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Author: William Shakespeare

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Description wiki: The story revolves around two characters, Othello and Iago. Othello is a Moorish general in the Venetian army charged with the generalship of Venice on the eve of war with the Ottoman Turks over the island of Cyprus. He has just married Desdemona, a beautiful and wealthy Venetian, much younger than himself, against the wishes of her father. Iago is Othellos jealous and bitter ensign, who maliciously stokes his masters jealousy until the usually stoic Moor kills his beloved wife in a fit of blind rage. Due to its enduring themes of passion, jealousy and race, Othello is still widely performed and has inspired numerous adaptations.

Description Good Reads: Along with Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, Othello is one of Shakespeares four great tragedies. What distinguishes Othello is its bold treatment of racial and gender themes. It is also the only tragedy to feature a main character, Iago, who truly seems evil, betraying and deceiving those that trust him purely for spite and with no political goal. This edition, the first to give full attention to these themes, includes an extensive introduction stresses the public dimensions of the tragedy, paying particular attention to its treatment of color and social relations. Designed to meet the needs of theatre professionals, the edition includes an extensive performance history, while on-page commentary and notes explain language, word play, and staging. Collated and edited from all existing printings, this entirely new edition uses modern day spelling to make readings smoother. Appendices are included which explain the dating problems many have found in the play, describe the music that has traditionally accompanied it, and provide a full translation of the Italian novella from which the story derives. Like all editions of the Oxford Shakespeare in the Oxford World Classics series, Othello includes a full index to the introduction and commentary. It is illustrated with production photographs and related art, and features a durable sewn binding for lasting use. The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Description Penquin: The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers, definitive texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come.

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Author: William Shakespeare

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Year of Death: 1616

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Description wiki: Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin: [??a?i?s ?ju?li?s ?kae?sar]; 12 July 100 BC 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating Pompey in a civil war and governing the Roman Republic as a dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

Description Good Reads: The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the greatest playwright in the English language. This exclusive collection of the Bards best works has been designed specifically for readers new to Shakespeares rich literary legacy. Each play is presented complete and unabridged, in large print. Every book is well illustrated, and starts with a commentary and character summary. Scene synopses and character summaries clarify confusing plots, while incisive essays explore the historical context and Shakespeares sources. Each book ends with a complete list of Shakespeares plays and a brief chronology of the Bards life. The detailed explanatory notes are written clearly and positioned right next to the text–no more squinting at microscopic footnotes or flipping pages back and forth in search of endnotes!

Description Penquin: The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers, definitive texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come.

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Author: H. G. Wells

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Year of Death: 1946

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Description wiki: H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback) of “The Father of Science Fiction”.[1]

Description Good Reads: THE DOOR IN THE WALL is the story of a promising public figure used up by his job and obsessed by a vision of an enchanted garden he had known as a child. It is a tale all of us know, the attempt to recover a period when our lives were simpler and complications lay far in the future. Other titles are: “The Star,” “A Dream of Armageddon,” “The Cone,” “A Moonlight Fable,” “The Diamond Maker,” “The Lord of the Dynamos,” and Wells durably celebrated story of true freedom and the human spirit “The Country of the Blind.”

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Author: Bram Stoker

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Year of Death: 1912

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Date Published: 1914

Country: United Kingdom

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Description wiki: Draculas Guest is a short story by Bram Stoker and published in the short story collection Draculas Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914). It was written as the first chapter for Stokers 1897 novel Dracula, but was deleted prior to publication as the original publishers felt was superfluous to the story.

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Description Original: DO NOT USE AS IS RUN THRU IA “Draculas Guest” follows an unnamed Englishman a visit to Munich before leaving for Transylvania to conduct a real estate transaction. It is Walpurgis Night, and despite the hoteliers warning to not return late, the young man later leaves his carriage and wanders toward the direction of an abandoned “unholy” village. As the carriage departs with the frightened and superstitious driver, a tall and thin stranger scares the horses at the crest of a hill It is widely believed that “Draculas Guest” is actually the deleted first chapter from the original Dracula manuscript. In the preface to the original edition of Draculas Guest and Other Weird Stories, Stokers widow, Florence, wrote, “To his original list of stories in this book, I have added an hitherto unpublished episode from Dracula. It was originally excised owing to the length of the book and may prove of interest to the many readers of what is considered my husbands most remarkable work

