Chitra Soundar

Chitra Soundar is an author whose wonderful children's books are inspired by folktales from India, Hindu mythology, and her travels around the world.

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  • Mansfield Park

    £11.99

    Mansfield Park

    First published in 1814, this is a study of three families – the Bertrams, the Crawfords and the Prices – in which Jane Austen uses the unlikely heroine, Fanny Price, to explore the social and moral values by which these families’ lives are ordered.

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    £11.99
  • Northanger Abbey

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    Northanger Abbey

    Portraying social life in fashionable Bath and centred around Catherine Morland, this novel ridicules the popular tales of romance and terror and contrasts with these the normal realities of life.

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    £10.99
  • Fairy Tales

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    Fairy Tales

    Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales originally appeared in batches each Christmas in the mid-19th century, and Spink’s English translation was first published in 1960. This edition has Heath Robinson’s illustrations, dating from 1899.

    £12.99
  • Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!

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    Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!

    Richard Feynman was one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists. Over a period of years, Feynman’s conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton were first taped and then set down as they appear here, little changed from their spoken form, giving a wise, funny, passionate and totally honest self-portrait.

    £10.99
  • Brodie’s Notes On Ben Jonson’s Volpone

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    Brodie’s Notes On Ben Jonson’s Volpone

    Aids English literature GCSE and A-Level students in their coursework projects and study of set texts by increasing understanding and enjoyment of the books. The book is designed to provide imaginative responses, and should stimulate independent critical appraisal of “Volpone” by Ben Jonson.

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    £19.99
  • The Secret History

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    The Secret History

    Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries.

    £9.99