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Chaucer's most celebrated work, The Canterbury Tales (c.1387), in which a group of pilgrims entertain each other with stories on the road to Canterbury, is a masterpiece of narration, description, and character portrayal. The tellers and their tales are as fresh and vivid today as they were six centuries ago.
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Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence.
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This is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the 'Strand' magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The volume includes 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'.
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