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The Woodlanders
Love and the erratic heart are at the center of Hardy\'s \"woodland story.\" Set in the beautiful Blackmoor Vale, The Woodlanders concerns the fortunes of Giles Winterborne, whose love for the well-to-do Grace Melbury is challenged by the arrival of the dashing and dissolute doctor, Edred Fitzpiers. When the mysterious Felice Charmond further complicates the romantic entanglements, marital choice and class mobility become inextricably linked. Hardy\'s powerful novel depicts individuals in thrall to desire and the natural law that motivates them. This is the only critical edition of the novel, which was Hardy\'s own favorite \"as a story,\" that is based on a comprehensive study of the manuscript and incorporates later revisions. The new introduction by Penny Boumelha considers the novel in the context of Hardy\'s career, the characters\' relationships with one another, the role of destiny and individual choice, narrative perspective, and the community. This edition also contains a new and up-to-date bibliography and a new chronology.
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Come along, Toto, she said. We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly and spectral. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine, Conan Doyle s The Hound of the Baskervilles follows the infamous Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose dead body is found on the misty and desolate Devon moors. The locals blame his death on the legend of the fearsome phantom hound that they claim has haunted the Baskerville family for generations. When the heir to the Baskerville fortune, Sir Henry, also comes under threat Holmes detective skills are put to the test as he battles to discover the truth behind the legend and to solve one of the most macabre mysteries of his career.