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  Master Humphrey's Clock - Tales...

  Charles Dickens

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  The frame Dickens built for a weekly magazine of his own - a club of old men reading manuscripts to each other by the fire, out of which The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge grew before it collapsed under them. The Pickwick characters come back for one last appearance. This edition is bound with a gallery of 60 plates of painting, among them works by Adolph Tidemand, Thomas Creswick and Samuel Bough, dating from 1842 to 1910.

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  A Saga of the Seas - From their...

  Kenneth Grahame

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  Kenneth Grahame was born on 8th March 1859 in Edinburgh. 
  At age 5 his mother succumbed to puerperal fever.  His father, who had a drinking problem, now sent his 4 children to live with their grandmother at her large house in Cookham, Berkshire. Here the children lived in large open grounds next to the river.  These early experiences would in later years, be retold in his writing through a myriad of characters. 
  Grahame loved being a pupil at St Edward's School, Oxford and wanted to enroll at the university there but his guardian demurred on account of the cost. 
  Instead, a banking career was chosen for him, starting in 1879 at the Bank of England, where he rose steadily to the rank of its Secretary until retiring, with a pension, in 1908 due to ill health. 
  Alongside his commercial career Grahame had written and published various stories and essays in several periodicals. Some were anthologized as ‘Pagan Papers’ in 1893, and two years later ‘The Golden Age’ and later still ‘Dream Days’ and its masterpiece ‘The Reluctant Dragon’ became part of many home libraries.  His ability to view life through the lens of a young and curious child was superb, enabling the reader to easily identify with the character.   
  Grahame married Elspeth Thomson in 1899 and they had one child; Alastair, born semi-blind and plagued by health problems.  In a heart-rending tragedy he would later take his own life whilst attending Oxford University in 1920.   
  In 1908 Grahame reworked many of the bedtime stories he had fashioned for his son into the enduring favourite; ‘The Wind in the Willows’, describing the heart-warming adventures of Mr Toad and his friends.   
  Kenneth Grahame died in Pangbourne, Berkshire, on 6th July 1932.

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  Idyl of London An - From their...

  Beatrice Harrenden

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Beatrice Harrenden.

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  The Streets of Ascalon -...

  Robert W. Chambers

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  New York society in the last years before the war, a man with money and no occupation, and a woman who will not be kept. Chambers called them episodes rather than chapters and the book moves like a set of magazine instalments, which is what it was. This edition adds thirty-seven plates after Hunt, Mondrian, Pankiewicz and Richir, and twenty-two illustrations restored and coloured.

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  Mother of Pearl - Tales of...

  Anatole France

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  Short tales in the manner Anatole France made his own - saints, sceptics, a Roman procurator who cannot recall a crucifixion, and the miracle of the juggler. The volume includes The Procurator of Judaea, one of the finest short stories in French. This edition is bound with 48 plates of painting by Jean Béraud, Camille Pissarro, Theodor von Hörmann and Carl Schuch, all Paris boulevard scenes from 1850–1912, plus two restored and coloured illustrations. Translated by Frederic Chapman.

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  Northanger Abbey - Full Cast Drama

  Jane Austen

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  Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" stands as a unique gem among her body of work. Published posthumously in 1817, the novel offers a delightful departure from Austen's more conventional romantic tales, instead serving as a sharp satire of the gothic novel genre that was popular in her time. 
   
  The story revolves around Catherine Morland, an earnest and imaginative young woman who is introduced to the world of society and courtship during her stay in Bath, England. As Catherine embarks on her own romantic adventures, Austen uses her character to playfully deconstruct the conventions of gothic literature, which was characterized by eerie castles, mysterious secrets, and dark, brooding heroes. 
  Through Catherine's vivid imagination and penchant for reading gothic novels, Austen takes the opportunity to mock the sensationalism and melodrama of the genre. Catherine's expectations of intrigue and danger are repeatedly thwarted by the mundane realities of everyday life. Her tendency to view her surroundings through the lens of her favorite novels leads to humorous misunderstandings and serves as a commentary on the dangers of allowing fiction to overly influence one's perception of reality. 
   
  Austen employs irony and humor throughout "Northanger Abbey" to highlight the contrast between Catherine's fanciful expectations and the ordinary events she encounters. The novel's satirical tone gently pokes fun at the excesses and absurdities of gothic literature while simultaneously celebrating the power of imagination and the importance of distinguishing between fiction and reality.

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