Books set in England (261)


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Flush

Flush by Virginia Woolf EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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'Things are not simple but complex. If he bit Mr. Browning he bit her too. Hatred is not hatred; hatred is also love.' Virginia Woolf's delightful biography of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel, which asks what it means to be human - and to be dog. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and e... continue

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Framley Parsonage

Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope EN

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Country: Europe / England flag England
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The Revd Mark Robarts puts his future and his family in peril when he guarantees the debts of an unscrupulous MP. The romantic hopes of Mark's sister Lucy are also dependent on the goodwill of Mark's offended patroness, mother of Lucy's suitor. Trollope's fourth Barchester novel, Framley Parsonage remains one of his most popular stories.

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Fresh Apples by Rachel Trezise EN

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Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
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Sarah's not abnormal or ugly, just a little bit fat, and she's got cerebral palsy. "No way was it rape or even molestation... she's fourteen, not a child. I'm not a paedophile." Gemma's mother had shagged Tom Jones. Nobody knew who her father was, least of all her mother. Spiderman doesn't want to inflict his petty-thief persona on self contained Caitlin, but he finds himself getting off at her stop. When chickens that belong to 'Chelle's grand-dad start to peck each other, sounding like death warming up, she wrings one of their necks and ends up doing worse. Johnny Mental was sitting on his p... continue

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Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
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Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moment," A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a man -- or at any rate a man like me -- out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself." This is a beautiful and unflinchingly homest r... continue

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Ha llegado el águila by Jack Higgins ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
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El desesperado Adolf Hitler ordena lo imposible: secuestrar o matar a Winston Churchill. Un héroe de guerra deshonrado recibe la misión suicida de un escuadrón de comando. En una tranquila aldea costera, una bella viuda y un culto asesino del IRA sentó las bases para el último acto de traición. El 6 de noviembre de 1943, Berlín recibe el mensaje codificado “El Águila ha aterrizado”.

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Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers by J. K. Rowling FR

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Amitié, surprises, dangers, humour, Harry découvre ses pouvoirs et la vie à Poudlard. Le premier tome des aventures du jeune héros vous ensorcelle aussitôt!

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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad EN

Rating: 4 (16 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
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In this reprinting of the great Conrad classic, Green Integer presents his tale of white colonialism and the effects of the African world on European self-satisfaction. Marlow's tale of his voyage through the Congo and the legends surround a previous explorer-adventurer named Kurtz gradually reveal the dark horros of both the Western impact on Africa and its effects on Western civilisation. Conrad's tale is a brilliant symbolic work as well as a great adventure story. The book, one of the true classics of 20th century literature endures as a favourite to this day.

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Henry VI Part 2 by William Shakespeare EN

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Henry VI, Part 2 presents a kind of story that was popular before Shakespeare began writing, tracing the fall of powerful individuals to their untimely deaths. The first to go is the Duke of Gloucester, Lord Protector of England and the most powerful man in the kingdom, who is murdered after his wife goes into exile. Next to meet a bad end is the Duke of Suffolk, the queen’s lover, who rules England through her. After Suffolk conspires with the cardinal of Winchester to kill Gloucester, he is banished and assassinated. The cardinal dies raving of his own guilt. Ultimately, the king’s weakness ... continue

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Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare EN

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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbag... continue

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High Fidelity by Nick Hornby EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
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From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll. “I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time.”—Zoë Kravitz Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of ... continue