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By: James Joyce

ISBN: 9781847498007
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 23rd April 2020
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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This edition, published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of the first publication in 1939, fully incorporates Joyce's manuscript amendments and includes a critical introduction by Dr Sam Slote of Trinity College Dublin."


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By: Margaret Mitchell

ISBN: 9781847498601
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
UK Publication Date: 29th August 2021
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Famously inspiring the iconic 1939 Oscar-winning film starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett and Clark Gable as the rakish but cynical Rhett Butler, it is Margaret Mitchell's only published novel, and a living testament to the irrepressible resilience of the American spirit.


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By: Gottfried Keller

ISBN: 9781847498922
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st February 2023
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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The story of young Henry, who struggles to fulfil his ambitions to become a successful painter and is torn between the gentle Anna and the proud and sensual Judith, is one of the most outstanding and personal Bildungsroman writ ten in the German language.


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By: Joseph Conrad

ISBN: 9781847494016
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2015
UK Publication Date: 15th January 2015
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Renowned for its stylistic boldness and dramatic descriptions, Heart of Darkness is a stark yet subtle examination of the powers of the subconscious and the workings of western imperialism.


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By: Dante Alighieri

ISBN: 9781847493408
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2014
UK Publication Date: 16th January 2014
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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New verse translation by prize-winning translator with facing Italian text, part of Alma Classics Evergreen series. Includes an extensive section on Dante's life and works.


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By: Alain Robbe-Grillet

ISBN: 9780714550503
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 22nd September 2022
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Unique edition of the film script of Last Year at Marienbad, one of the most iconic movies of the twentieth century. It contains an introduction by Alain Robbe-Grillet and 48 photographs from the film.


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By: Walt Whitman

ISBN: 9781847497550
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
UK Publication Date: 30th May 2019
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Leaves of Grass embodies Walt Whitman's lifetime ambition to create a new voice that could capture the spirit and vibrancy of the young American nation, while celebrating at the same time "Nature without check with original energy".


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By: Jane Austen

ISBN: 9781847496331
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
UK Publication Date: 26th January 2017
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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These inventive and entertaining pieces display the early sparkles of wit and imagination of Jane Austen's mature fiction. Written when she was only in her teens, they are by turns amusing, acerbic and occasionally downright silly.


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By: Ivan Goncharov

ISBN: 9781847493446
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2014
UK Publication Date: 20th April 2014
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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New, award-winning translation of Goncharov's popular masterpiece Rich in situational comedy, psychological complexity and social satire, Oblomov - here presented in Stephen Pearl's award-winning translation, the first major English-language version of the novel in more than fifty years - is a timeless novel and a monument to human idleness.


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By: John Milton

ISBN: 9781847498038
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 20th June 2019
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Paradise Lost has been revered since its initial publication, inspiring writers from Mary Shelley to William Wordsworth, and is widely considered to be the greatest poem ever written in the English language." Based on the most authoritative text, this edition is well annotated and contains extra material for students


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By: Jane Austen

ISBN: 9781847495709
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st January 2016
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, this edition of Persuasion is thoroughly edited and extensively annotated and includes pictures and an extensive section of Austen's life and works.


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By: Charles Dickens

ISBN: 9781847498854
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 24th June 2022
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Abounding in colour and humour, and interspersed with unforgettable set pieces, Pictures from Italy is yet another proof of Charles Dickens's genius and versatility. A great addition to Alma Charles Dickens collection of popular novels.


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By: Dylan Thomas

ISBN: 9781847499158
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 3rd June 2024
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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First published in 1940, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog has proven to be second only in popularity to the authors masterpiece, Under Milk Wood, demonstrating that Thomas was as much a master of prose as he was of poetry. Included in this volume is the complete body of fiction produced by the Welsh poet in his short and turbulent life.


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By: Jane Austen

ISBN: 9781847493699
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2014
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series at GBP4.99, Pride and Prejudice is one of the most cherished love stories in English literature.


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By: Daniel Defoe

ISBN: 9781847494856
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Nov 2015
UK Publication Date: 15th November 2015
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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This new edition of Robinson Crusoe contains more than 21 illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Adam Stower and a wealth of extra material.


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By: Jane Austen

ISBN: 9781847494849
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2015
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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"Sense and Sensibility" is famously characterised as the story of two Dashwood sisters who embody the conflict between the oppressive nature of 'civilised' society and the human desire for romantic passion.


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By: William Shakespeare

ISBN: 9781847496089
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2016
UK Publication Date: 22nd September 2016
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Presented here in an edition that makes them accessible to twentieth-century readers, these poems are worth returning to again and again.


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By: Edgar Allan Poe

ISBN: 9781847496096
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
UK Publication Date: 22nd September 2016
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Immensely popular both during and after his lifetime, and a powerful influence on generations of writers and film-makers to this day, Edgar Allan Poe is still counted among the greatest short-story writers of all time and seen as one of the initiators of the detective, horror and science-fiction genres.


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By: Carlo Collodi

ISBN: 9781847498892
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 7th October 2022
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Here presented in a brand-new and lively translation by Stephen Parkin and illustrated beautifully by Peter Bailey, this edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio brings extra sparkle to one of the greatest and most celebrated works of children's literature.


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By: Arthur Conan Doyle

ISBN: 9781847496164
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 20th October 2016
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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First appearing separately in the Strand Magazine, these stories were published together in 1892 in a volume that rapidly became one of the most popular Sherlock Holmes collections. This edition contains extra material for young readers.


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By: Kate Chopin

ISBN: 9781847498250
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2020
UK Publication Date: 12th March 2020
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Presented in a new annotated edition accompanied with extra material, The Awakening is widely seen as a landmark of early feminism and a precursor of American modernism.


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By: Jeremias Gotthelf

ISBN: 9781847499240
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 23rd August 2024
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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New edition of one of the most powerful novellas which Thomas Mann saw as foretelling the advent of Nazism. Now part of Alma 101-pages series of lesser-known classics.


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By: Geoffrey Chaucer

ISBN: 9781847497413
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 22nd January 2020
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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This edition contains a wealth of material and over 3,000 notes which will help all students of Chaucer's masterpiece.


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By: Arthur Conan Doyle

ISBN: 9781847498823
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 26th January 2023
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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The final collection of Holmes adventures, containing twelve brilliant, unpredictable stories, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes is a fitting conclusion to its protagonist's long career and a powerful send-off for Conan Doyle's greatest creation.

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