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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Doyle Arthur Conan 670 ₪Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He received his early education from Jesuits, but as an adolescent rejected Christianity, proclaimed himself an agnostic and later embraced Spiritualism. Attracted to both literature and medicine, Conan Doyle sold his first story to Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal whilst studying to become a doctor at the University of Edinburgh. He completed his studies and established an unsuccessful ophthalmology practice in Plymouth. With few patients, Conan Doyle supplemented a rather meagre income through writing. His first major success came at the end of 1887, with the publication of A Study in Scarlet in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. Published in book form the following summer, the short novel featured the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes. More works featuring the great detective soon followed, including the novel The Sign of Four (1890) and the twelve stories that, together, comprise The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892). By 1893, Conan Doyle had tired of Holmes and, intending to concentrate on historical novels, killed off the character in a story entitled ‘The Final Problem’. However, in 1902 Conan Doyle bowed to public pressure and published a new Holmes novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles. That same year he received a knighthood — in recognition not of his great literary creation, but for his work as a propagandist during the Boer War.Several more Sherlock Holmes books followed, the last being a collection of stories called The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927).
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Mansfield Park
Austen Jane 83 ₪Everyone looks upon shy, self-effacing Fanny Price as the poor relation among her four spoiled cousins at Mansfield Park.Adopted at a tender age by an uncle and aunt who have grown rich from a sugar plantation in distant Antigua, she finds herself morally at odds with them and their offspring. Her chief consolation is the kindness of the younger son, Edmund Bertram, whom she secretly loves.The arrival in the village of city sophisticates Henry and Mary Crawford sparks a series of romantic entanglements which lead the Bertrams to the brink of social disaster and Fanny to the indisputable conclusion that propriety and pretty manners are not substitutes for integrity.
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Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
321 ₪Written between 500 BCE and 700 CE, these seven texts have inspired generals for millennia, both in China and the wider world. Featuring Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, this new translation brings to light the military masterpieces of ancient China. These seven texts display an understanding of strategy and warfare still relevant more than 2,000 years after they were originally written. Together, they present a uniquely eastern tradition of warfare that emphasizes speed, stealth, and cunning rather than force of numbers.
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Lovecraft Compendium, the
Lovecraft Howard Phillips 228 ₪Regarded by many as a masterpiece, The Call of Cthulhu is among И. P. Lovecraft’s most famous works.Recounting the mystery of the cult of Cthulhu, it conjures up a dark and fascinating world.The Cthulhu Mythos has since become a study of its own for those who have delighted in Lovecraft’s writing, captivated by the weird horror and dark fantasy of which he was a master. In addition to The Callof Cthulhu, this collection of stories also includes others that made either direct or indirect reference to Cthulhu: Dagon, The Dunwich Horror, The Whisperer in Darkness and The Haunter of the Dark.
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Prince and the Pauper, the (HB)
Twain Mark 487 ₪Set in 1547, this satirical novel brings together Tom Canty, an impoverished urchin who lives with his abusive father in London’s filthiest streets, and pampered Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII. Noticing their uncanny resemblance, the two boys trade clothes on a whim. While Tom lives in the lap of luxury and finds he has a knack for rendering wise judgments, the ragged prince roams the city and discovers first-hand the misery of his poorest subjects’ lives. But when the king dies and Edward tries to claim his throne, he finds that changing places will be difficult to undo.
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Little Prince, the (PB)
Saint-Exupery Antoine de 93 ₪When a pilot crash-lands in the Sahara Desert he meets a stranger — a little prince — who has arrived on Earth from an entirely different planet. By listening to the prince’s stories and his questions about the world, it becomes clear to the pilot that truths about life can reveal themselves in the most unlikely of places.Translated into 180 languages and selling over 80 million copies, this beautiful and wise tale of childhood innocence will delight readers of all ages. This edition also includes Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s charming original illustrations.
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Island of Doctor Moreau
Wells Herbert George 192 ₪In one of the most famous novels of science fiction, the shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself alone on an island with a mad scientist. The island is inhabited by a wealth of bizarre human-hybrid creatures that have been created by Doctor Moreau via terrible experiments. Raising questions of morality and the hubris of science, The Island of Doctor Moreau has fascinated readers for generations.