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Author: Dickens, Charles

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Year of Death: 1870

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Date Published: 1837

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Description wiki: The Pickwick Papers) was Charles Dickens first novel. Because of his success with Sketches by Boz published in 1836 Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to supply descriptions to explain a series of comic “cockney sporting plates” by illustrator Robert Seymour,[1] and to connect them into a novel. The book became Britains first real publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical performances, Sam Weller joke books, and other merchandise.[2] On its cultural impact, Nicholas Dames in The Atlantic writes, Literature is not a big enough category for Pickwick. It defined its own, a new one that we have learned to call entertainment. [3] Published in 19 issues over 20 months, the success of The Pickwick Papers popularised serialised fiction and cliffhanger endings.[4] Seymours widow claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husbands, but Dickens strenuously denied any specific input in his preface to the 1867 edition: “Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book.”[5]

Description Good Reads: Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers -a comic masterpiece that catapulted its 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor s prison, characters & incidents sprang to life from Dickens s pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour & literary invention.

Description Penquin: Charles Dickens s satirical masterpiece, The Pickwick Papers, catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836 37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club as they travel about England getting into all sorts of mischief. Laugh-out-loud funny and endlessly entertaining, the book also reveals Dickens s burgeoning interest in the parliamentary system, lawyers, the Poor Laws, and the ills of debtors prisons. As G. K. Chesterton noted, Before [Dickens] wrote a single real story, he had a kind of vision . . . a map full of fantastic towns, thundering coaches, clamorous market-places, uproarious inns, strange and swaggering figures. That vision was Pickwick.

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Description Original: DO NOT USE AS IS – RUN THRU AI The Pickwick Papers were an instant sensation when first published in 1836 and catapulted its author Charles Dickens to instant fame. These witty accounts of Samuel Pickwick, the president and founder of the Pickwick Club and his friends as they seek adventure throughout London were originally commissioned to be a series of lengthy captions for the artwork of caricaturist Robert Seymour. There is no short supply of hilarity in these tales. From the Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the Fleet debtor s prison we meet the poet (Snodgrass), the lover (Tupman), the sportsman (Winkle) and Pickwick s very own cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller, some of Dicken s best known characters. One of the 1000 novels everyone must read The Guardian

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Year of Death: 1870

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Date Published: 1865

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Description Original: DO NOT USE AS IS – RUN THRU AI Old, rich, miserly Mr. Harmon dies in London, leaving behind and estranged son and two trusted servants, Mr. and Mrs. Boffin. The will leaves his substantial inheritance to his son John who returns to England to claim the inheritance. There s a catch though. The will stipulates that John will only inherit the money if he marries a woman he has never even met, Bella Wilfer. When John s body is found in the Thames, the money passes to the Boffins. What follows in this social commentary with a biting satirical edge is a series of plot twists, betrayals, comeuppances and plenty of witty humor. In the end we are again reminded of the unceasing power of wealth to corrupt those who crave it. This was Dicken s last complete novel and well in line with his critiques of Victorian values and the superficiality of the London elite.

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Year of Death: 1870

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Description wiki: Nicholas Nickleby or The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (or also The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family[1]) is a novel by Charles Dickens originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. It was Dickens third novel. The story centres on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies.

Description Good Reads: I shall never regret doing as I have never, if I starve or beg in consequence When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his fathers death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forced to make his own way in the world. His adventures gave Dickens the opportunity to portray an extraordinary gallery of rogues and eccentrics: Wackford Squeers, the tyrannical headmaster of Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted boys; the slow-witted orphan Smike, rescued by Nicholas; and the gloriously theatrical Mr and Mrs Crummles and their daughter, the infant phenonenon. Like many of Dickenss novels, Nicholas Nickleby is characterised by his outrage at cruelty and social injustice, but it is also a flamboyantly exuberant work, revealing his comic genius at its most unerring

Description Penquin: Charles Dickens had an understanding of mid-Victorian society second to none, and genius and energy massive enough to make the absurdities and terrors of that society come alive on the page. Nicholas Nickleby, with its episodes of chicanery in finance and education, and the dramatic intensity with which it tells the story of its openhearted young protagonist and its frightening villain, the magnificently rendered Ralph Nickleby, represents Dickens at his clear-eyed, indignant, and mesmerizing best. When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless by the death of his father, he appeals to his Uncle Ralph to help him and his mother and sister. But Ralph conceives a violent hatred of the young man, and his schemes of persecution haunt Nicholas through a series of picaresque adventures, including a job as a tutor at a horrific school for unwanted boys run by the cruel Wackford Squeers and a stint as a member of the eccentric Crummles family theater troupe. Without shying away from the grimmer aspects of the world Nicholas encounters on his path to eventual happiness, the story remains one of Dickens s most high-spirited and exuberant.

