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Dorian Gray is young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome.
Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by
the terrible realization that he will age, Dorian wishes to retain
his charms forever and finds his desire granted. He abandons
himself to a life of hedonism, vice and murder, yet his face
remains unmarked by his evil. But, hidden in his attic, the
painting ages and corrupts, and one day Dorian must stand face to
face with the man he has become. A perfect depiction of
fin-de-siecle decadence, Oscar Wilde's only novel highlights the
tension between the polished surface and murky depths of Victorian
high society. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition
of The Picture of Dorian Gray features an afterword by the
playwright and actor Peter Harness. Designed to appeal to the
booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of
beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan
Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
"We will die in the fire instead of living in chains." For years,
20 million shape-changing Zygons have lived among us in secret.
They wear human form, hiding in plain sight. Now a fanatical Zygon
splinter group seek to expose their own kind and provoke a conflict
that will force both sides to the brink of Armageddon to ensure
their own survival. It took three Doctors to broker a fragile peace
between Zygons and Humans. Now the 12th must face the fallout
alone. With his allies compromised and his companion believed dead,
can he stop the world from plunging into war?
One of the most irrepressible and exuberant characters in the
history of literature, Tom Sawyer explodes onto the page in a whirl
of bad behaviour and incredible adventures. Whether he is heaving
clods of earth at his brother, faking a gangrenous toe, or trying
to convince the world that he is dead, Tom's infectious energy and
good humour shine through. Part of the Macmillan Collector's
Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics
with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books
make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition of
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer features an afterword by playwright
and screenwriter Peter Harness.
Nostalgic and melancholy in equal measure, The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a razor-sharp satire of the
antebellum South that, despite beginning life as a sequel to The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is now seen in its own right as one of
the most important of all American novels. Part of the Macmillan
Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized
classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful
books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This
edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn features an afterword
by playwright and screenwriter Peter Harness. Rather than be
'sivilized' by the Widow Douglas, Huckleberry Finn - the grubby but
good-natured son of a local drunk - sets off with Jim, an escaped
slave, to find freedom on the Mississippi river. With the law on
their tail, they navigate a world of robbers, slave hunters and con
men, and Huck must choose between what society says is 'right' and
his own burgeoning understanding of Jim's friendship and humanity.
Beautiful Emma Bovary dreams of love and riches but her marriage to
Charles, a dull country doctor, is far from satisfying. In an
attempt to escape the narrow confines of her life, she embarks on a
series of passionate affairs, hoping to find the romantic ideal she
always dreamed about in the arms of other men, but it soon becomes
clear that she is hurtling towards tragedy ...Gustave Flaubert's
daring portrait of adultery caused a national scandal when Madame
Bovary was first published, and this masterpiece of realist
literature has lost none of its impact today. This beautiful
Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Madame Bovary is
translated by Eleanor Marx Aveling and features an afterword by the
playwright, screenwriter and actor, Peter Harness. Designed to
appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a
series of beautiful gift editions of much-loved classic titles.
Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
Why has the mild mannered Dr Jekyll suddenly begun to associate
with the ugly and violent Mr Hyde? And why are they never seen
together? When Jekyll's old friend Utterson tries to solve these
mysteries he uncovers a horrific story of suffering and brutality
that eventually leads to the terrible revelation of Mr Hyde's true
identity. Accompanied here by three other memorable stories of
horror, murder and the supernatural, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde is a masterpiece of Victorian Gothic literature by
Robert Louis Stevenson, and one of the most potent and enduring of
modern myths. This beautiful edition of The Strange Case of Dr
Jekyll and Mr Hyde & Other Stories features an afterword by
playwright and screenwriter Peter Harness. Designed to appeal to
the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of
beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles.
It is 1625 and France is under threat. D'Artagnan, a young
nobleman, sets off to Paris to seek his fortune as a member of the
King's Guard and befriends three musketeers - the mysterious Athos,
ambitious and romantic Aramis, and bumbling Porthos. Together the
friends must use all their guile and ingenuity to outwit the
dastardly schemes of Cardinal Richelieu and the glamorous spy,
Milady. As fresh and entertaining today as when it was first
written, Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers is a gripping
adventure story of daring sword fights, romances, espionage and
murder. This sensitively abridged Macmillan Collector's Library
edition of The Three Musketeers features an afterword by
playwright, screenwriter and actor, Peter Harness. Designed to
appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a
series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles.
Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
Dan Starkey reads this new novelisation of the TV adventure
featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara. For years, 20 million
shape-changing Zygons have lived among us in secret. They wear
human form, hiding in plain sight. Now a fanatical Zygon splinter
group seek to expose their own kind and provoke a conflict that
will force both sides to the brink of Armageddon to ensure their
own survival. It took three Doctors to broker a fragile peace
between Zygons and Humans. Now the Twelfth must face the fallout
alone. With his allies compromised and his companion believed dead,
can he stop the world from plunging into war? Dan Starkey, whose
roles in the BBC TV series include the Sontaran Strax, reads Peter
Harness's novelisation of his 2015 TV episodes. ? 2023 BBC Studios
Distribution Ltd © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
James Joyce's first novel follows the life of Stephen Dedalus, an
artistic and fiercely individual young man. Along the way, Stephen
learns to negotiate the 'snares of the world', to avoid the
pitfalls of his dysfunctional family, his terrifying and repressive
boarding school, and the various beautiful young ladies who capture
his heart. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an
unforgettable depiction of childhood and adolescence, as well as a
lyrical evocation of life in Ireland over a century ago. It shocked
readers on its publication in 1916 and it is now regarded as one of
the most significant literary works of the twentieth century. This
beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of A Portrait of
the Artist as a Young Man features an afterword by Peter Harness.
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's
Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved
classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and
treasure.
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