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Halcyon Collection eBook Series

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  • George Orwell's Animal Farm

    by George Orwell ...
    Series series Halcyon Collection
    George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM is an allegorical criticism of Stalinism and communism, told through the eyes of a group of farm animals who manage to overthrow their human masters and take control of the farm.Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) wrote under the pen name George Orwell. Born in British India, Orwell's father was a minor official in the Indian Civil Service. When he was just a year old, Orwell ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Essential George Orwell

    Homage to Catalonia, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Animal Farm

    by George Orwell ...
    Series series Halcyon Collection
    THE ESSENTIAL GEORGE ORWELL features three of Orwell's best-regarded works: HOMAGE TO CATALONIA, NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR, and ANIMAL FARM.HOMAGE TO CATALONIA is a non-fiction account of Orwell's experience as a volunteer soldier fighting on behalf of the Socialist POUM militia during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). His experiences with Communist allies during the war helped shape his strong ... Read more

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  • Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984

    by George Orwell ...
    Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by English writer George Orwell published in June 1949, whose themes centre on the risks of government overreach, totalitarianism and repressive regimentation of all persons and behaviours within society. The novel is set in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent ... Read more

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  • The Old Man and the Sea

    by Ernest Hemingway ...
    The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of ... Read more

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  • Of Mice and Men

    by John Steinbeck ...
    Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck and first ublished in 1937. It chronicles the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm ... Read more

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  • The Grapes of Wrath. Illustrated

    by John Steinbeck ...
    The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck’s landmark novel and a cornerstone of American literature, first published in 1939. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a major contributor to Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, this powerful work captures the human cost of economic hardship and the enduring strength of the human spirit. Set during the Great Depression, the novel follows the Joad ... Read more

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  • Slaughterhouse-Five

    by Kurt Vonnegut ...
    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Sun Also Rises

    The Authorized Edition

    by Ernest Hemingway ...
    This authorized edition celebrates the 100th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s first novel—a quintessential story of the Lost Generation—with an introduction by bestselling author Colm Tóibín.“The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the question of what it means to be, and feel, lost.” —The Wall Street JournalOriginally published in 1926, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Evelina

    by Fanny Burney ...
    Evelina is an epistolary novel that follows the titular Evelina Anville as she navigates the challenging (and sometimes absurd) nuances of 18th-century English society. The novel begins as Evelina is invited to London by the Mirvan family, marking her first true exposure to English high society. She soon encounters a series of misunderstandings, social embarrassments, and would-be suitors. Evelina ... Read more

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  • The Odyssey: Ancient Greek Epic Poems

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    by Homer ...
    The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. It is believed to have been composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek ... Read more

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  • Cannery Row

    by John Steinbeck ...
    Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression. They want to throw a party for their friend Doc, so Mack and the boys set about, in their own inimitable way, recruiting everyone in the neighbourhood to the cause. But along the way they can't help but get involved in a little mischief and misadventure. It wouldn't be Cannery ... Read more

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  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    The inspiration for the films Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049

    by Philip K. Dick ...
    A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade RunnerBy 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep ... Read more

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