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Jane Eyre
Bronte Charlotte 141 ₪Jane Eyre rightly remains high on the list of the most popular English novels, and brought fame to its author, Charlotte Brontd, on its publication in 1847.The story’s heroine, Jane, is a plain and plain-speaking orphan whose determination, good nature and spirit see her through a series of personal ordeals from an early age. When she takes up a position as governess at Thornfield Hall, to teach eight-year-old Adele, she is resigned to an uneventful career. But then the moody, charismatic owner of Thornfield, Edward Rochester, makes a rare visit to the Hall and Jane’s ‘impassioned self-respect and moral conviction’ are tested to breaking point.
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Invisible Man
Wells Herbert George 196 ₪In the village of Iping, a strange man arrives at a local inn wrapped in bandages. He refuses to leave his room where he is carrying out experiments to make himself invisible.The stranger’s success has grave implications for everyone. When he realises that he cannot reverse the experiment, he is gradually driven insane.This seminal tale acts as a powerful warning about unintended consequences. The journey on which The Invisible Man embarks turns out to be a penetrating, unflinching, and unsettling look into the heart of human nature.
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Illustrated Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Carr Allen 186 ₪‘I know so many people who have turned their lives around after reading Allen Carr’s books. ‘Sir Richard Branson- A UNIQUE METHOD THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE WILLPOWER- STOP SMOKING EASILY, PAINLESSLY AND PERMANENTLY- REGAIN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFEAllen Carr’s Easyway method has helped millions of people to quit smoking, alcohol and other drugs, as well as to stop gambling, over-eating and getting into debt. It will help you beat your addiction to nicotine.READ THIS BOOK, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND STOP SMOKING NOW.With over 200 illustrations
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Hans Christian Andersens Fairy Tales’
Andersen Hans Christian 131 ₪Along with famous stories including «The Ugly Duckling», «Thumbelina» and «The Emperor’s New Suit», this collection includes some less well-known but no less magical tales such as a»The Red Shoes», «The Wild Swans» and the fable of the solitary Phoenix bird.
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Horror Short Stories (HB)
Лавкрафт Говард Филлипс; По Эдгар Аллан; Стокер Брэм 231 ₪This collection of bone-chilling tales is sure to keep readers awake for many nights. It includes stories from classic writers such as Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. Shiel, William Hope Hodgson and Ambrose Bierce. Their haunting visions of cosmic terrors and everyday frights provide a thrilling excursion into the eerie depths of the horror genre.
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H. P. Lovecraft: Tales of Terror
Lovecraft Howard Phillips 1,490 ₪This deluxe gilded hardback edition brings together the most celebrated fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.Said to be inspired by his own nightmares, Lovecraft’s writing astounds and terrifies in equal measure. His writings marry gothic horror with cosmic fantasy, from his early macabre stories to his tales of the dreamlands, and of course, his famous Cthulhu novellas, and have influenced authors from Stephen King to Neil Gaiman.Includes:• Dagon• Herbert West-Reanimator• The Call of Cthulhu• The Dunwich Horror• The Whisperer in Darkness• At the Mountains of Madness• The Shadow Over Innsmouth• The Shadow Out of Time• The Haunter of the Dark.This gift edition is presented with a silver embossed cover design, gilded page edges and haunting illustrations by Nigel Dobbyn, serving as a stunning collectible for any classic literature lover.
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Hard Times
Dickens Charles 131 ₪The backdrop to this campaigning novel is the grim industrial centre of Coketown, with its belching chimneys, purple-dyed river and hordes of downtrodden mill hands. Here headmaster Thomas Gradgrind sternly prepares his pupils for their pre-determined fate as industrial fodder. Facts and figures are all that he will tolerate, because he scorns ‘fancy’ and forbids any use of the imagination.Gradgrind’s own children are brought up on the same bleak doctrine. There will be tragic consequences, both for his submissive daughter Louisa and degenerate son Tom, before their father acknowledges the value of the human heart.Hard Times is Dickens’ shortest novel, yet one of his most politically controversial and hard-hitting.
