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A Christmas Carol: GCSE English Illustrated Study Edition
Dickens' classic tale of a miser and his redemption has enchanted readers for more than a century and a half. It tells of Ebenezer Scrooge, a man to whom the ideas of Christmas, charity and kindliness to one's fellow man are as alien as anything. However, a visit upon Christmas Night from a multitude of ghosts, bearing visions of Christmases past, present and future, may affect his world view more drastically than any could have expected... Following A Christmas Carol's inclusion upon the new GCSE specification for English Literature (first assessments in 2017), CBy Publishing hereby publishes the full, unabridged 1843 text, complete with original illustrations, annotation-friendly margins and a plethora of background material to aid student analysis. What has this student edition got over other editions? Wide margins that you can annotate in Original text, word for word. Background information Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested on students! Once you buy a CBy Student Edition book, you'll never buy anything else again! Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
A Christmas Carol: GCSE English Illustrated Study Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
Dickens' classic tale of a miser and his redemption has enchanted readers for more than a century and a half. It tells of Ebenezer Scrooge, a man to whom the ideas of Christmas, charity and kindliness to one's fellow man are as alien as anything. However, a visit upon Christmas Night from a multitude of ghosts, bearing visions of Christmases past, present and future, may affect his world view more drastically than any could have expected... Following A Christmas Carol's inclusion upon the new GCSE specification for English Literature (first assessments in 2017), CBy Publishing hereby publishes the full, unabridged 1843 text, complete with original illustrations, annotation-friendly margins and a plethora of background material to aid student analysis. What has this student edition got over other editions? Wide margins that you can annotate in Original text, word for word. Background information Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested by students! Once you buy a CBy Student Edition book, you'll never buy anything else again! Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
A Scandal in Bohemia: The Illustrated Study Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. In Sherlock Holmes’ first short story, he must face his most wily adversary yet—Irene Adler, “The Woman”. Contracted by a Bohemian king to retrieve a series of compromising photographs ahead of the royal wedding, Holmes is caught up in disguises, bluffs, marriages, double bluffs, smoke alarms and heartbreak. To this supposedly heartless detective, Irene Adler is in many ways the first and only love of Holmes’ we see in the whole canon, and for this reason the story is unmissable. CBy Publishing here presents the complete 1891 text, with Sidney Paget’s original illustrations and a series of background notes on the story. Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
A Study in Scarlet: GCSE English Illustrated Student Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
‘Young Stamford looked rather strangely at me over his wine-glass. “You don't know Sherlock Holmes yet,” he said; “perhaps you would not care for him as a constant companion.”’ Blood-daubed walls, runaway cabbies, expert singlestick players and vengeance-hungry Mormons… such is littered the world into which Sherlock Holmes steps in this, his first published case. From the initial horrors of the Lauriston Gardens mystery, Holmes shifts his focus first to London, and then to America in his hunt for a murderer. This seemingly-unsolvable riddle is also the case in which a certain Doctor Watson is first brought to Holmes’ attention—at first an innocuous match, but one that would soon become one of the finest crime-solving partnerships in the history of detective fiction. This CBy Student Edition offers the full, unabridged 1887 text, complete with Joseph Bell’s essay on the character of Holmes, a full set of illustrations, a biography of the author and a set of student notes to aid contextual analysis. What has this student edition got over other editions? Wide margins that you can annotate in Illustrated Original text, word for word. Background information Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested on students! Once you buy a CBy Student Edition book, you'll never buy anything else again! Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
Bunyan Characters: Lectures Delivered in St. George’s Free Church, Edinburgh
In print again at last! BOTH VOLUMES of Alexander Whyte’s seminal analysis of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress are here printed in a NEW EDITION, exclusively published by CBy. A collection of lectures delivered to St. George’s Free Church at the end of the nineteenth century, each section of the book tackles a different character from both parts of The Pilgrim’s Progress, analysing the inspiration behind them, their role in the allegory and the lesson the Christian reader is meant to take from them. The Pilgrim’s Progress was one of the greatest works of literature in history, but it is only when we see it deconstructed and lain bare that we truly understand and appreciate its superior beauty and majesty of composition, imagery and language. Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
Der Tod in Venedig: die Studienausgabe
Minuten vergingen, bis man dem seitlich im Stuhle Hinabgesunkenen zur Hilfe eilte. Man brachte ihn auf sein Zimmer. Und noch desselben Tages empfing eine respektvoll erschütterte Welt die Nachricht von seinem Tode. Mann selbst hat den Tod in Venedig die „Tragödie einer Entwürdigung“ genannt und dabei den Begriff Tragödie durchaus wörtlich gemeint, Mann described Death in Venice as “the tragedy of degradation”, and in so doing he meant this quite literally; his work is full of classical allusions and dark motifs, enriching the compelling narrative of the faltering writer von Aschenbach and his quiet love for Tadzio. The book is short but immensely powerful, and Venice especially is depicted as nowhere else in German literature, as a city of passion and intrigue, but also of sickness and decay. This student’s edition of Death in Venice contains the full 1912 text, complete with background notes and a biography of the author, as well as spacious margins for annotation. Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus: GCSE English Illustrated Student Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. Summer, 1816. The Summer That Never Was. The same clouds, rain and pitchy darkness that had enabled Wellington to triumph at Waterloo a year previously still hang low over Europe. Byron, Polidori, Clairmont and the Shelleys gather at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva, and in the obscurity of the days filled with night, compose horrific tales of the fantastic. From Polidori comes “The Vampyre”, the first romantic work of vampire fiction. From Byron, a “Fragment of a Novel”, another vampiric narrative. But Mary Shelley’s offering is remembered above any of them: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, the harrowing story of, not the monster within the man as in so much Gothic possession literature, but the man within the monster. Dispel all thoughts of Boris Karloff here and now. This book is something else entirely. Following Frankenstein’s inclusion upon the new specification for GCSE English Literature (first examinations 2017), CBy Publishing hereby publishes the full 1818 text, complete with annotation-friendly margins and a plethora of background material. What has this student edition got over other editions? Wide margins that you can annotate in Illustrated Original text, word for word. Background information Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested on students! Once you buy a CBy Student Edition book, you'll never buy anything else again! Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
GCSE English: Pride and Prejudice: The Student Edition with large annotation-friendly margins
The most famous of Jane Austen's novels, Pride and Prejudice has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, and it remains a source of fascination for modern readers; regularly ranking near the top of lists of "most loved books", no surprise for a book tackling issues from manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage. The novel centres on Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the five daughters of a landed country gentleman. Elizabeth's father, Mr. Bennet, is a bookish man and somewhat neglectful of his responsibilities. In contrast Elizabeth's mother, the empty headed Mrs. Bennet, a woman who lacks social graces, is primarily concerned with finding suitable husbands for her five daughters, who will inherit little or nothing from their father. Will our heroine conquer all, to ensure a happy ending for the family? In this CBy Light Classics edition, wide margins allow for annotation friendly pages, perfect for the AQA, Exexcel and OCR exam boards, making this an essential for those reading Pride and Prejudice as a set text. What has this student edition got over other editions? Wide margins that you can annotate in Original text, word for word. Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested on students! Once you buy a CBy book, you'll never buy anything else again! Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to enquire about bulk special school branded copies!
Great Expectations: GCSE English Illustrated Student Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies. Dickens wrote fourteen complete books, but few have featured more extreme evocations of the ills of man, of the pent-up fury of true passion; nor have they starred more memorable characters. Pip, Havisham, Estella, Magwitch; these names transport the reader to a world now long past; one of prison ships, chains, fights to the death, expectations. There is no happy ending, none of these memorable characters escapes the ravages of bleak and sorry conclusion, and love is a long time in coming. The brush is broad with which these epic themes are played out, but it is Dickens’ attention to detail, his close study of the minutiae, that elevates Great Expectations from classic novel to art. Following Great Expectations’ inclusion upon the new specification for GCSE English Literature (first examinations 2017), CBy Publishing hereby publishes the full, unabridged 1861 text, complete with F. A. Fraser’s illustrations to the 1867 edition, large, annotation friendly margins and a plethora of background material to aid student analysis. What has this student edition got over other editions? Wide margins that you can annotate in Illustrated Original text, word for word. Background information Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested on students! Once you buy a CBy Student Edition book, you'll never buy anything else again! Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
Great Expectations: GCSE English Study Edition with wide margins for annotations
Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel; a bildungsroman which depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. In this CBy Light Classics edition, wide margins allow for annotation friendly pages, perfect for the AQA, Exexcel, Eduqas and OCR exam boards, making this an essential for those reading Pride and Prejudice as a set text. What has this student edition got over other editions? Wide margins that you can annotate in Original text, word for word. Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested on students! Once you buy a CBy book, you'll never buy anything else again! Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes: The full, complete, unabridged collection of short stories
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock HolmesAt CBy, we're avid readers ourselves- so our ethos is to make good, honestly advertised books that we'd buy and read ourselves- not just to maximise our profits. That's why we have a 4 point checklist of quality.We guarantee that this book:Comes with size 10 text- some companies like to scrimp a bit and use small text. We know how hard it is to read books like that, so we use a standard size 10 serif font that's been designed for legibility throughout.Comes in a standard size that looks great on your bookshelf- sometimes, we accidentally buy books that have been sized like childrens' books. That's why we're upfront- this particular book is sized at the paperback industry standard: 5.06" x 7.81".Comes with a beautifully designed matte cover, unlike anything on the market. We hate books that look like they've come from a time capsule- so our team of designers have come up with a timeless design that's true to Conan Doyle's heritage. We love it, but take a look at it yourself in the flesh.Comes with the complete original and illustrated text from His Last Bow. We hate books that miss things out- and we've carefully proofread this book to make sure that's not the case.We love this book, and we hope that you will too. Thanks for considering CBy's range of classics.
