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Under the Volcano

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"Lowry's masterpiece...has a claim to being regarded as one of the ten most consequential works fo fiction produced in [the twentieth] century." — Los Angeles TimesGeoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come ...

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The Dream of the Red Chamber

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The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy ...

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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

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"Rebecca West's magnum opus . . . one of the great books of our time." —The New Yorker   Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West's classic examination of the ...

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The Conservationist

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Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son, and mistress leave him; his foreman ...

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