Classic fiction: literary and general
Quercus Publishing A Nest of Gentlefolk and Other Stories (riverrun
Book SynopsisThis riverrun edition of Turgenev's most accomplished stories contains A Nest of Gentlefolk, A Quiet Backwater, First Love, and A Lear of the Steppes - the defining masterpieces of his career. Justly celebrated as a novelist, playwright, and poet, these stories encapsulate his skills: in the scope and span of his depiction of nineteenth-century provincial life; in his nuanced portraiture of the vivid quirks of human character; and in the elusive poise of his narrative style - all artfully captured in Jessie Coulson's subtly brilliant translation.Presented by riverrun editions with an exclusive preface by award-winning translator Boris Dralyuk.
£999.99
Scrawny Goat Books Myths and Legends
£19.90
Random House USA Inc The End of Eternity
Book SynopsisA spellbinding novel set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s classic Galactic Empire series and Foundation seriesDue to circumstances within our control . . . tomorrow will be canceled.The Eternals, the ruling class of the Future, had the power of life and death not only over every human being but over the very centuries into which they were born. Past, Present, and Future could be created or destroyed at will. You had to be special to become an Eternal. Andrew Harlan was special. Until he committed the one unforgivable sin—falling in love. Eternals weren’t supposed to have feelings. But Andrew could not deny the sensations that were struggling within him. He knew he could not keep this secret forever. And so he began to plan his escape, a plan that changed his own past . . . and threatened Eternity itself.
£15.30
Editorial Alma Frankenstein
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Editions Flammarion L'amant de la Chine du Nord
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Manga Classics Inc. Manga Classics: Hamlet (Modern English Edition)
Book SynopsisThe dead still walk in Denmark. Already crushed by his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage, the young prince Hamlet is confronted by his father's ghost, bearing terrible news: he didn't simply die. He was murdered. Now Hamlet lives only for his vengeance - no matter how many other people must die for it. Manga Classics® proudly presents an exciting manga version of Shakespeare's masterpiece Hamlet in its full glory, featuring the FULL, ADAPTED MODERN ENGLISH text for easy reading!Trade Review"This vividly violent tale will appeal to ambitious manga readers and can serve as supplemental material for the study of Hamlet." - School Library Journal "The modern English version is much easier to understand, and in the manga form, the characters are brought to life straight from the pages." - San Francisco Book Review"The writers have done a great job of adapting the language so that you miss none of the meaning!" - Youth Services Book Review
£999.99
Atlantic Publishing, Croxley Green Oliver Twist
Book SynopsisOne of Dickens' most popular novels brought to life with contemporary photos and illustrations.
£12.74
Pocket L'oeil du loup
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£7.45
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Selected Stories
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£6.64
Sexto Piso Editorial A Traves del Espejo y Lo Que Alicia Encontro Alli
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Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH Der Fremde
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£11.35
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Kidnapped
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£8.53
Scribner Book Company Hemingway Boxed Set
Book SynopsisA collection of the most beloved and enduring novels by Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea, as featured in the film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on PBS.
£56.00
Edebe La vuelta al mundo en 80 dias
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£21.15
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd To the Lighthouse
Book SynopsisTo the Lighthouse is a classic of English literature and continues to enthral readers more than ninety years after it was first published. This definitive edition of the novel meticulously edited, annotated and introduced provides contextual and thematic information, and employs contemporary critical perspectives. Supplemented with a landmark critical study by Timothy Sutton, and the essay Modern Fiction by Woolf, this edition of To the Lighthouse brings the text and its contexts closer to the reader.
