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Selected Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

Selected Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

Unquestionably one of America s greatest writers and one of the most original writers in the world, Edgar Allan Poe set a new trend in detective stories, science fictions and mysteries. Masterpieces like ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, ‘The Black Cat’ thrilled the readers of all ages [...]

Broken Ties & Other stories by Rabindranth Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore is the greatest poet and story writer from India. Tagore was a writer from Bengal who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913. He was born in Calcutta and later travelled all over the world. Tagore grew up in a family where there was much writing and artistic activity. He wrote prolifically [...]

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Ayn Rand (Set Of 2 Books)

Ayn Rand (Set Of 2 Books) (Paperback) by Ayn Rand Publisher: Penguin Books India (2011) Ayn Rand (Set Of 2 Books) contains two of Ayn Rand’s fictional works titled Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Atlas Shrugged, considered to be Rand’s magnum opus, is an extensive work that furthers her philosophy of Objectivism. Set in the [...]

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Animal Farm

Animal Farm (Paperback) by George Orwell Publisher: Rupa & Co (2010) Book Summary of Animal Farm George Orwell (1903-1950) was the pen name of Eric Blair. He was born to Richard Walmesley Blair and Ida Mabel Limonzin as their second child in Motihari, Bengal (India) in 1903 where his father worked as a civil servant. [...]

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paperback) by F Scott Fitzgerald Publisher: Penguin Uk (2008) Book Summary of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin [...]

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The Rainbow

The Rainbow (Paperback) by D. H. Lawrence Publisher: Peacock (2002) Book Summary of The Rainbow Set in the rural midlands of England, The Rainbow chronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family, conveying how their rural existence is gradually but profoundly changed by the influx of industry and urbanism. But it is far [...]

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Women in Love

Women in Love (Paperback) by D. H. Lawrence , David Farmer (Editor), Lindeth Vasey (Editor) Publisher: Penguin Books (2007) Book Summary of Women in Love Women in Love is widely regarded as D. H. Lawrence’s greatest novel. The novel continues where The Rainbow left off with the third generation of Brangwens: Ursula Brangwen, now a [...]

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Paperback) by D. H. Lawrence Publisher: Peacock (2005) Book Summary of Lady Chatterley’s Lover Regarded notoriously pornographic when published in 1928, the novel is a triumph of passion, an erotic celebration of life, exploring the emotions of a lonely woman, Constance Chatterley, trapped in a sterile marriage and her growing love for [...]

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Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers (Hardcover) by D. H. Lawrence Publisher: Peacock (2007) Book Summary of Sons and Lovers Sons and Lovers is considered to be D.H. Lawrence’s first mature novel. What is unique about this novel is its profound psychological insights into the complex relationships between son and mother and between son and other women. Novel [...]

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The Death of Ivan Ilych

The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback) by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy Publisher: Createspace (2010) Book Summary of The Death of Ivan Ilych There is no explanation. Written eight years after the publication of Anna Karenina—a time during which, despite the global success of his novels, Leo Tolstoy renounced fiction in favor of religious and philosophical tracts—The [...]

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