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  • Over the Land and Over the Sea

    Selected Nonsense and Travel Writings

    by Edward Lear ...
    Comic invention and an unrestrained sense of the absurd are explored in this collection of one of England's best-loved poets. Adored by generations of nonsense-loving children and treasured by adults conscious of the subtle melancholy that underlies the fun, these writings whisk readers away not only to the fabled lands of the Jumblies and the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo but also to 19th-century Albania, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lives of the Great Romantics, Part I, Volume 3

    by John Mullan, Chris Hart, Peter Swaab ...
    The memoirs in this collection are written by those who had personal knowledge of Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth, or who claimed to be recording the accounts of those who had such knowledge. Each volume in this set contains facsimilies of the original memoirs. ... Read more

    $225.99 USD

  • Bringing Up Baby

    by Peter Swaab ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    Bringing Up Baby, directed by Howard Hawks in 1938, is one of the greatest screwball comedies and a treasure from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Cary Grant plays a naive and repressed palaeosaurologist who becomes entangled with (and ensnared by) a wilful heiress (Katharine Hepburn). Chaos ensues as romance blossoms and not one but two leopards are set loose in verdant Connecticut. All of Hawks's ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Two Noble Kinsmen

    by William Shakespeare, Peter Swaab ...
    Considered by Thomas de Quincey to be 'perhaps the most superb work in the language', The Two Noble Kinsmen is set in Athens and was co-written by Shakespeare with John Fletcher. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by N. W. Bawcutt with an introduction by Peter Swaab.'Once, he kissed me.I loved my lips the better ten days after'When Theseus, Duke of Athens, learns that the ruler of Thebes ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

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  • Lives of the Great Romantics, Part I, Volume 2

    Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth by Their Contemporaries

    by John Mullan, Chris Hart, Peter Swaab ...
    The memoirs in this collection are written by those who had personal knowledge of Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth, or who claimed to be recording the accounts of those who had such knowledge. Each volume in this set contains facsimilies of the original memoirs. ... Read more

    $225.00 USD

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  • Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets - Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Southey

    by Thomas de Quincey ...
    First published in 1862, “Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets” is an insightful account of the author's personal experiences and relationships with the Lake Poets, a group of English poets who all resided in the Lake District of England and include William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey. Considered an important part of the Romantic Movement, the Lake Poets are ... Read more

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  • A Letter Book

    Enriched edition. Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing

    by George Saintsbury, Roderick Lancaster ...
    In "A Letter Book," George Saintsbury curates an exquisite collection of correspondence that spans centuries and cultures, illuminating the evolution of letter writing as both an art form and a vital medium of communication. The book is rich in literary style, showcasing a variety of voices'—from the deeply personal to the broadly political'—underpinned by Saintsbury's insightful commentary. His ... Read more

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  • Elia; and The Last Essays of Elia

    by Charles Lamb ...
    Lamb's greatest work. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Lamb (London, 10 February 1775 Edmonton, 27 December 1834) was an English/Welsh essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (17641847). Lamb has been referred to by E.V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as the most lovable figure in English ... Read more

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  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mobi Classics)

    by William Shakespeare ...
    A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The ... Read more

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  • Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Delphi Classics)

    by William Hazlitt, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 11 - Delphi Series Six
    The greatest art critic of his age, William Hazlitt is celebrated for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. Hazlitt was an influential drama critic, social commentator and philosopher, now widely considered one of the great critics and essayists of the English language. This comprehensive eBook presents Hazlitt’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts appearing in ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Charles Lamb: a Memoir

    by Barry Cornwall ...
    Classic biography, first published in 1866. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Lamb (London, 10 February 1775 Edmonton, 27 December 1834) was an English/Welsh essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (17641847). Lamb has been referred to by E.V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as the most lovable ... Read more

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  • Romeo and Juliet

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series Shakespeare, Signet Classic
    The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's timeless story of star-crossed lovers.One of the Bard's most popular plays, this is both the quintessential story of young love and a cautionary tale of the tragedy that can occur when the forces of passion and familial pride are at odds.This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes:• An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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