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Pushkin Press The Society of the Crossed Keys: Selections from
Book Synopsis'I had never heard of Zweig until six or seven years ago, as allthe books began to come back into print, and I more or less by chance bought a copy of Beware of Pity. I immediately lovedthis book, his one, big, great novel-and suddenly there weredozens more in front of me waiting to read.' Wes Anderson The Society of the Crossed Keys contains Wes Anderson's selections from the writings of the great Austrian author Stefan Zweig, whose life and work inspired The Grand Budapest Hotel. A CONVERSATION WITH WES ANDERSON Wes Anderson discusses Zweig's life and work with Zweig biographer George Prochnik. THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY Selected extracts from Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday, an unrivalled evocation of bygone Europe. BEWARE OF PITY An extract from Zweig's only novel, a devastating depictionof the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN THE LIFE OF A WOMAN One of Stefan Zweig's best-loved stories in full-a passionate tale of gambling, love and death, played out against the stylish backdrop of the French Riviera in the 1920s. "I defy anyone to read these tasters of Zweig's work without being compelled to read on. Pushkin might as well do their readers all a favour and sell The Society of the Crossed Keys with a complete Zweig back catalogue." Independent 'The World of Yesterday is one of the greatest memoirs of the twentieth century, as perfect in its evocation of the world Zweig loved, as it is in its portrayal of how that world was destroyed.' -- David Hare 'Beware of Pity is the most exciting book I have ever read...a feverish, fascinating novel' -- Antony Beevor 'One of the joys of recent years is the translation into English of Stefan Zweig's stories.'--Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with the Amber Eyes Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and, between the wars was an international bestselling author. With the rise of Nazism, he left Austria, and lived in London, Bath, New York and Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Wes Anderson's films include Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom. He directed and wrote the screenplay for The Grand Budapest Hotel.Trade ReviewThe World of Yesterday is one of the greatest memoirs of the twentieth century, as perfect in its evocation of the world Zweig loved, as it is in its portrayal of how that world was destroyed. -- David Hare Beware of Pity is the most exciting book I have ever read...a feverish, fascinating novel -- Antony Beevor One of the joys of recent years is the translation into English of Stefan Zweig's stories. -- Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with the Amber Eyes I defy anyone to read these tasters of Zweig's work without being compelled to read on. Pushkin might as well do their readers all a favour and sell The Society of the Crossed Keys with a complete Zweig back catalogue. Independent ...Anderson hasn't so much adapted Zweig's writings as channeled their spirit, reconstructed their atmospheres and taken up their major obsessions. Los Angeles Review of Books The Grand Budapest Hotel is distinctively and uniquely Zweigian. The Daily Beast Stefan Zweig refuses to go away and seems, in fact, poised for a major comeback... [Wes Anderson and George Prochnick's] spirited give-and-take serves as a lively introduction to the filmmaker's selection of texts TLS
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Broadview Press Ltd Are They Women?: A Novel Concerning the Third Sex
Book SynopsisDeeply engaged in women's rights debates and discussions of the 'third sex,' Are They Women? is about the lively communities of lesbians across turn-of-the-century Central Europe. It is one of the first lesbian novels written in German-indeed, in any language. It is also one of the very few pre-Second Wave feminist texts to provide a positive, non-pathologizing, and romantic portrait of lesbians. As such, it complicates the dominant critical narrative of pre-liberation lesbian literature, whereby heroines conventionally face loneliness, imprisonment, madness, death, and heterosexual conversion. A work of popular literature with cultural significance, Are They Women? is both highly readable and remarkably progressive for its time. This is the first complete English translation of the novel, and the only edition in print in any language. The historical appendices provide contemporary materials on homosexuality, as well as compelling images from German feminist periodicals of the time.Trade Review“Are They Women? is a crucial document of lesbian history. It captures a moment in time when women who loved women first had the freedom to live as they wished and a name that gave them an identity. Margaret Breen and Nisha Kommattam have provided a fine translation, and their excellent introduction sets Are They Women? in historical and scholarly context. This volume is important reading for anyone wishing to understand the lesbian past.” — Lillian Faderman, author of To Believe In Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America—A History“This