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Great Gatsby
Фицджеральд Фрэнсис Скотт 670 ₪This deluxe hardback edition presents one of the most celebrated American novels of all time, The Great Gatsby, with silver gilded page edges and foil-stamping.Jay Gatsby is a mystery to Nick. On the surface he is a man of wealth and excess — throwing wild, extravagant parties that run deep into the night. But cracks begin to show in this facade as we meet Daisy Buchanan, the lady across the lake who is the object of his quiet obsession.A paragon of the Great American Novel, The Great Gatsby is a tragic love story which perfectly captures the hollow decadence of the Jazz Age. This beautiful hardback edition makes a wonderful collectable or gift for any lovers of classic literature.
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Hard Times
Dickens Charles 110 ₪The backdrop to this campaigning novel is the grim industrial centre of Coketown, with its belching chimneys, purple-dyed river and hordes of downtrodden mill hands. Here headmaster Thomas Gradgrind sternly prepares his pupils for their pre-determined fate as industrial fodder. Facts and figures are all that he will tolerate, because he scorns ‘fancy’ and forbids any use of the imagination.Gradgrind’s own children are brought up on the same bleak doctrine. There will be tragic consequences, both for his submissive daughter Louisa and degenerate son Tom, before their father acknowledges the value of the human heart.Hard Times is Dickens’ shortest novel, yet one of his most politically controversial and hard-hitting.
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Classic Tales of Detection & Adventure
Poe Edgar Allan 131 ₪Containing one of the best known and best loved detective novels of all time — The Murders in the Rue Morgue — this entertaining collection of Poe’s work shows why he was considered a master of mystery. Also included in the book is The Mystery of Marie Roget, which was a sequel to the thrilling Murders in the Rue Morgue, as well as three other tales of detection and adventure, including «Thou Art the Man!», «The Purloined Letter» and «The Unparelleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall». Such was the influence of these works that the Mystery Writers of America named their awards after Poe and called them the Edgars.
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H. P. Lovecrafts Tales of Terror’
Lovecraft Howard Phillips 1,118 ₪When H. P. Lovecraft died in March 1937, he left a legacy of work that has since influenced countless generations of writers and filmmakers and which has seen him hailed as a master of horror and fantasy fiction.This elegant edition offers a selection of some of his best-loved and most popular stories. They include:Dagon. Herbert West-Reanimator. The Call of Cthulhu,The Dunwich Horror, The Whisperer in Darkness,At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Shadow Out of Time, and The Haunter of the Dark.With specially commissioned illustrations and an introduction by Dr Keira McKenzie, this is the perfect gift for those who love the thrills and chills of horror fiction.
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Christmas Stories
Dickens Charles 262 ₪Cosy up for a festive reading bonanza with these heart-warming seasonal tales of Christmas by Charles Dickens. As well as the universally loved A Christmas Carol, the collection also includes lesser known treasures such as The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth. Dickens was a tireless campaigner for social justice and his empathy with the deserving poor shines through in these stories, which often culminate in the change of heart of a misanthrope.
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Gullivers Travels’
Swift Jonathan 228 ₪A shipwreck brings Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput, where he finds himself in a kingdom of tiny people. This experience is later reversed when he lands among the giants of Brobdingnag. And yet more contrasts lie in store for him between the Houyhnhnms — a race of noble horses — and the savage sub-human Yahoos.Gulliver’s Travels has not been out of print since its publication in 1726. Readers, ‘from the cabinet council to the nursery’, have enjoyed Swift’s fusion of fantasy and reality on many levels. While politics and religion are prime targets for his satire, he also holds a mocking mirror to human nature in general.
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Adventures of Alice in Wonderland & Through the …
Carroll Lewis 131 ₪First published in 1865, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass has been been perennially popular with both adults and children alike. It follows the tale of curious Alice and her fall through the rabbit hole into a fantasy world filled with anthropomorphic and peculiar creatures. A lasting classic that plays with logic and the bizarre, this tale cannot fail to delight readers with its mix of prose and poetry.
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Grimms Fairy Tales’
Grimm Jacob & Wilhelm 559 ₪Originally entitled Childrens and Household Tales, Grimm’s Fairy Tales were first published by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early nineteenth century.This selection contains 80 stories and includes some of the best known, such as ‘Briar-Rose’ (perhaps better known as ‘Sleeping Beauty’), and ‘Little Red-Cap’ (‘Little Red Riding Hood’), as well as some lesser known talcs, like ‘The Bremen Town Musicians’, ‘The Goose-Girl’ and ‘King Thrushbcard’.Handsome princes and princesses, wicked witches and step-mothers, benevolent kings and fortune seekers abound among the stories that were collected from all over Germany in the folklore tradition. But no matter what the moral of the story, good always triumphs over evil.Also included arc more than 45 of Arthur Rackham’s marvellous illustrations which inject new life into these timeless tales.