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Description Original: DO NOT USE AS IS – RUN THRU AI Charles Dicken s third novel The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby is best explained by its actual full title which contains this addition: Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family. Young Nicholas and his family had enjoyed a financially comfortable life until the death of his father left them penniless. They make their way to London to seek out their uncle Ralph for his help in their dire situation. Uncle Ralph desires nothing more than exploit them. Nicholas is shuttled off to a boarding school run by the darkly comical, yet horrid Mr. Wackford Squeers. It is up to Nicholas to escape and try to reunite his family. The same keen eye of satire for social good that Dickens used to shed light on working conditions in Oliver Twist is now focused on revealing the abuses at Yorkshire Boarding Schools. In the preface to his novel Dickens calls his former schoolmasters: "Traders in the avarice, indifference, or imbecility of parents, and the helplessness of children; ignorant, sordid, brutal men, to whom few considerate persons would have entrusted the board and lodging of a horse or a dog. The comic genius of Dickens is in full swing in this novel as he exposes social injustices within a brilliant and compelling tale of family and hope.

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Year of Death: 1870

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Date Published: 1857

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Description wiki: Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Clennam encounters her after returning home from a 20-year absence, ready to begin his life anew. The novel satirises some shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work and yet incarcerated until they had repaid their debts. The prison in this case is the Marshalsea, where Dickens own father had been imprisoned. Dickens is also critical of the impotent bureaucracy of the British government, in this novel in the form of the fictional “Circumlocution Office”. Dickens also satirises the stratification of society that results from the British class system.

Description Good Reads: A novel of serendipity, of fortunes won and lost, and of the spectre of imprisonment that hangs over all aspects of Victorian society, Charles Dickenss Little Dorrit is edited with an introduction by Stephen Wall in Penguin Classics. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mothers seamstress, and in the affairs of Amys father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea prison. As Arthur soon discovers, the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond its walls to affect the lives of many, from the kindly Mr Panks, the reluctant rent-collector of Bleeding Heart Yard, and the tipsily garrulous Flora Finching, to Merdle, an unscrupulous financier, and the bureaucratic Barnacles in the Circumlocution Office. A masterly evocation of the state and psychology of imprisonment, Little Dorrit is one of the supreme works of Dickenss maturity.

Description Penquin: When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother s seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy s father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea prison. As Arthur soon discovers, the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond its walls to affect the lives of many, from the kindly Mr Panks, the reluctant rent-collector of Bleeding Heart Yard, and the tipsily garrulous Flora Finching, to Merdle, an unscrupulous financier, and the bureaucratic Barnacles in the Circumlocution Office. A masterly evocation of the state and psychology of imprisonment, Little Dorrit is one of the supreme works of Dickens s maturity. Stephen Wall s introduction examines Dickens s transformation of childhood memories of his father s incarceration in the Marshalsea debtors prison. This revised edition includes expanded notes, appendices and suggestion for further reading by Helen Small, a chronology of Dickens s life and works, and original illustrations.

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Year of Death: 1870

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Date Published: 1841

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Description wiki: is one of two novels (the other being Barnaby Rudge) which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock, from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final instalment arrived in 1841.[1] The Old Curiosity Shop was printed in book form in 1841. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. Queen Victoria read the novel in 1841 and found it “very interesting and cleverly written”

