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Book Cover for: Ulysses: Second Edition, James Joyce

Ulysses: Second Edition

James Joyce
Penguin Books UKPenguin Books UK

On the 100th anniversary of #Ulysses' publication, we offer a friendly guide to getting stuck into James Joyce’s most celebrated novel 👇 https://t.co/Fxqy0BQXgh

Paperback, 2022

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas
Penguin Books UKPenguin Books UK

‘I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.’ Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo #WednesdayWisdom

Paperback, 2003

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Christmas

Zona Gale
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If you're looking for a last minute #Christmas present, you can't go wrong with Silverview! One of 2021's biggest books, and the last finished work of the great John le Carré. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3yGrhxv https://t.co/9MtJo4wKmT

Paperback, 2025

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas
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Look no further than The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas – the rip-roaring 19th-century bestseller about wrongful imprisonment and delicious revenge. #AskPenguin https://t.co/BD9QCcAMtv https://t.co/MiwsLMM21J

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Book Cover for: A Room with a View, E. M. Forster

A Room with a View

E. M. Forster
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'Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.' E.M. Forster, A Room With A View #TuesdayThoughts

Paperback, 2000

$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Persuasion, Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen
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The @netflix adaptation of Jane Austen's long-overlooked classic, #Persuasion, is finally streaming. @ElizabethLovatt has seen it, and... she has thoughts 👇 https://t.co/m8EDfhblko

Hardcover, 2012

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe
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‘The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.’ Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, born #OnThisDay in 1811 #TuesdayThoughts

Paperback, Mass Market, 1982

$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Red House Mystery, A. A. Milne

The Red House Mystery

A. A. Milne
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Have you read The Red House Mystery? It's the only detective story by Winnie-the-Pooh author A.A. Milne, and set in an old country house... If you're looking to be genuinely frightened, try The Haunting on Hill House by Shirley Jackson! #AskPenguin https://t.co/JwiOo3NLJT https://t.co/lHlQCZaWvE

Paperback, 2024

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall

The Well of Loneliness

Radclyffe Hall
Penguin Books UKPenguin Books UK

We recommend Radclyffe Hall's seminal novel, The Well of Loneliness. It was so scandalous it sparked a legal trial for obscenity upon publication in 1928, and subsequently became a huge bestseller. #AskPenguin https://amzn.to/3eSPnvR https://twitter.com/tessahankinson/status/1478684386644135936

Paperback, 2024

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott
Penguin Books UKPenguin Books UK

‘I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end.’ Louisa May Alcott, Little Women #WednesdayWisdom

Hardcover, 2014

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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