Martin Jarvis
Author
Series
A Dick Francis novel volume 9
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is said that everyone over a certain age can remember distinctly what they were doing when they heard that President Kennedy had been assassinated, or that Princess Diana had been killed in a Paris car crash, but I, for one, could recall all too clearly where I was standing when a policeman told me that my wife had been murdered. Bill Russell is acting as a volunteer steward at Warwick races when he confronts his worst nightmare--the violent death...
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, soon to be an original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.
"Good Omens . . . is something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks of very good writing and characterization. It's a wow. It would make one hell of a movie....
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
The Metamorphosis is a short novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often, cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a travelling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into an insect.
"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Published in 1850, David Copperfield is Charles Dickens' eighth novel and the one that most closely follows the author's own life. A coming of age story, it describes David's life from childhood with a difficult stepfather, his schooling, his entry into the workforce, his courtship and marriage(s) and his eventual success as an author. Filled with colorful characters like Wilkins Micawber and Betsey Trotwood, and unforgettable villains like Uriah...
5) Oliver Twist
Author
Publisher
Baronet
Pub. Date
1989
Edition
Large print ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
238 p. : ill.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old orphaned Oliver Twist escapes a workhouse and travels to London to seek a better life.