Description Good Reads: The archetypal Victorian melodrama, as heartfelt and moving today as when it was first published, Charles Dickenss The Old Curiosity Shop is edited with notes and an introduction by Norman Page in Penguin Classics. Little Nell Trent lives in the quiet gloom of the old curiosity shop with her ailing grandfather, for whom she cares with selfless devotion. But when they are unable to pay their debts to the stunted, lecherous and demonic money-lender Daniel Quilp, the shop is seized and they are forced to flee, thrown into a shadowy world in which there seems to be no safe haven. Dickenss portrayal of the innocent, tragic Nell made The Old Curiosity Shop an instant bestseller that captured the hearts of the nation, even as it was criticised for its sentimentality by figures such as Oscar Wilde. Yet alongside the storys pathos are some of Dickenss greatest comic and grotesque creations: the neer-do-well Dick Swiveller, the mannish lawyer Sally Brass, the half-starved Marchioness and the lustful, loathsome Quilp himself. This edition, based on the original text of 1841, contains an introduction by Norman Page discussing the various contrasting themes of the novel and its roots in Dickenss own personal tragedy, with prefaces to the 1841 and 1848 editions, a chronology, notes and original illustrations produced for the serial version. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language, whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books, including Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers, have been adapted for stage and screen and read by millions. If you enjoyed The Old Curiosity Shop, you might like Dickenss Hard Times, also available in Penguin Classics

Description Penquin: The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens s creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the Marchioness ; the mannish lawyer Sally Brass; Quilp s brow-beaten mother-in-law; and Quilp himself, the lustful, vengeful dwarf, whose demonic energy makes a vivid counterpoint to Nell s purity. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Description Original: Charles Dickenss The Old Curiosity Shops classic Victorian melodrama of Victorian romance is a must-read. Little Nell Trent lives with her grandfather, an ailing grandfather, in the darkened old curiosity shop. She is devoted to him with all her heart. When they cant pay the money-lender Daniel Quilp (an evil, evil man), he takes over the shop and forces them to flee. They are then thrown into a dark world where there is no safety net. The Old Curiosity shop was a hit because of Dickenss portrayal, including the tragic and innocent Nell. It was also criticized for its sentimentality by Oscar Wilde. Alongside the storys sad ending are some of Dickens most comical and grotesque creations, including the neer-do well, Dick Swiveller and Sally Brass, a mannish lawyer, and half-starved Marchioness and Quilp. Charles Dickens, one of the most beloved novelists in English, celebrated his 200th anniversary in 2012. Many millions have read his other famous books, such as Oliver Twist and Great Expectations.

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Description wiki: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (commonly known as Martin Chuzzlewit) is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialised between 1842 and 1844. While he was writing it Dickens told a friend that he thought it was his best work,[1] but it was one of his least popular novels.[2] The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing read the novel in February 1888 “for refreshment” but felt that it showed “incomprehensible weakness of story”.[3] Like nearly all of Dickenss novels, Martin Chuzzlewit was first published in monthly instalments. Early sales of the monthly parts were disappointing, compared to previous works, so Dickens changed the plot to send the title character to the United States.[4] Dickens had visited America in 1842 in part as a failed attempt to get the US publishers to honor copyright laws. He satirized the country as a place filled with self-promoting hucksters, eager to sell land sight unseen. In later editions, and in his second visit 24 years later to a much changed US, he made clear it was satire and not a balanced image of nation in a speech and then included that speech in all future editions. The main theme of the novel, according to Dickenss preface, is selfishness, portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. The novel is also notable for two of Dickenss great villains, Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit. Dickens introduced the first private detective character in this novel.[5] It is dedicated to Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, a friend of Dickens.

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Description Penquin: When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his father s death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forced to make his own way in the world. His adventures gave Dickens the opportunity to portray an extraordinary gallery of rogues and eccentrics: Wackford Squeers, the tyrannical headmaster of Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted boys, the slow-witted orphan Smike, rescued by Nicholas, the pretentious Mantalinis and the gloriously theatrical Mr and Mrs Crummels and their daughter, the infant phenomenon . Like many of Dickens s novels, Nicholas Nickleby is characterised by his outrage at cruelty and social injustice, but it is also a flamboyantly exuberant work, whose loose, haphazard progress harks back to the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett and Henry Fielding. In his introduction Mark Ford compares Nicholas Nickleby to eighteenth-century picaresque novels, and examines Dickens s criticism of the Yorkshire schools , his social satire and use of language. This edition includes the original illustrations by Phiz , Dickens s original preface to the work, a chronology and a list of further reading. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Description Original: DO NOT USE AS IS RUN THRU AI This is the last of Charles Dickens picaresque novels. It was originally serialized between 1842 and 1844. Charles Dickens thought of this novel as his best work. It tells the story of Martin Chuzzlewit who falls in love with his grandfather s caretaker, the orphan Mary Graham. His grandfather does not approve, and Martin is disinherited. Dickens satire of selfishness is played out through the various members of the Chuzzelwit family and fans of Dickens will not be disappointed by the twists and turns of the plot and the vividly created assortment of characters in this dark comedy that intertwines greed and duplicity with generosity and humility in the end.

