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Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose ...
The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The Textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a care...
The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man’s fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman’...
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. Marvin lives with his parents and a grandfather who is always i...
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. Three vibrant stories by author Katherine Mansfield, retold by ...
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. It's Helen's twelfth birthday and her parents have something im...
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. Further adventures for twins Andy and Mary (A Little Trouble in...