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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Lost World ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
About the Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland from where he did his graduation in medicine in 1881. He had started writing and publishing short stories to some acclaim during his student life but it was after the publication of A Study in Scarlet, his first Sherlock Holmes work that he became widely famous. Arguably the best crime fiction character ever, Sherlock Holmes practically made Doyle immortal as a writer. Featuring Holmes he wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories. Doyle was a prolific writer and in addition to his Holmes oeuvre he wrote many other novels and short stories. Among them The Lost World is another great work of fiction.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Magician’s Nephew- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 1) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
Books, Classic, FictionsThe Magician’s Nephew- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 1) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
About the Author
C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis) was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1898. He was a prolific writer and wrote more than 30 books on subjects both scholarly and fictional. He wrote fiction for both adults and children which includes very popular The Space Trilogy for adults and The Chronicles of Narnia for children. He died in 1963.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Meek One,(Reading Classic): Writer: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
About the Author
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on November 11, 1821. He is known for his profound understanding of human psychology and his ability to bring forth the darkest realms of human nature. Dostoyevsky inspired a number of modern movements including Existentialism, literary criticism and many schools of psychology and theology. He influenced a number of modern philosophers and writers including Anton Chekov, George Orwell and Jean-Paul Sartre. He is best known for his novels Notes from Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (serialized from 1868 to 1869) The Possessed or otherwise known as Demons (serialized from 1871 to 1872) and The Brothers Karamazov (serialized from 1879 to 1880). Dostoyevsky died on February 9, 1881 at the age of 59, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Metamorphosis ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Franz Kafka
About the Author
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), one of the greatest writers of all time, was a German language writer. He spent a disturbed early life, mainly on account of a selfish and domineering father, which, nevertheless, helped shape his literature and he gave us such masterpieces as The Trial, Metamorphosis and In the Penal Colony. His novels and short stories are considered a blend of realism and fantasy and frequently explore the themes of guilt, alienation and existential anxiety. His letters are another literary marvel. Kafka burnt about 90% of his work. Of what survived only a little was published during his life and the rest was published posthumously. Many of his writings including his novel Amerika remained unfinished when he died prematurely at the age of 40.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Odyssey,(Reading Classic): Writer: Homer
About the Author
The Odyssey is one of the earliest epics in the Western literature. It is one of a few stories which have enchanted the readers over two millennia. It has been translated in nearly all major languages of the world. In Urdu, it was brilliantly translated as Jahangard Ki Wapsi by legendary man of letters Muhammad Salim ur Rehman in 1964. It is now available in Readings Classics.
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The Phoenix and the Carpet ,(Reading Classic): Writer: E.Nesbit
About the Author
E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit) was an English writer who lived from 1858 to 1924. Although she wrote for adults too,
her fame chiefly rests upon the fictional and poetic works she penned down for children. She wrote as many as40 children books including novels, short stories and picture books of which many are still extremely popular.
Her famous works include The Enchanted Castle, The Railway Children, Five Children and It etc.SKU: 16558 -
Books, Classic, Fictions
The Picture Of Dorian Gray,(Reading Classic): Writer: George Eliot
About the Author
Mary Anne Evans, more famously known by her pen name George Eliot, was a nineteenth-century English novelist, journalist, translator and poet. She was born on November 22, 1819, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Eliot was deeply influenced by Ludwig Feuerbach and Auguste Comte after the loss of her Christian faith. She had a cynical view of life and her work represented the cases of social outsiders. She wrote on griminess and impoverishment of rural life and small-town oppression. She was one of the early writers to psychologically analyse her characters in modern fiction. Her notable works include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871-1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876). She died on December 22, 1880, in London.
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The Picture Of Dorian Gray,(Reading Classic): Writer: Oscar Wilde
About the Author
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer, playwright, poet and essayist. He spent most of his life in London where he was a most famous writer and socialite in the late Victorian Age. He also played a leading role in the Aesthetic and Decadent Movements of the nineteenth century. He wrote for both adults and children. His work exudes an incomparable biting wit. Today, he is best remembered for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays including The Importance of Being Earnest and his short stories.
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Books, Classic, Fictions, Philosphy
The Princeย ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Niccolo Machiavelli
About the Author
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was born in Florence, Italy. Until 1512, he had an active political life and served at diplomatic and military positions in Florentine Republic. He lost his office when Medici family reclaimed Florentine throne. Machiavelli, then, moved to his family estate and dedicated his life to writing. He wrote his magnum opus The Prince (Il Principe) in 1513 and then went on writing many political, historical, fictional and dramatic works. He is often regarded as the founder of the modern political science.
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The Prince and the Paupers ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Mark Twain
About the author
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the “greatest humorist the United States has produced,” withย William Faulknerย calling him “the father of American literature.” His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the “Great American Novel.” Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889)
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Books, Classic, Fictions, Literary Fictions
The Prophet (Readings Classics),Writer : Khalil Gibran
About the Author
KHALIL GIBRAN was a Lebanese American writer, poet and artist. Born to Catholic parents in Bsharri, Lebanon in 1883, he migrated with his family to the USA at an early age where he studied art and started pursuing a literary career. He wrote both in Arabic and English languages and owing to the tremendous success of The Prophet, he soon became famous all over the world. As a writer and poet, Gibran composed many volumes of prose poetry which deal mostly with spiritual love. As an artist, he made over 700 images including the portraits of his friends WB Yeats, Carl Jung and August Rodin. Gibran died in New York on April 10, 1931.
