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ALMA BOOKS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2020
MY LIFE WITH BORIS
NEW NON-FICTION – 21ST MAY 2020
BY NAINA YELTSINA TRANSLATED BY SHEILA FITZPATRICK
FirstintimateaccountbythewifeofthefirstpresidentofRussia
WillthrowanewlightontheprivatecharacterofBorisYeltsin,oneofthemostimportantpoliticalfiguresoftwentieth-centuryRussia
Containsmorethan100photos
ISBN 978-1-84688-466-5 HARDBACK – 288 pp. £20
EVERGREENS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2020
THE AWAKENING
NEW EVERGREENS – 24TH JANUARY 2020
BY KATE CHOPIN
Anevocativestoryofself-discoveryandfemaleemancipation
PartofAlmaClassics’sEvergreenCollection
Containsacarefullyselectedbibliographyandextensivenotesonthetext,togetherwithextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks
ISBN 978-1-84749-825-0 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £5.99
THE SECRET AGENT
NEW EVERGREENS – 21ST FEBRUARY 2020
BY JOSEPH CONRAD
Ataleofanarchism,espionageandterrorism
PartofAlmaClassics’sEvergreenCollection
Containsextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks
ISBN 978-1-84749-826-7 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £5.99
THE PROPHET
NEW EVERGREENS – 26TH MARCH 2020
BY KAHLIL GIBRAN
Oneofthemostpopularspiritualclassics
PartofAlmaClassics’sEvergreenCollection
Wellannotatedandcompetitivelypriced
ISBN 978-1-84749-827-4 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99
THEWARDEN
NEW EVERGREENS – 23RD APRIL 2020
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE
PartofAlma’sEvergreenseries,TheWardenisthefirstintheChroniclesofBarsetshireseries
Containsnotesandextramaterial
Idealforstudents
ISBN 978-1-84749-828-1 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £5.99
BLEAK HOUSE
NEW EVERGREENS – 21ST MAY 2019
BY CHARLES DICKENS
PartofAlmaClassics’sEvergreenCollection
Punctuationandspellinghavebeenmodernizedtomakeitmoreaccessibleforthemodernreader
Containsdetailedandcomprehensiveextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks
ISBN 978-1-84749-671-3 PAPERBACK – 992 pp. £6.99
ALMA EVERGREENS SER IES
ALMA CLASSICS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2020
SELECTED POEMS
NEW CLASSIC POETRY – 24TH JANUARY 2020
BY WILLIAM BLAKE
PartofAlma’s‘GreatPoets’series,whichincludesvolumesbyColeridge,Keats,Shakespeare,WhitmanandWordsworth
Eachvolumeisbasedonthemostauthoritativetext,iswellannotatedandcontainsextramaterialforstudents
ReflectsAlma’scommitmenttoprovideaffordableeditionswithvaluableinsightintothegreatpoets’works.
Acomprehensivevolume,fullyannotated
Idealforstudents
ISBN 978-1-84749-821-2 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £7.99
LYRICS VOL. III
NEW CLASSIC POETRY – 25TH JUNE 2020
BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN EDITED BY ROGER CLARKE
Beautifully packaged
The third volume in Alma’s Pushkin Lyrics series
Follows the success of the new editions of Pushkin’s works: Ruslan and Lyudmila, Boris Godunov, The Captain’s Daughter and The Queen of Spades
Translated by a board of acclaimed translators
Dual-language edition with facing text
ISBN 978-1-84749-733-8 PAPERBACK – 448 pp. £9.99
“In these early poems Pushkin shows an astonishing versatility… doing so with a verve and subtlety which belies his youth. At less than ten pounds for nearly 450 pages,
this book is incredibly good value.”
Michael Pursglove, East-West Review
WILHELM MEISTER
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 24TH JANUARY 2020
BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE TRANSLATED BY H.M. WAIDSON
OnlyeditioninprintintheEnglish-speakingworldofthecompleteWilhelmMeister
IncludesWilhelmMeister’sYearsofApprenticeshipandWilhelmMeister’sYearsofTravel
IncludespicturesandanextensivesectiononGoethe’slifeandworks
ISBN 978-1-84749-845-8 PAPERBACK – 880 pp. £12.99
THE LAST LETTERS OF JACOPO ORTIS
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST FEBRUARY 2020
BY UGO FOSCOLO TRANSLATED BY J.G. NICHOLS
OnlyeditioninprintofamasterpiecebyoneofItaly’smostfamouswriters
Foscolo’sprosehasbeen“brilliantlycapturedbyJ.G.Nichols’stranslation”(TLS)
Translatedbyprize-winningtranslatorJ.G.Nichols
ISBN 978-1-84749-840-3 PAPERBACK – 160 pp. £7.99
FINNEGANS WAKE
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 26TH MARCH 2020
BY JAMES JOYCE
80thAnniversaryEdition,idealforuniversitystudents
IncorporatesJoyce’smanuscriptamendmentsandincludesacriticalintroductionbyDrSamSloteofTrinityCollegeDublin.
