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In his first collection of short stories, Hardy sought to record the legends, superstitions, local customs and lore of Wessex.…
He also portrays the social and economic stresses of Dorset. First published in 1888. 1991.
This deluxe volume brings all Beatrix Potter's 23 Peter Rabbit tales and verses together in one book. The texts are…
complete and unabridged. The stories are arranged in the order in which they were first published. Each story stands alone but several are linked together by events and characters. Grades P-2. 1997.
Maggie Tulliver is deeply attached to her brother Tom, but their conflicting temperaments and outlook produce only stress and misunderstanding…
until they are finally reconciled in a moment of revelation before tragedy overtakes them. 1860.
Classic satire about a nineteenth-century New England factory worker who is knocked unconscious and transported back to the year 528.…
Hank Morgan awakens in King Arthur's court in Britain, where he attempts to improve living conditions by introducing modern inventions and democratic ideas. For senior high and older readers. 1988, c1889.
The extraordinary and wonderful adventures which befall Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout when they set out to win a…
bet by going round the world in eighty days. Originally published in 1873.
The tale of a London Beggar boy and the young prince who was to become Edward VI, Identical to look…
at, they decide to change places, and then have difficulty establishing their true identities. 1881.
Four of Geoffrey Chaucer's tales retold in modern English. The nun's priest recounts the barnyard adventures of prideful rooster Chauntecleer,…
the pardoner teaches a lesson about greed, the wife of Bath relates a baffled knight's dilemma, and the franklin celebrates courtly love. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1988.
" Ivan Ilitch, fils de fonctionnaires, gravit avec succès les échelons de la hiérarchie administrative. Parvenu au sommet de la…
réussite sociale, il est frappé par la maladie. Il réévalue alors son existence à l'aune de critères moraux et la trouve vaine et futile. Dans Maître et serviteur, Andréitch Brékhounov, riche propriétaire, est pris dans une tempête de neige et fait le même amer constat. " Titre uniforme: Smertʹ Ivana Ilʹicha.
This witty satirical novel, the first of Jane Austen’s to be published, is a study in contrasts between two sisters.…
Their unfortunate love affairs evoke very different responses from Elinor, who has sense, and Marianne, who has sensibility. 1811.
Entre un pauvre père pris de passion pour ses filles, une femme du monde jetant ses derniers feux avant de…
quitter l'arène et un inquiétant prédateur, philosophe de l'obscur à ses heures, un jeune provincial apprend jusqu'au dégot l'âpre chemin de la réussite. Car le parcours qui mène d'une sordide pension au Paris aristocratique passe par la pauvreté, l'ingratitude, le crime, la vanité et l'égoïsme. (Réenregistré) 1983, c1835.