His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes: From His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, a Sherlock Holmes story
His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock HolmesAt CBy, we're avid readers ourselves- so our ethos is to make good, honestly advertised books that we'd buy and read ourselves- not just to maximise our profits. That's why we have a 4 point checklist of quality.We guarantee that this book:Comes with size 10 text- some companies like to scrimp a bit and use small text. We know how hard it is to read books like that, so we use a standard size 10 serif font that's been designed for legibility throughout.Comes in a standard size that looks great on your bookshelf- sometimes, we accidentally buy books that have been sized like childrens' books. That's why we're upfront- this particular book is sized at the paperback industry standard: 5.06" x 7.81".Comes with a beautifully designed matte cover, unlike anything on the market. We hate books that look like they've come from a time capsule- so our team of designers have come up with a timeless design that's true to Conan Doyle's heritage. We love it, but take a look at it yourself in the flesh.Comes with the complete original and illustrated text from His Last Bow (the collection this story is from). We hate books that miss things out- and we've carefully proofread this book to make sure that's not the case.We love this book, and we hope that you will too. Thanks for considering CBy's range of classics.
Maud: A-Level English Student Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
Dead, long dead,Long dead!And my heart is a handful of dust,And the wheels go over my head,[...] For I thought the dead had peace, but it is not so;To have no peace in the grave, is that not sad?But up and down and to and fro,Ever about me the dead men go;And then to hear a dead man chatterIs enough to drive one mad. Maud, Tennyson’s epic monodrama of love, loss and madness deftly explores weighty themes such as gender, morality, identity and sanity. The poem follows the exploits of an emotionally unstable narrator as he pursues Maud, his love; the lengths to which he will go for this are ultimately his doom. Following the inclusion of Maud on the new English A-level specification, this new CBy edition contains Tennyson’s full 1855 text, complete with large, annotation-friendly margins, as well as a set of contextual notes to aid students’ analysis.
Paradise Lost (Books 9 & 10): A-Level English Illustrated Student Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
“So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse; all good to me is lost. Evil, be thou my good.” John Milton’s classic account of the Fall of man explores the arrogance of Lucifer, the angel brought down by his pride. This groundbreaking work in the history of English literature is here reissued in an edition suitable for A-Level students studying the ninth and tenth books of Paradise Lost, and contains a series of informative student notes to aid analysis, along with annotation-friendly margins and an autobiographical note on the author.
Pride and Prejudice: GCSE English Illustrated Study Edition
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" So begins Pride and Prejudice, Austen’s masterwork of a novel, in equal parts love story, social commentary and comedy of manners. There have been few books in the history of literature that have been taken more to heart by the British people, enchanted as they are by the twists and turns of Regency England. The story of Elizabeth Bennet and her slow discovery of love cannot fail to win over audiences, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry at the dawn of the nineteenth century. With a cast of now iconic characters, such as Darcy, Bingley and Wickham, allow yourself to be transported into the world of Longbourn. Does love really conquer all? Following Pride and Prejudice’s inclusion upon the new GCSE specification for English Literature (first assessments in 2017), CBy Publishing hereby publishes the full, unabridged 1813 text, complete with C.E. Brock’s illustrations, annotation-friendly margins and a plethora of background material to aid student analysis. What has this student edition got over other editions? Wide margins that you can annotate in Original text, word for word. Background information Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested on students! Once you buy a CBy Student Edition book, you'll never buy anything else again! Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
Romeo and Juliet: GCSE English Illustrated Student Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
"Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." Shakespeare’s classic account of young love thwarted by fate, and tragic death healing old wounds, is here reissued by CBy in an edition suitable for GCSE students, featuring extensive background notes to aid analysis, William Hazlitt’s introduction to the play, and annotation-friendly margins. Such a wealth of contextual detail will help students to appreciate anew this most iconic of plays.
