Rob roy

From its first publication in 1816 Rob Roy has been recognised as containing some of Scott's finest writing and most engaging, fully realised characters. The outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor was already a legendary, disputed figure by the time Scott wrote - a heroic Scottish Robin Hood to some, an over-glamorised, unprincipled predator to others. Scott approaches Rob Roy indirectly, through the adventu…

The crucible: a play in four acts

"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hyst…

Sense and sensibility

Know your own happiness

Tales from shakespeare

Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb was written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare', but are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and robust style, and their literary quality has made them popular and sought-after ever since their first publication in 1807. This edition contains the delightfu…

Moonfleet

When fifteen-year-old orphan John Trenchard is banished by his Aunt Jane, he goes to live at the local inn with the mysterious Elzevir Block, whose son has been killed by Customs Officers. Unofficially adopted by Block, John comes to learn the reasons for the noises in the graveyard at night, of 'Blackbeard' Mohune's lost treasure and Elzevir Block's secret

Pinocchio

The story of the walking and talking puppet Pinocchio is one of the best-loved children's tales of all time.

Classic Treasury: Classic Tales

Meet favourite characters from Heidi to Pollyanna as they flit through this enchanting collection of extracts from literary classics.

The giver

Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce newchildren, who are assigned to appropriate family units. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs. No one thinks to ask questions. Everyone obeys. Everyone is the same. Except Jonas. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex …

The prince & the pauper

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9788119172054

Collation

216 p. ; 21 cm

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Call Number

823 TWA t

The adventures of tom sawyer

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9788119172597

Collation

252 p. ; 21 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 TWA t