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Oscar and Lucinda. Peter Carey

by Peter Carey

Published: 2011-02

Paperback: 544 pages

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Oscar Hopkins is an Oxford seminarian with a passion for gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a Sydney heiress with a fascination for glass. The year is 1864. When they meet on the boat to Australia their lives will be forever changed ...Daring, rich, intense and bizarre, Peter Carey's Booker ...

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Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery (Oscar Wilde Mysteries)

by Gyles Brandreth

Published: 2008-01-08

Paperback: 347 pages

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One of Britain's premier royal biographers pens the first in a series of fiendishly clever and stylish historical murder mysteriesLovers of historical mystery will relish this chilling Victorian tale based on real events and cloaked in authenticity. Best of all, it casts British literature...

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Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 2011-02-26

Paperback: 90 pages

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The Importance of Being Earnest is both Oscar Wilde's most important and funniest play. As the subtitle suggests there is more to this play than its farcical nature suggests. Wilde calls into question the nature of identity while poking fun at proper British manners and the aristocracy. Even after one...

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Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Oscar Wilde

Published: 1998-01-27

Paperback: 64 pages

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Epigrams, aphorisms, and other bon mots gathered from the celebrated wit's plays, essays, and conversation offer an entertaining selection of observations both comic and profound. Organized by category, the nearly 400 quotes range in subject from human nature, morals, and society to art, p...

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Othello

by William Shakespeare

Published: 2012-04-30

Paperback: 296 pages

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Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library)

by William Shakespeare

Published: 2004-01-01

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The Other (Vintage Contemporaries)

by David Guterson

Published: 2009-06-02

Paperback: 272 pages

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From the author of the bestselling Snow Falling on Cedars, a coming-of-age novel that presents two powerfully different visions of what it means to live a good life and the compromises that come with fulfillment.John William Barry and Neil Countryman shared a love of the outdoors, trekking...

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The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (BookRags.com Summary & Study Guide)

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Published: 2010-11-29

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The Other Boleyn Girl is Philippa Gregory's story of Mary Boleyn. Mary Boleyn was the beloved younger sister and bitter rival of Anne Boleyn, who became Queen of England and second wife to King Henry VIII. The story is told by Mary Boleyn, whose narrative transforms as she matures and disc...

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The Other Boleyn Girl

by Philippa Gregory

Published: 2002-05-21

Kindle Edition: 672 pages

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Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: the love of a king When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she s...

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The Other Daughter

by Lisa Gardner

Published: 1999-07-06

Paperback: 413 pages

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Twenty years ago, Melanie Stokes was abandoned in a Boston hospital, then adopted by a wealthy young couple. Gifted with loving parents, a doting brother, and an indulgent uncle, Melanie has always considered herself lucky. Until the first cryptic, threatening note arrives: “You Get What...