Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
E. M. Forster E. M. Forster Mike Edwards "This guide seeks to explore creatively the fascination of Forster's writing and to show how interesting ideas can emerge from close reading of extracts from the novels. Detailed analysis brings out … OL134556W
The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien Originally published from 1954 through 1956, J.R.R. Tolkien's richly complex series ushered in a new age of epic adventure storytelling. A philologist and illustrator who took inspiration from his wo… OL27448W
The vivisector The vivisector Patrick White Hurtle Duffield, a painter, coldly dissects the weaknesses of any and all who enter his circle. His sister's deformity, a grocer's moonlight indiscretion, the passionate illusions of the women who lo… OL2988552W
The Island of Dr. Moreau The Island of Dr. Moreau H. G. Wells Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, wh… OL381550W
The Waves The Waves Virginia Woolf Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to middle age. Social events, individual achievements and disappointments form the outer structure of the … OL39316W
Moments of being Moments of being Virginia Woolf Five essays spanning her writing career show the many sides of Virginia Woolf. OL39560W
Three guineas Three guineas Marta Pessarrodona Artigues,Virginia Woolf,Andrés Bosch,Mark Hussey In response to three requests for donations (to a peace society; to a woman's college rebuilding fund; to a society for obtaining employment for professional women) the author proposes that "the daug… OL39564W
Ulysses Ulysses James Joyce Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now kno… OL86318W