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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.
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Antony And Cleopatra
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet and playwright, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He produced most of his known work between 1590 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. Next he wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, producing plays, such as Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies and collaborated with other playwrights.
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The Swiss Family Robinson
After their ship founders at sea, members of the Robinson family find themselves stranded in an uninhabited, idyllic land. This edition includes a Reading Group guide and a Foreword by the Newbery Honor-winning author of "Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind." Originally written to entertain his four young sons, Johann David Wyss based "The Swiss Family Robinson" on Daniel Defoe's classic shipwreck story, "Robinson Crusoe" (1719). Upon its initial publication in 1812,"The Swiss Family Robinson" was received with great enthusiasm not only as a first-rate adventure story, but also as a practical guide to self-sufficiency.
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Under The Greenwood Tree
The publisher of this book utilises modern printing technologies as well as photocopying processes for reprinting and preserving rare works of literature that are out-of-print or on the verge of becoming lost. This book is one such reprint.