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A Study in Scarlet & the Sign of the Four
Doyle Arthur Conan 385 ₪This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Grimms Fairy Tales’
Grimm Jacob & Wilhelm 118 ₪Originally entitled Children’s and Household Tales, Grimm’s FairyTales were first published by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early nineteenth century.This selection contains forty-five stories and includes some of the best known, such as ‘Briar-Rose’ (perhaps better known Is Steeping Beauty), and ‘Little Red-Cap’ (Little Red Riding Hood ), as well as some of the lesser known tales like ‘The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage , The Iron Stove and ‘The Hare and the Hedgehog.Handsome princes and princesses, wicked witches and step-mothers, benevolent kings and fortune seekers abound among the stories that were collected from all over Germany in the folklore tradition. But no matter what the moral story, good always triumphs over evil.
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A Study in Scarlet & the Sign of the Four
Doyle Arthur Conan 262 ₪In two of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories, the brilliant detective uses his impressive powers of deduction to unravel the mysteries before him.In A Study in Scarlet, the iconic debut of Sherlock Holmes, the mystery begins with the word ‘Rache’ scrawled in blood. In The Sign of the Four, excitement abounds as Holmes and his trusty companion Dr John Watson continue their investigations in India.Featuring hidden treasures, dramatic discoveries and intriguing villains, these two enthralling novels are essential reading for newcomers and veteran Holmes’ aficionados alike.
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Grimms Fairy Tales’
Grimm Jacob & Wilhelm 83 ₪Originally entitled Children’s and Household Tales, Grimm’s Fairy Tales were first published by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early nineteenth century.This selection contains forty-five stories and includes some of the best known, such as ‘Briar- Rose’ (perhaps better known as ‘Sleeping Beauty’), and ‘Little Red-Cap’ (‘Little Red Riding Hood’), as well as some of the lesser known tales, like ‘The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage’, ‘The Iron Stove’ and ‘The Hare and the Hedgehog’.Handsome princes and princesses, wicked witches and step-mothers, benevolent kings and fortune seekers abound among the stories that were collected from all over Germany in the folklore tradition. But no matter what the moral of the story, good always triumphs over evil.
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Great Expectations
Dickens Charles 141 ₪Great Expectations (1861) is a favourite among many Dickens readers. In addition to its endearing hero, Pip — a blacksmith’s boy, desperate to escape his humble background — the story is populated by a vivid cast of characters, from the convict Magwitch to Miss Havisham who, jilted long ago, still wears her wedding gown and, for revenge, schools the beautiful young Estella in the art of malice towards men.When Pip receives a legacy and promptly leaves for London to become a gentleman, only then does he begin learning about the gulf between appearances and reality.
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Frankenstein
Shelley Mary 131 ₪In an attempt to create a perfect new being, scientist Victor Frankenstein secretly assembles a collection of body parts and activates it with an electrical charge. The result is horrifying — even to his maker — and is never named.The hideous creature escapes the laboratory and searches in vain for friendship. Despairing, he returns to Frankenstein and demands a partner as his right to happiness. But when Victor destroys her before she is completed, the monster vows vengeance on everything he holds dear.Widely regarded as the first proper science-fiction novel, Frankenstein provided the inspiration for a whole genre of horror stories and, later, films.
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Frankenstein
Shelley Mary 447 ₪In an attempt to create a perfect new being, scientist Victor Frankenstein secretly assembles a collection of body parts and activates it with an electrical charge. The result is horrifying — even to his maker — and is never named.The hideous creature escapes the laboratory and searches in vain for friendship. Despairing, he returns to Frankenstein and demands a partner as his right to happiness. But when Victor destroys her before she is completed, the monster vows vengeance on everything he holds dear.Widely regarded as the first proper science- fiction novel, Frankenstein provided the inspiration for a whole genre of horror stories and, later, films.
