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Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting the rules of morality and social interaction along the way. In his aristocratic circles in Rome, he is a serial seducer. But there are two women who command his special regard: the young widow Elena, and the pure, virgin-like Maria.

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A psychological suspense novel.

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Mary Renault's powerful and tender first novel was written in the thirties and was, in many ways, far ahead of its time.

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.".. first two novels in the series, Queen Lucia (1920) and Miss Mapp (1922)"--Back cover.

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Is his reluctant bride a business risk or a personal necessity to gain custody of his son

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Margaret Kennedy caught just the taste of the time, mixing a stolid domestic Englishness with 'Continental' bohemians Irish Times

William and Emily Crowne seem to have it all they live a life of privilege and glamour in London, the children of a successful poet, attractive, happy, largely blind to the world around them.

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IT IS THE FUTURE AND THE DEAD WALK THE STREETS.

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She is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed Anita Brookner


Hugo Potts is a successful London playwright enjoying his moment of notoriety.

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In this award-winning novel, Mary Renault explores the relationship between a doctor and her young lover.

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When Rowland Mallet first sees a sculpture by Roderick Hudson, he is astounded and pronounces it to be a work of genius. He wishes to give the artist the opportunity to develop his talent. But Roderick soon loses his inspiration and Rowland loses control of his protege, while both fall in love with women they cannot ever have.

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Roderick is combative, often violent, but capable of great affection and generosity. His father had been disinherited and has left Scotland leaving his son penniless. After a brief apprenticeship to a surgeon, the innocent Roderick travels to London where he encounters various rogues.

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Innocent Romola's life is shaped by her love for a man whose selfishness leads him to evil deeds.

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A panoramic novel filled with adventure, passion, a cast of unforgettable characters, and penetrating political insight.

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A compelling wartime drama from the author of The Street, perfect for fans of Pam Weaver and Kitty Neale.

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THE BOOK: One of Thomas Mann's most delightful stories, Royal Highness is richly resonant with may of his themes and symbols. His careful depiction of a decaying, stratified society rejuvenated by modern forces illustrates in fable what he regarded as a universal truth - that ripeness and death are a necessary condition of rebirth.

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A social novel that is a sort of introduction to those that follow, because it refers to the epoch anterior to that when the social and political movements began.

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Through a series of mishaps, Henry Warren, a recently divorced City financier, ends up in hospital in a Northern town ruined by the closure of its shipyard. Moved by the fate of the town's inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former prosperity.

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This book is a new translation of Henry Murger's influential Scnes de la vie de bohme, first published in French in 1851.

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Two sisters bodies are discovered near the industrial town of Cannonbridge. As detectives Lambert and Kelsey investigate the double murder, they find themselves upsetting the locals.