Classic fiction: literary and general
Thorndike Striving Reader The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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£999.99
Editorium MobyDick
Book SynopsisTowards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell''s heart I stab at thee; for hate''s sake I spit my last breath at thee. To the final moment of his death beneath the waves, Captain Ahab pursues the enigmatic White Whale that took off his leg--Moby-Dick, a symbol of all that is deep and undecipherable. In this greatest of all American novels, Herman Melville spins a gripping tale of whales and whalers, but more than that, he examines the mysteries and paradoxes that lie at the very heart of existence itself. Newly designed and beautifully typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.
£15.93
Wildside Press 1984
£19.56
Wildside Press Daymare and Other Tales from the Pulps
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Read Books Edgar Allan Poes Tales of Horror A Collection of Short Stories Fantasy and Horror Classics
£17.99
Read Books The Waves
£14.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Loom of Youth Bloomsbury Reader
£18.57
AuthorHouse Childs Acre
£24.99
AuthorHouse Epilogue
£19.06
Simon & Schuster Gone with the Wind
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£19.94
Simon & Schuster You Cant Go Home Again
Book SynopsisNow available from Thomas Wolfes original publisher, the final novel by the literary legend, that will stand apart from everything else that he wrote (The New York Times Book Review)first published in 1940 and long considered a classic of twentieth century literature.A twentieth-century classic, Thomas Wolfes magnificent novel is both the story of a young writer longing to make his mark upon the world and a sweeping portrait of America and Europe from the Great Depression through the years leading up to World War II. Driven by dreams of literary success, George Webber has left his provincial hometown to make his name as a writer in New York City. When his first novel is published, it brings him the fame he has sought, but it also brings the censure of his neighbors back home, who are outraged by his depiction of them. Unsettled by their reaction and unsure of himself and his future, Webber begins a search for a greater understanding of his artistic identit
£19.95
AuthorHouse Jane Austens Sanditon
£23.51
AuthorHouse Jane Austens Sanditon
£27.99
Little, Brown & Company A Story of God and All of Us
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£14.40
Poisoned Pen Press Checkmate to Murder A Second World War Mystery
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£14.24
Poisoned Pen Press The Chianti Flask
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£14.24
Poisoned Pen Press TwoWay Murder
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£14.24
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Read Books Anne of Avonlea 2 Anne of Green Gables
£18.44
Read Books The Blue Castle
£18.44
Read Books A Tangled Web
£19.94
Read Books Essays and Lectures
£12.99
Read Books Arsene Lupin
£19.99
Edinburgh University Press Marie Corelli a Romance of Two Worlds
Book SynopsisMarie Corelli's 'A Romance of Two Worlds' is regarded as one of the most culturally important Victorian bestsellers. This critical edition offers instructive access to this multifaceted but still largely underappreciated novel.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Hardy Conrad and the Senses
Book SynopsisThis book readsthe highly descriptive impressionist writings of Hardy and Conrad together in the light of a shared attention to sight and sound.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Oscar Wilde and the Radical Politics of the Fin
Book SynopsisThis book reads Oscar Wilde's literary texts in relation to his open support for revolutionaries, along with his expressions of solidarity with Irish republicans, anarchists, workers and migrants.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press ShakespeareS Essays
Book SynopsisThrough sustained close-readings of Montaigne's essays and Shakespeare's plays, Platt explores both authors' approaches to self, knowledge and form that stress fractures, interruptions and alternatives.
