{"title":"Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"passage-to-india-book-e-m-forster-9780486835945","title":"A Passage to India","description":"\u003cp\u003eRegarded as one of the greatest works of 20th century English literature, \u003cem\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/em\u003e by novelist E. M. Forster is an eye-opening look at the relationships between colonizers and the colonized. E. M. Forster was an author who did not fear criticism for his writings at the time they were published and actively sought to examine class struggles and social hypocrisy in his short stories, essays, and fiction novels. For \u003cem\u003eA Passage to India, \u003c\/em\u003e published in 1924, this meant touching on subjects that were inappropriate and disparaging, such as racism, sexism, and imperialism. For his expert writing and social criticism, Forster was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in sixteen different years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/em\u003e is largely based on Forster's own experiences in India. \u003cem\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/em\u003e features two English women: Miss Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore, who travel to India to see Mrs. Moore's son Ronny, who is a British magistrate living in Chandrapore. However, during their visit, the two women hope to travel the real India, rather than see the cultural institutions that have been made by the British Empire. Meanwhile, a young Indian Muslim, Dr. Aziz, wonders whether it is possible to be friends with Englishmen due to the fact that they have colonized the regions. After a chance meeting, Aziz promises to take the two to see the fictitious Marabar Caves due to their complexity. During this trip, Adela becomes lost and, believing that she is alone inside a cave with Dr. Aziz, panics and flees the scene. Suddenly, Dr. Aziz finds himself arrested, charged with sexually assaulting Adela. Dr. Aziz finds himself questioning once again, can colonizers and the colonized become friends? With Forster's specific experiences in India able to challenge the 20th century view of savage India and offer a different look at its culture, \u003cem\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel for readers, scholars, and alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50488071258385,"sku":"CIN0486835944VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50813800808721,"sku":"CIN0486835944G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51939269148945,"sku":"GOR014468508","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486835944.jpg?v=1750741753"},{"product_id":"torrents-of-spring-book-ernest-hemingway-9780486851433","title":"The Torrents of Spring","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50923155456273,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50923155783953,"sku":"CIN0486851435G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486851435.jpg?v=1750879229"},{"product_id":"mirror-for-witches-book-esther-forbes-9780486852829","title":"A Mirror for Witches","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51002919256337,"sku":"NIN9780486852829","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486852822.jpg?v=1751197912"},{"product_id":"sound-and-the-fury-book-william-faulkner-9780486853659","title":"The Sound and the Fury","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunningly designed and produced new collectible hardcover edition of Faulkner's masterpiece, with full-color illustrations of scenes from the novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic of American literature from a Nobel Prize winning author, The Sound and the Fury is widely considered to be one of the best novels of the twentieth century. William Faulkner expertly illustrates the epic and tragic story of the Compson family, three generations of Southern aristocrats on the brink of ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnprecedented for its time, Faulkner weaves a tale spanning nearly two decades, told from multiple points of view in a style all its own. Featuring some of the most memorable characters in literature--the beautiful and rebellious Caddy; the haunted and neurotic Quentin; the brutal and cynical Jason; and Dilsey, the matriarchal servant who observes them all--this novel is a heart-rending investigation of family, legacy, social change, and the decline of a once powerful aristocratic dynasty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51385140871441,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51385142182161,"sku":"NIN9780486853659","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52815005057297,"sku":"CIN0486853659VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486853659.jpg?v=1750910817"},{"product_id":"farewell-to-arms-book-ernest-hemingway-9780486853642","title":"A Farewell to Arms","description":"Ernest Hemingway plunges into the brutal reality of World War I through the eyes of Frederic Henry, an American serving as a lieutenant in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. As the horrors of war unfold, Frederic finds solace in his passionate love affair with Catherine Barkley, a courageous English nurse. However, their love is tested by the ever-present threats of death and injury and the emotional toll of the conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This powerful and poignant story was Hemingway's first bestseller, exploring themes of love and loss, disillusionment with war, and the search for meaning amid chaos. Prepare to be deeply moved by the unforgettable characters and their struggles against the backdrop of a world in turmoil.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51387483259153,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51387484307729,"sku":"NIN9780486853642","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52462143242513,"sku":"CIN0486853640G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486853640.jpg?v=1751325712"},{"product_id":"cup-of-gold-book-john-steinbeck-9780486852942","title":"Cup of Gold","description":"From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama, the cup of gold. Steinbeck s first novel and sole work of historical fiction, Cup of Gold is a lush, lyrical swashbuckling pirate fantasy, and sure to add new dimensions to readers perceptions of this all-American writer. This edition features an introduction by Susan F. Beegel. \u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51596260147473,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51596260507921,"sku":"NIN9780486852942","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51909399413009,"sku":"CIN0486852946G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486852946.jpg?v=1750975884"},{"product_id":"high-wind-in-jamaica-book-richard-hughes-9780486854588","title":"A High Wind in Jamaica","description":"Richard Hughes's celebrated short novel is a masterpiece of concentrated narrative. Its dreamlike action begins among the decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of late nineteenth-century Jamaica, before moving out onto the high seas, as Hughes tells the story of a group of children thrown upon the mercy of a crew of down-at-the-heel pirates. A tale of seduction and betrayal, of accommodation and manipulation, of weird humor and unforeseen violence, this classic of twentieth-century literature is above all an extraordinary reckoning with the secret reasons and otherworldly realities of childhood.