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editions to the Global Fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.
The House of Mirth
by
At twenty-nine, Lily Bart dazzles
at New York balls and soireés, but
she knows that her days as a
fascinating beauty are numbered,
as she has not yet found a
husband. But when she is accused
of an affair with a wealthy
married man, Lily is set to lose
her life of luxury, her stability,
and any hopes for the future.
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Notes from Underground
by
The underground man has always
felt like an outsider. He doesn't
want to be like other people,
working in the 'ant-hill' of society.
So he decides to withdraw from
the world, scrawling a series of
darkly sarcastic notes about the
torments he is suffering. Is he
going mad? Or is it the world
around him that is insane?
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The Turn of the Screw
by
A young governess is left in sole
charge of two charming and
beautiful orphans. As she begins
to see and hear strange things,
she grows increasingly uneasy,
and is swiftly drawn into a
frightening battle against
unspeakable evil. Forced to take
action, the governess will soon
discover terrible consequences...
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Great Expectations
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Young orphan Pip finds his life
changed forever when he helps
escaped convict Magwitch, and
falls impossibly in love with
Estella, the beautiful, icy charge
of bitter Miss Haversham. Then
an anonymous well-wisher gives
him money to begin a new life in
London. Are these events
random? Or does Pip's fate hang
on a series of coincidences he
could never have expected?
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The Secret Agent
by
Adolph Verloc leads a double life.
As well as running his seedy Soho
shop, he is also a secret agent,
operating for an underground
anarchist cell - and his job is
about to get far more dangerous.
When his leaders instruct him to
plant a bomb at Greenwich
Observatory, his plans go terribly
awry, with tragic repercussions
for him and his family.
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Anna Karenina
by
Anna Karenina seems to have
everything - beauty, wealth,
popularity, a husband and an
adored son. But she risks losing
it all when she meets the
impetuous officer Count Vronsky.
Although she tries to resist,
Anna is gradually drawn into a
passionate, all-consuming affair
that scandalizes everyone around
them and threatens to destroy
her.
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Thérèse Raquin
by
Thérèse Raquin is bored by her
loveless marriage to her sickly
cousin, and allows herself to
be swept away by lust and
excitement when she meets his
earthy and sensual friend
Laurent. But the animal passion
between them will result in a
terrible crime - one that will
haunt them for ever.
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Dracula
by
Count Dracula's castle in
Transylvania is a hellish world
where night is day, pleasure is
pain and the blood of the
innocent is priceless. When the
unsuspecting Jonathan Harker is
summoned there to meet the
Count, he has no idea of the
horrors that await him.
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VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED*. We are delighted to announce that the winner is... Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte...as voted by you! Look out for the
edition that will be published 1st December 2010.
And here's a SNEAKY PREVIEW of the new set of Penguin Classics that will also become
editions on 1st December to commemorate World Aids Day.
Wuthering Heights, Lady with the Little Dog, Silas Marner, Sentimental Education, Sons and Lovers, Little Women, Kidnapped and Vanity Fair.
*Due to unforeseen circumstances, the closing date has been brought forward.