£85.50
Orion Publishing Co A Way Through the Wood
Book SynopsisA psychological study of marriage, loyalty and justice, A WAY THROUGH THE WOOD is a remarkable post-war novel.''A superb storyteller'' SUNDAY TIMES ''I''d place him up there with Graham Greene'' Philippa Gregory''Balchin writes about timeless things, the places in the heart'' Ruth Rendell''Balchin has been absurdly overlooked for too long'' Julian FellowesJames Manning is perfectly content. He has a successful life as a businessman in the city, a bright young thing of a wife, Jill, and an idyllic home in the countryside, where he is a local magistrate. The only fly in the ointment is the ''Honbill'' - the Honourable William Bule, a gentleman with too much time on his hands.When a young man is knocked off his bicycle and subsequently dies, James is sure that Bule is the culprit - after all, he saw a scratch on the Honbill''s car the day of the accident and it matches the description to a T. But events take an unexpecTrade ReviewOne of the hopes of British novel-writing . . . A writer of genius -- John BetjemanThe missing writer of the Forties . . . Balchin's professional skill gives a meaning to brilliance which the word doesn't usually possess -- Clive James * NEW REVIEW *[An] inexplicably neglected author * THE TIMES *Balchin writes about timeless things, the places in the heart -- Ruth Rendell * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *Balchin has been absurdly overlooked for too long -- Julian FellowesI'd place him up there with Graham Greene -- Philippa GregoryA remarkable storyteller * DAILY MAIL *A brilliant novelist . . . A writer of real skill * NEW STATESMAN *He tells a story gloriously * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Balchin has the rare magnetic power that draws the human eye from one sentence to the next * EVENING STANDARD *Probably no other novelist of Mr. Balchin's value is so eminently and enjoyably readable . . . [He] never lets the reader down -- Elizabeth Bowen * TATLER *Balchin has done so much to raise the standard of the popular novel * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *A superb storyteller * SUNDAY TIMES *The novelist of men at work * GUARDIAN *Balchin can tell an exciting story as well as any novelist alive * SUNDAY CHRONICLE *Mr. Balchin is a writer of such considerable and varied gifts . . . He is certainly one of the most intelligent novelists * TIME AND TIDE *He can always be relied on to give us the set-up magnificently * BBC *One of the best writers, and certainly one of the best stylists, to come out of the war years -- Michael PowellPerhaps the most successful British author to emerge during the war * SATURDAY EVENING POST *
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Amazon Publishing Artful A Novel
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Bottom of the Hill Publishing The Princess and Curdie
£15.84
Bottom of the Hill Publishing The Underground City or the Child of the Cavern
£13.99
Sourcebooks Fell Murder British Library Crime Classics
£999.99
Tyndale House Publishers The Pilgrims Progress
Book SynopsisWhat does walking with Jesus look like in this life?The Pilgrim's Progress is one of the greatest Christian classics of all time, answering that question and illustrating the deepest struggles Christians face as they walk with God in this life. Since its publication in 1678, it has been the most widely read Christian book other than the Bible. From the dark confines of a prison cell, John Bunyan wrote a book that transformed not only his experience but that of millions after him. C. S. Lewis described it as a book that has astonished the whole world. Today, the power of the original book is often lost on twenty-first century readers. This edition provides a fresh and faithful rendering of this enduring Christian classic in today's English.Experience a deepening of your faith as you journey along the pilgrim's path!
£999.99
Tyndale House Publishers Les Miserables
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£14.24
Simon & Schuster The Chosen
Book SynopsisA coming-of-age classic about two Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, this “profound and universal” (The Wall Street Journal) story of faith, family, tradition, and assimilation remains deeply pertinent today. “Works of this caliber should be occasion for singing in the streets and shouting from the rooftops.” —Chicago TribuneIt’s the spring of 1944 and fifteen-year-olds Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders have lived five blocks apart all their lives. But they’ve never met, not until the day an accident at a softball game sparks an unlikely friendship. Soon these two boys—one expected to become a Hasidic rebbe, the other at ease with secular America—are drawn into one another’s worlds despite a father’s strong opposition. Set against the backdrop of World War II and the creation of the state of Israel, The Chosen is a poignant novel about
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Createspace Heart of Darkness
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£999.99
Pan Macmillan Chedsy Place
Bringing together a memorable cast of characters, Chedsy Place is a warm and witty novel, filled with the humour, piercing observation and remarkable characterization that makes Richmal Crompton one of the world's best-loved writers.When Richard Beaton inherits Chedsy Place, he feels nostalgic as he returns to his beloved family home. For him it is locked in the past – a place of warm childhood memories – and he cannot afford to keep it. But for his wife, Celia, walking round the grand house sparks the kernel of an idea: to restore it to its former glory by opening its doors once more for Christmas – only this time, to paying guests.Horrified by the idea, Robert watches as the guests arrive from far and wide: the domineering Judith Kimball with her shy secretary Sidney Lattimer, and the chauffeur, who takes a shine to Sidney; the Paynter family with their excitable twin daughters, Cicely and Angela; Miss Nettleton, who travels indomitably about the British Isles seeing the sights; Mrs Stephenson-Pollitt, who retires 'into the silence' each afternoon to seek communion with the spirits, and her nephew, Brian, who is destined for the clergy but must battle with his conscience when he meets Angela. As the guests settle in for Christmas, Robert knows that Chedsy Place will never be the same again . . .
