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The Origin of Species
Still considered one of the most important and groundbreaking works of science ever written, Darwin's eminently readable exploration of the evolutionary process challenged most of the strong beliefs of the Western world. Forced to qustion the idea of the Creator, mid-nineteenth century readers were faced with Darwin's theories on the laws of natural selection and the randomness of evolution, ca…
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- 978-0-00-790223-1
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- xx, 604 hal.; 18 cm.
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- 823 Dar o
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist has asked for more! Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. Dickens scathing attack on the cruelness of Victorian society featu…
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- 978-0-00-735088-9
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- viii, 508 hal.; 18 cm.
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- Collins Classics
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- 823 Dic o
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, while Dickens' working title for the novel, Nobody's Fault, highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life. Dickens' childhood experiences inform the vivid scenes in Marshalsea debtor's prison, while his adult perceptions of govermental failures shape his satirical picture of the Circ…
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- 978-1-85326-182-4
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- xxxviii, 801 hal.; ilus. : 20 cm.
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- Wordsworth Classics
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- 823 Dic l
Our mutual friend
Our Mutual Friend, Dickens' last novel, gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society. Its vision of a culture stifled by materialistic values emerges not just through its central narratives, but through its apparently incidental characters and scenes. The chief of its several plots centres on John Harmon who returns to England as his father's heir. He is bel…
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- 978-1-85326-194-7
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- xxi, 794 hal.; ilus. : 20 cm.
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- Wordsworth Classics
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- 823 Dic o
Bleak House
Bleak House is one of Dickens's finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. It is at once a complex mystery story that fully engages the reader in the work of detection, and an unforgettable indictment of an indifferent society. Its representations of a great city's dark underworld, and of the law's corruption and delay…
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- 978-1-85326-082-7
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- xxxiv, 760 hal.; 19,5 cm.
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- 823 Dic b
Dombey and Son
Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose unfailing love fo her father goes unreturned. 'Girls,' said Mr Dombey, 'have nothing to do with Dombey and Son.' When Walter Gay, a young clerk in her farher's office, rescues her from a bewilderin…
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- 978-1-85326-257-9
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- xix, 817 hal.; 20 cm.
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- 823 Dic d
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop with its combination of the sentimental, the grotesque and the socially concerned, and its story of pursuit and courage, which sets the downtrodden and the plucky against the malevolent and the villainous, was an immediate popular success. Little Nell quickly became one of Dickens' most celebrated characters, who so captured the imagination of his readers that while the n…
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- 978-1-85326-244-9
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- xxx, 570 hal.; 20 cm.
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- 823 Dic o
More Tales From Shakespeare (Level 5)
This collection of six stories, based on Shakespeare's plays, is the perfect introduction to one of the world's greatest writers. Meet the tragic young lovers Romeo and Juliet, mad King Lear, angry young Hamlet, and many more of the famous characters in world literature.
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- 978-1-4058-6253-0
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- ix, 89 hlm.; 21 cm.
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- 323 Cha m
Tales From Shakespeare (Level 5)
This book includes stories based on seven of Shakespeare's greatest plays. We meet many of Shakespeare's most famous characters - magical Prospero; Puck, the badly-behaved fairy; evil Macbeth; Shylock, the greedy moneylender, and many more. This is a wonderful first step on the journey into the world of Shakespeare.
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- cet. 1
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- 978-1-4058-6522-7
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- ix, 96 hlm.; 20 cm.
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- 823 Cha t
A Tale Of Two Cities (Level 5)
This great story is set against the background of the French Revolution. Two men - one French, one English, but very similar in appearance - are in love with the same woman. The three of them, like the people of France, are faced with the dangers of life at a time when the guillotine never rests.
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- 978-1-4058-4256-1
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- x, 138 hlm.; 20 cm.
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- -
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- 823 Dic t
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