carefully and accessibly edited translation of Aimée Duc’s novel Are They Women? couldn’t come at a more timely moment: as a group of university students around the charismatic Minotschka Fernandoff travel around Europe, go on bike rides, drink cognac, and get their hearts broken, they discuss topics such as what makes a woman (or a man), why the institution of marriage fails women, which professions and political allegiances can truly be chosen, and where a homeland might be found for those who defy conventional national and sexual boundaries. With its appendix of highly relevant companion literature by activists and sexologists such as Havelock Ellis or Anna Rüling, and biographical material about the unjustly forgotten author, who was in so many ways ahead of her time, this volume is not only essential reading for classes on the history of sexuality, but also for anyone interested in its present.” — Veronika Fuechtner, Dartmouth College, Author of Berlin Psychoanalytic and co-editor of A Global History of Sexual Science 1880-1960“This elegantly translated and helpfully edited printing of Mina Adelt-Duc’s novel, Are They Women?, introduces us to a fascinating world of young people: medical students, doctors, actors, and musicians. Some have aristocratic titles, others have money, and many have neither. They are all exploring gender, sexuality, and identity in the grand cities of Europe around 1900. Today we would identify many of the characters as lesbians or bisexual women, while others might be trans. One thing is sure though — the conversations they have in this novel, written over a century ago, echo loudly today. Anyone involved in gender studies, LGBTQ studies, or queer theory will want to meet and get to know these characters!” — Robert Tobin, Clark University, Author of Peripheral Desires: The German Discovery of Sex and Warm Brothers: Queer Theory and the Age of GoetheTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Mina Adelt-Duc: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text Are They Women? Appendix A: Reviews of Are They Women? 1. Review of Sind es Frauen?, Westermanns Illustrierte Deutsche Monatshefte [Westermann’s Illustrated German Monthly Magazine] (November 1901) 2. From Numa Praetorius [Eugen Wilhelm], “Weibliche Homosexualität” [“Female Homosexuality”], Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen [Yearbook for Intermediate Sexual Types] (1903) Appendix B: Anita Augspurg on Women and Marriage 1. Anita Augspurg, “A Typical Case of the Present Time. An Open Letter” (1905) Appendix C: Anna Rüling on the Women’s Movement and Homosexuality 1. Anna Rüling, “What Interest Does the Women’s Movement Have in Solving the Homosexual Problem?” (8 October 1904) Appendix D: Havelock Ellis and Female Inversion 1. From Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds, “Sexual Inversion in Women,” Sexual Inversion (1897) Appendix E: Cover Images from Draisena 1. Cover of 24 April 1899 edition of Draisena 2. Closeup of cover image from 26 October 1898 Appendix F: Cover Image from Adelt-Duc’s Novella Collection 1. Cover image of Indische Novellen (1914) Works Cited and Select Bibliography
£20.85
Penguin Putnam Inc The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time Volume 6
Book SynopsisThe long-awaited penultimate volume--the very summit of Proust's art (Slate)--in the acclaimed Penguin translation of Marcel Proust's greatest work, in time for the 150th anniversary of his birthThe greatest literary work of the twentieth century. --The New York TimesA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paperPeter Collier's acclaimed translation of The Fugitive introduces a new generation of American readers to the literary riches of Marcel Proust. The sixth and penultimate volume in Penguin Classics' superb new edition of In Search of Lost Time--the first completely new translation of Proust's masterpiece since the 1920s--brings us a more comic and lucid prose than readers of English have previously been able to enjoy.Miss Albertine has left! So begins The Fugitive, the second part of what is often referred to as the Albertine cycle, or books five and six of In Search of Lost
£20.80
Transworld Publishers Ltd Coming Up for Air: A remarkable true story richly
Book SynopsisTHREE EXTRAORDINARY LIVES INTERTWINE ACROSS OCEANS AND TIME'Bold in its weaving of three ingeniously linked storylines and rich in sensuous detail and vivid characterisation. I can't wait for her next.' PATRICK GALE'A stunning, stirring story told with exceptional skill and rare beauty' TERRI WHITE 'Glittering. A triumph.' RACHEL JOYCE **LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN 2020**On the banks of the River Seine in 1899, a young woman takes her final breath before plunging into the icy water. Although she does not know it, her decision will set in motion an astonishing chain of events. It will lead to 1950s Norway, where a grieving toy-maker is on the cusp of a transformative invention, all the way to present-day Canada where a journalist, battling a terrible disease, risks everything for one last chance to live. Taking inspiration from a remarkable true story, Coming Up for Air is a bold, richly imagined novel about the transcendent power of