The Modern Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Madeline
Ludwig BemelmansThe Modern LibraryLudwig Bemelmans, born April 27, 1898. "In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines....The smallest one was Madeline." https://t.co/C8rxogkNvS
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty SmithThe Modern LibraryBetty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, born December 15, 1896. "On that day when she first knew she could read, she made a vow to read one book a day as long as she lived." https://t.co/j4OR5WGy3k
Paperback, 2005
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary WollstonecraftThe Modern Library"It is time to effect a revolution in female manners." —Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman https://t.co/uYELfZ9LVZ
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Charles Dickens - Out Of Town & Other Short Stories: "Life is made of ever so many partings welded together."
Charles DickensThe Modern LibraryCharles Dickens, born February 7, 1812. "Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together." https://t.co/FCivBRwUzc
Paperback, 2017
$10.24$5.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Beauty: (Completely Illustrated Edition)
Anna SewellThe Modern LibraryAnna Sewell, author of Black Beauty (did you know that it was her only published book?), born March 30, 1820. https://t.co/ZgWuAmGvhw
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The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere: Second Edition
William ShakespeareThe Modern LibrarySpeaking of William Shakespeare, we're thrilled to be publishing a thoroughly revised second edition of the RSC Complete Works. Look for it in April! https://t.co/xQRvwQ8BdO
Hardcover, 2021
$99.90$74.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Sense and Sensibility
Jane AustenThe Modern LibraryHappy Jane Austen's birthday! "I cannot help hoping that many will feel themselves obliged to buy [Sense and Sensibility]. I shall not mind imagining it a disagreeable duty to them, so as they do it." https://t.co/ay2reevIlv
Hardcover, 2024
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Beauty
Anna SewellThe Modern LibraryAnna Sewell, author of Black Beauty (did you know that it was her only published book?), born March 30, 1820. https://t.co/ZgWuAmGvhw
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The Honest Whore: in Two Parts
Thomas MiddletonThe Modern LibraryPlaywright Thomas Middleton—author or co-author of, among others, The Honest Whore; A Mad World, My Masters; Women Beware Women; The Changeling; and Hengist, King of Kent—baptized April 18, 1580. https://t.co/vbjM53LrIW
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Of Human Bondage
William Somerset MaughamThe Modern LibraryWilliam Somerset Maugham, born January 25, 1874. "Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind." —Of Human Bondage https://t.co/bs3g8ctqLJ
Paperback, 2022
$31.95$15.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book