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The Qur'an by HALEEM TRANS
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Category: Religion | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
'Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful one who taught by the pen, who taught man what he did not know.' The Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be the word of God, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago. It is the supreme authority in Islam and the living source of all Islamic teaching; it is a ...Show more
The Rise of Rome: Bks. 1-5 by Livy
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Category: History | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'the fates ordained the founding of this great city and the beginning of the world's mightiest empire, second only to the power of the gods' Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called from his farm to save the state - these and many more a ...Show more
The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
The Romance of the Forest (1791) heralded an enormous surge in the popularity of Gothic novels, in a decade that included Ann Radcliffe's later works, The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Italian. Set in Roman Catholic Europe of violent passions and extreme oppression, the novel follows the fate of its hero ...Show more
Vathek by William Beckford
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'Woe to the rash mortal who seeks to know that of which he should remain ignorant; and to undertake that which surpasseth his power!' The Caliph Vathek is dissolute and debauched, and hungry for knowledge. When the mysterious Giaour offers him boundless treasure and unrivalled power he is willing to sac ...Show more
Victorian Fairy Tales by Michael Newton (Editor)
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
'The Queen and the bat had been talking a good deal that afternoon...' The Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature of the period, and led to some of the most imaginative fairy tales ever written. They offer the shortest path to the age's dreams, desires, and wishes. Authors central ...Show more
Vita Nuova by Mark (TRN) Dante Alighieri; Musa
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics