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The Castle
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'K kept feeling that he had lost himself or was further away in a strange land than anyone had ever been before' A remote village covered almost permanently in snow & dominated by a castle & its staff of dictatorial sexually predatory bureaucrats
- this is the setting for Kafka's story about a man seeking both acceptance in the village & access to the castle Kafka breaks new ground in evoking a dense village community fraught with tensions & recounting an often poignant occasionally farcical love-affair He also explores the relation between the individual & power & asks why the villagers so readily submit to an authority which may exist only in their collective imagination Published only after Kafka's death The Castle appeared in the same decade as modernist masterpieces by Eliot Joyce Woolf Mann & Proust & is among the central works of modern literature This translation follows the text established by critical scholarship & manuscript variants are mentioned in the notes The introduction provides guidance to the text without reducing the reader's own freedom to make sense of this fascinatingly enigmatic novel 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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The Castle By Franz
Kafka (Paperback,
2015)
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The Castle is the story of K the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village & yet cannot go home As he encounters dualities of certainty & doubt hope & fear & reason & nonsense K's struggles in the absurd labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence Kafka began The Castle in 1922 & it was never finished yet this the last of his three great novels draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete ...
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The Castle DVD
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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 A saga about a greyhound-racing tow truck driver who never meant to be a hero but ends up in the High Court of Australia with his small-time surburban lawyer mate & a retired QC fighting the expansion of an adjacent airport that would destroy his home ...
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The Castle In The
Field By Michael
Morpurgo (Paperback,
2013)
£5.99
A great countryside tale Chris Lisa & Tom spend their days in their secret hide-out in the Castle an old WWII pill-box But the Castle is on Old Rafferty's land & he hates kids They find themselves in big trouble when some local lads lock them in & there is no one around for miles High quality cream paper & a special easy to read font ensure a smooth read for all ...
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The Castle Of
Adventure
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The Castle of Adventure is the second exciting instalment in the Adventure series by Enid Blyton one of the best-loved children's writers of all time Why is everyone so afraid of the castle on the hill & what dark secrets lurk inside its walls? Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann Jack & Kiki the parrot are on holiday in the countryside staying on the side of Castle Hill When flashing lights are seen in a distant tower they decide to investigate
- & discover a very sinister plot concealed within its hidden rooms & gloomy underground passages
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The Castle Of Otranto
By Horace Walpole
(Paperback, 2001)
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On the day of his wedding Conrad heir to the house of Otranto is killed in mysterious circumstances His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come to an end & determines to marry his son's bride himself
- despite the fact he is already married But a series of terrifying supernatural omens soon threaten this unlawful union as the curse placed on Manfred's ancestor who usurped the lawful Prince of Otranto begins to unfold First published pseudonymously in 1764 purporting to be an ancient Italian text from the time of the crusades The Castle of Otranto is a founding work of Gothic fiction With its compelling blend of sinister portents tempestuous passions & ghostly visitations it spawned an entire literary tradition & influenced such writers as Ann Radcliffe & Bram Stoker
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The Castlemaine
Murders
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Phryne Fisher is back
- as smart & sassy as ever Phryne Fisher her sister Beth & her faithful maid Dot decide that Luna Park is
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The Castles Of
Burgundy The Card Game
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The Hundred Years& War is over & the Renaissance is looming Conditions are perfect for the princes of the Loire Valley to propel their estates to prosperity & prominence Through strategic trading & building clever planning & careful thought in The Castles of Burgundy The Card Game players add settlements & castles practice trade along the river exploit silver mines farm livestock & more Players 1-4 Playing time 30-60 minutes Ages 12 ...
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The Castoffs: Volume
3: Rise Of The
Machines
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Our intrepid heroes—mages Trinh Charris & Ursa—have made great strides in learning to work together as a team But the darkness is coming & a foe from their past has grown more formidable Will their combined talents be enough to defeat the ever-expanding Surrogate army? An army that has swallowed up so many mages more powerful than they are? ...
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The Castrato:
Reflections On Natures
And Kinds: 16
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The Castrato is a nuanced exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth & late-nineteenth centuries It shows that the entire foundation of Western classical singing culminating in bel canto was birthed from an unlikely & historically unique set of desires public & private aesthetic economic & political In Italy castration for singing was understood through the lens of Catholic blood sacrifice as expressed in idioms of offering & renunciation & paradoxically in satire verbal abuse & even the symbolism of the castrato's comic cousin Pulcinella Sacrifice in turn was inseparable from the system of patriarchy
- involving teachers patrons colleagues & relatives
- whereby castrated males were produced not as nonmen as often thought nowadays but as idealized males Yet what captivated audiences & composers
- from Cavalli & Pergolesi to Handel Mozart & Rossini
- were the extraordinary capacities of castrato voices a phenomenon ultimately unsettled by Enlightenment morality Although the castrati failed to survive their musicality & vocality have persisted long past their literal demise



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The Castle Of Otranto: A Gothic Story

'Look my lord! See heaven itself declares against your impious intentions!' The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction It inaugurated a literary genre that will be forever associated with the effects that Walpole pioneered Professing to be a translation of a mysterious Italian tale from the darkest Middle Ages the novel tells of Manfred prince of Otranto whose fear of an ancient prophecy sets him on a course of destruction After the grotesque death of his only son Conrad on his wedding day Manfred determines to marry the bride-to-be The virgin Isabella flees through a castle riddled with secret passages Chilling coincidences ghostly visitations arcane revelations and violent combat combine in a heady mix that
terrified the novel's first readers In this new edition Nick Groom examines the reasons for its extraordinary impact and the Gothic culture from which it sprang The Castle of Otranto was a game-changer and Walpole the writer who paved the way for modern horror exponents 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 and much more
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' Look my lord! See heaven itself declares against your impious intentions!' The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel & one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction It inaugurated a literary genre that will be forever associated with the effects that Walpole pioneered Professing to be a translation of a mysterious Italian tale from the darkest Middle Ages the novel tells of Manfred prince of Otranto whose fear of an ancient prophecy sets him on a course of destruction After the grotesque death of his only son Conrad on his wedding day Manfred determines to marry the bride-to-be The virgin Isabella flees through a castle riddled with secret passages Chilling coincidences ghostly visitations arcane revelations & violent combat combine in a heady mix that terrified the novel's first readers In this new edition Nick Groom examines the reasons for its extraordinary impact & the Gothic culture from which it sprang The Castle of Otranto was a game-changer & Walpole the writer who paved the way for modern horror exponents 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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