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100412 CRANFORDAND OTHER STORIESby Elizabeth GaskellSix of her fineststories. As diverse insetting as in subjectmatter, these talesmove from the gentlecomedy of life toatmospheric horror.543pp, paperback.36907 ROMEO ANDJULIET by WilliamShakespeareLove, sex and deathare the components ofShakespeare's classicstory of the love oftwo young people.152pp. Paperback.23841 KING LEARby William
ShakespeareShakespeare’s mostpowerful tragedy.Love and hate, loyaltyand treachery, crueltyand self-sacrifice in atempestuous drama.160pp. Paperback.23978 JUST SOSTORIESby Rudyard KiplingThese witty storieswere told by Kipling tohis own children givingfanciful accounts ofhow and why thingscame to be as they are.144pp. Paperback.58193 HAUNTER OFTHE RING & OTHERTALESby Robert E. Howard21 tales of suspense,high adventure, foulsacrifices andLovecraftian horror.397pp, paperback.
£2 CLASSICS24273 RUBAIYAT OFOMAR KHAYYAMtranslatedby EdwardFitzgeraldThe classic freetranslation by EdwardFitzgerald of the greatPersian poem by the12th centuryastronomer and poet -Omar Khayyam. 96pp.Paperback.23761 MANSFIELDPARKby Jane AustenAdultery is not atypical Jane Austentheme, but when itdisturbs the relativelypeaceful household atMansfield Park, it hasquite unexpectedresults. 368pp.Paperback.23811 THREE MEN INA BOATby Jerome K.JeromeThis comic noveldescribes the boatingexpedition on theThames of threefriends and their dog,Montmerency. 160pp.Paperback.38750 FORSYTESAGA by JohnGalsworthySoames Forsyte - asuccessful solicitorliving in London. Apillar of the lateVictorian upper middleclass but beneath thisexterior lies a core ofunhappiness andbrutal relationships.736pp. Paperback.
23813 KIM by Rudyard KiplingKim's life and adventures from streetvagabond, to his adoption andrecruitment into espionage. 256pp.Paperback.
100317 TURN OF THESCREW & THEASPERN PAPERSby Henry James'The Turn of theScrew' is a chilling taleof the supernatural.'The Aspern Papers' isa tale of Americans inEurope. 192pp.Paperback.23763 PERSUASIONby Jane AustenAnne Elliot is one ofAusten's quietestheroines, she lives atthe time of theNapoleonic wars,Austen makes her winout for herself and forothers like herself, ina regeneratedsociety. 208pp.Paperback.100541 COLLECTEDSHORT STORIES OFSAKIby Hector HughMunroHumorous satire,irony and themacabre, in which thestupidities andhypocrisy ofconventional societyare viciously pilloried.512pp, paperback.23799 WIND IN THEWILLOWSby KennethGrahameRat, Mole, Badger andMr Toad with their oddadventures. 192pp.Paperback.62720 MYSTERIOUSISLANDby Jules VerneA group of men
escape during the American Civil Warby stealing a balloon. Air-wrecked ona remote island with a secret. 524pp,paperback.
10983 100 SELECTEDSTORIES by O HenryO Henry is as at homedescribing life south ofthe Rio Grande as heis chronicling theactivities of 'the fourmillion' ordinarycitizens who inhabitedturn-of-the-centuryNew York. 752pp.Paperback.31853 UNCLE TOM’SCABIN by HarrietBeecher StoweFollows the life andvicissitudes of UncleTom, a noble, high-minded AfricanAmerican, andportrays the humanityof an enslaved blackpeople and the moralevil of theirenslavement. 432pp.Paperback.62733 DESPERATEREMEDIESby Thomas HardyReplete with sudden
death, dark mysteries,intriguing clues, fireand storm, flight andpursuit. Anexhilaratingly work.368 page paperback.41491 GREATEXPECTATIONSby Charles Dickens
Traces Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy ofshallow dreams to a man with depth ofcharacter. with some of Dicken's mostmemorable characters. 432pppaperback.
23773 WUTHERINGHEIGHTSby Emily BrönteA wild, passionatestory of the intenseand almost demoniclove betweenCatherine Earnshawand Heathcliff, a
foundling adopted by Catherine'sfather. 272 page paperback.100568 MADAME BOVARYby Gustave FlaubertEmma Bovary - romantic heroine ormiddle-class neurotic, flawed wife andmother or passionate protester againstthe conventions of bourgeois society.304pp. Paperback.23762 NORTHANGER ABBEYby Jane AustenTells the story of a young girl,Catherine Morland who leaves hersheltered, rural home to enter the busy,sophisticated world of Bath in the1790s.176pp. Paperback.35316 CRIME AND PUNISHMENTby Fyodor DostoevskyFrom the beginning of this remarkabledetective novel we are locked into thefrenzied consciousness of Raskolnikovwho is inexorably drawn to commit abrutal double murder. 528pp.Paperback.23990 LITTLE PRINCEby Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFor children and adults. The story ofan airman's discovery in the desert ofa small boy from another planet - theLittle Prince of the title - and his storiesof intergalactic travel. Illus. 109pp.Paperback.23781 DON QUIXOTEby Miguel de CervantesCervantes' tale of the derangedgentleman who turns knight-errant, tiltsat windmills and battles with sheep inthe service ofthe lady of hisdreams,Dulcinea delToboso,and hisshort, fatsquire,SanchoPanza,hasamusedgenerationsof readers.787pppaperback.
