Uncle Dynamite by P. G. Wodehouse
$40.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
'One of the greatest and silliest stories ever told' Greg James'A brilliant writer. Extraordinary' Philip PullmanPoor Pongo Twistleton must endure his sixty-year-old Uncle Fred once a year. But this year, mischievous Uncle Fred has gone too far.While Pongo is busy trying to impress his future father-in- ...Show more
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
$26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It was The Old Man and the Sea that won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. Here, in a perfectly crafted story, is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty ...Show more
Chess: A Novel by Stefan Zweig
$26.00 NZD
Category: Clothbound Classics
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithA group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, u ...Show more
Summer by Edith Wharton
$26.00 NZD
Category: Clothbound Classics | Series: Little Clothbound Classics Ser.
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithA novella regarded by Edith Wharton as one of her very best, Summer tells the tale of forbidden sexual passion ...Show more
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
$26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"From the acclaimed translators of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, a stunning new translation of Boris Pasternak s Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, the first since the 1958 original. anned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during ...Show more
The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess
$26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials Ser.
From the acclaimed author of the dystopian classic A Clockwork Orange, The Wanting Seed is an inventive, thought-provoking and darkly absurd novel set in a work rampant with overpopulation. The Wanting Seed is part of our Penguin Essentials series which spotlights the very best of our modern classics. ...Show more
Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald
$26.00 NZD
Category: Clothbound Classics | Series: Little Clothbound Classics Ser.
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, ...Show more
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
$45.00 NZD
Category: F. Scott Fitzgerald | Series: Penguin F. Scott Fitzgerald Hardback Collection
These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death. Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash, the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are the Divers, Dick and Nicole who hold court at their villa. ...Show more
Catalina by W. Somerset Maugham
$30.00 NZD
Category: W. Somerset Maugham | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Crippled sixteen-year-old Catalina is the one person unable to join in the festivities of the Feast of the Assumption. But then she has a vision of the Virgin, and is miraculously cured. In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences.
DON FERNANDO by W. Somerset Maugham
$30.00 NZD
Category: W. Somerset Maugham | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Discusses the writings of St. Teresa and the paintings of El Greco, and comments with sagacity and wit on such illustrious figures as Cervantes, Velazquez and the creator of Don Juan. This title is full of happy surprises, curious facts and stimulating opinions that reflects the author's lifelong enchan ...Show more
Vintage Classics: Liza Of Lambeth by W. Somerset Maugham
$30.00 NZD
Category: W. Somerset Maugham | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza' ...Show more
Vintage Classics: Mrs Craddock by W. Somerset Maugham
$32.00 NZD
Category: W. Somerset Maugham
Berta Ley comes of age, inherits her father's money and promptly marries a handsome, calm and unimaginative man. Bertha is wildly in love with Edward and believes she can be happy playing the role of a dutiful wife in their country home. But, intelligent and sensual, she quickly becomes bored by her opp ...Show more