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The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, is a comic novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens'' third novel. The lengthy novel centres around the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies. His Uncle Ralph, who thinks... more...
Catriona / David Balfour, Sequel to Kidnapped
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99Catriona (also known as David Balfour) is an 1893 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is a sequel to Kidnapped, and tells the further story of the central character David Balfour. It has proved significantly less popular than the earlier work. However many babies have been named after this book. The book begins precisely where Kidnapped ends - at 2... more...
Kidnapped
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Written as a "boys'' novel" and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886, the novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Seamus Heaney. As historical... more...
Proserpine and Midas
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99First published in 1923, Proserpine and Midas is a compilation of two important verse dramas by Mary Shelley. They are based on ancient myths about the Roman god Proserpine and the legendary Greek character who was given the power of alchemy. Readers will enjoy this sampling of dramatic poetry by the author of Frankenstein. more...
Julius Caesar
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 4.99In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings??Beware the ides of March??and of moving public oratory, ?Friends, Romans, countrymen!? Ironies abound and most of all... more...
Much Ado About Nothing
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 4.99Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay?but the hilarious counterplot of a warring couple,... more...
Twelfth Night
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 4.99Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming ?Count Malvolio? only to receive his comeuppance at the hands of the merrymakers he wishes to suppress. The two... more...
Documents of Performance in Early Modern England
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 28.00Using fresh print and manuscript evidence, Documents of Performance provides a new reading of playscripts in the Shakespearean period. more...
As You Like It
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 4.99This wisely funny comedy, which contains some of Shakespeare?s loveliest poetry, contrasts a court?s world of envy and rivalry with a forest?s world of compassion and harmony. In the Forest of Arden, the banished young heroine, Rosalind, disguised as a gentleman farmer, encounters an extraordinary assemblage of characters, including a fool, a malcontent... more...
The Voysey Inheritance
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 13.95One hundred years after the first publication of The Voysey Inheritance, David Mamet resurrects Harley Granville-Barker?s classic investigation into the capitalist soul in this brilliant adaptation. For generations, the Voysey family business has been secretly skimming money from its clients? accounts. When Edward, designated to take over the firm... more...