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Pan Macmillan The Holiday
Book SynopsisSummer has arrived and the Cotteril children are looking forward to the Holiday. For Thea, Susan, Peter and Jane it's always a special time of year, as they escape their lives in the suburbs and visit the delights of the countryside with their mother and father.All sorts of exciting adventures await them as they explore unfamiliar surroundings and meet a collection of fascinating new neighbours. For Peter and Jane the magic of the Holiday is as alive as ever and they delight in discovery: exploring inside gardens, visiting a new sweet shop and finding plenty of places to play hide and seek.But for Thea and Susan, the two eldest, their experience of the Holiday starts to change. As they begin to move into the dizzyingly complicated sphere of the Grown-Ups, Richmal Crompton's The Holiday becomes a journey of discovery into what it is to be an adult . . .Trade ReviewThe interplay of character and the momentary revelation of other people's lives, accompanied by the young fluting of the children and their natural and amusing adventures, makes this novel the pleasantest possible light volume for holiday reading * The Times *Her sympathies have a most exceptional sensitiveness and integrity . . . it contains much of charm and interest . . . compel the reader's admiration and affection -- Gerald Gould * Observer *
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Pan Macmillan Marriage of Hermione
Book SynopsisAged just seventeen Hermione is passed from the hands of an inattentive mother into an engagement with a young man she barely knows. Glad to have her pretty daughter married and celebrated by their social circle, Hermione's mother gives little thought to the fitness of the match. Hermione now finds she must grow up, and grow into a life with a man who is not her natural partner. Following Hermione and her family from the late eighteen hundreds through the First World War and the changing society of the post-war era, in Marriage of Hermione Richmal Crompton explores the strains and joys of an imperfect marriage with a warm and humorous eye.Richmal Crompton's adult novels are an absolute delight and every bit as charming as her beloved Just William series. A nostalgic treat for fans of the gentler brand of interwar fiction, this is the perfect heritage read for fans of 1930s fiction at its best.Trade ReviewMiss Crompton writes, as always, with distinction and humour. Her story of Hermione's married life can be heartily recommended as an individual novel about ordinary people. * Spectator *It seems to me to have been done exceedingly well . . . You come to know and like these Derehams, and appreciate the intimacy with which they are presented -- Ralph Straus * The Sunday Times *Ironical, humorous, and brilliantly understanding * Everyman *It is continuously interesting. Miss Crompton is amazingly sympathetic, amazingly shrewd, and Hermione and her family come to life under her pen * Saturday Review *You will find each boy and girl so vivid, and the sustaining thread of Hermione's slow fulfilment so convincing, that the story will enchant you * Evening News *
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Pan Macmillan Narcissa
Book SynopsisI don't think that people are people to her any longer. They're just mirrors. If she can see the right picture of herself in them, she likes them. If she can't, she dislikes them.Stella Markham is the apple of her aunt's eye: gentle, kind, beautiful and accomplished – the model of a perfect child. Her guardians love her and her playmates worship her. Sensitive and thoughtful, she is the very image of nineteenth century loveliness – that is, until things don't go her way. From Richmal Crompton, the bestselling author of the Just William stories, Narcissa follows Stella from childhood through courtship and motherhood, detailing the triumphs and tragedies of a woman who is willing to do anything to maintain the image of her own perfection, sacrificing those she loves to her own vanity.
