Peter Washington
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Château d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was the master impresario of English Romanticism, an enormously erudite and tireless critic, lecturer, and polemicist who almost single-handedly created the intellectual climate in which the Romantic movement was received and understood. He was also, in poems such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and Kubla Khan, the most uncanny, surreal, and startling of the great English poets.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are without parallel in the nineteenth century: celebrated poets, they became equally famous for their marriage. Still popular more than a century after their deaths, their poetry vividly reflects the unique nature of their relationship.
Author
Publisher
Columbia Records
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Tony Bennett is joined by acclaimed pianist Bill Charlap in a tribute to one of the most important composers in twentieth century music. Included are some of Jerome Kern's most iconic songs including The Way You Look Tonight.