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  • The Prime Minister

    by Anthony Trollope, David Skilton ...
    Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez. An exotic impostor, seemingly from nowhere, Lopez has society at his feet, while well-connected ladies vie with each other to exert influence on his behalf - even Palliser's own wife, Lady Glencora. But ... Read more

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  • The Law and the Lady

    by Wilkie Collins, David Skilton ...
    Despite the grave misgivings of both their families, Valeria Brinton and Eustace Woodville are married. But before long the new bride begins to suspect a dark secret in her husband's past and when she discovers that he has been living under a false name, she determines to find out why he is concealing his true identity from her. Soon she must endure an even greater shock: the revelation that her ... Read more

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  • Reform and Intellectual Debate in Victorian England

    Edited by Barbara Dennis, David Skilton ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World
    First published in 1987. Readers of Victorian literature, both poetry and prose, are constantly aware of a powerful undercurrent of change - political, social, and intellectual - which determines the shape of the literature being produced. Topics covered include parliamentary reform, the Gentleman, religious debate and secular thought, education; leisure and attitudes to the arts, and the Woman ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • The Early and Mid-Victorian Novel

    Edited by David Skilton ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Nineteenth-Century Novel
    The Victorian period was the age of the novel and critics at the time clearly saw the importance of prose fiction.First published in 1993, this anthology contains over fifty original extracts from contemporary critics on the early and mid-Victorian novel. Arranged thematically, the volume covers such topics as literary form, the social responsibility of literature, issues of politics and gender, ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Framley Parsonage

    by Anthony Trollope ...
    Mark Robarts is a clergyman with ambitions beyond his small country parish of Framley. In a naive attempt to mix in influential circles, he agrees to guarantee a bill for a large sum of money for the disreputable local Member of Parliament, while being helped in his career in the Church by the same hand. But the unscrupulous politician reneges on his financial obligations, and Mark must face the ... Read more

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  • The Haunted Hotel

    by Wilkie Collins ...
    In the year 1860, the reputation of Doctor Wybrow as a London physician reached its highest point. It was reported on good authority that he was in receipt of one of the largest incomes derived from the practice of medicine in modern times.One afternoon, towards the close of the London season, the Doctor had just taken his luncheon after a specially hard morning's work in his consulting-room, and ... Read more

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  • The Moonstone (Diversion Classics)

    by Wilkie Collins ...
    Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms.Rachel Verinder is elated to receive a large Indian diamond for her eighteenth birthday. If only she had time to enjoy it! Less than an hour after she inherits the stone from her uncle, it vanishes without a trace.What ensues is considered one of the first detective ... Read more

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  • The Queen of Hearts

    by Wilkie Collins ...
    WE were three quiet, lonely old men, and SHE was a lively, handsome young woman, and we were at our wits' end what to do with her.A word about ourselves, first of all—a necessary word, to explain the singular situation of our fair young guest.We are three brothers; and we live in a barbarous, dismal old house called The Glen Tower. Our place of abode stands in a hilly, lonesome district of South ... Read more

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  • The Duke’s Children

    by Anthony Trollope ...
    Anthony Trollope was a British writer who is considered to be one of the most prominent authors of the Victorian era. Trollope created the fictional county of Barsetshire which many of his novels are set in. Trollope also wrote on the political and social issues on England during his time. This edition of The Duke’s Children includes a table of contents. ... Read more

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  • The Warden

    The Chronicles of Barsetshire

    by Anthony Trollope ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'You might pass Eleanor Harding in the street without notice, but you could hardly pass an evening with her and not lose your heart.' John Bold has lost his heart to Eleanor Harding but he is a political radical who has launched a campaign against the management of the charity of which her father is the Warden. How can this tangle be resolved? In the novel which is Trollope's first acknowledged ... Read more

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  • The Eustace Diamonds

    by Anthony Trollope ...
    Lizzie Greystock, a fortune-hunter, ensnares the sickly, dissipated Sir Florian Eustace and is soon left a very wealthy widow and mother. While clever and beautiful, Lizzie has several character flaws; the greatest of these is an almost pathological delight in lying, even when it cannot benefit her. Before he dies, the disillusioned Sir Florian discovers all this, but does not think to change the ... Read more

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  • Phineas Redux

    by Anthony Trollope ...
    The fourth in Anthony Trollope's 'Palliser' series, in 'Phineas Redux' we are reunited with protagonist Phineas Finn - first introduced in the second book of the series, 'Phineas Finn' which charted his parliamentary ambitions. We meet with Phineas as he is once again drawn into the world of Westminster politics, following the tragic death of his wife and his dissatisfaction with his political ... Read more

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