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Scholastic Inc., New York, 8th paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge wear and corner bumps, spine nicks and creasing, creasing on covers, previous owners name and scribbling on inside front cover. Well read.A biography of a strong and dedicated woman who successfully worked for the recognition of women in the field of medicine in both the United States and Great Britain.

Thomas Nelson and Sons, Edinburgh. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. Book has light corner bumps and toning die to age, dust jacket has light edge and corner wear, small tear at top front edge, nicks at spine and corners.In what may be Dickens's best novel, humble, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman — and one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." In this gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, the compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride .

Penguin, New York. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, creasing at corners, spine has creases and small tear at bottom edge, price sticker on rear cover.In what may be Dickens's best novel, humble, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman — and one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." In this gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, the compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride.

Signet, New York. 20th paperback printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, light fading on covers.For the last 250 years people everywhere have enjoyed reading about Lemuel Gulliver's travels in the strange countries of Lilliput and Brobdingnag. Here is a story to make you laugh - but to make you think, too. Swift's bitter and devastating satire.

Bantam, New York. 14th paperback printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, small crease at top corner, spine has very light crease, price sticker and light creases on rear cover."My satire is against those who see figures and averages, and nothing else," proclaimed Charles Dickens in explaining the theme of this classic novel. Published in 1854, the story concerns one Thomas Gradgrind, a "fanatic of the demonstrable fact," who raises his children, Tom and Louisa, in a stifling and arid atmosphere of grim practicality.Without a moral compass to guide them, the children sink into lives of desperation and despair, played out against the grim background of Coketown, a wretched community shadowed by an industrial behemoth. Louisa falls into a loveless marriage with Josiah Bouderby, a vulgar banker, while the unscrupulous Tom, totally lacking in principle, becomes a thief who frames an innocent man for his crime. Witnessing the degradation and downfall of his children, Gradgrind realizes… Leer más

Signet, New York, 1987. 21st paperback printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, slight spine nicks and crease, crease at top left rear cover corner.The work of the world's greatest dramatist in authoritative texts edited and with commentary by outstanding scholars.

Signet, New York, 1988. 14th paperback printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, spine nicks and creasing, light crease at top left rear cover.The work of the world's greatest dramatist in authoritative texts edited and with commentary by outstanding scholars.

Ace, New York, 1978. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, creasing at corners, spine creasing. Well read.1887 London, Queen Victoria's Jubilee approaches, a mad man of science prepares to unleash thousands of plague infected rats, a bizarre killer is leaving a trail of bloodless corpses. The Count joins the World's Greatest Detective in an effort to avert public disaster and avenge an enemy. The events are related by Watson and the Count. In his earlier tale, The Sussex Vampire, Watson referenced the events as "a story for which the world is not yet prepared" By the terrible year of 1916, the world had changed and Watson recorded the story of Holmes, Dracula and the Giant Rat of Sumatra.

Harper, New York, 2005. First edition. Condition: Very good, edge wear and bumps on corners, spine creasing, slight previous price sticker residue on front cover.From the publisher: From the bestselling author of Chocolat and Coastlines comes a novel of love and betrayal, friendship and revenge, set in 17th-century France.

Signet, New York. 12th paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, creasing at corners and spine. light nicks at spine ends. Well read.Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshkin's honesty, goodness, and integrity are shown to be unequal to the moral emptiness of those around him.

Penguin, New York. 17th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer's timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it coexists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace.Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. He maintains the drive and metric music of Homer's poetry, and evokes the impact and nuance of the Iliad's mesmerizing repeated phrases in what Peter… Leer más

Penguin, New York, 1983. 11th paperback printing in this edition. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, scuffing, spine crease, price sticker on rear cover, previous owners name on inside front cover, some underlining. Well read copy.The work of the world's greatest dramatist in authoritative texts edited and with commentary by outstanding scholars.

Penguin, London, 1987. 8th paperback printing in this edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and corner bumps, slight creasing and nicks at spine.Translated and with an introduction by Leonard Tancock.One of Zola's most violent and pessimistic novels, La Bete Humaine is haunted by the idea that "love and death, possessing and killing, are dark foundations of the human soul".La Bete Humaine illuminates Zola's skill as a compelling storyteller, and in it he creates unforgettable scenes, rich in detail and atmosphere, painted with an artist's eye for light, shade, and colour.

Grove Press Evergreen edition, New York. 3rd trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, spine nicks, price sticker on rear cover.Few novels have caused as much debate as Hubert Selby Jr.'s notorious masterpiece, Last Exit to Brooklyn.Described by various reviewers as hellish and obscene, Last Exit to Brooklyn tells the stories of New Yorkers who at every turn confront the worst excesses in human nature. Yet there are moments of exquisite tenderness in these troubled lives. Georgette, the transvestite who falls in love with a callous hoodlum; Tralala, the conniving prostitute who plumbs the depths of sexual degradation; and Harry, the strike leader who hides his true desires behind a boorish masculinity, are unforgettable creations. Last Exit to Brooklyn was banned by British courts in 1967, a decision that was reversed the following year with the help of a number of writers and critics including Anthony Burgess and Frank Kermode.Hubert Selby, Jr. (1928-2004) was… Leer más

Condition: Very good, light edge wear and small corner creases, spine has creasing, previous owner's name on inside front cover.In French. Preface and chronology by Rene Pomeau.

Penguin, London, 1987. 17th paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge wear, slight bottom corner crease, creasing at spine and slight bowing, price sticker on rear cover.One of the greatest shaggy-dog stories in English.No one description will fit this strange, eccentric, endlessly complex masterpiece. It is a fiction about fiction-writing in which the invented world is as much infused with wit and genius as the theme of inventing it. It is a joyful celebration of the infinite possibilities of the art of fiction, and a wry demonstration of its limitations. This Penguin Classic contains Christopher Ricks' introductory essay.

Penguin, London. 35th paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, one long crease at bottom corner, spine nicks and creases, creasing and price sticker at rear cover.'Oh, why, dear God, did I marry him?'Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent devourer of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment, and when real life continues to fail to live up to her romantic expectations, the consequences are devastating. Flaubert's erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: 'Madame Bovary, c'est moi.'

Faber, London, First edition. Condition: Near fine, light edge nicks and bumps at corners.From the publisher: At the behest of the French king an artist has journeyed from Italy to lead his school of students in the design and construction of a chateau in the Loire Valley. This novel tells the story of an enigmatic relationship between a 16th-century Italian painter and his servant.

Marvel Comics, New York, 1983. First edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear, spine has light nicks at end.Introduction by Stephen King.Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature's hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein.Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story, but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature… Leer más

Vintage, New York, 1999. Later paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge ware and corner bumps, spine creasing and nicks, back cover has creasing, well read.A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable.