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  • av William S. (Author) Burroughs
    171

    This newly edited edition of Dead Fingers Talk, based on the restored text of the novel, will delight all Burroughs fans and lovers of experimental literature, and offer a new insight into the artistic process of one of the most original and influential writers of the twentieth century.

  • av Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    161

    Eugene Onegin is the most popular of Tchaikovsky's operas. Entitled 'Lyrical Scenes after Pushkin' by the composer, the work takes as its basis the poem of the same name by the great Russian writer Alexander Pushkin.

  • av Frank Wedekind
    147

    Spring Awakening occupies a special place in theatrical history as one of the first plays of the modern movement, a key work of the naturalist school, that is also the precursor of German Expressionism and the principal inspiration of it.

  • av Frank Wedekind
    191

    Two of Wedekind's most seminal plays, Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box both focus on the actions of the young heroine Lulu.

  • av Carlo Collodi
    127

    Collodi wrote this story immediately after Pinocchio, and the little monkey's adventures present clear similarities, both in terms of themes and characters, with his more celebrated masterpiece. This rediscovered gem of Italian literature is here adapted and expanded by Alessandro Gallenzi and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

  • av Stephen Crane
    107

    Although its author never experienced the horrors of the Civil War at first hand, The Red Badge of Courage has often been praised for its realism and the authenticity of its settings and battle scenes, as well as for the nuanced psychology of its protagonist's internal struggles.

  • av Jack London
    117

    Set at the time of the Klondike gold rush, The Call of the Wild is one of the great evocations of the natural world, and perhaps the best example of London's famously urgent and vivid style. This edition contains a section of extra material for young readers including a section about the Artic Gold Rush, a quiz and test yourself.

  • av Arthur Conan Doyle
    110

    London's criminal underworld has risen once again, and a dangerous individual with an air gun is prowling the streets. The capital is in greater need of its protector Sherlock Holmes than ever. Third volume in the Alma Classics Sherlock Holmes stories, it contains all the stories originally published under this collection.

  • av Wilkie Collins
    117

    A disturbing novella set in Venice which cleverly combines detective and ghost story genre. This edition is based on the most authoritative text and contains notes and extra material for students.

  • av Ivan Goncharov
    171

    Here presented for the first time in unabridged form in a sparkling new translation by Stephen Pearl, Goncharov's final novel deserves to be reassessed as one of the most important classics of nineteenth-century Russian literature.

  • av Theophile Gautier
    131

    This 1856 novella from the master of fantasy and the supernatural, featuring one of the most hauntingly surreal denouements in nineteenth-century fiction, is a brilliant and witty examination of man's innermost fantasies and fears.

  • av Charles Dickens
    127

    The quintessentially English Don Quixote, here presented in a new edition based on the authoritative text and accompanied by notes and extra material to help the modern reader.

  • av George Eliot
    117

    Based on the most authoritative edition and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach, this new edition of Silas Marner contains extensive notes on the text together with extra material about the author's life and works.

  • av D.H. Lawrence
    117

    Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series of popular classics, Sons and Lovers is here presented with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes.

  • av Joseph Conrad
    117

    A story of espionage, intrigue and corruption based on a real-life attempted terrorist attack in Victorian London, The Secret Agent was one of literature's first political thrillers, and is widely considered to be among Conrad's most compelling works.

  • av Kate Chopin
    127

    Presented in a new annotated edition accompanied with extra material, The Awakening is widely seen as a landmark of early feminism and a precursor of American modernism.

  • av Charles Dickens
    127

    Part panoramic social satire and - with the introduction of the indefatigable police investigator Mr Bucket - part prototype of the detective genre, this dark, complex and intricately plotted book is considered by many to be both Dickens's greatest work and the finest novel of the Victorian age.

  • av Naina Yeltsin
    387

    Rich with intimate details, full of anecdotes and enriched by 100 photos, My Life with Boris is the chronicle of a life lived at the very heart of twentieth-century history.

  • av Gerhart Hauptmann
    151

    The Heretic of Soana is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of Gerhart Hauptmann, the recipient of the 1912 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the most important exponents of German Naturalism.

  • av Edith Nesbit
    127

    Praised by J.K. Rowling, Jacqueline Wilson and many others, The Story of the Treasure Seekers is the first book in the Bastable trilogy. Alma Junior edition is beautifully illustrated by Peter Bailey and contains extra material for young readers.

  • av H. Rider Haggard
    117

    Haggard's exciting adventure story set in Africa provides a great read for young readers. The extra material at the back will help them to explore this novel further.

  • av Ugo Foscolo
    127

    Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis is a masterly prose work by one of Italy's most celebrated poets, and perhaps the greatest Italian novel of the Romantic movement.

  • av Virginia Woolf
    127

    An extraordinary departure from traditional forms of the novel, Jacob's Room is both an elegiac and experimental tale told in pieces and fragments, and one of Virginia Woolf 's most poignant stories.

  • av E. T. A. Hoffman
    107

    This unique edition, translated by critically-acclaimed translator Andrew Brown, is one of the earliest examples of the classic murder mystery and it has been an inspiration for a host of thriller and crime writers.

  • av Niccolo Machiavelli
    107

    Written in Machiavelli's characteristically lucid and terse style, Life of Castruccio Castracani is a revealing account of the political ferment and fractious factionalism of fourteenth-century Italy.

  • av Anthony Trollope
    117

    The first in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series, The Warden is both a humorous satire of the Church of England and a poignant insight into the manner in which public matters impact private lives.

  • av Stendhal
    171

    In this brilliant tour de force, Stendhal vigorously champions the spontaneous vitality of Shakespeare while condemning the rigid imitators of Corneille and Racine.

  • av Georg Kaiser
    177

    These five plays provide an excellent introduction to Kaiser's vision of the regeneration of man, which he illustrated in his works by a total paring down of detail, penetrating to the core of the matter and revealing man's true potential.

  • av Alexander Trocchi
    157

    Presents a collection of verse that reveals lesser-known facets of the novelist Alexander Trocchi's writing. This book features poems that range from the lyricism of his early love poetry and reflections on his involvement in drug culture to the penetrating comments on contemporary figures and events of his later pieces.

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