Important document in the history of American slavery
Includes two appendices, a slave account drawn on by Douglass and 3 articles by Douglass in support of women's rights
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John Donne (1572-1631) is perhaps the most important poet of the seventeenth century. In his day it seemed to his admirers that Donne had changed the literary universe, and he is now widely regarded a ... Read more
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For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastin ... Read more
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TYPHOON * FALK * AMY FOSTER *THE SECRET SHARER The four tales in this volume share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland, the country of his birth. 'T ... Read more
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Edmund Burke was the dominant political thinker of the last quarter of the eighteenth century in England. His reputation depends less on his role as a practising politician than on his ability to set ... Read more
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An ancient and ever-altering constitution is like an old man who still wears with attached fondness clothes in the fashion of his youth: what you see of him is the same; what you do not see is wholly ... Read more
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Whitman is today regarded as America's Homer or Dante, and his work the touchstone for literary originality in the New World. In Leaves of Grass, he abandoned the rules of traditional poetry - breakin ... Read more
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How well do you really know your favourite author? Ace literary detective turned quizmaster John Sutherland and Austen buff Deirdre Le Faye challenge the reader to find out. Starting with easy, fac ... Read more
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Tobias Smollett; Lewis M. Knapp; Paul-Gabriel Bouce
Pages
400 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
129 x 196 mm
Pub date
Feb 2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
'the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel-writing began'
William Thackeray
First published in 1771, and often regarded as Smollett's finest book,The Expedi ... Read more
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Percy Bysshe Shelley; Zachary Leader; Michael O'Neill
Pages
880 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
129 x 195 mm
Pub date
Feb 2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
This major new edition, originally commissioned for the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode, brings together a unique combination of Shelley's poetry and pros ... Read more
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