Each set of twins consists of a modern classic title with an established classic work.
The pairs of books have been carefully selected to provide a thought-provoking combination so see if you agree with the pairings. Each set of twins has a particular theme.....
Vintage Crime - Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vintage Fantasy - The Wind-up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Vintage Fear - The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Complete Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
Vintage Lies - Atonement by Ian McEwan
What Maisie Knew by Henry James
Vintage Love - Possession by A.S. Byatt
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Vintage Lust - Rachel Papers by Martin Amis
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Vintage Monsters - Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Vintage Satire - Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Vintage Sin - Sabbath's Theatre by Philip Roth
Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Vintage Youth - Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
There will be books you recognise, some old favourites and titles which are completely new to you. Try them out and see if you agree with the combinations and themes
The promotion will be available at Fairfield and Thornaby Central libraries until December 31st. Books from the display may be requested free of charge from any Stockton library.
For more information about the promotion check out the website www.randomhouse.co.uk/vintage/vintageclassics/twins
