Oxford Classics Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington left a remarkable legacy, and after his death many of his contemporaries paid homage to him, including W. E. B. Du Bois. #ClassicsinContext #BlackHistoryMonth Discover his life here: https://t.co/RaA1D6wzZ0 https://t.co/499saKp2bN
Paperback, 1995
$6.00$3.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James
Happy August! Today's inspiring #QOTD - Quote of the Day - is by Henry James, from a "A Portrait of a Lady," available here: https://t.co/P3HqneYkQg https://t.co/QETOWteaQE
Paperback, 2014
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A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
Our new edition of 'A Study in Scarlet' by Arthur Conan Doyle is coming very soon! Find out more here: https://t.co/Wdussg5nSJ https://t.co/r7eC4Nc4jm
Paperback, 2001
$10.00$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The End of the Tether
Joseph Conrad
'The End of the Tether: and Other Stories' is a fascinating collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad, that shows just why his work has stood the test of time. Enter our @goodreads giveaway to be in with a chance of winning one of ten copies (US only): https://t.co/vNhMswFKGR
Hardcover, 2019
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
Today's #QOTD - Quote of the Day - is from Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights', available here: https://t.co/mHX36kO6rV https://t.co/MNf8EWRjfG
Hardcover, 2018
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Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
A new month, a new quote—Happy February! Here is today's #QOTD - Quote of the Day - from 'Madame Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert. Available here: https://t.co/9i3NbrWALK https://t.co/GvOtNc0OiG
Hardcover, 2020
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The Republic
Plato
Why should we read Plato’s ‘Republic’? Editor Robin Waterfield gives us several reasons in the video below: https://t.co/HuTt7axaOC
Hardcover, 2023
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
With the publication of his fifth and most successful novel, ‘The Woman in White’, Collins became a popular writer of intricately plotted stories though his work continued to attract condemnation for sensationalism. Learn more with #ClassicsinContext https://bit.ly/3q3zOrw https://t.co/zHyqySYGYg
Paperback, 2003
$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Emma
Jane Austen
Over the next few Fridays of April, in celebration of our new edition of 'Emma' by Jane Austen, we are going to share polls to hear from our followers! To start things off, which character from 'Emma' do you find the funniest?
Hardcover, 2024
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Phaedrus
Plato
Browse all the Plato titles in our Oxfords World’s Classics series, from ‘Selected Myths’ to ‘Phaedrus’, and learn more about Plato, the founder of Western Philosophy here: https://t.co/CzuAC5gO01 https://t.co/p1Nmm63CLG
Paperback, 2005
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