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Pulp! The Classics
17 books Discoverable by Booko Admin
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll · 2015
What HAS happened to little Alice? Taking 'shrooms, hanging out with hookah smoking ne'er do wells and being dragged to court. That's gonna be one hell of a hangover!
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Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka · 2015
Poor old Gregor. One day he's depressed about his dreary travelling salesman gig, the next, he's roaching around the apartment and disgusting his family. All that's left is creeping the walls and eating garbage. How's his sis ever going to find a sugar daddy with her grotty bro in tow? Latest in the series of classic novels with unique retro pulp covers from original artwork and a pleasing dollop of wry humour.
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Jekyll & Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson · 2015
Welcome to his nightmare . . . There's a sinister man about London town with something of the night about him. Mr Hyde is mad, bad, and has a penchant for bumping off kindly innocents. Will his friend Dr Jekyll be able to stop him? Or is there something more to their relationship than meets the eye? Only the intrepid Utterson can get to the bottom of this mystery, but what will he find in Dr Jekyll's lab?
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Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad · 2014
Kurtz might be the apple of every brutish imperialist's eye, but his God complex is getting wildly out of hand in the depths of the jungle. What on earth will Marlow find when he finally gets downriver? Devil worship? Savages? Heads on sticks? Or just another nutty white man with his knickers in a twist?
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Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome · 2014
Skiff off, Nigel! Incompetence, embarrassment, and general disaster--no it's not politics, it's a trip down the Thames! Three hapless fellows and a world weary dog decide they need a holiday from their exhausting hypochondria. Hilarious mayhem ensues.
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Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare · 2014
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou.... Oh wait, he's hanging around in the garden again. Will young Romeo and his Juliet ever be able to express their raging hormones? Or will their feuding families make this romance blossom into a poisoned flower? Either way, both their houses are totally plagued!
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Othello
William Shakespeare · 2014
Some kind of Bard...aaaasss He's a bardass brother with the love of a fine woman. That is until some cloven hoofed honky starts talkin' crazy about variously hued sheep tupping the hell outta each other. You gotta pity the fool who gets shafted by the green eyed monster. Let's just hope Othello can work out who to trust before it's too late...
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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 2014
This kid was born on the wrong side of the Lab... This is the latest in the sensation Pulp! The Classics series. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is reprinted here, unabridged, with sprayed coloured edges and a truly pulpy cover by artist David Mann.
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Dubliners
James Joyce · 2014
Liars, thieves, whores and priests. James Joyce sure knew how to throw a party! This relentlessly downbeat collection explores the very worst aspects of human nature, and doesn't leave out the juicy bits. It might not be in the best possible taste, but who doesn't want to get down and dirty in Dublin?
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Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde · 2013
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence.
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens · 2013
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, tells the story of Scrooge, an old miser, who lives alone in his cold house by night and torments his assistant at work by day. One evening just before Christmas, he is visited by the ghost of his old business partner - a ghost with a very important warning...
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Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte · 2013
Childhood sweethearts turned star-crossed lovers, fuelled by bitter jealousy and dark revenge. 'Wuthering Heights' is the story of the enduring love between the heroine, Catherine Earnshaw, and her father's adopted son, Heathcliff and how it eventually destroys their lives and the lives of those around them.
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Tess of the D’urbervilles
Thomas Hardy · 2013
She's no angel... Tess is just a humble milkmaid when the local landowner has his wicked way. Her new beau, the smarmy Angel Clare, is none too pleased when he finds out she's already been deflowered. What is a girl to do? Bloody revenge of course, and an ending to touch the hardest of hearts.
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Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe · 2013
During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle · 2013
Murder, mayhem, and a hero with a drug addiction A desolate moor, a diabolical dog, and some inbred locals Sherlock Holmes is really up against it. With the help of his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson, Holmes pieces together a mystery that has captured the imagination of readers across the decades all while practicing a serious coffee and cocaine habit."
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 2013
Star-crossed love, neverending parties, tragic death, and shit loadsa money! Gatsby wants to show off his newfound wealth to his old flame Daisy, and the best way to do that is, of course, to throw a series of fabulous parties. Despite Gatsby' dubious friendsone of whom sports a disturbing pair of human teeth cufflinkshis party lifestyle is more exciting than a double bill of Pimp My Ride and My Super Sweet Sixteen . With jealousy raging, exquisite cocktails, and some spectacular deaths, The Great Gatsby is the quintessential Jazz Age novel. Just watch out for Doctor T. J. Eckleburg and his giant specs.
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen · 2013
Mrs. Bennet is looking to marry her five daughters off to wealthy men. All is uneventful in the countryside home until Mr. Bingley arrives, bringing with him his dashing but arrogant friend, Darcy. Soon, love, loathing, and bittersweet romance follow.
