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Love and Mr. Lewisham |
H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
Love and Mr. Lewisham showcases H.G. Wells' deft writing outside the science-fiction genre. Mr.Lewisham is a young science student who leaves the country with ambitious dreams to live in London. His plans are thrown into turmoil, however, when he falls passionately in love with Ethel who along with her stepfather are involved in mystical charlatanism, beguiling the weak in exchange for monetary gain. This of course goes against Mr.Lewisham's ethical standards - will he be able to reconcile these differences? |
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Madame Bovary |
Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880) |
A seminal work of Realism, and one of the most influential novels ever written.
"What is remarkable in Madame Bovary is that its mediocre beings, with their earthbound ambitions and pedestrian problems, impress us, by virtue of the structure and the writing that create them, as beings who are out of the ordinary within their ordinary manner of being." - Mario Vargas Llosa, in The Perpetual Orgy
The novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, as she spirals out of control trying to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
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Main Street |
Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1921.
Sinclair Lewis is the first American to receive a Nobel Price for literature. Main Street was initially awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Price, but the Board of Trustees overturned the jury decision and awarded the prize to Edith Wharton for Age of Innocence.
The novel is an indictment of the 'vacuous respectability' of small town America and an exploration of the conflict between those who strive for intensity and those who are content with a routine existence.
Lewis's characters are skillfully drawn and he shows subtle and compelling insights into their psychology.
In spite of it's critical stance the initial publication of the book was a political and and social event.
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Manon Lescaut |
Abbe Prevost (1697 - 1763) |
Tells the story of Chavalier des Grieux's ill-fated love for the beautiful but mercenary and immoral Manon. From a heady and passionate beginning Des Grieux soon find himself struggling to support Manon's taste for luxury. Manon cannot live within Des Grieux's means, but cannot bring herself to leave him. It was controversial in its time and was banned in France upon publication. Despite this it became very popular and pirated editions were widely distributed. |
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Pagans I: The Stone Arrow |
Richard Herley (1950 - ) http://www.richardherley.com/ |
Tribal honour and deadly revenge in Neolithic England.
Winner of the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize.
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Pagans II: The Flint Lord |
Richard Herley (1950 - ) http://www.richardherley.com/ |
Attempted genocide ends in catastrophe.
Sequel to The Stone Arrow; second volume in the Pagans trilogy.
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Pagans III: The Earth Goddess |
Richard Herley (1950 - ) http://www.richardherley.com/ |
The Red Order, a sinister and secretive priesthood, holds sway throughout the empire of Europe.
Conclusion of the trilogy.
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