storytelling and the immeasurable impact of every human life.MORE PRAISE FOR COMING UP FOR AIR:'Extraordinary.' FRANCIS SPUFFORD'Vivid, evocative, moving. I loved it' CLAIRE FULLER'Spellbinding and beautifully written.' CARYS BRAY'Dazzling . . . I savoured every word of its beautiful prose' PRIMATrade ReviewComing Up For Air confirms Sarah Leipciger as a major talent. A meditation on mortality and our will to survive and save, it's really bold in its weaving of three ingeniously linked storylines and rich in sensuous detail and vivid characterisation. I can't wait for her next. * Patrick Gale *A stunning, stirring story told with exceptional skill and rare beauty. * Terri White *Sarah Leipciger captures the nature of solitude and stillness in a way that no other writer does. THE MOUNTAIN CAN WAIT was a wonder. COMING UP FOR AIR expands her range even further, exploring that eerie shoreline where land and ocean meet, where breathing becomes drowning, and life teeters on the very edge. * Mark Haddon *An extraordinary, three-century braid of air and water: the way we float, the way we drown, the way we surface again against the odds. * Francis Spufford *Vivid, evocative, moving. I loved it * Claire Fuller *Here is a novel that dares to cross the boundaries of time, the elements, life and death, and does so with the twists and hooks and magic of a consummate story teller. * Rachel Joyce *Spellbinding and beautifully written . . . an extraordinary novel. I can’t wait to read what Leipciger writes next. * Carys Bray *Exceptional skill... exquisite descriptions... Fact and fiction flow together like two rivers conjoining and making together for the sea... a beautiful novel of compassion... * The New European *Dazzling . . . A stunning interwoven story of three threads set in different times and countries . . . I savoured every word of its beautiful prose. * Prima *Hauntingly melancholic and richly detailed * Scottish Herald. *
£8.54
Atrium Verlag AG Punktchen und Anton
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Flame Tree Publishing The Scarlet Letter
Book SynopsisAgainst the backdrop of seventeenth-century New England, Hester Prynne is branded with an 'A' to mark her adultery and the strict condemnation of the Puritan community. As Hester's crimes define her public life and the sinister Roger Chillingworth vows revenge, this devastating tale follows the characters as they grapple with shame, remorse and repentance. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and fantasy to science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic. Each book features a brand new biography and glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms.
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Editorial Alma Anna Karenina
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Pan Macmillan The Aeneid
Book SynopsisThe Aeneid – thrilling, terrifying and poignant in equal measure – has inspired centuries of artists, writers and musicians.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated by J. W. Mackail and has an afterword by Coco Stevenson.Virgil’s epic tale tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, who flees his city after its fall, with his father Anchises and his young son Ascanius – for Aeneas is destined to found Rome and father the Roman race. As Aeneas journeys closer to his goal, he must first prove his worth and attain the maturity necessary for such an illustrious task. He battles raging storms in the Mediterranean, encounters the fearsome Cyclopes, falls in love with Dido, Queen of Carthage, travels into the Underworld and wages war in Italy.Trade ReviewThe Aeneid is suffused with a fascinating, upending sense that most of what goes gravely wrong on earth isn’t imputable to human agency -- Brad Leithauser * New York Times *Generally viewed as the pre-eminent masterpiece of the Western literary tradition -- Michael Dirda * Washington Post *
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Los recuerdos del porvenir / Recollections of
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Penguin Books Ltd The Lady of the Camellias
Book SynopsisThe landmark novel that inspired both Verdi''s opera La Traviata and the Oscar-winning musical Moulin Rouge!, in a sparkling new translation. One of the greatest love stories of all time, The Lady of the Camellias recounts the history of Marguerite Gautier, the most beautiful, brazen, and expensive courtesan in all of Paris. Known to all as ''the Lady of the Camellias'' because she is never seen without her favourite flowers, she leads a glittering life of endless parties and aristocratic balls, with the richest men in France flocking to her boudoir to lay their fortunes at her feet. But despite having many lovers, she has never really loved - until she meets Armand Duval, young, handsome and from a lower social class, and yet hopelessly in love with Marguerite.ALEXANDRE DUMAS fils (1824-1895) was the son of the famous novelist Alexandre Dumas. In 1847 he published his first novel, Adventures of Four Women and a Parrot, followed a year later by The Lady of the Camellias and ten other novels over the next decade. After the great success of the dramatic version of The Lady of the Camellias, he