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Description wiki: Dombey and Son is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. It follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner, who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps; he initially rejects his daughter s love before eventually becoming reconciled with her before his death. The story features many Dickensian themes, such as arranged marriages, child cruelty, betrayal, deceit, and relations between people from different British social classes. The novel was first published in monthly parts between 1846 and 1848,

Description Good Reads: Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens s story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author s gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. As Jonathan Lethem contends in his Introduction, Dickens s genius . . . is at one with the genius of the form of the novel itself: Dickens willed into existence the most capacious and elastic and versatile kind of novel that could be, one big enough for his vast sentimental yearnings and for every impulse and fear and hesitation in him that countervailed those yearnings too. Never parsimonious and frequently contradictory, he always gives us everything he can, everything he s planned to give, and then more. This Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the 1867 Charles Dickens edition.

Description Penquin: Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens s story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author s gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. As Jonathan Lethem contends in his Introduction, Dickens s genius . . . is at one with the genius of the form of the novel itself: Dickens willed into existence the most capacious and elastic and versatile kind of novel that could be, one big enough for his vast sentimental yearnings and for every impulse and fear and hesitation in him that countervailed those yearnings too. Never parsimonious and frequently contradictory, he always gives us everything he can, everything he s planned to give, and then more. This Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the 1867 Charles Dickens edition.

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Description Original: First published as a serialized monthly magazine, Dombey and Son tells the story of a wealthy shipping merchant who disregards his family after losing his wife in childbirth and his young son who he had wanted to inherit the business. He rejects his daughters love and this callous neglect leads to his personal and his professional downfall. Will he reconcile with the only family he still has while there is still time? Charles Dickens is best known for his novels, and this Dombey and Son book is also worth a read as it shares many interesting similarities. The story is centered on Paul Dombey, the rich owner of a shipping company, whose ambition is to have a child to continue his business. Dombey falls into depression after his wife passes away shortly after they have conceived a child. Dombey doesnt have the time to grieve his wifes death and his hopes of having another child are crushed. When Dombey is told that there is a chance that he will receive a knighthood, he travels to England in an attempt to gain fame and fortune. He meets Anne Bancroft and John Seward along the way. They play a significant role in shaping Paul Dombeys character and helping him deal with his lifes challenges. Along the way, the book also covers the interesting history of Paul Dombey and his family, including how his father died and how his mother tried to remarry him. This book also includes important events like the Carriages In the Spring, in which Dombeys family travels from Canada to India in a spring boat. This event has significant implications throughout the novel. Like many of Dickenss novels, a powerful story is told through themes, such as cruelty, betrayal, deceit, and relations between people from different British social classes.

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Additional Research: amazon – Whirligigs by O. Henry is a story collection, which includes many stories such as “The Ransom of Red Chief,” “The Whirligig of Life,” “A Sacrifice Hit,” and many more. William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henrys short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings.William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825 88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833 65). Williams parents had married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lanes translation of One Thousand and One Nights, and Burtons Anatomy of Melancholy. Porter graduated from his aunt Evelina Maria Porters elementary school in 1876. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was fifteen. In 1879, he started working in his uncles drugstore and in 1881, at the age of nineteen, he was licensed as a pharmacist. At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk.

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Description wiki: On the city of God against the pagans (Latin: De civitate Dei contra paganos), often called The City of God, is a book of Christian philosophy written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century AD. The book was in response to allegations that Christianity brought about the decline of Rome and is considered one of Augustines most important works, standing alongside The Confessions, The Enchiridion, On Christian Doctrine, and On the Trinity. As a work of one of the most influential Church Fathers, The City of God is a cornerstone of Western thought, expounding on many profound questions of theology, such as the suffering of the righteous, the existence of evil, the conflict between free will and divine omniscience, and the doctrine of original sin.

Description Good Reads: No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustines City of God. And since medieval Europe was the cradle of modern Western society, this work is vital for understanding our world and how it came into being.

