Thomas Hardy
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"The Thomas Hardy Reader - Volume I" is a collection of three of Hardy's most beloved and celebrated books: "Tess of the D'Urbevilles," "The Mayor of Casterbridge" and "The Return of the Native."
Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest novelists in English literary history, these three books represent Thomas Hardy at his best. In these novels, Hardy explores and expounds upon some of his most familiar themes: love, honor, loss, betrayal...
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"The Thomas Hardy Reader - Volume II" is a collection of three of Hardy's most beloved and celebrated books: "Far from the Madding Crowd," "Jude the Obscure" and "A Pair of Blue Eyes."
Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest novelists in English literary history, these three books represent Thomas Hardy at his best. In these novels, Hardy explores and expounds upon some of his most familiar themes: love, honor, loss, betrayal and tragic...
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A collection of the greatest poetry from the Romantic period, the battlefield, and the Victorian era, read by some of the 20th century's most renowned actors. Themes of war, love, nature, sexuality, and much more are played out in these timeless readings of poetry from the 19th and 20th century. Performed by Sir John Gielgud; Richard Burton; William Squire; Richard Marquand; Peggy Ashcroft; Margaretta Scott; Tony Church; Derek Godfrey; Patrick Garland;...
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These heart-soaring tales of romance and tragedy are widely considered four of the finest novels in English literature. Wuthering Heights is an immortal story of love and obsession on the stormy Yorkshire moors. The fate of the Earnshaw family is forever changed when they adopt a dark-skinned orphan boy named Heathcliff. As the years pass, Heathcliff and young Catherine Earnshaw fall deeply in love, but their passion cannot survive the pressures...