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By: J.M. Barrie

ISBN: 9781847495600
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Oct 2015
UK Publication Date: 15th October 2015
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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In addition to the famous 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, this volume contains the celebrated stage version on which Peter and Wendy is based, as well as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. This edition is illustrated by Joel Stewart.


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By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

ISBN: 9781847496560
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2018
UK Publication Date: 25th January 2018
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Here presented in a brand new translation by Hugh Aplin, The Eternal Husband shows Dostoevsky at his best as a ruthless dissector of the quirks and foibles of the human character


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By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

ISBN: 9781847493828
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 15th October 2014
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series at GBP4.99, this edition of the gambler in a brand new translation includes pictures and an extensive section on Dostoevsky's life and works


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By: Franz Kafka

ISBN: 9781847493521
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2014
UK Publication Date: 15th June 2014
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century world literature, 'The Metamorphosis' is accompanied in this volume by a selection of other classic tales and sketches by Kafka - such as 'The Judgement', 'In the Penal Colony' and 'A Country Doctor' - all presented in a lively and meticulous new translation by Christopher Moncrieff.


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By: Virginia Woolf

ISBN: 9781847499103
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 19th January 2024
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Written in 1924 and perhaps intended for inclusion in Mrs Dalloway, a book Woolf was working on at the time, The New Dress is here accompanied by most of the short stories she published in her lifetime.


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By: Beatrix Potter

ISBN: 9781847499127
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st November 2023
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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A new edition of The Peter Rabbit Stories, illustrated by Anna Currey. It includes The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and The Tale of Mr Tod.


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By: Niccolo Machiavelli

ISBN: 9781847493231
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2013
UK Publication Date: 12th September 2013
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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New translation of a classic from Italian literature. This edition contains a new translation of G.W.F. Hegel's 'Machiavelli's The Prince and Italy', notes and apparatus on Machiavelli's life and works, four pages of pictures and the first pages of The Prince in the original Italian.


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By: Edgar Allan Poe

ISBN: 9781847498885
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 15th March 2023
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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The present edition contains a large selection of his works in verse as well as a selection of Poe's essays on poetical composition and prosody, revealing that poetry was at the core of the American master's vision of literature


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By: George Orwell

ISBN: 9781847499196
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 25th July 2024
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Now presented in a new annotated edition, The Road to Wigan Pier represents a unique record of a society riven by class inequality and plagued by unemployment, inadequate housing, unsafe working conditions and other social ills, as well as providing an invaluable insight into the evolution of Orwells political consciousness.


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By: Hugh Lofting

ISBN: 9781847497451
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 26th July 2018
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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A new edition of one of the most celebrated children classics, here presented with extra material for young readers including a glossary and a quiz-yourself section.


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By: Anne Bront

ISBN: 9781847497277
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
UK Publication Date: 28th June 2018
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this edition of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte ncludes an extensive section on Anne Bronte's life and works.


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By: Franz Kafka

ISBN: 9781847497192
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 29th March 2018
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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This new edition of Kafka's The Trial includes a comprehensive selection of extra material, including notes on the text, pictures and a section on Kafka's life and works.


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By: Arthur Conan Doyle

ISBN: 9781847498939
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 26th January 2023
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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The fourth and final novel in the Sherlock Holmes canon, originally published in the Strand magazine between September 1914 and May 1915, The Valley of Fear is a riveting whodunit that showcases all of the classic elements that have ensured the enduring popularity of the stories featuring Conan Doyle's most famous creation.


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By: Jean-Paul Sartre

ISBN: 9780714548517
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 22nd November 2018
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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First published in 1939, a few years before his most influential works in theatre and philosophy, The Wall was Sartre's first and only collection of short fiction.


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By: Mikhail Bulgakov

ISBN: 9781847496201
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
UK Publication Date: 25th August 2016
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Set in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev during the chaotic winter of 1918-19, The White Guard, Bulgakov's first full-length novel, tells the story of a Russian-speaking family trapped in circumstances that threaten to destroy them.


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By: Anton Chekhov

ISBN: 9781847497666
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
UK Publication Date: 25th June 2020
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Part of Alma Classics new series: 101 Pages, Three Years is, in the author's own words, " a novel of Moscow life" and an examination of its merchant classes. A powerful story of redemption and the nuances of human relationships, the novella helped cement Chekhov's reputation as a major figure in Russian literature.


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By: William Makepeace Thackeray

ISBN: 9781847497963
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 25th April 2019
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Woven into the climactic events of the Napoleonic Wars, and set against a backdrop of gaudy elegance and cut-throat personal ambition, Vanity Fair is an epic and sweeping satire, and a landmark of English literature." This edition contains extra material for students.


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By: Louis-Ferdinand Cline

ISBN: 9781847499165
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 11th June 2024
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Translated now for the first time into English, War is a powerfully vivid, unflinching, darkly comical exploration of the physical and mental trauma of the Western Front, which provides a fascinating missing link in the writing career of one of the greatest - and most controversial - authors of the twentieth century.


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By: Charlie Lovett

ISBN: 9781846883606
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2015
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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A novel about old books, young love and Jane Austen written by a former antiquarian bookseller


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By: Charles Dickens

ISBN: 9781847496171
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is the most heart-warming of seasonal tales, a timeless classic that continues to enchant readers around the world.


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By: Mikhail Bulgakov

ISBN: 9781847495686
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st January 2016
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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A Dog's Heart was banned by the censors in 1925 and circulated only in samizdat form. Nowadays this hugely entertaining tale has become very popular in Russia, and has inspired many adaptations across the world.


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By: Jules Verne

ISBN: 9781847497970
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 25th April 2019
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Verne, the acclaimed author of immortal tales of adventure and early science fiction, can be seen here in a different light, regaling readers of all ages with a light-hearted satire that, in its warnings about the dangers of scientific experimentation, has a clear and troubling resonance with our times."


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By: Stefan Zweig

ISBN: 9781847495815
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2016
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this new translation of The Game of Chess and Other Stories is here presented in a unique collection.


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By: Mikhail Lermontov

ISBN: 9781847495761
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2017
UK Publication Date: 17th November 2016
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
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Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this edition includes Princess Ligovskaya

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