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MUZIO CLEMENTI

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In the final book of the series that began with The Darling Buds of May, the fun-loving Pop Larkin finds himself confined to a bed following a mild heart attack caused by a little too much of what he fancied. Ma battles with the doctors as she attempts to find the adequate cure, but it turns out that a seductive nurse is all he needs. Pa's spirits truly recover themselves when he is forced to defend his home from the ministry's railway plans. This concludes the tales of H.E. Bates's Larkin family a winsome gallery of characters who live as many of us would like to live 'if only we had the guts and nerve to flout the conventions'.

A Little of What You Fancy Volume 5 (Larkin)

Literature & Fiction

H.E. Bates

Literary

The swashbuckling sequel to The Mark of Zorro (The Curse of Capistrano), The Further Adventures of Zorro sees the daring hero out for revenge once more. After Captain Ramon kidnaps the beautiful Lolita Pulido, Zorro takes to the seas and battles pirates in a bid to win her back. Sword-fights, death traps and disastrously tight corners await him. But it is never much more than a challenge as the gallant caballero laughs in the face of danger nothing can faze him. Villainous villains, heroic heroes and damsels in distress are all brought to life in full sonic splendor.

The Further Adventures of Zorro

Johnston McCulley

Action & Adventure

'Most noble and illustrious drinkers]]' Thus begins Gargantua and Panatgruel, a grotesque and carnivalesque collection of exuberant, fantastical stories that take us from the ancient world through to the European Renaissance. At the heart of these tall tales are the giant Gargantua and his equally seismic son Pantagruel. Magical adventures, maniacal punning, slapstick humor, erudite allusions and just about any bodily function one can think of, here is quite possibly the zaniest, most risque book ever written.

Gargantua and Pantagruel

François, Rabelais

Humor & Satire

Hardy's third novel, A Pair of Blue Eyes, follows the story of Elfride Swancourt. The daughter of the Rector of Endelstow, a sparse sea-swept parish in Cornwall, Elfride is caught between two suitors of very different backgrounds: Stephen Smith, a young architect restoring the old parish church, and the respectable, older man of London society, Henry Knight. The blue-eyed and high-spirited protagonist must untangle the conflicting messages of her heart and her mind.

A Pair of Blue Eyes

Thomas, Hardy

The Wings of the Dove

Henry, James

Classics

A vivid love story and adventure tale, Oroonoko is a heroic slave narrative about a royal prince and his fight for freedom. The eponymous hero, Oroonoko, deemed royalty in one world and slave in another, is torn from his noble status and betrayed into slavery in Surinam, where he is reduced to chains, fetters and shackles. But his high spirit and admirable character will not be suppressed... The book was groundbreaking at the time and is considered to be one of the first novels written in English. Its condemnation of slavery and Europeans, and striking portrayal of sexuality and violence, shrouded Behns name in controversy for years after it was published.

Oroonoko

Aphra, Behn

The Golden Ass

Apuleius

Phineas Finn

Anthony, Trollope

Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill, one of the most popular novels of the 18th century, traces the rise of its heroine from prostitution to middle-class respectability. Condemned in its own time on grounds of indecency, the book was the subject of several lawsuits until as recently as the 1960s. For todays reader, the work holds as much fascination as when it was first published, not only as the foremost example of English erotic fiction, but also as a literary classic in its own right. One of the most popular books of the eighteenth century, with several editions appearing at the same time. It is also one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history. Clare Corbetts lively recording breathes life into this controversial classic. Her previous Naxos AudioBooks credits include the erotic classics Pamela, Shamela and Venus and Adonis.

JOHN CLELAND

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