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Frankenstein
Shelley Mary 83 ₪In an attempt to create a perfect new being, scientist Victor Frankenstein secretly assembles a collection of body parts and activates it with an electrical charge. The result is horrifying — even to his maker — and is never named.The hideous creature escapes the laboratory and searches in vain for friendship. Despairing, he returns to Frankenstein and demands a partner as his right to happiness. But when Victor destroys her before she is completed, the monster vows vengeance on everything he holds dear.Widely regarded as the first proper science-fiction novel, Frankenstein provided the inspiration for a whole genre of horror stories and, later, films.
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Hardy Thomas 131 ₪Into the sleepy village of Weatherbury arrives one day Bathsheba Everdene, come to take charge of her late uncle’s thriving farm. Strong willed and beautiful, her presence ensures that life in the area will never be the same again.She attracts three suitors, each of whom is very different: faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak; dour gentleman-farmer William Boldwood; and dashing seducer Sergeant Francis (Frank) Troy. Impulsive and independent, Bathsheba’s wavering passions commit her to none — and yet to all — of them, with some disastrous consequences.Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) was the first of Hardy’s Wessex novels and remains one of his most well-known and popular.
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Hardy Thomas 110 ₪Into the sleepy village of Weatherburv arrives one day Bathsheba Everdene, come to take charge of her late uncle’s thriving farm. Strong-willed and beautiful, her presence ensures that life in the area will never be the same again.She attracts three suitors, each of whom is very different: faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak; dour gentleman-farmer William Boldwood; and dashing seducer Sergeant Francis (Frank) Troy. Impulsive and independent, Bathsheba’s wavering passions commit her to none — and yet to all — of them, with some disastrous consequences.Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) was the first of Hardv’s Wessex novels and remains one of his most well-known and popular.
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Fanny Hill
Cleland John 55 ₪Forced by the death of her parents to seek her fortune in London, Fanny Hill is duped into prostitution by an old procuress. In Mrs Brown’s bawdy-house the naive young woman begins her sexual initiation and soon embarks on her own path in pursuit of pleasure, until she at last finds true love.
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Ethan Frome
Wharton Edith 55 ₪Edith Wharton’s novella Ethan Frome (1911) is a classic of American literature. Mattie Silver, a young and guileless girl, is hired to keep house on the bleak New England farm belonging to Ethan Frome and his sickly wife Zeena, who is her cousin. Mattie completely captures Ethan’s heart, but the would-be lovers are kept apart by the spiteful Zeena, who then banishes the girl without warning. Before she leaves, Ethan takes Mattie on a promised sled run, with profound and dreadful consequences.Also included in this volume are four of Wharton’s celebrated tales of the supernatural: The Triumph oj Night, Kerfol, Afterward and The Eyes.
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Emma
Austen Jane 503 ₪Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon. a small village in Hampshire, England. She received nearly all her education through her brothers and her father, an Anglican minister. Her earliest extant pieces date to 1787, at which point the author would have been 11 years of age. In adulthood, Austen began writing novels, the first being the brief Lady Susan. Her first published novel, Sense and Sensibility appeared in 1811. and was followed by Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Mansfield Park (1814). All enjoyed respectable sales, and the author developed a dedicated readership.As her books were published anonymously — ‘BY A LADY’ — Austen achieved little in the way of fame during her lifetime. That said, the identity of the author was known widely amongst the aristocracy. The Prince Regent, the future George IV, was a particular admirer of Austen’s work. Emma was dedicated reluctantly to the prince at the urging of the author’s friends.Emma was first published in December 1815, days before the author’s fortieth birthday. The work proved to be the last novel published during her lifetime.Austen’s health began to decline in the early months of 1816. She started work on a new novel, The Brothers, in January 1817, but was able to work for only three more months. In April, Austen was confined to bed.On 18 July 1817, she died in Winchester, where she had gone for medical treatment. N onhanger Abbey and Persuasion were published five months later. Her final novel, The Brothers, was not published in full until 1925, as Sanditon.
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Emma
Austen Jane 228 ₪Beautiful, clever, rich — and single — Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, «Emma» is often seen as Jane Austen’s most flawless work.
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Emma
Austen Jane 110 ₪‘Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich…had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.’This comedy of manners, published in 1816, features Emma as an avowed spinster and matchmaker, who is convinced that she knows best who should marry whom. And despite Austen’s own doubts, the charming and infuriating heroine is a favourite of many readers.Having almost ruined the prospects of Harriet Smith, her protegee, and been reprimanded by her good friend, George Knightley, Emma finally learns a little humility. She also comes to some surprising conclusions about love and marriage.
