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Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jonathan Arac

Harriet Beecher Stowe's timeless and moving novel, an incendiary work that fanned the embers of the struggle between free and slave states into the fire of the Civil War.Uncle Tom's Cabin is the story of the slave Tom. Devout and loyal, he is sold and sent down south, where he endures brutal treatment at the hands of the degenerate plantation owner Simon Legree. By exposing the extreme cruelties of slavery, Stowe explores society's failures and asks a prof...

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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Jonathan Arac, Terry Cochran, W. J. T. Mitchell

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a boundary 2 book

For at least two decades the career of Edward Said has defined what it means to be a public intellectual today. Although attacked as a terrorist and derided as a fraud for his work on behalf of his fellow Palestinians, Said’s importance extends far beyond his political activism. In this volume a distinguished group of scholars assesses nearly every aspect of Said’s work—his contributions to postcolonial theory, his work on racism and ethnicity, his aesthetics and his resistance to the aest...

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Charles Dickens

This is Charles Dickens's tale of the young man who sets out to prove himself to his uncle when he finds himself supporting his mother and sister after the death of his Father. The story has been enjoyed by readers of all ages around the world for over 170 years.

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Franz Kafka

Finally The New Revised Edition is Available!The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin".

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Twain, Mark

The Prince and the Pauper is a classic historical novel by Mark Twain, first published in 1881. Set in Tudor England, it tells the story of two boys, Tom Canty, a pauper from the slums of London, and Edward Tudor, the Prince of Wales. Through a chance encounter, they exchange identities and experience life in each other's shoes. As they navigate the stark differences between their worlds, they learn valuable lessons about privilege, empathy, and the true meaning of identity. Twain's tale b...

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Keen Press Literature

Anne of the Island is the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery about Anne Shirley.Anne of the Island was published in 1915, seven years after the bestselling Anne of Green Gables. In the continuing story of Anne Shirley, Anne attends Redmond College in Kingsport, where she is studying for her BA.Anne leaves Green Gables and her work as a teacher in Avonlea to pursue her original dream (which she gave up in Anne of Green Gables) of ta...

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Anne Brontë

"Agnes Grey" is the first of eng author Anne Brontë first published in December 1847. The novel follows Agnes Grey, a governess, as she works in several bourgeois families. The novel is largely based on Anne Brontë's own experiences as a governess for five years. Like her sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre, it addresses what the precarious position of governess entailed and how it affected a young woman of her time. (Excerpt from Wikipedia) This edition has been fully restored with modern ...

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William Makepeace Thackeray

The classic novel of 'villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing', soon to be a major new ITV series from the producers of Poldark, Victoria and And Then There Were None.William Makepeace Thackeray's witty literary classic Vanity Fair is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows anti-heroine and ruthless social climber Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way ou...

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James Stephens

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Fairy Tales Collection

James Stephens' "Irish Fairy Tales," brings to vivid life the exciting days of ancient Ireland when Conn of the Hundred Battles was High King at Tara and the great Fionn mac Uail led the Fianna against the enemies of Ireland. *** Fionn mac Uail was a hunter-warrior of Irish mythology (appearing also in the mythologies of Scotland and the Isle of Man). The stories of Fionn and his followers, the Fianna, form the Fenian cycle or Fiannaidheacht. *** Fionn was the son of Uail, leader of the Fi...

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Joseph Bédier

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult by Joseph Bédier is a classic work of medieval romance that delves into the rich tapestry of Arthurian legend and chivalric ideals. The story centers on the tragic love affair between Tristan, a valiant knight, and Iseult, the beautiful princess, whose passionate yet doomed relationship unfolds amidst a backdrop of heroic quests and courtly love. Bédier's retelling of this French literary masterpiece combines elements of folklore and myth, exploring themes...

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W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

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The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child's bed."Wake up, Philip," she said.She pulled down the bed-clothes, took him in her arms, and carried him downstairs. He was only half awake."Your mother wants you," she said...

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Sir Thomas More

"Utopia" is a work of political philosophy and speculative fiction written by Sir Thomas More and first published in 1516. The book is set in the fictional island of Utopia and is presented as a dialogue between More himself and Raphael Hythloday, a traveler who claims to have visited the island.In "Utopia," More and Hythloday discuss various aspects of Utopian society, including its political organization, social structure, economy, and customs. The island of Utopia is depicted as...