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81) Kidnapped
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume no. 746. Poetry & the drama
Publisher
Dent
Pub. Date
[1950]
Edition
[New edition, with additions].
Physical Desc
x, 434 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
85) The jungle book
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume no. 703-704
Publisher
Dent
Pub. Date
[1950]
Physical Desc
2 volumes ; 18 cm.
Language
English
88) Women in love
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Let us hesitate no longer to announce that the sensual passions and mysteries are equally sacred with the spiritual mysteries and passions," wrote D. H. Lawrence in Women in Love, his masterpiece heralding the erotic consciousness of the twentieth century. Lawrence explores love, sex, passion, and marriage through the eyes of two sisters, Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen. Intelligent, incisive, and observant, the two very different sisters pursue
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Series
Everyman's library. Philosophy and theology volume 570A
Publisher
E. P. Dutton
Pub. Date
l951.
Physical Desc
xxx, 287 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
90) Little Dorrit
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea. As Arthur soon discovers, the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond its walls to affect the lives of many, from the kindly Mr. Pancks, the reluctant rent-collector of Bleeding Heart Yard,...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. She then finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond, who, beneath his veneer of charm and cultivation, is cruelty itself.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Diary of a Young Girl is the record of two years in the life of a remarkable Jewish girl and one of the most moving and eloquent accounts of the Holocaust, Frank's triumphant humanity in the face of unfathomable deprivation and fear has made the book one of the most enduring documents of our time. This edition reprints the Definitive edition authorized by the Frank estate, plus a new introduction, a bibliography, and a chronology of Anne Frank's...
95) Selected fiction
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 649A. Fiction
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1953.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 609 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
97) Collected poems
Author
Publisher
J. M. Dent
Pub. Date
1956.
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 408 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 815
Publisher
J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd
Pub. Date
[1956]
Physical Desc
xv, 304 pages.
Language
English
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