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Galatea by Madeline Miller (Hardback)
Condition: As new
From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, an enchanting short story that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion. A small hardback edition featuring a new afterword by Madeline Miller.
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost…
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A Tale of Two Cities – Vintage Classics by Charles Dickens (Paperback)
Condition: As new
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .
Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for 18 years while he languished in Paris’s most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes’ fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay and the dissolute lawyer Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the French Revolution.
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Paperback)
Condition: Very good
Louisa May Alcott was both an abolitionist and a feminist. She is best known for Little Women (1868), a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood years with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Alcott, unlike Jo, never married: “… because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man.” She was an advocate of women’s suffrage and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Massachusetts.
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Classical Legends by A.R. Hope Moncrieff (Paperback)
Drawn from classical authors and retold in accessible prose, this volume contains a selection of stories based on the legends and myths of Ancient Greece, featuring a cast of memorable figures ranging from the gods of Olympus to legendary heroes such as Odysseus and Theseus, and also includes extracts of verse by great English poets inspired by Greek mythology.
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