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The ministry of truth : the biography of George Orwell's 1984

Lynskey, Dorian, author.

Publication Date

2019

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823.912 LYN

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SD_ILS:492419

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Decorating a room of one's own : conversations on interior design with Miss Havisham, Jane Eyre, Victor Frankenstein, Elizabeth Bennet, Ishmael, and other literary notables

Harlan, Susan (English Professor), author.

Publication Date

2018

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809 HAR

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SD_ILS:487228

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Making the monster : the science behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Harkup, Kathryn, author.

Publication Date

2018

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823.7 HAR

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SD_ILS:451640

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Kiss kiss, bang bang : the boom in British thrillers from Casino royale to The eagle has landed : how Britain lost an empire but its secret agents saved the world

Ripley, Mike, author.

Publication Date

2017

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823.087209 RIP

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SD_ILS:425179

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The story of classic crime in 100 books

Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.

Publication Date

2017

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823.087209 EDW

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SD_ILS:445824

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The world broke in two : Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster and the year that changed literature

Goldstein, Bill.

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2017

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823.9109112 GOL

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SD_ILS:406553

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House of fiction : from Pemberley to Brideshead, great British houses in literature and life

Richardson, Phyllis, author.

Publication Date

2017

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820.803564 RIC

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SD_ILS:462889

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Story genius : how to use brain science to go beyond outlining and write a riveting novel (before you waste three years writing 327 pages that go nowhere)

Cron, Lisa, author.

Publication Date

2016

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Call Number

808.3 CRO

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SD_ILS:409854

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Literary wonderlands : a journey through the greatest fictional worlds ever created

Miller, Laura, 1960- editor.

Publication Date

2016

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809.933 LIT

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The Jane Austen Writers' Club : inspiration and advice from the world's best-loved novelist

Smith, Rebecca, 1966- author.

Publication Date

2016

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Call Number

808.02 SMI

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SD_ILS:402863

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Not just Jane : rediscovering seven amazing women writers who transformed British literature

DeWees, Shelley, author.

Publication Date

2016

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820.9 DEW

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SD_ILS:402580

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Nightwalking : a nocturnal history of London Chaucer to Dickens

Beaumont, Matthew, 1972- author.

Publication Date

2015

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820.9 BEA

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Home in literature.

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Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses.

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Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.

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Morrison, Toni. Beloved.

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Night in literature.

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O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000 Aubrey/Maturin novels

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Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation.

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Orwell, George, 1903-1950.

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Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Nineteen eighty-four.

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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. A la recherche du temps perdu.

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Psychological fiction.

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Pullman, Philip, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation

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Pullman, Philip, 1946- -- Knowledge -- Science.

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Romance fiction, English -- History and criticism.

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Self in literature

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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.

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Spy stories, English -- History and criticism.

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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912. Dracula -- Adaptations.

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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912. Dracula.

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Storytelling in mass media.

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Anappara, Deepa, editor.

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Beaumont, Matthew, 1972- author.

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Bell, James S.

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Bradford, Richard, 1957- author.

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Bronson, Eric, 1971- editor of compilation.

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Callil, Carmen

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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

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Coleman, Sarah (Sarah Jane), illustrator.

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Connolly, John, 1968- editor.

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Costa, Margaret Jull, translator.

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David, Jack, 1946-

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Day, David, 1947- author.

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Dederer, Claire, 1967- writer of introduction.

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Dunlop, Cheryl.

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Freitas, Donna

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Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.

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Goldstein, Bill.

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Gordon, W. Terrence, 1942- author.

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Gribbin, John, 1946-

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Gribbin, Mary

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James, P. D.

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King, Jason, 1971-

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Lecker, Robert, 1951-

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McLeod, Donald W. (Donald Wilfred), 1957-

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Mendelson, Edward.

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Miller, David

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Miller, Laura, 1960-

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Miller, Laura, 1960- editor.

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Quigley, Ellen, 1955-

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Saramago, José, author.

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Smith, Rebecca, 1966- author.

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Soomro, Taymour, editor.

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Stadtlander, Becca, illustrator.

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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912. Dracula.

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Sutherland, John, 1938-

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Tenniel, John, Sir, 1820-1914

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Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth, 1977- author.

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Tóibín, Colm, 1955-

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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, author.

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