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  • The Long Life

    by Helen Small ...
    The Long Life invites the reader to range widely from the writings of Plato through to recent philosophical work by Derek Parfit, Bernard Williams, and others, and from Shakespeare's King Lear through works by Thomas Mann, Balzac, Dickens, Beckett, Stevie Smith, Philip Larkin, to more recent writing by Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and J. M. Coetzee. Helen Small argues that if we want to understand ... Read more

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  • The Last Chronicle of Barset

    The Chronicles of Barsetshire

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'All Hogglestock believed their parson to be innocent; but then all Hogglestock believed him to be mad.' Josiah Crawley lives with his family in the parish of Hogglestock, East Barsetshire, where he is perpetual curate. Impoverished like his parishioners, Crawley is hard-working and respected but he is an unhappy, disappointed man, ill-suited to cope when calamity strikes. He is accused of ... Read more

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  • The Function of Cynicism at the Present Time

    by Helen Small ...
    Cynicism is usually seen as a provocative mode of dissent from conventional moral thought, casting doubt on the motives that guide right conduct. When critics today complain that it is ubiquitous but lacks the serious bite of classical Cynicism, they express concern that it can now only be corrosively negative. The Function of Cynicism at the Present Time takes a more balanced view. Re-evaluating ... Read more

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  • The Eustace Diamonds

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'She liked lies...To lie readily and cleverly, recklessly and yet successfully, was, according to the lessons which she had learned, a necessity in a woman' Lizzie Eustace is young, beautiful, and widowed. Her determination to hold on to the Eustace family's diamond necklace in the face of legal harassment by her brother-in-law's solicitor entangles her in a series of crimes - apparent and real - ... Read more

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  • Literature and Ageing

    The central focus of this book is the experience of growing old as represented in literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day: an experience shaped by changes in longevity, a new science of senescence, the availability of state pensions, and other phenomena of recent history. The collection considers the increasing prominence of stories of ageing, challenging the idea that old ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob

    by George Eliot ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    `She had believed that my wild poet's passion for her would make me her slave; and that, being her slave, I should execute her will in all things.' The Lifted Veil was first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1859. A dark fantasy woven from contemporary scientific interest in the physiology of the brain, mesmerism, phrenology and experiments in revification it is Eliot's anatomy of her own moral ... Read more

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  • The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob

    by George Eliot ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    The Lifted Veil (1859) is now one of the most widely read and critically discussed of Eliot's works. - ;`She had believed that my wild poet's passion for her would make me her slave; and that, being her slave, I should execute her will in all things.' The Lifted Veil was first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1859. A dark fantasy woven from contemporary scientific interest in the physiology of ... Read more

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    In "The Small House at Allington," Anthony Trollope weaves a richly textured narrative that observes the intricacies of love, class, and social obligation within the framework of Victorian England. Ostensibly a tale of two sisters, the novel intricately juxtaposes the aspirations of the genteel yet financially modest dwellers of the Small House against the backdrop of the larger, more affluent ... Read more

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  • The Duke's Children

    In "The Duke's Children," Anthony Trollope deftly explores themes of family, social obligation, and the intricate dance of personal relationships within the context of Victorian society. The novel follows the struggles of the Duke of Omnium as he seeks to guide his children through the complexities of love and duty, reflecting Trollope's characteristic wit and keen social commentary. With its ... Read more

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  • Doctor Thorne

    Doctor Thorne (1858) is the third novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. The idea of the plot was suggested to Trollope by his brother Thomas. It is mainly concerned with the romantic problems of Mary Thorne, niece of Doctor Thomas Thorne (a member of a junior branch of the family of Mr Wilfred Thorne, who appeared in Barchester Towers), and Frank Gresham, the ... Read more

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  • Can You Forgive Her?

    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
    The first of Anthony Trollope's six "Palliser" novels focuses on the matrimonial prospects of three Victorian ladies. Alice Vavasor is torn between her Byronic cousin George, whose wild ardor contrasts sharply with her honest but unexciting admirer, John Grey. Lady Glencora McCluskie, heiress to a Scottish industrial fortune, is wife to Plantagenet Palliser, heir to the Duke of Omnium. But theirs ... Read more

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  • Barchester Towers

    Barchester Towers is the second book in Trollope's well-loved "Barsetshire Trilogy," which follows the trials and tribulations of the inhabitants of an imagined cathedral town, Barchester. The controversial and unexpected appointment of the new bishop creates rivalries and intrigue. ... Read more

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