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Dracula
Stoker Bram 131 ₪Dracula (1897) begins with a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, on his way to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, who is buying property in London. Harker endures a nightmarish stay at Dracula’s castle, which foreshadows some bizarre events in England.First, a huge wolf-like creature is seen to leap from the deck of a Russian ship which has run aground on the shores of Whitby, its captain dead at the helm and its crew mysteriously absent; and then Lucy — a friend of Harker’s fiancee, Mina — develops a strange wasting disease and red marks on her throat.Vampire expert Professor Van Helsing convinces Harker and his friends that if Mina is not to share the same fate as poor ‘undead’ Lucy, Dracula must be caught and ritually killed.
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Dracula
Stoker Bram 110 ₪Dracula (1897) begins with a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, on his way to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, who is buying property in London. Harker endures a nightmarish stay at Dracula’s castle, which foreshadows some bizarre events in England.First, a huge wolf-like creature is seen to leap from the deck of a Russian ship which has run aground on the shores of Whitby, its captain dead at the helm and its crew mysteriously absent; and then Lucy — a friend of Harker’s fiancee, Mina — develops a strange wasting disease and red marks on her throat.Vampire expert Professor Van Helsing convinces Harker and his friends that if Mina is not to share the same fate as poor ‘undead’ Lucy, Dracula must be caught and ritually killed.
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Stevenson Robert Louis 83 ₪«.. losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse.»Victorian London is the setting for The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), Stevenson’s famous story of conflict between dual personalities: one good, and one ruthlessly evil.Other eerie tales in this volume are: The Body Snatcher (1881) inspired by the case of Burke and Hare; Markheim (1885) where a murderer meets a sinister smiling stranger; and The Bottle Imp (1893) in which an imp has the dubious power to grant the owner’s every wish; also, The Weir ofHermiston (1896), an unfinished romance
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Stevenson Robert Louis 131 ₪«…losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse.»Victorian London is the setting for The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), Stevenson’s famous story of conflict between dual personalities: one good, and one ruthlessly evil.Other eerie tales in this volume are: The Body Snatcher (1881) inspired by the case of Burke and Hare; Markheim (1885) where a murderer meets a sinister smiling stranger; and The Bottle Imp (1893) in which an imp has the dubious power to grant the owner’s every wish; also, The Weir of Hermiston (1896), an unfinished romance.
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Crime and Punishment
Достоевский Федор Михайлович 281 ₪The two years before he wrote Crime and Punishment (1866) had been bad ones for Dostoyevsky. His wife and brother had died, the magazine he and his brother had started, epoch, collapsed under its load of debt, and he was threatened with debtor’s prison. With an advance that he managed to wangle for an unwritten novel, he fled to Wiesbaden, hoping to win enough at the roulette table to get himself out of debt. Instead, he lost all his money, he had to pawn his clothes and beg friends for loans to pay his hotel bill and get back to Russia. One of his begging letters went to a magazine editor, asking for an advance on yet another unwritten novel — which he described as crime and punishment.
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Classic Tales Of Horror
Bierce Ambrose; Ле Фаню Джозеф Шеридан; Шелли Мэри 352 ₪Eerily vivid and yet never devoid of the beat of the human heart, Classic Tales Of Horror presents the work of some of the world’s most celebrated horror writers. This compilation is designed to provide both a gripping read and glimpses of life beyond the realm of the everyday. Spooks and inexplicable things that go bump in the night have long exercised creative imaginations and provided source material for our greatest story-tellers, as this memorable collection confirms.
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Classic Tales of Horror
Poe Edgar Allan 228 ₪Not for those of a nervous disposition! This chilling collection contains some of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known stories, including The Fall of the House of Usher and The Masque of Red Death.Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports readers into mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates gruesome murders in tales such as The Black Cat, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado.Exploring the hidden depths of the human mind, these are tales full of thrills and intrigue.
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Classic Tales of Horror
Poe Edgar Allan 110 ₪Not for those of a nervous disposition, this chilling collection contains some of Edgar Allan Poe’s bestknown stories, including The Fall of the House of Usher and The Masque of the Red Death. Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports readers into mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates gruesome murders in tales such as The Black Cat, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado. Exploring the hidden depths of the human mind, these are tales full of thrills and intrigue.
