British Books


Bloomsbury RecalledBloomsbury Recalled
Best Price: $19.23
The Bloomsbury section of London, which includes the British Museum and University College, is...
The Painted VeilThe Painted Veil
Best Price: $3.00
Pity how many Amazon.com user's reviews are mostly those who are slamming the book AFTER...
King Henry V (Cambridge School Shakespeare)King Henry V (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
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Henry V remains today as the most heroic of English Kings. The battle of Agincourt in English...
Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare in Production)Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare in Production)
Best Price: $37.18
This edition of Much Ado About Nothing focuses wholly on the play in performance. Shifting...
The Winter's Tale (Cambridge School Shakespeare)The Winter's Tale (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $8.48
Early compilers of Shakespeare's plays classified this a comedy, but there is much tragedy...


As You Like ItAs You Like It
Best Price: $8.79
""As You Like It" can be enjoyed on different levels. On the surface, it is an...
Twisted TreeTwisted Tree
Best Price: $16.95
Mystery of Edwin Drood (Classics)Mystery of Edwin Drood (Classics)The Moonstone (Classics)The Moonstone (Classics)Shirley (Classics)Shirley (Classics)


Tempest (Penguin Shakespeare)Tempest (Penguin Shakespeare)
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A storm rages. Prospero and his daughter watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the...
As You Like It (Penguin Shakespeare)As You Like It (Penguin Shakespeare)
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When Rosalind is banished by her uncle, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to...
Shakespeare's Words: a Glossary and Language CompanionShakespeare's Words: a Glossary and Language Companion
A companion to Shakepeare's works, offering a glossary and explaining the language of the...
Will and MeWill and Me
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'An absolute delight ...boozy, bawdy, generous-hearted ...utterly original and...
The Prisoner of Zenda (Penguin Red Classics)The Prisoner of Zenda (Penguin Red Classics)
Best Price: $3.49
I'll always remember when I first got The Prisoner of Zenda. I was in the ninth grade, and...

The Fifth Queen (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)The Fifth Queen (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
Best Price: $7.04
I'm a Henry VIII nut. I have quite a few books on him - from the recent historical fiction...
Three Poets of the First World War (Penguin Classics)Three Poets of the First World War (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $10.88
This new selection brings together the poetry of three of the most distinctive and moving voices...
Scenes of Clerical LifeScenes of Clerical LifeThe BostoniansThe BostoniansThe Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray

Bleak House (Oxford Illustrated Dickens)Bleak House (Oxford Illustrated Dickens)Instant Chronicles: A LifeInstant Chronicles: A Life
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A new poem which is at times a critique of modern biography and at other times an...
Letters to Her Sister Cassandra and OthersLetters to Her Sister Cassandra and Others
To her sister Cassandra and others. Edited by R. W. Chapman.
Fine Feathers And Other StoriesFine Feathers And Other Stories
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E F Benson is a great writer, but his themes are so repetitious, you need to space out reading them!
The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation (Oxford Books of Verse)The Oxford Book of Classical Verse in Translation (Oxford Books of Verse)
Best Price: $34.74
Great Britain has a long and grand tradition of poets translating classical authors. Virtually...

Theogony and Works and Days (The World's Classics)Theogony and Works and Days (The World's Classics)
This new translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability...
W.B. Yeats (Oxford Authors)W.B. Yeats (Oxford Authors)
This one-volume selection of Yeats's work includes plays, criticism, and other prose...
Laurence Sterne: A LifeLaurence Sterne: A Life
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"I wrote to be famous, not to be fed," said Laurence Sterne upon publication of his...
East Lynne (Oxford World's Classics)East Lynne (Oxford World's Classics)
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I picked up an old copy of this Victorian novel in a used bookstore. It's not the sort of...
The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby (Penguin Classics)The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby (Penguin Classics)
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The beloved Victorian children?s tale?now available in its original unabridged edition ...

To The LighthouseTo The Lighthouse
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Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticism (Harbrace Sourcebooks)Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticism (Harbrace Sourcebooks)
Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, and the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed...
Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings, 1932-1975Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings, 1932-1975
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In some ways, history must be easier to write than journalism, because the historian knows what...
Profession of English (A Harvest book)Profession of English (A Harvest book)Shakespeare's Sonnets (3rd Series)Shakespeare's Sonnets (3rd Series)
This Arden edition of Shakespeare's sonnets is closely based on the 1609 Quarto. As...