PerfectcompaniontoAlma’seditionsofUlyssesandDubliners
ISBN 978-1-84749-800-7 PAPERBACK – 640 pp. £7.99
JACOB’S ROOM
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 23RD APRIL 2020
BY VIRGINIA WOOLF
Atrulyexperimentalnovel
AgreatadditiontoAlma’sVirginiaWoolfcollection
IncludesanextensivesectiononWoolf’slifeandworks
ISBN 978-1-84749-836-6 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £5.99
TALES FROM RUSSIAN FOLKLORE
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH JUNE 2020
BY ALEXANDER AFANASYEV TRANSLATED BY STEPHEN PIMENOFF
UniqueandextensiveselectionofRussianfolkloretalesinthetraditionoftheBrothersGrimm
Presentedinabrandnewtranslation
WilloffertheopportunitytodiscoveronethefoundlingtextsoftheEuropeanfolklorictradition
ISBN 978-1-84749-837-3 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £9.99
UNCLE’S DREAM
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST FEBRUARY 2020
BY FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY TRANSLATED BY ROGER COCKRELL
PartofAlma’s101Pagesseries,Uncle’sDreamisalesser-knownworkbyDostoevsky
FromthecriticallyacclaimedtranslatorRogerCockrell
ISBN 978-1-84749-768-0 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99
THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 26TH MARCH 2020
BY NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI TRANSLATED BY J.G. NICHOLS
OnlyeditioninprintofthislittlemasterpiecebytheauthorofThePrince
Translatedbyprize-winningtranslatorJ.G.Nichols
AccompaniedbyselectedpassagesfromMachiavelli’sFlorentineHistories
PartofAlma’s101Pagesseriesofunjustlyneglectedclassicsofenduringsignificance
ISBN 978-1-84749-832-8 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99
MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDÉRI
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST MAY 2020
BY E.T.A. HOFFMANN TRANSLATED BY ANDREW BROWN
Oneoftheearliestexamplesoftheclassicmurdermystery
Onlysingle-volumeedition
GreatadditiontoAlma’sHoffmanncollection
ISBN 978-1-84749-833-5 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99
NEW TITLES SPRING 2020
THE HERETIC OF SOANA
NEW POETRY – 26TH MARCH 2020
BY GERHART HAUPTMANN TRANSLATED BY BAYARD QUINCY MORGAN
OnlyeditioninprintofagreatclassicfromNobelPrizewinnerGerhartHauptmann
PartofthenewlyrevampedCalderCollection
AgreatexampleofGermanNaturalism
ISBN 978-0-71454-968-2 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £9.99
HELIOGABALUS, OR THE ANARCHIST CROWNED
NEW CLASSIC THEATRE – 23RD MAY 2020
BY ANTONIN ARTAUD TRANSLATED BY VICTOR CORTI
UniqueeditionofoneofthemostrevolutionaryfoundingtextsfromthefatheroftheTheatreofCruelty
PartofnewlyrevampedCalderCollection
TheperfectcompaniontoAlma’seditionofTheTheatreandItsDouble,currentlyadoptedinvariousuniversitycourses
ISBN 978-0-71454-893-7 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £8.99
SELECTED POEMS
NEW POETRY – 25TH JULY 2020
BY PAUL ÉLUARD TRANSLATED BY GILBERT BOWEN
Onlyeditioninprint
Acollectionofhisbestpoemspresentedhereinabilingualedition
PartoftheCalderCollection
ISBN 978-0-71454-913-2 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £8.99
ALMA JUNIOR CLASSICS
FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2020
Timeless stories with a modern look from
illustrators you love
KING SOLOMON’S MINES
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 23RD APRIL 2020
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD
Neweditionofoneofthegreatestchildren’sclassicsofEnglishliterature
Anaction-packedadventurenovelsetinAfrica
Containsaglossary,atest-yourselfquizandextramaterialforyoungreaders
ISBN 978-1-84749-841-0 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £6.99
THE BEARS’ FAMOUS INVASION OF SICILY
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST MAY 2020
BY DINO BUZZATI ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A READER’S COMPANION BY LEMONY SNICKET TRANSLATED BY FRANCES LOBB
AtimelessItalianclassic,beautifullypresentedwiththeoriginalcolourillustrationsbyDinoBuzzati,theauthorofTheTartarSteppe
OnlyEnglisheditioninprint
Containsadditionalreaders’resourcesbyLemonySnicket
PraisedbyLemonySnicketas“OneofthenoblestbooksIknow”
ISBN 978-1-84749-846-5 PAPERBACK – 192 pp. £7.99
THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS
NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH JUNE 2020
BY E. NESBIT ILLUSTRATED BY PETER BAILEY
BeautifullyillustratedbyPeterBailey
AgreatadditiontotheAlmaJuniorE.NesbitCollection
Includesextramaterialforyoungreaders,includingasectiononthebook,informationabouttheauthorandatest-yourselfquiz
ISBN 978-1-84749-842-7 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £7.99