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Classic Tales of Detection & Adventure
Poe Edgar Allan 55 ₪Originally published in Graham’s Magazine in 1841, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is considered to be the first classic tale of detection that gave birth to the genre of crime fiction which we know and love today.It introduced the sleuth C. Auguste Dupin and this «locked room» puzzle was followed by two more adventures for Monsieur Dupin: The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter. In addition, readers can enjoy an early Poe detective story, Thou Art the Man!, which seeks to uncover the murderer of the wealthy Barnabas Shuttleworthy, and The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall, the tale of his adventure to reach the moon in a revolutionary new balloon!
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Classic Ghost Stories
Brockman Robin 124 ₪There’s nothing like a good ghost story to give you a frisson of fear on a dark winter’s night. Gathered in this haunting collection are twenty-seven of the very best of their genre by British and American masters.These are classic tales from the heyday of ghost fiction, when the great names of literature contributed to the genre as a matter of course -authors such as Ambrose Bierce (The Moonlit Road),Wilkie Collins (Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman),Conan Doyle (The Captain of the Pole-star), Charles Dickens (The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton), Mrs Gaskell (The Old Nurse’s Story), Thomas Hardy (The Withered Arm), Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Hollow of the Three Hills), O. Henry (The Furnished Room), Jerome K.Jerome (The Haunted Mill), de Maupassant (A Ghost),Edgar Allan Poe (The Oval Portrait), Robert Louis Stevenson (The Body Snatcher), Thackeray (The Devil’s Wage) and Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost).
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Candide
Voltaire Francois-Marie Arouet 118 ₪‘Private misfortunes make up the general good, so that the more private misfortunes there are, the greater is the general good.'(Pangloss)After being caught kissing the Baron’s daughter Cunegonde, gullible ingenue Candide is evicted from the castle where he lives to find himself wandering a world awash with disease, injustice and slaughter. Can he reconcile what he sees and experiences with the optimistic philosophy of his mentor Pangloss, that they live in ‘the best of all possible worlds’ and that ‘everything is for the best’?
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Black Beauty
Sewell Anna 93 ₪Black Beauty is a horse with a glossy coat and a white star on his forehead. Life in the field with his mother is Idyllic, but when Beauty Is sold to a new owner he embarks on a dramatic journey that will take him from the stables of the rich to the impoverished streets of Victorian London.One of the best-selling books of all time, Anna Sewell’s moving story of a beautiful black horse will delight animal lovers of all ages. This edition also contains Illustrations by the renowned artist, Cecil Aldin.
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Bat Out of Hell
Durbridge Francis 96 ₪Arcturus Crime Classics bring back into print great stories by great writers. Alongside names that will be familiar to crime buffs, the series showcases once famous but now neglected talents. All types of crime fiction are featured, from who-dunnits and police procedurals to offbeat mysteries and fast-paced thrillers.Wealthy estate agent Geoffrey Stewart is murdered by his wife’s lover, but the couple’s plan to secure his fortune and make a new life together is thrown wildly off-course when Geoffrey’s carefully stored body disappears and Diana receives a phone call asking her to meet her deceased husband.
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Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery Lucy Maud 187 ₪When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert decide to adopt a boy from an orphanage they are not sure what to expect. They are in for a surprise when an adventurous, imaginative, red-haired little girl arrives at Green Gables instead.Follow Anne’s adventures on Prince Edward Island in the first of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s much-loved stories. Filled with mischief, romance, and friendship, this classic book is sure to delight readers of all ages.
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Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the’
Carroll Lewis 163 ₪Follow Alice as she ventures down a rabbit hole and into Wonderland, a world filled with unforgettable characters such as the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts. Then enter a topsy-turvy universe on the other side of the Looking Glass, where Alice encounters old and new friends, including Humpty Dumpty and Tweedledum and Tweedledee.Illustrated with John Tenniel’s iconic original drawings and containing some of literature’s most famous nonsense poems, Lewis Carroll’s classic stories will enchant readers of all ages.
