BARNES AND NOBLE

CLASSIC STORIES
Edgar Allan Poe was a master of the tale of psychological horror and the author of what is considered the first modern detective story. This anthology gathers more than 20 of Poe's groundbreaking tales of the macabre, among them "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." It also includes his trilogy of stories featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie R?get," and "The Purloined Letter." (From the publisher)...
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Regarded as one of Charles Dickens's masterpieces, Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip and his growth to adulthood. Supported by a mysterious anonymous benefactor, Pip travels to London to be educated as a gentleman and make himself worthy of the hand of the beautiful Estella, the ward of the reclusive Miss Havisham. But Pip finds life in London more dangerous and unpredictable than he could have imagined, and his future prospects turn out to be very different from what his great expectations had prepared him for. (From the p...
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(P/B) THE CANTERBURY TALES

(P/B) LOVE POEMS
One of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions, this anthology of love poems features a durable, bonded-leather binding and distinctive gilt edging. (From the publisher)...
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THE METAMORPHOSIS
Writing in the first three decades of the twentieth century, Franz Kafka explored the themes of alienation, anxiety, and solitude in works that were often surreally fantastic. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories collects more than 30 of Kafka's best-known tales in a new translation. They include "The Metamorphosis," "In the Penal Colony," "The Hunger Artist," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report to an Academy." (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE NUTCRACKER
Read the full story of the gallant Nutcracker Prince, and revel in the magic of a delightful Christmas tradition. The Nutcracker features the full text of Alexandre Dumas's "The History of a Nutcracker," the story that was adapted for Tchaikovsky's classic ballet, The Nutcracker, in 1892. Lavishly illustrated with more than a hundred vintage drawings from the nineteenth century, this beautifully designed book kindles the spirit of the holidays through its account of an enchanted nutcracker made human one Christmas through the love of a you...
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