Description Penquin: Written as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, this great theological and philosophical work by St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way forward to a citizenship that transcends worldly politics and will last for eternity, City of God is one of the most influential documents in the development of Christianity

Additional Research: amazon – he Voice of the City (1908), short stories: “The Voice of the City”, “The Complete Life of John Hopkins”, “A Lickpenny Lover”, “Dougherty s Eye-opener”, “Little Speck in Garnered Fruit”, “The Harbinger”, “While the Auto Waits”, “A Comedy in Rubber”, “One Thousand Dollars”, “The Defeat of the City”, “The Shocks of Doom”, “The Plutonian Fire”, “Nemesis and the Candy Man”, “Squaring the Circle”, “Roses, Ruses and Romance”, “The City of Dreadful Night”, “The Easter of the Soul”, “The Fool-killer”, “Transients in Arcadia”, “The Rathskeller and the Rose”, “The Clarion Call”, “Extradited from Bohemia”, “A Philistine in Bohemia”, “From Each According to His Ability”, “The Memento” William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. Early life: William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825 88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833 65). Williams parents had married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lanes translation of One Thousand and One Nights and Burtons Anatomy of Melancholy. Porter graduated from his aunt Evelina Maria Porters elementary school in 1876. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was fifteen. In 1879, he started working in his uncles drugstore and in 1881, at the age of nineteen, he was licensed as a pharmacist. At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk. Move to Texas:Porter traveled with Dr. James K. Hall to Texas in March 1882, hoping that a change of air would help alleviate a persistent cough he had developed. He took up residence on the sheep ranch of Richard Hall, James son, in La Salle County and helped out as a shepherd, ranch hand, cook, and baby-sitter. While on the ranch, he learned bits of Spanish and German from the mix of immigrant ranch hands. He also spent time reading classic literature. Porters health did improve and he traveled with Richard to Austin in 1884, where he decided to remain and was welcomed into the home of the Harrells, who were friends of Richards. Porter took a number of different jobs over the next several years, first as pharmacist then as a draftsman, bank teller, and journalist. He also began writing as a sideline. Porter led an active social life in Austin, including membership in singing and drama groups. He was a good singer and musician. He played both the guitar and mandolin. He became a member of the “Hill City Quartet”, a group of young men who sang at gatherings and serenaded young women of the town. Porter met and began courting Athol Estes, then seventeen years old and from a wealthy family. Her mother objected to the match because Athol was ill, suffering from tuberculosis. On July 1, 1887, Porter eloped with Athol to the home of Reverend R. K. Smoot, where they were married.The couple continued to participate in musical and theater groups, and Athol encouraged her husband to pursue his writing. Athol gave birth to a son in 1888, who died hours after birth, and then a daughter, Margaret Worth Porter, in September 1889…….

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Description wiki: Scaramouche is a historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921. A romantic adventure, Scaramouche tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution.[1] In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying “Scaramouche” (a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dellarte). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times. The book also depicts his transformation from cynic to idealist. The three-part novel opens with the memorable line: “He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.” This line is Sabatinis epitaph, inscribed on his gravestone in Adelboden, Switzerland.

Description Good Reads: Scaramouche is a romantic adventure and it tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying “Scaramouche” (a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dellarte). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times

Description Penquin: “Last Wednesday he had been engaged in moving an audience of Rennes to anger; on this Wednesday he was to move an audience of Guichen to mirth . Once he was Andr -Louis Moreau, a lawyer raised by nobility, unconcerned with the growing discontent among France s lower class until his friend was mercilessly struck down by a member of the aristocracy. Now he is Scaramouche. Speaking out against the unjust French government, he takes refuge with a nomadic band of actors and assumes the role of the clown Scaramouche a comic figure with a very serious message . Set during the French Revolution, this novel of swashbuckling romance is also a thought-provoking commentary on class, inequality, and the individual s role in society a story that has become Rafael Sabatini s enduring legacy.

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Description wiki: is a romance novel written by Henry De Vere Stacpoole and was first published by T. Fisher Unwin in 1908. It is the first novel of the Blue Lagoon trilogy, which also includes The Garden of God (1923) and The Gates of Morning (1925). The novel has inspired several film adaptations, most notably the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins.