King Richard II (Shakespeare, William, Works.)King Richard II (Shakespeare, William, Works.)
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This is a review of the Arden Second Series edition of King Richard II -- an edition edited by...
Arden Complete Library (Arden Shakespeare)Arden Complete Library (Arden Shakespeare)Taming Of The Shrew-PlaygoersTaming Of The Shrew-PlaygoersOliver Twist (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens)Oliver Twist (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens)Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Classics)Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Classics)
This work is a sometimes violent and brutal tale of love and betrayal, separation and...

Mill on the Floss (Classics)Mill on the Floss (Classics)The Warden (Gift Classics)The Warden (Gift Classics)Wind from the StarsWind from the Stars
Best Price: $102.00
Gordon Reid's collection of 366 excerpts from the works of George MacDonald is a way to...
Blue CityBlue CityYear With AslanYear With Aslan
This long-awaited daily reader brings 365 selections from The Chronicles of Narnia to provide...

Something WholesaleSomething Wholesale
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Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of...
RingarraRingarra
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In Other Words: Writing as a Feminist (Explorations in feminism)In Other Words: Writing as a Feminist (Explorations in feminism)Inventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern NationInventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern Nation
Best Price: $13.89
This book is essential to my dissertation topic and was suggested by my director. It provides...
Seamus Heaney and the Language of PoetrySeamus Heaney and the Language of Poetry
Seamus Heaney is one of the most popular Irish poets writing today, and although his critics...

Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights
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The Friendly Dickens: Being a Good Natured Guide to the Art and Adventures of the Man who Invented ScroogeThe Friendly Dickens: Being a Good Natured Guide to the Art and Adventures of the Man who Invented Scrooge
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+++++ The author, Norrie Epstein, in the book's introduction tells us the purpose of her...
The Daisy Chain (Virago Modern Classics)The Daisy Chain (Virago Modern Classics)
If you really want to know what life in Victorian England was like, read Charlotte Yonge's...
Kangaroo (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)Kangaroo (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
Richard and Harriet Somers leave exhausted post-war Europe for a new and freer world. In...
A Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandA Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
In 1773 at the age of 63, Samuel Johnson was persuaded to take a walking tour of Scotland with...

George Eliot: A LifeGeorge Eliot: A Life
Marian Evans ("George Eliot") comes alive in this biography. With one of the most...
Dear ShrinkDear ShrinkMary; Maria; Matilda (Penguin Classics)Mary; Maria; Matilda (Penguin Classics)
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When Matilda's dad admits to his daughter that he loves her the world falls apart for them...
The Tale of Old Mortality (Penguin Classics)The Tale of Old Mortality (Penguin Classics)
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We all know that Sir Walter Scott invented the historical novel. Some scholars also call him...
Gothic Tales (Penguin Classics)Gothic Tales (Penguin Classics)
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Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-65) was a great novelist. She wrote among other classic...

The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau (Penguin Classics)The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau (Penguin Classics)
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[This is a review of the Penguin edition dual-volume of `Prisoner' and `Rupert']...
The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon (Penguin Classics)The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon (Penguin Classics)Elijahs Violin and Other Jewish Folktales (Penguin Folklore Library)Elijahs Violin and Other Jewish Folktales (Penguin Folklore Library)
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Tempest, The (Penguin) (Shakespeare, Penguin)Tempest, The (Penguin) (Shakespeare, Penguin)
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This joyous play, the last comedy of Shakespeare's career, sums up his stagecraft with a...
Love's Labor's Lost (The Pelican Shakespeare)Love's Labor's Lost (The Pelican Shakespeare)
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"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back...

Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, Pelican)Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, Pelican)
This edition of Troilus and Cressida provide s a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes...
Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights (Penguin Critical Studies)Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights (Penguin Critical Studies)
Hailed by The Times Educational Supplement as "superb", Penguin Critical Studies is a...
Richard II (The Pelican Shakespeare)Richard II (The Pelican Shakespeare)
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Richard II is a lyrical treat for the reader, and one marvels at the creation of a character as...
Jane Eyre (ELT Book)Jane Eyre (ELT Book)Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Oxford World's Classics)Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $95.00
I collect Victorian Gothic stories and this is one of my favorites from my collection!! This...

