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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

Before The Hunger Games there was Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behaviour collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them—the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories—and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible.Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic. "Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager, I still read it every couple of years." —Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games "As exciting, relevant, and thought-provoking now as it was when Golding published it in 1954." —Stephen King

Lord of the Flies

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Rhode Island

A mysterious benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. His expectations prove to be unfounded, however, and he must return home penniless.

Great Expectations

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Bawdy and exotic, Arabian Nights, features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformations, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar.

The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights

A modern edition of the classic tales includes stories filled with humorous and valuable lessons

Arabian Nights

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Arkansas

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities portrays a world on fire, split between Paris and London during the brutal and bloody events of the French Revolution. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine. This edition uses the text as it appeared in its first serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens's vision, and includes the original illustrations by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). Richard Maxwell's introduction discusses the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy. 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.

A Tale of Two Cities

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Jules Vern

When the calm, resourceful Phileas Fogg takes up a wager at the London Reform Club to prove that the world is a smaller place that can be circumnavigated in 80 days, little did his valet, Passeportout, realise the adventures they had in store.

Red Classics Around the World in Eighty Days

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The lonely life of a miserly recluse is changed when he takes in an orphaned girl and raises her as his own daughter.

Silas Marner

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A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community A Penguin Classic "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence. Written in 1953, The Crucible is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's "witch-hunts" in the United States. Within the text itself, Miller contemplates the parallels, writing: "Political opposition...is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence." 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.

The Crucible

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Louisa May Alcott

A book about growing up which has delighted generations of young readers. The illustrations by Ella Bailey are perfect for the modern audience. This edition includes extra material for young readers. The four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – live in financial hardship in New England with their mother, while their father has been drafted to fight in the Civil War. The girls embark on a series of adventures and endure a number of unexpected misfortunes – experiences that allow their personalities to emerge: Meg sensible and outgoing, Jo literary and boyish, Beth musical and shy, and Amy artistic and selfish – but the bonds holding together the March family remain unbroken. Initially written as a novel for girls, Little Women is now regarded as an all-time American classic for all readers, inspiring generations of women writers and giving rise to many adaptations.

Little Women

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Thomas Hardy

Tim Dolin

The life of a simple country girl in nineteenth-century England is destroyed by her father's determination to use her in order to regain the family's former social standing.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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some underlining throughout

California

Dr. Jekyll invents a drug that changes him into Mr. Hyde, a foul-tempered, uncouth degenerate. His evil nature, however, becomes the stronger part of him and, to his horror, he no longer needs the formula to transform his appearance.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes and Noble Classics Series)

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Only Authorized Edition

The Great Gatsby

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Ray Bradbury

A Novel

A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners, Guy Montag, suddenly realizes their merit.

Fahrenheit 451

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Harper Lee

Perfect condition. Textured pages if that’s your thing! 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Michigan

An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch—Scout—struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her. Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee’s enduring classic. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right.

Go Set a Watchman

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Barry B. Powell

Connecticut

English

8th Edition

  Comprehensive and scholarly, this well-designed book presents Greek and Roman myths in a lively and easy-to-read manner.
 
  Features fresh translations, numerous illustrations (ancient and modern) of classical myths and legends, and commentary that emphasizes the anthropological, historical, religious, sociological, and economic contexts in which the myths were told.  It also provides a cultural context so that readers can see how mythology has influenced the world and how it continues to influence society today. Web addresses of modern translations offer students and instructors the chance to look at complete ancient works without the need for further texts. 
 
  For anyone with a keen interest in Greek and Roman classical mythology.

Classical Myth

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In fantastic condition, like new. Gold-edged pages, fabric book mark, large copy, beautiful illustrations. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

She Stoops to Conquer (LEATHER BOUND)

Never read/opened. All pages, cover and spine are intact. Minimal scratches on front cover.

New York

Winter Dreams

E. M. Forster

Virginia

In a scathing indictment of British imperialism, Forster's once controversial novel portrays two Englishwomen who experience misunderstanding and cultural conflict after they travel to India

A Passage to India

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Jane. Austen

This is a vintage copy of Emma from the Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen series. I am selling two books and happy to do a bundle. There is small wear around the edges of the jacket but the book cover and inside is in pristine condition. 

Volume IV: Emma

Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her."

The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen

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Texas

The Catcher in the Rye

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In good condition, especially inside, BUT has notes and underlinings. But reading other people’s thoughts on a story can be fun :)

Alabama

The Great Gatsby (90th Anniversary Edition)

William Shakespeare

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

The authoritative edition of Hamlet from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.

Hamlet is Shakespeare's most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a "revenge tragedy," in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father's murderer, his uncle Claudius, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination, however, lies in its uncertainties.

Among them: What is the Ghost--Hamlet's father demanding justice, a tempting demon, an angelic messenger? Does Hamlet go mad, or merely pretend to? Once he is sure that Claudius is a murderer, why does he not act? Was his mother, Gertrude, unfaithful to her husband or complicit in his murder?

This edition includes:
-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
-Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the play's famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
-An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading

Essay by Michael Neill

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.

Hamlet

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Utah

The contemporary African writer's classic novel depicting the destruction of traditional tribal life by the white man

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William Golding; E. M. Forster (Introduction by); E. L. Epstein (Notes by)

Lord of the Flies

Charles Dickens; Charlotte Mitchell (Editor); David Trotter (Editor)

Great Expectations

Richard F. Burton & Jack Zipes

Arabian Nights

Charles Dickens; Richard Maxwell (Editor, Introduction by, Notes by)

A Tale of Two Cities

Jules Vern

Red Classics Around the World in Eighty Days

George Eliot

Silas Marner

Arthur Miller; Christopher W. E. Bigsby (Introduction by)

The Crucible

Louisa May Alcott

Little Women

Thomas Hardy; Tim Dolin

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Robert Louis Stevenson; Jenny Davidson (Introduction by, Introductions and notes by)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes and Noble Classics Series)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Harper Lee

Go Set a Watchman

Barry B. Powell

Classical Myth

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She Stoops to Conquer (LEATHER BOUND)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Winter Dreams

E. M. Forster

A Passage to India

Robert Louis Stevenson

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Jane. Austen

The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen

J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby (90th Anniversary Edition)

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart