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Literature Cambridge Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Time of the Angels, Susan Watson

The Time of the Angels

Susan Watson
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What a brilliant gift: live online course on Iris Murdoch's Gothic Novels with @miles_leeson. We study: The Flight from the Enchanter (1956) The Unicorn (1963) The Italian Girl (1964) The Time of the Angels (1966) April-May 2023 https://t.co/QcchfgeIF4 https://t.co/xrejgMPfkj

Paperback, 2021

$10.99Member price:$9.89 + Free shipping10% off
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Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray
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‘I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.’ William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair (1848) #Victorian Women course, live online with @CHWGore, Sept. to Nov. 2023. https://t.co/ucRMyKmflh https://t.co/XuXfS2p8JT

Paperback, 2003

$14.00Member price:$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson
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We study Robert Louis Stevenson’s beloved adventure story Treasure Island (1883) in our #Victorian season. Live online with Corinna Russell of @EmmaCambridge , Sat. 16 Sept. 2023 https://t.co/AsKhjW5779 @Team_English1 @RLSMuseum https://t.co/5xOBUWrEtL

Paperback, Mass Market, 2016

$4.95Member price:$2.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins
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Blog post: @CHWGore on Wilkie Collins' sensational novel, The Woman in White (1860), which we study on our #Victorian Women course, Sept.-Nov. 2023. https://t.co/NBxmTvEha8 https://t.co/xkqQXaw33n

Paperback, 2003

$11.00Member price:$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Waves: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition, Virginia Woolf

The Waves: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition

Virginia Woolf
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Thanks to Trudi Tate and our terrific international audience for a very interesting lecture and discussion on Virginia Woolf's great novel, The Waves (1937). Part of our Woolf Season on Woolf and Love. https://t.co/8dervxCtr4 https://t.co/cw1zMkbkJn

Paperback, 1950

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson
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Victorian Season. Live online session on Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island. Corinna Russell takes a new look at this fabulous, classic novel. Sat. 16 Sept. 2023. Brilliant. https://t.co/AsKhjW5779 @Team_English1 https://t.co/LYqyHOqjoP

Paperback, Mass Market, 2016

$4.95Member price:$2.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Odyssey

Homer Homer
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Odysseus the Storyteller: live online course A fresh look at the complex, fascinating work that is the Odyssey with @AHHEresearch Wednesdays, 5 October to 2 November 2022, 6.00 pm https://t.co/QQBKHDOe9K #Classics #Homer #Odysseus https://t.co/CWvHiVj9L5

Paperback, 2025

$20.99Member price:$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Aurora Leigh

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Victorian Literature Season, 2023. We study the brilliant novel-poem, Aurora Leigh, by Elizabeth #Barrett Browning. With Corinna Russell, University of Cambridge. Live online, Sat. 15 April 2023. https://t.co/MTqyD8f8Db @TennysonSociety @VictorianWeb https://t.co/W9wchFmd2a

Paperback, 2008

$13.95Member price:$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf
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Podcast by Professor Dame Gillian Beer on Virginia #Woolf's great novel, Mrs Dalloway, set in the middle of June, 1923. https://t.co/kyPR3DdwEC @Team_English1 @SusanSEnglish https://t.co/4Jp1uyFmcY

Paperback, 1990

$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Adam Bede

George Eliot
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Tomorrow - Sat. 20 May. Next in our fabulous Victorian Season: Clare Walker Gore on George Eliot's first novel, Adam Bede (1859). Live online lecture and seminar. Brilliant. https://t.co/wq7HHQN0kb https://t.co/m9U6CaXDJI

Paperback, 2008

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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