The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $7.03
Robert Browning's poetic scope was broad, ranging from the beguiling magic of The Pied...
A Dictionary of Shakespeare (Oxford Paperback Reference)A Dictionary of Shakespeare (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Best Price: $3.77
I bought this book to help me understand what Shakespeare says. If you have ever read...
Autobiography (The World's Classics)Autobiography (The World's Classics)
Best Price: $39.95
In this curious autobiiography, Anthony Trollope sketches in the outlines of his life. He...
The Life and Death of King John (The World's Classics)The Life and Death of King John (The World's Classics)
Best Price: $7.95
the Oxford Shakespeare has been touted as 'a new conception' of Shakespeare, but is in...
Complete Writings with Variant Readings (Oxford Standard Authors Series)Complete Writings with Variant Readings (Oxford Standard Authors Series)
Best Price: $41.00
Mr. Keynes' edition of Blake's complete poetry and prose is the one I've used not...

Selected Poems (Oxford Paperback Reference)Selected Poems (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Best Price: $184.95
A selection of the poetry of W.H. Davies, author of "Autobiography of a Supertramp",...
The Eustace DiamondsThe Eustace Diamonds
Best Price: $3.30
The Prime Minister (Oxford Paperbacks)The Prime Minister (Oxford Paperbacks)
Best Price: $4.70
This book is intended for wide general and gift market; the legion of Trollope fans; students of...
Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Oxford World's Classics)Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $95.00
I collect Victorian Gothic stories and this is one of my favorites from my collection!! This...
The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $7.03
Robert Browning's poetic scope was broad, ranging from the beguiling magic of The Pied...

A Dictionary of Shakespeare (Oxford Paperback Reference)A Dictionary of Shakespeare (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Best Price: $3.77
I bought this book to help me understand what Shakespeare says. If you have ever read...
Autobiography (The World's Classics)Autobiography (The World's Classics)
Best Price: $39.95
In this curious autobiiography, Anthony Trollope sketches in the outlines of his life. He...
The Life and Death of King John (The World's Classics)The Life and Death of King John (The World's Classics)
Best Price: $7.95
the Oxford Shakespeare has been touted as 'a new conception' of Shakespeare, but is in...
Complete Writings with Variant Readings (Oxford Standard Authors Series)Complete Writings with Variant Readings (Oxford Standard Authors Series)
Best Price: $41.00
Mr. Keynes' edition of Blake's complete poetry and prose is the one I've used not...
Selected Poems (Oxford Paperback Reference)Selected Poems (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Best Price: $184.95
A selection of the poetry of W.H. Davies, author of "Autobiography of a Supertramp",...

The Eustace DiamondsThe Eustace Diamonds
Best Price: $3.30
The Prime Minister (Oxford Paperbacks)The Prime Minister (Oxford Paperbacks)
Best Price: $4.70
This book is intended for wide general and gift market; the legion of Trollope fans; students of...
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (Oxford Companions)The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (Oxford Companions)
Best Price: $24.30
This book I recommend to anyone who is well knowen to shakespear or some one like me who is just...
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Oxford World's Classics)The Mayor of Casterbridge (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $24.95
The Mayor of Casterbridge focuses mainly on Michael Henchard, but it's the little characters...
Lady Audley's Secret (Worlds Classics)Lady Audley's Secret (Worlds Classics)
Best Price: $96.98
This novel tells the story of a beautiful woman whose secret becomes her undoing. She uses her...

Le Morte D'Arthur: The Winchester Manuscript (Oxford World's Classics)Le Morte D'Arthur: The Winchester Manuscript (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $82.78
Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur is one of the better known texts of the Arthurian...
The Old Curiosity Shop (Oxford World's Classics)The Old Curiosity Shop (Oxford World's Classics)
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(I should note I read this novel without the benefit of the Penguin or World's Classics...
The Odd Women (Oxford World's Classics)The Odd Women (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $7.20
This is a lesser-known classic that deserves more recognition that it gets. It is a novel about...
Romola (Oxford World's Classics)Romola (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $17.66
Romola is constantly called Eliot's weakest novel, with even serious critics reluctant to...
Twenty Years After (Oxford World's Classics)Twenty Years After (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $6.65
It is twenty years after the first Musketeers saga and Athos, Aramis, Porthos and d'Artagnan...

The Castle (Oxford World's Classics)The Castle (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $5.80
This version, like the original manuscript, ends mid-sentence. Kafka was dying of tuberculosis....
Cranford (Oxford World's Classics)Cranford (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $6.68
A lovely book about a lovely village of lovely people. The inspiration for BBC/Masterpiece...
   
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