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Possession: A Romance Possession: A Romance
by A.S. Byatt
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Byatt's use of language is lyrical and poignant. It drips from the pages like honey from a lover's tongue....Possession is the sheer essence of Byatt's work. She weaves the tale of a pair of literary scholars studying the lives of two Victorian poets. As... (read more)
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The Name of the Rose; Including Post Script to the Name of the Rose The Name of the Rose; Including Post Script to the Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
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It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskervilles investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book... (read more)
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Ulysses (Vintage International) Ulysses (Vintage International)
by James Joyce
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Ulysses is one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. It was not easy to find a publisher in America willing to take it on, and when Jane Jeap and Margaret Anderson started printing extracts from the book in their literary magazine The... (read more)
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Dubliners: Text and Criticism; Revised Edition (Viking Critical Library) Dubliners: Text and Criticism; Revised Edition (Viking Critical Library)
by James Joyce
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In these masterful stories, steeped in realism, Joyce creates an exacting portrait of his native city, showing how it reflects the general decline of Irish culture and civilization. Joyce compels attention by the power of its unique vision of the world... (read more)
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Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies
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Every Day is Mother's Day Every Day is Mother's Day
by Hilary Mantel
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By the Booker Prize-Winning Author of WOLF HALL Evelyn Axon is a medium by trade; her daughter, Muriel, is a half-wit by nature. Barricaded in their crumbling house, surrounded by the festering rubbish of years, they defy the curiosity of their neighbors... (read more)
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Vacant Possession Vacant Possession
by Hilary Mantel
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Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon was locked away for society's protection, but psychiatric confinement has only increased her malice and ingenuity. At last free, she sets into motion an intricate plan to exact revenge on those who had her put away.... (read more)
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Fludd Fludd
by Hilary Mantel
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One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger named Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoughton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to assist Father Angwin-or is he? In the most unlikely of places, a superstitious town that... (read more)
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Burning Your Boats : the Collected Short Stories (95 Edition) Burning Your Boats : the Collected Short Stories (95 Edition)
by Angela Carter
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One of our most imaginative and accomplished writers, Angela Carter left behind a dazzling array of work: essays, criticism, and fiction. But it is in her short stories that her extraordinary talents — as a fabulist, feminist, social critic, and... (read more)
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
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"My greatest thought in living is Heathcliff. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be... Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure... but as my own being." Wuthering Heights is the... (read more)
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