was gradually drawn away from the novel to the stage. In 1874 he was elected to the French Academy and until his death continued to produce a long line of successful plays.LIESL SCHILLINGER is a journalist and literary critic who writes regularly for The New York Times Book Review and spent many years on the editorial staff of The New Yorker. JULIE KAVANAGH is the author of The Girl Who Loved Camellias, a biography of the courtesan who inspired The Lady of the Camellias. An award-winning biographer of Rudolf Nureyev and Frederick Ashton, she has been London editor of both Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.''One of the greatest love stories of the world'' Henry James''Anyone who has read an outdated English translation of this novel; seen the opera it inspired - La Traviata, by Verdi; or watched the film it inspired - Camille, starring Greta Garbo, might have missed the audacity, obstinacy, sensuality, and recklessness of its characters'' Liesl SchillingerTrade ReviewOne of the greatest love stories of the world -- Henry James
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Dedalus Ltd The Relic
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HarperCollins Publishers The Dead of Summer
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HarperCollins Publishers THE DESPERATE DIARY OF A COUNTRY HOUSEWIFE
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HarperCollins Publishers Florence and Giles
Book SynopsisA sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher1891. In a remote and crumbling New England mansion, 12-year-old orphan Florence is neglected by her guardian uncle and banned from reading. Left to her own devices she devours books in secret and talks to herself - and narrates this, her story - in a unique language of her own invention. By night, she sleepwalks the corridors like one of the old house''s many ghosts and is troubled by a recurrent dream in which a mysterious woman appears to threaten her younger brother Giles. Sometimes Florence doesn''t sleepwalk at all, but simply pretends to so she can roam at will and search the house for clues to her own baffling past.After the sudden violent death of the children''s first governess, a second teacher, Miss Taylor, arrives, and immediately strange phenomena begin to occur. Florence becomes convinced that the new governess is a vengeful and malevolent spirit who means to do Giles harm. AgTrade Review‘Real atmosphere is increasingly rare in novels and here it is in spades…A darkly glamorous tour de force.’Wendy Holden, DAILY MAIL 'Harding rings enough ingenious changes on James's study of perversity to produce his own full-blown Gothic horror tale. The climax of their struggle… is genuinely exciting and shocking.' THE INDEPENDENT ‘Florence and Giles is an elegant literary exercise worked out with the strictness of a fugue: imagine Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw reworked by Edgar Allan Poe…Nothing prepares you for the chillingly ruthless but inevitable finale.’ THE TIMES 'A tight gothic thriller… The climax becomes unbearably tense. Florence feels the horror of her situation "cheese-grating" her soul, which is just how Harding leaves the reader feeling at the end of this creepily suggestive story.' FINANACIAL TIMES ‘Harding’s creepy, ingenious tale slyly wrongfoots the reader, and its deliciously sinister conclusion is the stuff of troubled nights.’ THE LADY ‘Brilliantly creepy’ DAILY MIRROR ‘An intriguing read’ GRAZIA ‘A good, clever, modern take on old-style American gothic; a creepy haunted house tale in which the living are just as eerie as any real or imagined ghouls.’ NEW ZEALAND HERALD ‘a scarily good story, in an arrestingly unusual narrative voice.’ THE OXFORD TIMES
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Penguin Books Ltd The Complete Richard Hannay
Book SynopsisContains: The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, The Three Hostages and The Island of Sheep
£17.09
Penguin Books Ltd Selected Tales
Book SynopsisSelected Tales contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, translated with an introduction by David Luke These folktales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are among the most memorable stories in European culture - conjuring up a world of spells and bewitchment, outwitted villains and cruel stepmothers, animal bridegrooms and enchanted princesses. Tales such as 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Little Red Cape' and 'The Robber Bridegroom' depict the dangers lurking in dark forests, and others, including 'Briar-Rose' and 'Snow White' show young beauties punished by unforgiving sorceresses. Other tales include 'Thickasathumb', which portrays a childless young couple whose wish for a baby is granted in an unexpected way, while 'The Frog King' tells of a rash promise made by a haughty princess to share her bed with a frog, and a fortune is won in 'The Blue Lamp', when a soldier gains a kingdom with the help of a magic Table of ContentsTranslated with an Introduction and Notes by David LukeIntroduction1. The Fisher an His Gweedwife2. Rumplestiltskin3. Hansel and Gretel4. Little Redcape5. Rapunzel6. Briar Rose7. Snowwhite8. The Jeniper Tree9. Little Brother and Little