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Tom Jones is a funny, scandalous and picaresque tale of a young lad, reared by a magnanimous benefactor who becomes entangled in the life of an amorous 'lady'. Tom really loves Sophia but finds it hard to gain the happiness he desires through misadventure.
"A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire--though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. Wh…
In early nineteenth-century Yorkshire, England, the passionate attachment between a headstrong young girl and a foundling boy brought up by her father causes disaster for them and many others.
"This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entire…
[This volume contains] twelve of Emily Bronte's letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel ... Five major critical interpretations o…
In nineteenth-century Yorkshire, the tumultuous relationship between a headstrong girl and a foundling boy wreaks havoc on them and those around them, as well as the next generation. Also includes 1847 and 1850 reviews, background materials on the Bröntes, modern criticism, a ch…
The importance of being earnest and other plays
by Cave, Richard Allen, Wilde, Oscar
fromPenguin classics
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Type: Book
Algernon pretends to be Jack's troublesome younger brother, in Wilde's satirical assault on nineteenth-century fashions, manners, and morality.
After 17 years of campaigning, Thomas Coram managed to persuade sufficient 'persons of quality and distinction' to support his petition to the King to grant a Royal Charter for the building of the Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury. This history of the first children's charity cha…
