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| Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) |
At the age of ten, Fanny Price is sent by her poor family to live with her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram and their four children at Mansfield Park. Living in a world where wealth and status matter, Fanny is often left to feel inferior but in turn develops into a virtuous young woman of high character. When the dazzling Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive in the area, drama and disruption soon follow. All at Mansfield Park succumb to their charms and ways, all except for Fanny Price. Mansfield Park showcases once again, Jane Austen's brilliance. |
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| Northanger Abbey |
| Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) |
On a visit to Bath, seventeen year old Catherine Morland meets Henry and Eleanor Tilney who invite her to their father's estate, Northanger Abbey. Inspired by the Gothic novels that she enjoys, Catherine begins to imagine all sorts of dark and mysterious happenings at the abbey...... |
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| The Chinese Classics (Confucian Analects) |
| James Legge (1815 - 1897) |
The Analects is the representative work of Confucianism. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. The Analects records the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples. Confucianism is one of the worlds major thought systems and remains very relevant for understanding East Asia. |
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| The Communist Manifesto |
| Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (1818/1820 - 1883/1895) |
First published in 1848, The Communist Manifesto summarises the communist thought and theories of Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. A foundation document for the Marxist movement, The Communist Manifesto proposes ways for the proletarian working class to overthrow the ruling upper classes in order to achieve a communist society with no class boundaries. |
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| The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) |
Thrilling Sherlock Holmes mystery. Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the English Moors. Footprints of a giant hound are found nearby. Family Curse or something even more sinister? |
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| The Iliad |
| Homer (700BC - 700BC) |
The Iliad is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems of Homer and the first and greatest achievement of Classical Greek civilization. It tells of the last years of the siege of the city of Ilion (Troy) by the Greeks under King Agamemnon. It explores the conflict between love and honour, rage and control, a long life and a glorious life; all under the watchful and meddling Gods. |
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| The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
| Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) |
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