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Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
Brave New World predicts - with eerie clarity - a terrifying vision
of the future. Read the dystopian classic. EVERYONE BELONGS TO
EVERYONE ELSE Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our
perfect society achieved peace and stability through the
prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself.
Now everyone belongs. You can be happy too. All you need to do is
take your Soma pills. Discover the brave new world of Aldous
Huxley's classic novel, written in 1932, which prophesied a society
which expects maximum pleasure and accepts complete surveillance -
no matter what the cost. 'A masterpiece of speculation... As
vibrant, fresh, and somehow shocking as it was when I first read
it' Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale 'A
grave warning... Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling'
Observer **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
This is the classic novel brought to life in full colour! Bram
Stoker's gothic masterpiece was first published in 1897, and has
spawned so many classic films, all based on the character he
invented when Queen Victoria was on the throne. Like
"Frankenstein", the films have pushed the characters into the very
fabric of our society, so it is with great pride that we bring you
a visual treatment that is true to the original - made even more
exciting by the wonderous talent that is Staz Johnson!
A gorgeous new pocket-sized special edition bound in real cloth with
foiled edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of
Jane Austen’s birth in 2025. The designs are inspired by Jane Austen’s
life and work.
Jane Austen's most mature and wickedly satirical final novel,
Persuasion follows the story of Anne Elliott, who as a teenager was
engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth. But after being
persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a
suitable match, Anne ends their engagement. When they are reacquainted
eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is
returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's fortunes
are floundering. Will their past regrets prevent them from finding
future happiness?
With original illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and bonus
material about the design.
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