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Hard Times
Author: Charles Dickens
In this, Dickens' most openly political novel, we discover the terrible human consequences of a ruthlessly materialistic philosophy in the lives of Thomas Gradg...more
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Charlotte Gray
Author: Sebastian Faulks
In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young Scottish woman, goes to occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations ...more
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Five tales which range from the jungles of India to the frozen emptiness of the North...In all of them, Kipling's extraordinary powers of description and abilit...more
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Persuasion
Author: Jane Austen
Anne Elliot has grieved for seven years over the loss of her first and only love, Captain Frederick Wentworth. When their paths finally cross again, Anne finds ...more
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Rebecca
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
When Maxim de Winter brings his shy new bride to his beautiful stately home on the Cornwall coast, it seems like all her dreams have come true. But she soon fin...more
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Far From the Madding Crowd
Author: Thomas Hardy
In a remote corner of early Victorian England, where traditional practices remain untouched by time, Bathsheba Everdene stands out as a beacon of feminine indep...more
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Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Vo
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (1874 ? 1965) took his reading material quite seriously. He said, "When I read a book, I seem to read it with my eyes only. But now and...more
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Under the Greenwood Tree (Unabridged)
Author: Thomas Hardy
Structured to mirror the seasons of the year, this bright, cheerful story recounts the adventures of the Mellstock rustics - Dick Dewy and Fancy Day, Leaf the s...more
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Phineas Finn (Unabridged)
Author: Anthony Trollope
Phineas Finn is an Irish M.P.A. climbing the political ladder, largely through the assistance of his string of lovers. The questions he is forced to ask himself...more
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The Wind in the Willows (Unabridged)
Author: Kenneth Grahame
...there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. So says Rat, as he welcomes the lonely Mole to the communi...more
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Animal Farm (Unabridged)
Author: George Orwell
George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture, quoted so often that we tend to forget who wrote the o...more
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The Song of Bernadette (Unabridged)
Author: Franz Werfel
Considered one of the greatest novels of simple and triumphant religious faith to be published in the 20th century, how the The Song of Bernadette came t...more
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Tabl
Author: Benedict Flynn
These stories are about how, many years ago, Arthur the once and future King of England, set out to save his country from the troubles that plagued it, aided by...more
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Swann in Love
Author: Marcel Proust
Swann in Love is the continuation of Swann's Way, the first part of Marcel Proust's monumental seven volume Remembrance of Things Past. It ...more
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A Child's Christmas in Wales
Author: Dylan Thomas
The sights, smells and sounds of a long-ago Christmas come to life in Dylan Thomas's reading of his classic tale. His wonderful recollection of a holiday in the...more
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Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Vo
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was born at the height of British Imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory. In Maugham's lifet...more
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The Wind in the Willows (Unabridged)
Author: Kenneth Grahame
When shy Mole ventures from his new home on the River Bank, he meets friendly Rat, gruff Badger and rich, crazy Toad. The 4 soon become friends and embark on ro...more
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The Return of the Native (Unabridged)
Author: Thomas Hardy
Eustacia Vye is a beautiful, commanding presence on England's Egdon Heath. Her longing for the glamour of city life leaves her dissatisfied with her traditional...more
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The Guermantes Way, Part 1
Author: Marcel Proust
In The Guermantes Way, Part 1, the third volume of Marcel Proust's monumental, seven volume Remembrance of Things Past, Marcel penetrates the inne...more
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Youth and Heart of Darkness
Author: Joseph Conrad
In these two magnificent novellas Conrad explores the question of self-discovery through powerful and exciting narratives: in Youth, the experienced seam...more
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