' She had believed that my wild poet's passion for her would make me her slave; & that being her slave I should execute her will in all things' The Lifted Veil was first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1859 A dark fantasy woven from contemporary scientific interest in the physiology of the brain mesmerism phrenology & experiments in revification it is Eliot's anatomy of her own moral philsophy
- the ideal of imaginative sympathy or the ability to see into others' minds & emotions Narrated by an egoccentric morbid young clairvoyant man whose fascination for Bertha Grant lies partly in her obliquity the story also explores fiction's ability to offer insight into the self as well as being a remarkable portrait of a misdeveloped artist whose visionary powers merely blight his life The Lifted Veil is now one of the most widely read & critically discussed of Eliot's works Published as a companion piece to The Lifted Veil Brother Jacob is by contrast Eliot's literary homage to Thackeray a satirical modern fable that draws telling parallels between eating & reading Yet both stories reveal Eliot's deep engagement with the question of whether there are 'necessary truths' independent of our perception of them & the boundaries of art & the self Helen Small's introduction casts new light on works which fully deserve to be read alongside Eliot's novels 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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November 23rd 1963 is a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence As a mysterious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS the barriers of time break apart ...

The present Emilie de la Martinieres has always fought against her aristocratic background but after the death of her glamorous distant mother she finds herself alone in the world & sole inheritor of her grand childhood home in the south of France An old notebook of poems leads her in search of the mysterious & beautiful Sophia whose tragic love affair changed the course of her family history As Emilie unravels the story she too embarks on her own journey of discovery realizing that the chateau may provide clues to her own difficult past & finally unlock the future The past London 1943 A young office clerk Constance Carruthers is drafted into the SOE arriving in occupied Paris during the climax of the conflict Separated from her contact in her very first hours in France she stumbles into the heart of a wealthy family who are caught up in a deadly game of secrets & lies Forced to surrender her identity & all ties to her homeland & her beloved husband Constance finds herself drawn into a complex web of deception the repercussions of which will affect generations to come From the author of the international bestseller Hothouse Flower Lucinda Riley's The Light Behind the Window is a breathtaking & intense story of love war & above all forgiveness Note to readers In the US this book is published under the title The Lavender Garden ...

The global bestselling debut now a word-of-mouth classic
- a heart-rending story of a lighthouse keeper & his wife who face a life-changing
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play As beautiful as it is heart-breaking the light between oceans features an incredible cast including Michael Fassbender Alicia Vikander & Rachel Weisz this breath-taking story is set to remind us all of the infinite power of love the overwhelming fear of loss & the complexities of human nature that binds the two when lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) & his adored wife Isabel (Alicia Vikander) discover a baby adrift in a boat off the remote coast off western Australia they must make a choice when they decide to raise the child as their own the shattering consequences of this choice will change their lives forever Actors Michael Fassbender Alicia Vikander Rachel Weisz Format PAL Blu-ray Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

A marvellous book' Dr Eben Alexander author of Proof of Heaven She can pick up personal facts impossible to fathom by deduction or guesswork" Jeanette Winterson Sunday Telegraph We all have psychic experiences in our lives that connect us to one another & to those we love on the Other Side Not just once in a while but all the time' Laura Lynne Jackson has been receiving communications from the afterlife since she was a child In The Light Between Us she takes us through her struggle to come to peace with her gift & use it to help others Through her moving & uplifting stories of the people she has helped Laura Lynne shares her knowledge of how to understand these messages of love & how we can use those lessons to help us live more peacefully in the present ...

Six years ago schoolgirls Evelyn & Philippa Hapwell were swept from a war-time bunker to a fantasy kingdom Now almost grown-up they've returned to the real world but grieving Evie will do almost anything to go back to the magical Woodlands that holds her heart 416 pages Weymouth Laura ...

' What shall we do?' said Twoflower ' Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully He always held that panic was the best means of survival As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star the Discworld could do with a hero What it doesn't need is a singularly inept & cowardly wizard still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world or a well-meaning tourist & his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own Which is a shame because that's all there is ...

It is known as the Discworld It is a flat planet supported on the backs of four elephants who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A' Tuin as it swims majestically through space & it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star the Discworld has only one possible saviour Unfortunately this happens to be the singularly inept & cowardly wizard called Rincewind who was last seen falling off the edge of the world ...

Published in Britain at the end of 1986 this & its prequel (The Colour of Magic above) were among the top five best-selling books on the 1986 Andromeda list Moreover Pratchett was Andromeda's best-selling author for the same year It was also chosen as a lead title for Doubleday's Science Fiction Book Club ...