Description Good Reads: The Blue Lagoon is the story of two cousins, Dicky and Emmeline Lestrange, stranded on a remote island with a beautiful lagoon. As children, they are cared for by Paddy Button, a portly sailor who drinks himself to death after only two and a half years in paradise. Frightened and confused by the mans gruesome corpse, the children flee to another part of Palm Tree Island. Over a period of five years, they grow up and eventually fall in love. Sex and birth are as mysterious to them as death, but they manage to copulate instinctively and conceive a child. The birth is especially remarkable: fifteen-year-old Emmeline, alone in the jungle, loses consciousness and awakes to find a baby boy on the ground near her. Naming the boy Hannah (an example of Stacpooles penchant for gender reversals), the Lestranges live in familial bliss until they are unexpectedly expelled from their tropical Eden

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Additional Research: bookshop . org The Blue Lagoon is a romance novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole, first published in 1908 and it became an instant success. Two young children are the survivors of a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they arrive and are stranded on a lush tropical island. Together, cousins Richard and Emmeline Lestrange have to survive solely on their resourcefulness, and the bounty of their remote paradise. Years pass and both Richard and Emmeline grow into tall, strong and beautiful young adults. They live in a hut and spend their days fishing, swimming, diving for pearls, and exploring the island. During this period, they get along unthinkingly, although Richard often ignores Emmeline or takes her for granted, unless he needs an audience for one of his stories. Eventually, strange emotions start influencing their relationship. Richard and Emmeline begin to fall in love, although they do not realize it. They are physically attracted to each other, but dont realize it or know how to express it.

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Description wiki: is a British childrens television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as a storyteller dressed in pyjamas and a dressing gown.[1] The twenty-two episodes were broadcast on ITV from 1989 to 1991. There was also a release on video and audio cassette, with the slightly different title Grimm Tales

Description Good Reads: Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet, particularly known for her childrens books which were published under the name E Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 works of childrens literature and was also a political activist who co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party. Ediths father died before her fourth birthday and her sister Marys ill health meant the family travelled around for several years, living at various locations in Britain, France, Spain and Germany. When Edith was 17 the family settled back in London, Mary having died in 1871, and the following year she met bank clerk Hubert Bland. In April 1880, then 7 months pregnant, she married Bland but the marriage proved tempestuous with Edith later adopting two of Blands children with her former friend, Alice Hoatson. Ediths first published works were poems, with Under the Trees appearing in Good Words magazine in March 1871, but she later established herself as an accomplished childrens author, producing several series which have remained popular up to the present day. The best known of her childrens books are The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899), the first in her series about the Bastable children, and the three titles from the Psammead series: Five Children and It (1902), The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904), and The Story of the Amulet (1906). However, the most famous of all is her stand alone childrens novel The Railway Children (1906), which has been adapted for film several times, most notably the 1970 version. Edith also wrote fiction for adults, including both novels and story collections. Grim Tales is a selection of her horror stories first published together in book form 1893, having previously appeared in various journals such as Longmans Magazine, Temple Bar, and Argosy. The seven stories included are: The Ebony Frame, John Charringtons Wedding, Uncle Abrahams Romance, The Mystery of the Semi-Detached, From the Dead, Man-Size in Marble, and The Mass for the Dead.

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Author: Charles Dickens

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Year of Death: 1870

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Description Good Reads: This is the extraordinary story of a very nearly ordinary princess named Alicia. Given a magic fish-bone by a good fairy, Alicia can have whatever she wishes–provided she wishes for it at the right time. But its never clear when the right time is, and sometimes the best magic is no magic at all…

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Description wiki: A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.[1] The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which, in turn, is derived from the Italian burla a joke, ridicule or mockery.[2][3] Burlesque overlaps in meaning with caricature, parody and travesty, and, in its theatrical sense, with extravaganza, as presented during the Victorian era.[4] “Burlesque” has been used in English in this literary and theatrical sense since the late 17th century. It has been applied retrospectively to works of Chaucer and Shakespeare and to the Graeco-Roman classics.[5] Contrasting examples of literary burlesque are Alexander Popes The Rape of the Lock and Samuel Butlers Hudibras. An example of musical burlesque is Richard Strausss 1890 Burleske for piano and orchestra. Examples of theatrical burlesques include W. S. Gilberts Robert the Devil and the A. C. Torr Meyer Lutz shows, including Ruy Blas and the Blas Rou . A later use of the term, particularly in the United States, refers to performances in a variety show format. These were popular from the 1860s to the 1940s, often in cabarets and clubs, as well as theatres, and featured bawdy comedy and female striptease. Some Hollywood films attempted to recreate the spirit of these performances from the 1930s to the 1960s, or included burlesque-style scenes within dramatic films, such as 1972s Cabaret and 1979s All That Jazz, among others. There has been a resurgence of interest in this format since the 1990s

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