Silas Marner: GCSE English Illustrated Student Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
At CBy, we're avid readers ourselves- so our ethos is to make good, honestly advertised books that we'd buy and read ourselves- not just to maximise our profits. That's why we have a 4 point checklist of guaranteed quality- and if you think this book doesn't meet one of them, or you're dissatisfied for any other reason, we'll give a refund via Amazon, no questions asked. We guarantee that this book: Comes with size 11 text- some companies like to scrimp a bit and use small text. We know how hard it is to read books like that, so we use a standard size 11 serif font that's been designed for legibility throughout, especially for students. Comes in a standard size that looks great on your bookshelf- sometimes, we accidentally buy books that have been sized like childrens' books to save money. That's why we're upfront- this particular book is sized 6.69" by 9.61", which gives you extra margin space to annotate on. Comes with a beautifully designed glossy cover, unlike anything on the market. We hate books that look like they've come from a time capsule- so our team of designers have come up with a timeless design that's true to Silas Marner's hertiage. We love it, but take a look at it yourself in the flesh- again, if you don't like it, simply return it, no questions asked. Comes with the complete original text from 1861. We hate books that miss things out- and we've carefully proofread Silas Marner to make sure that's not the case. This special student edition has the extra features at no extra cost: Wide margins that you can annotate in Illustrated original text, word for word at a legible size 11 font. Background information Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested by students! We love this book, and we hope that you will too. Thanks for considering CBy's range of classics- and why not visit our website- it's www.cbypublishing.co.uk, where you can also buy in bulk. “Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people.” Silas Marner is an outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver; it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community. Following the inclusion of Silas Marner on the new GCSE specification (first examinations 2017), CBy Publishing hereby publishes the full 1861 text, complete with a plethora of background notes to aid student analysis. Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to view our full range of products.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: GCSE English Illustrated Student Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
“I thus drew steadily nearer to that truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.” Stevenson’s classic warning of the dangers of science, overreaching and succumbing to temptation epitomises the Gothicism of the its era, with a healthy dollop of sensationalism thrown in for good measure. The tale of Henry Jekyll, the esteemed physician who delves too deep into his own nature, the book tells of how such actions resulted in the discovery of the terrible Mr. Hyde, a twisted and deformed study in amorality. As the bodies stack up, Jekyll’s legal friend Mr. Utterson tries desperately to discover the truth before further calamities strike London. Teeming with memorable characters, shocking developments and thought-provoking dilemmas, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is as relevant today as ever. Following Strange Case’s inclusion upon the new GCSE specification for English Literature (first assessments in 2017), CBy Publishing hereby publishes the full, unabridged 1886 text, complete with Charles Raymond Macauley’s illustrations to the 1904 edition, annotation-friendly margins and a plethora of background material to aid student analysis. What has this student edition got over other editions? Wide margins that you can annotate in Illustrated Original text, word for word. Background information Designed for the new English GCSE Approved and tested on students! Once you buy a CBy Student Edition book, you'll never buy anything else again! Visit www.cbypublishing.co.uk to enquire about bulk special school branded copies!
Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented: The Student Edition with wide annotation friendly margins
“The season developed and matured. Another year’s instalment of flowers, leaves, nightingales, thrushes, finches, and such ephemeral creatures, took up their positions where only a year ago others had stood in their place when these were nothing more than germs and inorganic particles. Rays from the sunrise drew forth the buds and stretched them into long stalks, lifted up sap in noiseless streams, opened petals, and sucked out scents in invisible jets and breathings.” Hardy’s classic saga of Tess Durbeyfield, a tragic woman whose impoverished father has delusions of noble descent from the d’Urberville family, sympathetically tracks the various wrongs done to her by her lovers Angel Clare and Alec d’Urberville. The book incorporates stringing social commentary, as Tess’s trials and eventual fall are seen to be the product of a restrictive Victorian moral code, against which Hardy rails. Following the inclusion of Tess of the d’Urbervilles on the new English A-level specification, this new CBy edition contains Hardy’s full text, complete with large, annotation-friendly margins, as well as a set of contextual and biographical notes to aid students’ analysis.
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place: With original illustrations, a Sherlock Holmes short story
At CBy, we're avid readers ourselves- so our ethos is to make good, honestly advertised books that we'd buy and read ourselves- not just to maximise our profits. That's why we have a 4 point checklist of guaranteed quality.We guarantee that this book:Comes with size 10 text- some companies like to scrimp a bit and use small text. We know how hard it is to read books like that, so we use a standard size 10 serif font that's been designed for legibility throughout.Comes in a standard size that looks great on your bookshelf- sometimes, we accidentally buy books that have been sized like childrens' books to save money. That's why we're upfront- this particular book is sized at the paperback industry standard: 5.06" x 7.81".Comes with a beautifully designed glossy cover, unlike anything on the market. We hate books that look like they've come from a time capsule- so our team of designers have come up with a timeless design that's true to Conan Doyle's heritage. We love it, but take a look at it yourself in the flesh- again, if you don't like it, simply return it, no questions asked.Comes with the complete original and illustrated text from The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. We hate books that miss things out- and we've carefully proofread this book to make sure that's not the case.We love this book, and we hope that you will too. Thanks for considering CBy's range of classics.