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The Time MachineEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, H.G. Wells’s unforgettable science fiction adventure that explores the future of mankind.Read More
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeKaplan guarantees that readers will improve their SAT score using guides—or get their money back.Vocabulary is a critical part of studying for...Read More
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The Scarlet LetterEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic treatise on morality, judgment, and exile in Puritan America.Read More
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Wuthering HeightsKaplan guarantees that readers will improve their SAT score using guides—or get their money back.Vocabulary is a critical part of studying for...Read More
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Dialogues of PlatoA fresh, practical approach to Plato's best known dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, and Symposium.Read More
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-GlassA fresh, practical approach to two of Lewis Carroll's most beloved works, which chronicle the magical, captivating adventures of Alice of Wonderland.Read More
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The Three MusketeersD'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades—Porthos, Athos and Aramis—fight to foil the schemes of the brilliant, dangerous Cardinal Richelieu.Read More
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Mansfield ParkIn Mansfield Park, the Bertram familys social and private worlds are revealed through the eyes of Fanny Price, a poor relation residing with...Read More
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Selected WritingsA collection of essays and poems, including Nature, American Scholar, and Self-Reliance, by the great transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson.Read More
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Don QuixoteNoble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his squire, Sancho , travel throughout sixteenth-century Spain seeking glory and grand adventure.Read More
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The MetamorphosisKafka's masterpiece about Gregor Samsa, a young man who, transformed overnight into a “monstrous verminous bug”, becomes an essentially...Read More
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PersuasionCentering on Anne Elliot, Austen's Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, and a story of missed opportunities and second chances.Read More
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The AeneidVirgil's sweeping epic of Trojan warrior Aeneas and the founding of Rome—a stirring tale of exile, heroism, and combat.Read More
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The Mayor of CasterbridgeThe tragic story of Michael Henchard and his painful quest to be forgotten-an unforgettable tale of love, greed, and loss. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC...Read More
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Robinson CrusoeENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The acclaimed tale of a shipwrecked Englishman who finds himself stranded on an island off...Read More
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SiddharthaThis allegorical novel, set in sixth-century India around the time of the Buddha, follows a young man on his search for enlightenment. THIS ENRICHED...Read More
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Sister CarrieCarrie Meeber leaves her home in rural Wisconsin for big-city life in Chicago, and faces a series of struggles -- professional, moral, and romantic --...Read More
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The Origin of SpeciesThis classic work of scientific literature, presenting the theory of evolution by means of natural selection, is still both relevant and controversial...Read More
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Uncle Tom's CabinENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Harriet Beecher Stowe's scathing indictment of slavery in the Old South, a novel that has...Read More
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The Last of the MohicansThe most popular and memorable of the "Leatherstocking Tales": set in the rugged wilderness of upper New York State during the brutal French and...Read More
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The Age of InnocenceThe Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece of unfulfilled romance set against the backdrop of old New York. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: ...Read More
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The Turn of the Screw and Other Short WorksENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Four of the best-known and best-loved works of short fiction by a recognized master of the...Read More
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Oliver TwistThis darkly satiric indictment of the social ills of Victorian London tells the story of a young orphan who becomes involved with a gang of...Read More
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Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan PoeEnduring Literature Illuminated By Practical Scholarship A collection of the Gothic master's classic works in prose and verse. This Enriched...Read More
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The House of the Seven GablesEnduring Literature Illuminated By Practical Scholarship The story of the Pyncheon family, residents of an evil house cursed by the victim of...Read More
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Around the World in Eighty DaysENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP After making an audacious wager, the wealthy and eccentric Phileas Fogg attempts a...Read More
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A nineteenth-century American travels back in time to sixth-century England in this darkly...Read More
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Madame BovaryEmma Bovary is a bored housewife who indulges her romantic fantasies with a series of adulterous affairs. Charged with obscenity when first published,...Read More
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Hard TimesThis story of class conflict in Victorian England serves as a powerful critique of the social injustices that plagued the Industrial Revolution. ...Read More
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Leaves of GrassENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most...Read More
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Billy Budd, SailorEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, Herman Melvilles classic sea tale of a handsome young sailor unjustly accused of plotting mutiny.Read More
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The Prince and the PauperTwo young men -- one a child of the London slums, the other an heir to the throne -- switch identities in this timeless novel about class and culture...Read More
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Tess of the D'UrbervillesENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A young woman challenges the conventions of her time in this classic novel about...Read More
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The Woman in WhiteENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP One woman's journey through madness, murder, and mistaken identity -- a classic work of...Read More
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Gulliver's Travels and A Modest ProposalEnduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship By turns a children's fantasy and a social satire for adults, Gulliver's Travels is one of...Read More