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51650901934353,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51650902262033,"sku":"NIN9780486854588","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486854582.jpg?v=1750845848"},{"product_id":"castle-book-franz-kafka-9780486855394","title":"The Castle","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrapped in a bureaucratic quagmire, K., a land surveyor, struggles to gain access to the mysterious, impenetrable Castle, a symbol of unassailable authority. His attempts are met with inexplicable delays, administrative hurdles, and a pervasive sense of alienation. Franz Kafka infuses his narrative with existential dread, crafting a story that is both exasperating and amusing yet deeply human. It's a tale of the individual's struggle against the overwhelming forces of bureaucracy, power, and the quest for identity in a world that often seems indifferent. Well into the twenty-first century, Kafka's tale resonates with anyone who has ever felt unheard or lost in a maze of red tape.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished posthumously in 1926, \u003ci\u003eThe Castle\u003c\/i\u003e was first translated into English in 1930 by Edwin and Willa Muir. Although incomplete because of Kafka's untimely death in 1924, the novel remains a seminal work. Despite Kafka's instruction to his close friend Max Brod to destroy all unpublished manuscripts after his death, \u003ci\u003eThe Castle\u003c\/i\u003e was preserved and published. The novel stands alongside Kafka's \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the twentieth century's most significant and existentially profound absurdist literary contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52528444899601,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52528445980945,"sku":"NIN9780486855394","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"last-september-book-elizabeth-bowen-9780486854571","title":"The Last September","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Last September\u003c\/b\u003e is Elizabeth Bowen's portrait of a young woman's coming of age in a brutalized time and place, where the ordinariness of life floats like music over the impending doom of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1920, at their country home in County Cork, Sir Richard Naylor and his wife, Lady Myra, and their friends maintain a skeptical attitude toward the events going on around them, but behind the facade of tennis parties and army camp dances, all know that the end is approaching--the end of British rule in the south of Ireland and the demise of a way of life that had survived for centuries. Their niece, Lois Farquar, attempts to live her own life and gain her own freedoms from the very class that her elders are vainly defending. \u003cb\u003eThe Last September\u003c\/b\u003e depicts the tensions between love and the longing for freedom, between tradition and the terrifying prospect of independence, both political and spiritual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliant. A successful combination of social comedy and private tragedy.--\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e (London)","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52631176315153,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52631176347921,"sku":"NIN9780486854571","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"maltese-falcon-book-dashiell-hammett-9780486855356","title":"The Maltese Falcon","description":"\"When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it.\" --Sam Spade\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A physically menacing character--\"he looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan\"--Detective Sam Spade is a lone wolf with an ambiguous moral compass. When his partner gets killed during a tense stakeout, he's plunged headfirst into an entangled web of deceit, greed, and murder involving an extraordinary treasure with a shady backstory--the Maltese Falcon, a priceless bejeweled bird. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dashiell Hammett was a master of hard-boiled fiction, revolutionizing American detective stories with the archetypal tough guy character: aloof, sharp, and relentless. Hammett's classic gumshoe mysteries reflected the gritty realism of his own turbulent life, from wartime experiences and political activism in the post-WWI Red Scare to a stint as a Pinkerton detective. His groundbreaking work reshaped crime writing, blurring the lines between hero and villain and transporting generations of readers into a noir world filled with betrayal and corruption.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52651582193937,"sku":"NIN9780486855356","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780486855356.jpg?v=1762148750"},{"product_id":"man-within-book-graham-greene-9780486854618","title":"The Man Within","description":"\u003ci\u003eGreene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature. --\u003cb\u003eJohn le Carr \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGraham Greene's first published novel tells the story of Andrews, a young man who has betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. Fleeing from them, with no hope of pity or salvation, he takes refuge in the house of a young woman, also alone in the world. Elizabeth persuades him to give evidence against his accomplices in court, but neither she nor Andrews is aware that to both criminals and authority, treachery is as great a crime as smuggling. The first step in a brilliant career, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Within\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eoffers a foretaste of Green's recurring themes of religion, the individual's struggles against cynicism, and the indifferent forces of a hostile world. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Jonathan Yardley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52733112451345,"sku":"NIN9780486854618","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"as-i-lay-dying-book-william-faulkner-9780486855349","title":"As I Lay Dying","description":"Addie Bundren, a gravely ill mother of five--Cash, Darl, Jewel, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman--voices her wish to be laid to rest with her birth family in Jefferson, the capital of Yoknapatawpha County. William Faulkner examines the complexities of grief and ingeniously portrays the emotional turmoil of multiple narrators through the monologues of her children and neighbors after her passing. From the building of the coffin to the transport of the body, Faulkner's profound exploration of mortality offers a unique and compelling perspective on loss and existence in a richly woven tale highlighting the absurdities and hardships of life in rural Mississippi. This classic read encourages us to reflect on the intricate dynamics between personal desires and shared goals and raises the fundamental question of what it truly means to live.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53074486362385,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53074486493457,"sku":"NIN9780486855349","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/dover-thrift-editions-classic-novels-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}