Sister10. The Three Little Men in the Forest11. Mother Snowbed12. The Three Birdies13. The Twelve Brothers14. The Seven Ravens15. The Six Swans16. The Two Brothers17. The Master Huntsman18. The Water of Life19. The Golden Bird20. The Dwarfie21. Jack the Strong Man22. The Six Who Went Far in the World23. The Six Servants24. The Sea-Rabbit25. The Worn-out Dancing-shoes26. The Devil's Three Golden Hairs27. The Griffin28. The Three Snake-leaves29. Faithful John30. One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes31. Ashiepattle32. Manypelts33. The Rightful Bride34. The Iron Stove35. The Twa Royal Bairnies36. The Goosegirl37. Jack of Iron38. The Frog King, or Iron Harry39. The Young Donkey40. Jack My Hedgehog41. The Magic Table, the Gold-donkey, and the Cudgel in the Sack42. The Knapsack, the Hat and the Horn43. The Blue Lamp44. The Salad-donkey45. The Three Brothers46. The Four Skilful Brothers47. The Young Giant48. Thickasathumb49. Bearskin50. The Devil and His Grandmother51. The King of the Golden Mountain52. The Prince Afraid of Nothing53. The Crystal Ball54. Auld Rinkie55. Jorinda and Joringle56. The Nixie in the Pond57. Fetcher's Fowl58. The Robber Bridegroom59. The Bremen Town Band60. Clever Elsie61. Lazy Harry62. The Three Army-surgeons63. The Clever Little Tailor64. Bumpkin65. Owld PeadairNotesGlossary of Scots Words
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Penguin Books Ltd The Saga of the Volsungs
Book SynopsisThe epic Viking Age stories that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and Wagner''s Ring cycleWritten in thirteenth-century Iceland but based on ancient Norse poetry cycles, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend and sheer human drama. It tells of the cursed treasure of the Rhine, a sword reforged and a magic ring of power, and at its heart are the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer, who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin''s Valkyries. One of the great books of world literature, the saga is an unforgettable tale of princely jealousy, unrequited love, greed, vengeance and the downfall of a dynasty. Translated with an Introduction by Jesse L. Byock
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Penguin Books Ltd King Jesus
Book SynopsisRobert Graves''s controversial historical novel is a bold reworking of the story of Christ. Here Jesus is not the son of God, but the result of a secret marriage - the descendant of Herod and true King of the Jews. Written from the perspective of a lowly official at the end of the first century AD, King Jesus recounts Jesus''s birth, youth, life as a charismatic ''wonder worker'' and the unorthodox, bitter nature of his death and resurrection. Portraying Jesus not as divine but as a flawed human bent upon his own doom, this retelling of the gospels is a compelling blend of research, imagination and narrative power.Trade ReviewThe knowledge of a scholar and the imagination of a poet are brought to bear upon Jesus as a child, boy and man * Guardian *Written with simplicity and reverence * Time *
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Penguin Books Ltd Payment Deferred
Book SynopsisMr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family''s bills, until the combination of a wealthy relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him the perfect solution. In fact, his troubles are only just beginning. Slowly the Marble family becomes poisoned by guilt, and caught in an increasingly dangerous trap of secrets, fear and blackmail. Then, in a final twist of the knife, Mrs Marble ensures that retribution comes in the most unexpected of ways ...First published in 1926, C. S. Forester''s gritty psychological thriller took crime writing in a new direction, portraying ordinary, desperate people committing monstrous acts, and showing events spiralling terribly, chillingly, out of control.Trade ReviewThe unsung godfather of English noir. -- Andrew TaylorCompelling. * Sunday Times *Compelling * Sunday Times *C. S. Forester is a splendid storyteller * Guardian *I recommend Forester to every literate I know -- Ernest HemingwayThe unsung godfather of English noir -- Andrew Taylor
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Penguin Books Ltd The Flemish House Inspector Maigret 14
Book Synopsis“The matchless French crime novelist” -- Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The GuardianA chilling Inspector Maigret mystery set on the Belgian border“She wasn't an ordinary supplicant. She didn't lower her eyes. There was nothing humble about her bearing. She spoke frankly, looking straight ahead, as if to claim what was rightfully hers. ‘If you don't agree to look at our case, my parents and I will be lost, and it will be the most hateful legal error...’”Maigret is asked to the windswept, rainy border town of Givet by a young woman desperate to clear her family of murder. But their well-kept shop, the sleepy community and its raging river all hide their own mysteTrade ReviewPraise for Georges Simenon:“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian “These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself.” —The Washington Post “Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals.” —People “I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.” —William Faulkner “The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature.” —André Gide “A supreme writer . . . Unforgettable vividness.” —The Independent (London) “Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales.” —The Observer (London) “Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.” —John Gray “A truly wonderful writer . . . Marvelously readable—lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates.” —Muriel Spark “A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it.”lle —Peter Ackroyd “Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.” —John Banville"Gem-hard soul-probes . . . not just the world's bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend . . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and confessor" ― Times (London)"Strangely comforting . . . so many lovely bistros from the Paris of mid-20th C. The corpses are incidental, it's the food that counts." ― Margaret Atwood"One of the greatest writers of the 20th century . . . no other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as Simenon does . . . the conjuring of a world, a place, a time, a set of characters - above all, an atmosphere." ― Financial Times"Gripping . . . richly rewarding . . . You'll quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each mystery in turn."-- Stig Abell ― The Sunday Times (London)
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Penguin Books Ltd Beauty and the Beast Classic Tales About Animal
Book SynopsisThe “tale as old as time,” in versions from across the centuries and around the world—published to coincide with Disney’s live-action 3D musical film starring Emma Watson, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Audra McDonald, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Dan Stevens, and Emma ThompsonNearly every culture tells the story of Beauty and the Beast in one fashion or another. From Cupid and Psyche to India’s Snake Bride to South Africa’s “Story of Five Heads,” the partnering of beasts and beauties, of humans and animals in all their variety—cats, dogs, frogs, goats, lizards, bears, tortoises, monkeys, cranes, warthogs—has beguiled us for thousands of years, mapping the cultural contradictions that riddle every romantic relationship.In this fascinating volume, preeminent fairy tale scholar Maria Tatar brings together tales from ancient times to the present and from a wide variety of cultures, highlighting the continuitieTrade Review[This] new book from Penguin ... provides some historical context [to the Disney film] ... Most of the stories about young women and animal grooms follow a predictable pattern ... But the Penguin book also includes plenty of stories in which the genders are flipped, pairing young men with animal brides. * The New Yorker *The tales in Tatar's compilation swing from vicious to romantic, from comedy to horror ... Tatar's book alone contains stories from almost two dozen countries. * NPR.org *A rich, intriguing volume highly recommended for fairy-tale fans. * Booklist *Maria Tatar's new collection for Penguin Classics ... ventur[es] deeper into the rich universe of animal bridegroom stories ... There is also the parallel tradition of animal bride stories-swan maidens and selkies with a much sharper edge than The Little Mermaid ... The source material here is much richer in possibilities than turning Belle into a crusader for women's literacy. * Jezebel *Maria Tatar rounded up stories about animal brides and grooms from around the world in this new Penguin Classics collection, and while I am a certified fairy tale nerd, there was plenty in this book that was new to me. -- Constance Grady * Vox *Superb ... Each story is basically an expression of anxiety about marriage and relationships-about the animalistic nature of sex, and the fundamental strangeness of men and women to each other ... Tatar points out, too, that every generation of monsters speaks to the anxieties of its time. * The Atlantic *
£12.59
Oxford University Press Frankenstein
Book SynopsisThe most celebrated horror story ever written. The dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discovers the secret of life. In the grip of his obsession he constructs and animates a creature from dead body parts - with catastrophic results.Trade Reviewprobably the most brilliantly comprehensive introduction to Frankenstein that I have ever read. Even if you've read the book ... ou have to buy this finely produced OUP annotated edition to enjoy Nick Grooms distillation of Frankenstein's ideas and challenges: especially so as this is the first raw 1818 edition." * Magonia Review *wonderful * Oliver Tearle, Interesting Literature *a quality edition ... it uses the original 1818 text and ... it tells us so much about the author and her history; it is both a novel and a very useful reference book. And what is more, it both looks and feels good - well worthy of a place on your shelves. * Peter Tyers, Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation *
£15.29
Penguin Books Ltd The Happy Reader 19
Book SynopsisFor avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained.The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles.