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The Railway Children ,(Reading Classic): Writer: E. Nesbit
About the Author
E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit) was an English writer who lived from 1858 to 1924. Although she wrote for adults too, her fame chiefly rests upon the fictional and poetic works she penned down for children. She wrote as many as 40 children books including novels, short stories and picture books of which many are still extremely popular. Her famous works include Enchanted Castle, Railway Children, Five Children and It etc.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Secret Garden ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Frances Hodgson Burnett
About the Author
Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in England in 1849. She was only three years old when her father died. Consequently, her family faced financial issues and moved to America in 1865. It was there to support her family that Burnett started publishing her early works in magazines. This sharpened her writing skills and she wrote her first novel That Lass O Lorrie s in 1877. There was no stopping her then. She wrote many fictional and dramatic works of which most enduring are her two children novels A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. Burnett died in 1924.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Sign Of the Four: a Sherlock Holmes Novelย ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
Books, Classic, FictionsThe Sign Of the Four: a Sherlock Holmes Novelย ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
About the Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland from where he did his graduation in medicine in 1881. He had started writing and publishing short stories to some acclaim during his student life but it was after the publication of A Study in Scarlet, his first Sherlock Holmes work that he became widely famous. Arguably the best crime fiction character ever, Sherlock Holmes practically made Doyle immortal as a writer. Featuring Holmes he wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories. Doyle was a prolific writer and in addition to his Holmes oeuvre he wrote many other novels and short stories. Among them The Lost World is another great work of fiction.
SKU: 43768 -
Books, Classic, Fictions
The Silver Chair- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 6) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
Books, Classic, FictionsThe Silver Chair- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 6) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
About the Author
C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis) was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1898. He was a prolific writer and wrote more than 30 books on subjects both scholarly and fictional. He wrote fiction for both adults and children which includes very popular The Space Trilogy for adults and The Chronicles of Narnia for children. He died in 1963.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Story Of the Amulet ย ,(Reading Classic): Writer: E.Nesbit
About the Author
E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit) was an English writer who lived from 1858 to 1924. Although she wrote for adults too, her fame chiefly rests upon the fictional and poetic works she penned down for children. She wrote as many as 40 children books including novels, short stories and picture books of which many are still extremely popular. Her famous works include The Enchanted Castle, The Railway Children, Five Children and It etc.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydeย ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson
Books, Classic, FictionsThe Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydeย ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson
About the Author
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied law but preferred writing and in 1881 was inspired by his stepson to write Treasure Island. Other famous adventure stories followed including Kidnapped, as well as the famous collection of poems for children, A Child s Garden of Verses. Robert Louis Stevenson is buried on the island of Samoa.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Time Machine,(Reading Classic): Writer: H.G. Wells
About the Author
H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells) was born in Kent, England on 21 September 1866. Often called the Father of Science Fiction, a distinction which he shares with Jules Verne and Hugo Gerns backย Wells was the inventor of the Plausible Impossible in science fiction, a technique of portraying incredible as credible. He was a prolific writer who not only wrote sci-fi but also explored other themes in writing. His other works include social realistic fiction and books on history and politics. He authored over hundred books of which many remain extremely popular today. He died in London on 13 August 1946.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Trial ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Franz Kafka
About the Author
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), one of the greatest writers of all time, was a German language writer. He spent a disturbed early life, mainly on account of a selfish and domineering father, which, nevertheless, helped shape his literature and he gave us such masterpieces as The Trial, Metamorphosis and In the Penal Colony. His novels and short stories are considered a blend of realism and fantasy and frequently explore the themes of guilt, alienation and existential anxiety. His letters are another literary marvel. Kafka burnt about 90% of his work. Of what survived only a little was published during his life and the rest was published posthumously. Many of his writings including his novel Amerika remained unfinished when he died prematurely at the age of 40.
SKU: 99672 -
Books, Classic, Fictions
The Trial ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Franz Kafka
About the Author
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), one of the greatest writers of all time, was a German language writer. He spent a disturbed early life, mainly on account of a selfish and domineering father, which, nevertheless, helped shape his literature and he gave us such masterpieces as The Trial, Metamorphosis and In the Penal Colony. His novels and short stories are considered a blend of realism and fantasy and frequently explore the themes of guilt, alienation and existential anxiety. His letters are another literary marvel. Kafka burnt about 90% of his work. Of what survived only a little was published during his life and the rest was published posthumously. Many of his writings including his novel Amerika remained unfinished when he died prematurely at the age of 40.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Valley Of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
Books, Classic, FictionsThe Valley Of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
About the Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland from where he did his graduation in medicine in 1881. He had started writing and publishing short stories to some acclaim during his student life but it was after the publication of A Study in Scarlet, his first Sherlock Holmes work that he became widely famous. Arguably the best crime fiction character ever, Sherlock Holmes practically made Doyle immortal as a writer. Featuring Holmes he wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories. Doyle was a prolific writer and in addition to his Holmes oeuvre he wrote many other novels and short stories. Among them The Lost World is another great work of fiction.
SKU: 21222 -
Books, Classic, Fictions
The Voyage Of the Dawn Treader- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 5) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
Books, Classic, FictionsThe Voyage Of the Dawn Treader- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 5) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
About the Author
C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis) was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1898. He was a prolific writer and wrote more than 30 books on subjects both scholarly and fictional. He wrote fiction for both adults and children which includes very popular The Space Trilogy for adults and The Chronicles of Narnia for children. He died in 1963.
SKU: 45857 -
Books, Classic, Fictions
The War Of the Worlds,(Reading Classic): Writer: H.G.Wells
About the Author
H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells) was born in Kent, England on 21 September 1866. Often called the Father of Science Fiction, a distinction which he shares with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback, Wells was the inventor of the Plausible Impossible in science fiction, a technique of portraying incredible as credible. He was a prolific writer who not only wrote sci-fi but also explored other themes in writing. His other works include social realistic fiction and books on history and politics. He authored over hundred books of which many remain extremely popular today. He died in London on 13 August 1946.
SKU: 94834
