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  • The Long Life

    de 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 ... Leer más

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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 ... Leer más

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  • The Function of Cynicism at the Present Time

    de 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 ... Leer más

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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 - ... Leer más

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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 ... Leer más

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  • The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob

    de 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 ... Leer más

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  • The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob

    de 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 ... Leer más

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    In mid-19th century England, an era full of celebrated novelists, Anthony Trollope was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed of them all. Even today, his Chronicles of Barsetshire series is widely read, as are his other novels, many of which deal with criticisms of English culture at the time, from its politics to its customs and norms. ... Leer más

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  • The Duke's Children

    *** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS***Synopsis:In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, finding himself in charge of his three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, has recently been expelled from Oxford; his younger brother, Gerald, is about to enter Cambridge; ... Leer más

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  • Doctor Thorne

    Series series Macmillan Collector's Library
    Doctor Thomas Thorne is guardian to his beautiful but impecunious niece, Mary, whose parentage he has always kept secret. Mary falls in love with Frank Gresham, heir to the dwindling Greshamsbury estate, but when Frank proposes, his parents insist that he must marry for money to restore his family's fortunes. Frank is torn between his love for Mary and his sense of familial duty, whilst Doctor ... Leer más

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  • CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?

    Enriched edition. A Victorian Classic

    In Anthony Trollope's novel 'Can You Forgive Her?', we are immersed in the intricate web of Victorian society as the protagonist, Alice Vavasor, grapples with the decision between two suitors. Trollope's signature style captures the nuances of human emotions and societal expectations, making this book both a social commentary and a psychological drama. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century ... Leer más

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  • BARCHESTER TOWERS

    Enriched edition. Victorian Classic

    In Anthony Trollope's BARCHESTER TOWERS, the reader is transported into the charming, yet complex world of the residents of Barchester. Trollope meticulously weaves together the lives of the clergy, politicians, and socialites, creating a vivid portrayal of Victorian society. With its satirical wit and insightful commentary on the intricacies of human behavior, BARCHESTER TOWERS stands out as a ... Leer más

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