£999.99
Penguin Books Ltd The Ship
Book SynopsisStep aboard C.S. Forester''s classic seafaring tale from the author of The Good Shepherd, now a major-motion picture starring Tom Hanks ''A joyous creation, a perfection in words. Young Hornblower is, simply, one of the most complete creations of character in fiction'' Conn Iggulden, The Independent_______One vital convoy can break Mussolini''s stranglehold on Malta - but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships . . . Five light British cruisers are left to beat back the armed might of the Italian battle fleet and C.S. Forester - creator of Horatio Hornblower - takes us aboard HMS Artemis as she steams into battle against overwhelming odds. We get inside the heads of Artemis''s men, from the Captain on his bridge down to the lowest engine room rating, as they struggle over one long and terrifying afternoon to do their duty. This brilliant and gripping story recounts life aboard a British warship during some
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc The Wonder State
Book SynopsisFrom the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Arkansas Ozarks, and the group of friends obsessed with finding it.Five friends arrive back in Eternal Springs, Arkansas, the small town they all fled after high school graduation. Each is drawn home by a cryptic, scrawled two-word letter that reads, You promised. It has been fifteen years since the summer that changed their lives, and they?re anxious to find out why Brandi called them back, especially when they vowed never to return. But Brandi is missing. She?d been acting erratically for months, railing at whoever might listen about magic all around them. About a power they can?t see. And about strange houses that appear only when you need them . . .Told in two enthralling timelines, The Wonder State is a gorgeous, immersive, speculative Gothic tale about searching for home. Sara Flannery Murphy has created another brilliant, genre-blurring novel?an adventure story laced with nostalgia, exploring belonging and the lasting power of community.
£20.39
WW Norton & Co The House of Mirth
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£16.40
WW Norton & Co Oliver Twist
Book SynopsisThis Norton Critical Edition of a Dickens favorite reprints the 1846 text, the last edition of the novel substantially revised by Dickens and the one that most clearly reflects his authorial intentions.
£11.99
Penguin Random House Group The Age Of Innocence
£8.02
Michael Walmer Seven for a Secret
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£13.25
Michael Walmer Time Enough Later
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£12.30
Scholastic A Christmas Carol Annotation Edition
Book SynopsisThis annotation edition of Dickens' well-known yuletide tale is perfectfor students and Dickens enthusiasts alike. Extra wide marginsand double spacing leaves lots of room for notes. Contains toptips on effectively annotation and different techniques.
£7.59
Edinburgh University Press The Talisman
Book SynopsisA new edition of The Talisman, the second of Tales of the Crusaders, which is set in Palestine during the Third Crusade (1189-92)
£90.25
Headline Publishing Group The Forsyte Saga 6 Swan Song
Book SynopsisJon Forsyte is back. After years living in America with his mother Irene, he is excited to be home and can''t wait to show off his roots to his new bride. When Fleur Forsyte, now Fleur Mont, his first love, hears of his arrival, she doesn''t know what to feel. She''s married too, though, with a little boy so there''s no reason why they all can''t meet as friends. But feelings so strong are not easily contained. And when their passion is rekindled, no one can halt the devastating events that follow - the secret culmination of an old, old story...Trade ReviewPraise for THE FORSYTE SAGA: 'An immortal achievement...it is, at all levels, readability itself * Financial Times *Just because they were set in a world of frock-coats and ornate drawing rooms, we should not be blind to their modern dilemmas... the satire is sharp, the dialogue, elegant and witty, and the characterisation - dazzling * Scotsman *THE FORSYTE SAGA was such a cracking good story...compulsive, as well as very modern and outrageous * Sunday Times *Still a terrific read, a satisfying, long, absorbing family story...which knocks spots off its pale imitators * Susan Hill *The books I most wish I'd written * Penny Vincenzi *
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