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£3 PAPERBACKS55439 TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTERby Dennis Wheatley336pp, paperback.56201 SHADOW ON THE BLIND: AndOther Stories by Louisa Baldwinand Lettice Galbraith256pp. Paperback.58185 JACK THE RIPPER: TheWhitechapel Murdererby Terry Lynch369 page paperback.53193 BELL IN THE FOG AND OTHERSTORIES by Gertrude Atherton173 page paperback.
56203 BULLDOG DRUMMONDby Sapper 768pp. Paperback.53199 BISHOP OF HELL & OTHERSTORIES by Marjorie Bowen189 page paperback.52781 WAGNER THE WEREWOLFby George W. M. ReynoldsPaperback. 476pp.55436 COUCHING AT THE DOORby D. K. Broster192pp. Paperback.61408 DRACULA AND DRACULA’SGUEST by Bram Stoker576 page paperback.58202 ALL SAINTS’ EVEby Amelia B. EdwardsPaperback, 212pp.
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22062EXTRAORDINARYPOPULARDELUSIONS ANDTHE MADNESS OFCROWDSby CharlesMackayThis classiccatalogue of someof the most Goutreenthusiasm,
speculative, religious, or just plain daft,is a salutary reminder of the follies ofmankind which are not unique to themodern world. The South Sea Bubble,Witch mania, alchemy, the Crusades,haunted houses and even Tulipomania.724 page paperback. ONLY £3.50
23895WORDSWORTHDICTIONARY OFDREAMSby GustavusHindman MillerMiller's Dictionaryof Dreams firstappeared in 1909,ten years afterSigmund Freud'spioneering work
The Interpretation of Dreams, and istherefore an historical work on dreamanalysis. 10,000 entries coverBananas to Cauliflowers,Measles toMustard, and Virgins to Zebras. 40page Preface and 17 page Index.300pp, paperback. ONLY £3.50
58187 MRS BEETON’S GARDENMANAGEMENT by Isabella BeetonSoil structures, manures and compost,planning and landscaping, walls andfences, ornamental features, tools,sowing and more. 979pp, paperback.73734 AN ESSAY CONCERNINGHUMAN UNDERSTANDINGby John LockeLocke's works are often, rightly,presented as foundations of the Age ofEnlightenment. 850pp paperback.62728 HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONEby Henry Morton StanleyOne of the most talented writers everto tell the tale of travel and discovery inAfrica. Paperback, 603pp, maps.33876 DICTIONARY OF DRINK: NewEdition, Updated and Illustratedby Ned HalleyWhat is a slack-ma-girdle? How didWhite Horse whisky get its name? A toZ format, 656pp. Paperback.31850 THE COMPLETE PROPHECIESOF NOSTRADAMUSedited by Ned HalleyWho was Nostradamus, and what faithshould we place in his predictions?288pp. Paperback.35313 COLLECTED POEMS OF W. B.YEATS 402pp. Paperback.23951 POEMS AND SONNETS OFWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE208pp. Paperback.47920 EUGENE ONEGIN And FourTales from Russia's SouthernFrontier by Alexander PushkinPaperback, 306pp.34960 SELECTED POEMS OFWILLIAM BLAKE 384pp paperback.
62732 IN GHOSTLYCOMPANYby AmyasNorthcoteA rare and splendidcollection of strangeand disturbing tales.Long out of print, thisbook remains anenthralling and chillingread. 144 pagepaperback. £2.5056597 MOHAMMEDby WashingtonIrvingThis later part of hislife, as told byWashington Irving, isas much about militaryconquest as spiritualteaching. 272pp. Paperback. £2.50
46366 THEWORDSWORTHBOOK OF HORRORSTORIESClassics and lesser-known gems, a spine-chilling read. 1216page paperback. £5
68855 SELECTEDWORKS OF VIRGINIAWOOLFPaperback, 1280pages. £747917 SHORTERNOVELS OFCHARLES DICKENS1312 pages.Paperback. £747116 COMPLETE NOVELS OF JANEAUSTEN 1472 pages, paperback. £7
25251 KEY PHILOSOPHICALWRITINGS by Descartes407 page paperback.27155 INFERNO by Dante Alighieria graphic vision of the dreadfulconsequences of sin, and encountersan all-too-human array of noble,grotesque, beguiling, ridiculous andhorrific characters. 224pp. Paperback.10974 THE WORKS OF ‘BANJO’PATERSON 288pp. Paperback.73736 LEVIATHAN by ThomasHobbes Paperback, 535pp.28847 DEMOCRACY IN AMERICAby Alexis de TocquevillePaperback reprint. 416pp.30599 VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOKedited by John BarrowA thrilling read. 400pp. Paperback.
51912 SELECTEDWORKS OF D.H.LAWRENCEIncludes 'TheCaptain's Doll', 'TheFox', 'The Ladybird','St. Mawr', 'ThePrincess', 'The Virginand the Gypsy' and'The Escaped Cock'.1353 pages in hugesoftback. £5