Northanger Abbey

Yes, these were characteristics sounds; they brought to her recollection a countless variety of dreadful situastions and horrid scenes, which such buildings had witnessed, and such storms ushered inl and most heartily did she rejoice in the happier circumstances attending her entrance within walls so solemn! She had nothing to dread from midnight assassins or drunker gallants.

The Medieval Literature of Western Europe

A review of research, Mainly 1930-1960 Now the Modern Language Association adds the Middle Ages to its list to literary areas covered by a bibliographical survey. Surely no other period has undergone such a radical re-examination in recent times as the medieval period-much of the re-examination having been done in the United States. Critics now see subtlety, power, sophistication, and wholenes…

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

"A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere . . . God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous." This book is not an autobiography. It is not a confession. It is, however, certainly one of the most beautiful and insightful accounts of a person coming to faith. Here, C.S. Lewis takes us from his childhood in Belfast through …

Anthony Trollope

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1-84212-457-9

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823.8

Don Quixote

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Gulliver's Travels (Retold from the Jonathan Swift Original)

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