british literature

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british literature

Brave new world

critical insights
2013

The legend of Sigurd and Gudr?un

2010
Presents two epic poems from J. R. R. Tolkien, and features "The New Lay of the V?olsungs," which details the ancestry of the hero Sigurd; and "The New Lay of Gudr?un," in which Sigurd's sister Gudr?un marries Atli and seeks revenge after her brothers are murdered; and includes notes and commentary from Christopher Tolkien.

Lady Chatterley's lover

2011
Presents the unexpurgated text of the 1928 edition of "Lady Chatterley's Lover," in which Constance Chatterley, trapped in a loveless marriage, finds herself experiencing true love for the first time after meeting the new gamekeeper at her husband's estate.

The waste land, Prufrock and others

A selection of poems by twentieth-century writer T.S. Eliot, including the title work, the complete contents of the 1917 collection "Prufrock," and additional poems.

British classics

1987
Presents adaptations of eight classic British stories, each with a vocabulary preview, and a profile of the author.
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