Complete & unabridged this elegantly designed hardcover edition is slip cased & features a ribbon marker & period styling as well as an introduction providing the reader with enlightening information on Austen's life & works Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance using it as a platform from which to address issues of gender politics & class consciousness among the British middle-class of the late eighteenth century The novels included in the collection
- Sense & Sensibility Pride & Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion & Lady Susan
- represent all of Austen's complete novels & provide the reader with an entrance into the world she & her memorable characters inhabited With witty unflinching morality Austen portrays English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close & the nineteenth century began Austin's heroines find happiness in many forms each of the novels is a story of love & marriage-marriage for love financial security & for social status In a publishing career that spanned less than ten years her work brought her little personal fame & only a few positive reviews during her lifetime It wasn't until the 1940s that she became widely accepted in academia as a great English writer The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship & the emergence of a fan culture Austen's works continue to influence the course of the novel even as they charm readers today Complete & unabridged this beautiful volume is magnificent Elegantly designed this cloth bound hardcover edition is slip cased & features a ribbon marker & period styling A must have for any Janeite Also included is an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on Jane Austen's life & works

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Jane Austen is without question one of England's most enduring & skilled novelists With her wit social precision & unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic & believable heroines she mesmerises her readers as much today as when her novels were first published Whether it is her sharp ironic gaze at the Gothic genre invoked by the adventures of Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey; the diffident & much put-upon Fanny Price struggling to cope with her emotions in Mansfield Park; her delightfully paced comedy of manners & the machinations of the sisters Elinor & Marianne in Sense & Sensibility; the quiet strength of Anne Elliot in Persuasion succeeding in a world designed to subjugate her very existence; & Emma
- 'a heroine whom no one but myself will like' teased Austen
- yet another irresistible character on fire with imagination & foresight Indeed not unlike her renowned creator Jane Austen is as sure-footed in her steps through society's whirlpools of convention & prosaic mores as she is in her sometimes restrained but ever precise & enduring prose

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Jane Austen is without question one of England's most enduring & skilled novelists With her wit social precision & unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic & believable heroines she mesmerises her readers as much today as when her novels were first published Whether it is her sharp ironic gaze at the Gothic genre invoked by the adventures of Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey; the diffident & much put-upon Fanny Price struggling to cope with her emotions in Mansfield Park; her delightfully paced comedy of manners & the machinations of the sisters Elinor & Marianne in Sense & Sensibility; the quiet strength of Anne Elliot in Persuasion succeeding in a world designed to subjugate her very existence; & Emma
- 'a heroine whom no one but myself will like' teased Austen
- yet another irresistible character on fire with imagination & foresight Indeed not unlike her renowned creator Jane Austen is as sure-footed in her steps through society's whirlpools of convention & prosaic mores as she is in her sometimes restrained but ever precise & enduring prose

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In America Karl Rossmann is 'packed off to America by his parents' to experience Oedipal & cultural isolation Here ordinary immigrants are also strange & ' America' is never quite as real as it should be Kafka a Czech writing in German never acutally visited America; so as Max Brod commented 'the innocence of his fantasy gives this book if advanture its peculiar colour' Both Joseph K in The Trial & K in The Castle are victims of anonymous governing forces beyond their control Both are atomised estranged & rootless citizens decieved by authoritarian power Whereas Joseph K is relentlessly hunted down for a crime that remains nameless K ceaselessly attempts to enter the castle & so belong somewhere Together these novels may be read as powerful allegories of totalitarian government in whatever guise it appears today ...

'we can speak of no greater contest than Olympia' The Greek poet Pindar (c 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games including the Olympics He celebrated the victories of athletes competing in foot races horse races boxing wrestling all-in fighting & the pentathlon & his Odes are fascinating not only for their poetic qualities but for what they tell us about the Games Pindar praises the victor by comparing him to mythical heroes & the gods but also reminds the athlete of his human limitations The Odes contain versions of some of the best known Greek myths such as Jason & the Argonauts & Perseus & Medusa & are a valuable source for Greek religion & ethics Pindar's startling use of language
- striking metaphors bold syntax enigmatic expressions
- makes reading his poetry a uniquely rewarding experience Anthony Verity's lucid translations are complemented by an introduction & notes that provide insight into competition myth & meaning ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play For the first time ever re-live all of Paddington Bear&s escapades following him from is arrival at Paddington Station & meeting the Brown Family to his tormenting their neighbour Mr Curry In addition to the full 56 tv episodes are the first time released together 3 half hour specials ...

As the 1950's close down Peanuts enters its golden age Linus who had just learned to speak in the previous volume becomes downright eloquent Charlie Brown cascades further down the hill to loserdom But the rising star is undoubtedly Snoopy He's at the centre of the most action-packed episodes Jonathan Franzen author of The Corrections & life-long Peanuts fan introduces the collection ...

As The Complete Peanuts reaches its halfway point Snoopy's family suddenly expands adding a brother (Spike) a sister (Belle) & even a nephew Also in this volume the Linus Snoopy Truffles love triangle Peppermint Patty's Powder Puff Derby & obedience-school fiascos Charlie Brown's meeting with his idol Joe Shlabotnik Marcie's unwanted suitor & the final fate of the talking schoolhouse building Plus an introduction by SNL writer ' Triumph the Insult Comic Dog' creator & lifelong Peanuts fan Robert Smigel ...

One of the great English Romantic poets William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist poet mystic & visionary His work ranges from the deceptively simple & lyrical Songs of Innocence & their counterpoint Experience
- which juxtapose poems such as ' The Lamb' & ' The Tyger' & ' The Blossom' & ' The Sick Rose'
- to highly elaborate apocalyptic works such as The Four Zoas Milton & Jerusalem Throughout his life Blake drew on a rich heritage of philosophy religion & myth to create a poetic worlds illuminated by his spiritual & revolutionary beliefs that have fascinated intrigued & enchanted readers for generations

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Poet dramatist critic & editor T S Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry This edition of The Complete Poems & Plays published for the first time in paperback

Includes:: all of his verse & work for the stage from Prufrock & Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943) &

Includes:: such literary landmarks as The Waste Land Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats & Murder in the Cathedral' Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened more astonished more humble' Ted Hughes



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