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Everyman's library volume 296
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"Charles Dickens's first historical novel - set during the anti-Catholic riots of 1780 - is an unparalleled portrayal of the terror of a rampaging mob, seen through the eyes of the individuals swept up in the chaos." "Those individuals include Emma, a Catholic, and Edward, a Protestant, whose forbidden love weaves through the heart of the story; and the simpleminded Barnaby, one of the riot leaders, whose fate is tied to a mysterious murder and whose...
85) Joseph and his brothers: the stories of Jacob, young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the provider
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 287
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A wonderfully detailed narrative about Joseph and his brothers. Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine and the universal force of human love, in all it's beauty, desperation, and absurdity.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume no. 310
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
For the first time, all the major works of this poet, artist, and mystic havebeen gathered together in one hardcover volume.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A division of the spoils : The chaos of the departure of the British and the fervor of Partition wreaks havoc upon the twilight of Raj--and represents the end of an era.
The towers of silence : Follows the decline of Barbie Batchelor, a one-time mission-school teacher, as the Anglo-Indian world begins to collapse around her.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 292
Publisher
Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"These two classic novels, together with Charlotte Bronte's well-known Jane Eyre and Villette, comprise a magnificent oeuvre, each one a singular achievement of characterization, human understanding, and narrative elegance and drama.".
"Shirley is the story of a complicated friendship between two very different women: shy and socially constrained Caroline, the poor niece of a tyrannical clergyman; and the independent heiress Shirley, who has both...
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
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The most generous one-volume collection ever published of short stories, autobiographical writings,poetry, and essays by the writer Yeats called “Ireland’s Chekhov.”
Selected and arranged thematically by Julian Barnes, the rich mix of writings in The Best of Frank O’Connor starts off with his most famous short story, “Guests of the Nation,” set during the Irish War of Independence; chronicles his
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Series
Everyman's library volume no. 346
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Presents a volume of satirical short tales by the literary master that includes such classics as "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," and "The Diary of Adam and Eve.".
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 371
Language
English
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"The haunting coming-of-age story that has become a major American classic, now in an Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics hardcover edition. Originally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the Mountain was James Baldwin's first major work, based in part on his own childhood in Harlem. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old...
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 370
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
'The sea, the sea' - Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected...
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this remarkable collection--the first of its kind--poets from around the world give eloquent voice to the trials, hopes, rewards, and losses of the experience of migration. Each year, millions join the ranks of intrepid migrants who have reshaped societies throughout history. The movement of peoples across borders--whether forcible, as with the Middle Passage and the Trail of Tears, or voluntary, as with the great migrations from Europe, Asia,...
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 417
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A one-volume selection of four novels in a legendary detective series—blistering, groundbreaking capers set in Harlem's criminal underworld—by master crime writer Chester Himes A friend and contemporary of Richard Wright and James Baldwin—and every bit their equal—Chester Himes is the acclaimed author of literary novels, stories, and essays, as well as the classic crime fiction series for which he is best known, featuring detectives Coffin...
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