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The First Crusade: The Call from the East

The First Crusade: The Call from the East

by Peter Frankopan

The first book on the Crusades to pay focus on the real backdrop and catalyst of the First Crusade from ...

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On this page you will find reading guides for some of our most popular reading group books. Each month we will add new guides and recommend a guide from the archives. We hope that this page can give help for this week's book group choice and give inspiration for future book group choices. Within the guides you will find a mixture of the following: suggested questions for discussion, author interviews, cast of characters, critical reception, suggested further reading and much more. Please do email vintagebooks@randomhouse.co.uk with any feedback you may have after using our guides. We would love to hear from you.

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Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

Great ExpectationsCelebrate 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens with Great Expectations.

Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals. His desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella, but secrets from the past impede his progress and he has many hard lessons to learn.

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Portsmouth reads, in association with Vintage Classics, celebrate Dickens' bicentennial year with a host of events throughout 2012. Please click here for more information.

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According to Ruth

According to Ruth

by Jane Feaver

This reading guide includes:
About the book
About the author
Author interview
Disccusion points
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After Dark

After Dark

by Haruki Murakami

This reading guide includes:
Synopsis
Character List
Author Biography
Author Interview
Discussion Questions
Online Resources

After the Fire, A Still Small Voice

After the Fire, A Still Small Voice

by Evie Wyld

This wonderful reading guide includes:
Synopsis
Character List
Discussion Points
Reception and Reviews
Interviews With Author
Author Biography
Bibliography

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton

This reading guide includes:
About The Book
Author Biography
Discussion Points
Suggested Further Reading
Suggested Films

All Our Worldly Goods

All Our Worldly Goods

by Irene Nemirovsky

This reading guide includes:
Discussion Points
About The Book
Biography
Author Interview
Quotes
Character List
Internet Resources
Suggested Further Reading

Angel of Brooklyn

Angel of Brooklyn

by Janette Jenkins

This reading guide includes:
About The Book
Biography
Author Interview
Discussion Questions
Further Reading

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