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Four Great Plays of Henrik IbsenEnduring Liturature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship Four of the most popular and profound works from the playwright known as the "father of...Read More
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The Souls of Black FolkEnduring Liturature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship A revolutionary collection of essays about the African-American experience at the turn of...Read More
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other PlaysEnduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship Wilde's classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, and his other popular...Read More
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Oedipus the KingEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, Sophocles’ classic tragedy of one noble family's descent into madness, mayhem, and murder.Read More
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Silas MarnerEnduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship A young orphan transforms the life of a lonely, embittered man in this novel about faith and...Read More
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Treasure IslandEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, Robert Louis Stevensons epic tale of one boys quest to capture a hidden treasure on the high...Read More
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The Story of My LifeENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The extraordinary account of Helen Keller's struggle to overcome the challenges of being deaf...Read More
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Les MiserablesENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP An ex-convict struggles for redemption in the punishing world of post-Napoleonic France. ...Read More
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The Red Badge of CourageENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The story of a young soldier's quest for manhood during the American Civil War. EACH...Read More
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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other WritingsENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The classic Gothic tale of horror that explores the pleasures and dangers of a life of...Read More
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The Divine ComedyENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The first volume of The Divine Comedy--Dante begins his downward journey through the seven...Read More
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20,000 Leagues Under the SeaENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A group of men set sail to solve the mystery of a sea monster in this amazing underwater...Read More
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The Call of the WildENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The thrilling adventure story set in the Yukon frontier, where a dog experiences both the...Read More
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The Best Short Works of Mark TwainENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A collection of short works by one of America's most revered, iconoclastic, and enduring...Read More
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Pudd'nhead WilsonENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Mark Twain's darkly comic short classic set in the antebellum South stands as a literary...Read More
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Frederick Douglass's powerful autobiographical account of life in bondage and his triumphant...Read More
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Cyrano de BergeracENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Edmond Rostand's classic romance tells the unforgettable story of one unique man's bravery,...Read More
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Sense and SensibilityENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A timeless tale of romantic manners and mores in which two vastly different sisters...Read More
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The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate ChopinENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers...Read More
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The Scarlet PimpernelENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers...Read More
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Walden and Civil DisobedienceENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Naturalist and philosopher Thoreau's timeless essays on the role of humanity -- in the world...Read More
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The Federalist PapersENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay's brilliant and controversial collection of...Read More
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Great ExpectationsENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Dickens's timeless tale of an orphan boy's extraordinary journey through life. EACH ENRICHED...Read More
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Adventures of Huckleberry FinnEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, Mark Twain's classic adventure story of life on the Mississippi.Read More
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Pride and PrejudiceENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Jane Austen's lively, humorous, and ultimately timeless tale of proper English society,...Read More
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The JungleEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, Upton Sinclair's unflinching look at Chicagos crushing poverty and oppression during the early...Read More
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The Count of Monte CristoENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure of one man's quest for freedom and vengeance on those...Read More
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Heart of Darkness and the Secret SharerEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, Joseph Conrad's classic works explore the deepest perceptions and desires of the human heart and mind.Read More
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Crime and PunishmentENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Dostoyevsky's penetrating study of a man for whom the distinction between right and wrong...Read More
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A Tale of Two CitiesENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Dickens's epic novel of freedom, love, and the burning chaos of the French Revolution. EACH...Read More
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Roughing ItThough known throughout the world for his fictional novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain was also a...Read More
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Three LivesThe first published work of fiction by legendary author and poet Gertrude Stein, Three Lives is a collection of two short stories and a novella...Read More
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The VirginianIn the untamed West, pioneers came to test their fortunes -- and their wills. The Wyoming territory was a harsh, unforgiving land, with its own...Read More
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Lame Deer, Seeker of VisionsLame Deer Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux,...Read More
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Canterbury TalesThe procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the...Read More
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