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Return of Sherlock Holmes
With an Introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex. ‘ … once again Mr Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents.’. Evil masterminds beware! Sherlock Holmes is back! Ten years after his supposed death in the swirling torrent… Read More
Complete Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
The box set contains six books, together creating a complete collection of the famous detective’s cases. The books are beautifully packaged in a ridged, matt-laminated slipcase with metallic detailing, complete with strikingly attractive, bespoke artwork. Includes: 9781853260339 – The Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 9781853267482 – The Best of Sherlock Holmes 9781853260704 – The… Read More
Treasure Island (Collector’s Edition)
Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. The story is told in the first person by young Jim Hawkins, whose mother keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old seadog, a resident at the inn, hires Jim to keep… Read More
Little Women (Collector’s Edition)
Little Women is one of the best-loved children’s stories of all time, based on the author’s own youthful experiences. It describes the family of the four March sisters living in a small New England community. Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an… Read More
Fathers and Sons
With an Introduction by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading. Translated by C.J. Hogarth. Fathers and Sons is one of the greatest nineteenth-century Russian novels, and has long been acclaimed as Turgenev’s finest work. It is a political novel set in a domestic context, with a universal theme, the generational divide between fathers and sons. Set… Read More
Origin of Species
With an Introduction and Notes by Jeff Wallace, Professor Emeritus, Department of Humanities, Cardiff Metropolitan University. ‘A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die…’. Darwin’s theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are… Read More
Women in Love
Introduction and Notes by Dr Jeff Wallace, Professor Emeritus, Department of Humanities, Cardiff Metropolitan University. Lawrence’s finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust and incomprehension. In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with Rupert, and Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale of sexual depravity and philosophical obscurity. Women in… Read More
Lady Audley’s Secret
With an Introduction and Notes by Esther Saxey. The flaxen-haired beauty of the childlike Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But M.E. Braddon’s classic novel of sensation uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder. It challenges assumptions about the nature of femininity and investigates the… Read More
Last Man
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Pamela Bickley, The Godolphin and Latymer School, formerly of Royal Holloway, University of London. The Last Man is Mary Shelley’s apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, the novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven… Read More