Tom's time at Rugby School from his first football match, through his ...Show more
The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Category: Classics
The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, the relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and alcoholism. The novel provides an excellent portrait of the Eastern elite as t ...Show more
The Turn of the Screw and Owen Wingrave by Henry James
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Category: Classics
A collection of ghostly tales in which a young, inexperienced governess is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small children given into her charge by their uncle at his grand country house.
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
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Category: Classics
"The Merchant of Venice" is perhaps most associated not with its titular hero, Antonio, but with the complex figure of the money-lender, Shylock. The play was described as a comedy in the First Folio but its modern audiences find it more problematic to categorize. The vilification of Shylock 'the Jew' c ...Show more
Classic Tales of the Macabre by David Stuart Davies
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Category: Classics
The dictionary defines 'macabre' as something that is 'grim, gruesome and grotesque'. This collection includes tales written by masters of the genre which feature ghosts, monsters, magic, and horror - everything and anything which is out of kilter with the norm and challenges the imagination.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
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Category: Classics
Science and adventure are electrifying accomplices in Jules Verne's classic "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". This epic and enduring tale anticipates not just wonders such as electric light and submarine navigation, but the obsession with technology and travel that today so shapes our lives. It i ...Show more
Best Ghost Stories by Marcus Clapham
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Category: Classics
The short story is the perfect format for traditional ghost stories. They have their roots in folklore, but in modern form they can be traced back to the romanticised writers of the Gothic tradition. Authors include Charles Dickens, Sheridan Le Fanu, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mrs Henry Wood, F. Marion Cra ...Show more
SONNETS by SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM
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Category: Classics | Series: Collector's Library
"The Sonnets of William Shakespeare", a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published - that is to say, entered at Stationers' Hall by the publisher Thomas Thorpe - on 20th May 1609. This 400th-anniversary edition contains all of the poems and they deal with many of Shakespeare's most common themes: j ...Show more
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Collector's Library) by William Shakespeare
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Category: Classics | Series: Collector's Library
In Hamlet, a young prince meets his father's ghost, who alleges that his own brother, now married to his widow, murdered him. The prince devises a scheme to test the truth of the ghost's accusation, feigning wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge. But his apparent insanity begins to wreak havoc on ...Show more
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Category: Classics | Series: Collector's Library
Each volume in the "Collector's Library" series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The Afterword for this edition of is by Ned Halley.Set in Scotland in 1751, "Kidnapped" tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle ...Show more
Greenmantle by John Buchan
14.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Collector's Library
Richard Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet up with his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war, cli ...Show more
Riddle of the sands by Erskine Childers
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Category: Classics
One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, the sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the emptiness and boredom of his life in London. He r ...Show more