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Pan Macmillan The Old Man's Birthday
Book SynopsisRichmal Crompton's adult novels are an absolute delight and every bit as charming as her beloved Just William series. The Old Man's Birthday is both a nostalgic treat for fans of the gentler brand of interwar fiction, and a dry satire of British village life. Matthew Rowston is turning ninety-five. A lovable rogue approaching his dotage, he has very little time for the high moral standards and rigid ideas of propriety espoused by his spinster daughter. Things get interesting when he invites his estranged son, the bright and lively Stephen, and his beautiful partner to his celebratory dinner. Over the course of the day, Matthew walks around the village, introducing the pair to his large and varied clan, from the aging Jolly-hockey sticks granddaughter who is considering a torrid affair of her own, to his elderly bookish bachelor son and the lovely great-granddaughter struggling to find her place in the world, doomed to work as a clerk in her dull and dismal father's firm. Teeming beneath the calm surface of village and family life, lies a whole world of secrets and desires, hopes and dreams. Mrs Dalloway with a dash of dry humour, Mapp and Lucia with a slightly melancholy tone, this is the perfect heritage read for fans of 1930s fiction at its best.Trade ReviewOne of her most skilful and delightful stories, plotted and carried out with astonishing precision * The Times *Miss Crompton's management of her novels excites one's admiration. Of Chedsy Place, for instance, we remarked on its excellence of construction, difficulties never being evaded, and here in The Old Man's Birthday this is even more apparent . . . It is all well and wittily, sometimes touchingly, done. * Morning Post *
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Pan Macmillan Portrait of a Family
Book SynopsisHappily married for thirty years with three children that have long since grown up, Christopher Mainwaring finds himself at a total loss following the death of his beloved wife, Susan. Yet the joyful marriage he remembers may not have been all it seemed, for no one in the family knows of the troubling words his wife uttered to him from her death bed . . . Alluding to a possible affair that took place many years ago with a close family friend, the grieving widower is haunted by visions of Susan's infidelity and seeks to find out the truth. In his quest to unearth his wife's potential duplicity, Christopher finds himself looking to his children's complex lives for answers: Joy who is now married with children and concerns of her own, the professionally inept but kind-hearted Frank and his neurotic wife Rachel, and Derek, whose delusions of grandeur with his struggling business causes much distress for his long-suffering wife, Olivia.Portrait of a Family by Richmal Crompton provides universal reflections and intimate insights into the dynamics of family life with a startling clarity that will stay with the reader long after the final page has been turned.Trade ReviewI imagine that Portrait of a Family will make many friends. It is interesting, it reads like the truth . . . It is good humoured and cheery, and even has its boisterous moments. It is, indeed, a delightful little study of 'ordinary' people who, of course, are not ordinary at all. -- Ralph Straus * The Sunday Times *A fine novel. . . genuinely moving and the writing is excellent * Sunday Chronicle *The book is interesting, and written with even more than the author's usual ability * Morning Post *
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Pan Macmillan Portrait of a Family
Book SynopsisHappily married for thirty years with three children that have long since grown up, Christopher Mainwaring finds himself at a total loss following the death of his beloved wife, Susan. Yet the joyful marriage he remembers may not have been all it seemed, for no one in the family knows of the troubling words his wife uttered to him from her death bed. . . Alluding to a possible affair that took place many years ago with a close family friend, the grieving widower is haunted by visions of Susan's infidelity and seeks to find out the truth. In his quest to unearth his wife's potential duplicity, Christopher finds himself looking to his children's complex lives for answers: Joy who is now married with children and concerns of her own, the professionally inept but kind-hearted Frank and his neurotic wife Rachel, and Derek, whose delusions of grandeur with his struggling business causes much distress for his long-suffering wife, Olivia.Portrait of a Family by Richmal Crompton provides universal reflections and intimate insights into the dynamics of family life with a startling clarity that will stay with the reader long after the final page has been turned.Trade ReviewI imagine that Portrait of a Family will make many friends. It is interesting, it reads like the truth . . . It is good humoured and cheery, and even has its boisterous moments. It is, indeed, a delightful little study of 'ordinary' people who, of course, are not ordinary at all. -- Ralph Straus * The Sunday Times *A fine novel. . . genuinely moving and the writing is excellent * Sunday Chronicle *The book is interesting, and written with even more than the author's usual ability * Morning Post *
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Pan Macmillan The Pickwick Papers: The Posthumous Papers of the
Book SynopsisIn The Pickwick Papers we are introduced not just to one of the greatest writers in the English language, but to some of fiction's most endearing and memorable characters, starting with the 'illustrious, immortal and colossal-minded' Samuel Pickwick himself. It is a rollicking tour de force through an England on the brink of the Victorian era. Reform of government, justice and commercial life are imminent, as are rail travel, social convulsion and the death of deference, but Pickwick sails through on a tide of delirious adventure, fortifying us for the future - whatever it might throw at us. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition is illustrated by H. K. Browne ('Phiz'), with an afterword by Ned Halley.Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
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Pan Macmillan The Secret Garden
Book SynopsisThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and adults since its publication in 1911. 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 beautiful edition of The Secret Garden features an afterword by publisher Anna South.When Mary Lennox is orphaned she is sent from her home in India to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little girl, bewildered by her surroundings and desperately lonely. One day she discovers a way in to a secret abandoned garden and, with the help of local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin, they set about restoring the garden.
£10.44
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The War in South Africa, Its Cause and Conduct
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