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Women in Love<br />

Cambridge Lawrence Edition<br />

Edited by David Farmer and Lindeth Vasey<br />

Introduction by Amit Chaudhuri<br />

Considered by many critics to be<br />

Lawrence’s masterpiece, Women in Love is<br />

a powerful, sexually explicit depiction of<br />

the destructiveness of human relations.<br />

592 pp. 978-0-14-144154-2 $12.00<br />

“His masterpiece . . . Women in Love is an<br />

astonishing work that moves on several<br />

levels . . . lawrence compels us to admit that<br />

we live less finely than we should, whatever<br />

we are.” —n o e l annan in the new y o r k<br />

review o f b o o k s<br />

josePh sheridan le Fanu<br />

1814 – 1873, irish<br />

Uncle Silas<br />

Edited with an Introduction by Victor Sage<br />

The orphaned Maud Ruthyn is sent<br />

to live with her father’s mysterious<br />

brother, a man with a scandalous and<br />

even murderous past. Shunning the<br />

conventions of traditional horror, Uncle<br />

Silas is a chilling psychological thriller.<br />

528 pp. 978-0-14-043746-1 $12.00<br />

MauriCe leblanC<br />

1864 – 1941, French<br />

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief<br />

Introduction and Notes by Michael Sims<br />

Created by Maurice LeBlanc during the<br />

early twentieth century, Arsène Lupin<br />

148 <strong>Penguin</strong> ClassiCs<br />

is a witty confidence man and burglar,<br />

the Sherlock Holmes of crime. The poor<br />

and innocent have nothing to fear from<br />

him. The rich and powerful, however,<br />

must beware in these outrageous stories<br />

sparkling with amusing banter.<br />

304 pp. 978-0-14-310486-5 $15.00<br />

vladiMir iliCh lenin<br />

1870 – 1924, Russian<br />

The State and Revolution<br />

Translated with an Introduction and<br />

Glossary by Robert Service<br />

In this seminal work of Soviet literature<br />

and Bolshevism, Lenin calls for the<br />

destruction of the bourgeoisie and<br />

capitalism and the establishment of a new<br />

postrevolutionary order.<br />

192 pp. 978-0-14-018435-8 $14.00<br />

Charlotte lennox<br />

c. 1727 – 1804, english (b. america)<br />

The Female Quixote<br />

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by<br />

Amanda Gilroy and Wil Verhoeven<br />

Written in 1752 and admired by Henry<br />

Fielding, Samuel Richardson, and Dr.<br />

Johnson, this high-spirited send-up of<br />

upper class mores and literary convention<br />

relates the comic misadventures of<br />

Arabella, a hapless aristocrat whose life<br />

becomes hopelessly confused with the<br />

romantic fiction she so adores.<br />

528 pp. 978-0-14-043987-8 $13.00

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