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dark academia.
the goldfinch.
donna tartt • 2013
bunny: a novel.
mona awad • 2020
if we were villains.
m. l rio • 2017
Oliver Marks has just served ten years for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day of his release, he is greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, and he wants to know what really happened a decade before.<br/><br/>As a young actor at an elite conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same characters onstage and off – villain, hero, temptress – though he was always a supporting role. But when the teachers change the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into real life.<br/><br/>When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless...
vicious.
v. e. schwab • 2013
A Masterful Tale Of Ambition, Jealousy, Desire, And Superpowers. Victor And Eli Started Out As College Roommates—brilliant, Arrogant, Lonely Boys Who Recognized The Same Sharpness And Ambition In Each Other. In Their Senior Year, A Shared Research Interest In Adrenaline, Near-death Experiences, And Seemingly Supernatural Events Reveals An Intriguing Possibility: That Under The Right Conditions, Someone Could Develop Extraordinary Abilities. But When Their Thesis Moves From The Academic To The Experimental, Things Go Horribly Wrong. Ten Years Later, Victor Breaks Out Of Prison, Determined To Catch Up To His Old Friend (now Foe), Aided By A Young Girl Whose Reserved Nature Obscures A Stunning Ability. Meanwhile, Eli Is On A Mission To Eradicate Every Other Super-powered Person That He Can Find—aside From His Sidekick, An Enigmatic Woman With An Unbreakable Will. Armed With Terrible Power On Both Sides, Driven By The Memory Of Betrayal And Loss, The Archnemeses Have Set A Course For Revenge—but Who Will Be Left Alive At The End? In Vicious, V. E. Schwab Brings To Life A Gritty Comic-book-style World In Vivid Prose: A World Where Gaining Superpowers Doesn't Automatically Lead To Heroism, And A Time When Allegiances Are Called Into Question. A Dynamic And Original Twist On What It Means To Be A Hero And A Villain. A Killer From Page One...highly Recommended! —jonathan Maberry, New York Times Bestselling Author Of Marvel Universe Vs The Avengers And Patient Zero One Of Publishers Weekly's Best Fantasy Books Of 2013 At The Publisher's Request, This Title Is Being Sold Without Digital Rights Management Software (drm) Applied.
the secret history.
donna tartt • 1992
A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch. One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. “A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —The New York Times
ninth house.
leigh bardugo • 2019
classics.
wuthering heights.
emily brontë • 1847
<b>Coming soon to the big screen is Emerald Fennell’s feature film “<i>Wuthering Heights</i>,” which captures the spirit of this epic love story and stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff.<br></b><br>Emily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence. The Penguin Classics edition is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor.<br><br>Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before. What unfolds is the tale of the intense love between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past. <br><br>In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of <i>The Brontë Myth</i>, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction, which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background.
to kill a mockingbird.
harper lee • 2002
pride and prejudice.
jane austen • 1813
Austen's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy<br/><br/>Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. This Penguin Classics edition, based on Austen's first edition, contains the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner and an updated introduction and notes by Viven Jones.<br/><br/>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
little women.
louisa may alcott • 1983
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read<br/><br/>It is no surprise that Little Women, the adored classic of four devoted sisters, was loosely based on Louisa May Alcott’s own life. In fact, Alcott drew from her own personality to create a heroine unlike any seen before: Jo, willful, headstrong, and undoubtedly the backbone of the March family. Follow the sisters from innocent adolescence to sage adulthood, with all the joy and sorrow of life in between, and fall in love with them and this endearing story. Praised by Madeleine Stern as “a book on the American home, and hence universal in its appeal,” Little Women has been an avidly read tale for generations.
in the café of lost youth.
patrick modiano • 2007
NYRB Classics Original<br/>Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature<br/><br/>In the Café of Lost Youth is vintage Patrick Modiano, an absorbing evocation of a particular Paris of the 1950s, shadowy and shady, a secret world of writers, criminals, drinkers, and drifters. The novel, inspired in part by the circle (depicted in the photographs of Ed van der Elsken) of the notorious and charismatic Guy Debord, centers on the enigmatic, waiflike figure of Louki, who catches everyone’s attention even as she eludes possession or comprehension. Through the eyes of four very different narrators, including Louki herself, we contemplate her character and her fate, while Modiano explores the themes of identity, memory, time, and forgetting that are at the heart of his spellbinding and deeply moving art.
abigail.
magda szabó • 1970