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Agnes Gray
Bronte Anne 83 ₪‘Patience, Firmness, and Perseverance were my only weapons.’Agnes Grey (1847) was Anne Bronte’s first novel and a poignant account of her own experience as a struggling governess, obliged to earn her living in one of the few ways open to an educated Victorian girl.Agnes is a gritty heroine and her story paints a realistic picture of an intelligent, sensitive young woman who endures months of isolation and frustration in a household that is not her home. But despite the unkindness, and sometimes even malice, to which she is subjected, Agnes’ abiding principles of tolerance and compassion help her to triumph against the odds.
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A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens Charles 110 ₪‘It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. ‘A Tale of Two Cities (18S9) moves between two great European capitals, London and Paris, before and during the French Revolution.The struggle between the proletariats and the aristocracy in France and how the implacable hatred between the two threatens to destroy the happiness of exiled French nobleman Charles Darnay and his beautiful wife, Lucie Manette, are the twin themes of the story, at any price.
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A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens Charles 131 ₪«It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that i go to than I have ever known.»A Tate of Two Cities 11859) moves between two great European capitals, London and Paris, before and during the French Revolution. The struggle between the proletariats and the aristocracy in France and how the implacable hatred between the two threatens to destroy the happiness of exiled French nobleman Charles Darnay and his beautiful wife, Lucie Manette. are the twin themes of the story.When Darnay risks death by returning to Paris, Sydney Carton, a dissolute barrister who several years earlier had promised to embrace any sacrifice for Lucie and those dear to her, sets out to save the young aristocrat, at any price.
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A Dolls House’
Ibsen Henrik 145 ₪First published in 1879, A Doll’s House rewrote the rules of drama. Henrik Ibsen’s biographer, Halvdan Koht, wrote that the play «exploded like a bomb into contemporary life… [pronouncing] a death sentence on accepted social ethics» and its author was decried as «an obscene defiler of the purity of the home».Before Ibsen, tragedies examined the lives of the aristocracy and upper classes, but A Doll’s House was the first serious play to be written in prose about ordinary people in everyday situations. The plot revolves around Nora Helmer who is married to Torvald, an ambitious banker. Initially, the couple seem ideally matched, but as a consequence of blackmail Nora is forced to re-examine her life along with her role as a frivolous, scatter-brained wife.
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A Christmas Carol
Dickens Charles 131 ₪‘Every idiot who goes about with «Merry Christmas» on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.’No Christmas is complete without Charles Dickens’ classic morality tale in which rich miser Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the error of his ways after visits by the spectral Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come.First published in 184-3, A Christmas Carol reinforced expectations for Christmas Day as a time of peace and goodwill to all men. It’s a story everyone should read.
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Doyle Arthur Conan 83 ₪Sherlock Holmes was the most popular character in Victorian fiction, but when arch-enemy Moriarty bumped him off at the Reichenbach Falls in The Final Problem’ (1893), many readers were angry and dismayed. Some even cancelled their subscriptions to The Strand magazine where Holmes was the star turn.The Return of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1903-4, was Arthur Conan Doyle’s belated but brilliant response. What you get for your money here is a selection of hugely enjoyable detective stories written in the author’s elegant but spare prose, and the chance to test your wits against 13 classic plot set-ups before the enigmatic sleuth beats you to the punch with his astonishing powers of deduction. This volume shows exactly why, more than a hundred years on, Holmes remains the world’s number one detective.
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Coming Up for Air
Orwell George 456 ₪Insurance salesman George Bowling takes a day off work to pick up a new set of teeth. He’s had a win at the races. Life should be grand. But he is stuck in a rut — portly, middle aged, with a wife and children in the suburbs — and this morning he forgot to wash the soap off his neck.In a bid to rekindle childhood memories, George returns to the village of his youth, only to be surprised by what he discovers there.Written on the eve of World War II, Coming Up for Air is a humorous, insightful look at the culture of interwar Britain — a world about to change forever.
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The Necronomicon
Lovecraft Howard Phillips 856 ₪More than 40 terrifying tales from the masters of cosmic horror.Unspeakable evils, elder gods, and forgotten terrors haunt the pages within this volume. Whether telling of the emergence of the tentacled Cthulhu in «The Call of Cthulhu» or the rise of an ancient pagan deity in «The Great God Pan», the stories found here are the stuff of nightmares.This collection includes the brilliant and horrifying tales from:• H. P. Lovecraft• Robert E. Howard• Arthur Machen• Lafcadio Hearn• Robert W. Chambers
