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Paperback. * A new collection that is a masterclass in the art of the short story from Jane Gardam, bestselling author of OLD FILTH Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349118451
ISBN
9780349118451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. This edition includes a critical introduction and an extensive collection of historical documents relating to the composition and reception of the novel, the social implications of England's shift from a rural agrarian to an urban industrial economy, the role of women in provincial society. Emma is on HSC syllabus. Editor(s): Samuelian, Kristin Flieger. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 453 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113210
ISBN
9781551113210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.11

Paperback. The young Jane Austen was a precocious reader, devouring pulp fiction and classic literature, both of which she soon began to imitate and parody. Three volumes of her vivacious teenage writing survive. Devices and themes which appear subtly in her later fiction run riot here: drunkenness, brawling, sexual misdemeanour, theft, and even murder. Editor(s): Sutherland, Kathryn; Johnston, Freya. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 black and white illustrations, 2 Maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; BJ; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198737452
ISBN
9780198737452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Hardcover. A collection of early stories and later fragments which throw an entirely new light on Jane Austen. Arranged in two parts, it includes everything she wrote apart from letters and the six famous novels. Num Pages: 502 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152258
ISBN
9781857152258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. An original collection of short stories, often humorous, with an esoteric bias. A refreshing, experiential edge into the inner life Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846949821
ISBN
9781846949821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.52

Paperback. Meet the prostitute who gets the better of her brothers when they try to marry her off, the wife who is absolved of adultery, the hero who drowns in a bowser of cheap beer, the poetry slammer who doesn't get to perform his final poem, and many more. Editor(s): Morris, Jane. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998592
ISBN
9781906998592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. A collection of Neruda's intimate, bitter-sweet stories of life among the inhabitants of Mala Strana, the Little Quarter of nineteenth century Prague. These vignettes established Neruda as the quintessential Czech nineteenth century realist. Translator(s): Heim, Michael Henry. Series: CEU Press Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639116238
ISBN
9789639116238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.96

Paperback. Series: The Emma Press Pamphlets. Num Pages: 64 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 123. .
Publisher
The Emma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910139684
ISBN
9781910139684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Kaus, Jan. Translator(s): Dickens, Eric. Series: Dedalus Literary Fiction Anthologies. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517956
ISBN
9781903517956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. Broadviews edition of this classic realist novella includes a very broad range of historical appendices. Editor(s): Boudreau, Kristin; Stoner Morgan, Megan. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110301
ISBN
9781551110301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.78

Paperback. These stories, chosen from ten separately published collections of James T. Farrell's short fiction, offer remarkable insights into the lives of Irish Americans and other Chicagoans from 1910 to 1940. Farrell's stories offer a wonderful diversity of characters and experiences. Series: Prairie State Book. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252019814
ISBN
9780252019814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. A heartbreaking collection of stories from one of America's finest living writers. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447250722
ISBN
9781447250722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. A collection of short stories ranging from a dysfunctional safari park to a dentist's surgery, from the poverty of hope of a reservation in South Dakota to the nightmare vision of a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, from friendships strong in adversity to marriages heading for the rocks. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268. New and Selected Stories. 256 pages. A collection of short stories ranging from a dysfunctional safari park to a dentist's surgery, from the poverty of hope of a reservation in South Dakota to the nightmare vision of a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, from friendships strong in adversity to marriages heading for the rocks. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 163 x 200 x 21. Weight: 268.
Publisher
B&W Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845024918
ISBN
9781845024918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Hardcover. Celebrate "an authentic American genius" (Gore Vidal) in James Purdy's first complete short story collection. Num Pages: 752 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1206.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
First Edition ~1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406699
ISBN
9780871406699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.05

Paperback. A collection of short stories from an award-winning writer. The characters in these stories are driven by paranoia and doubts, as well as hopes and fears of things only half-glimpsed. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KST0006822
ISBN
9781841958088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, Jeri. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; C; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199536436
ISBN
9780199536436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

paperback. A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KOG0001580
ISBN
9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

paperback. A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182452
ISBN
9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. In 'Dubliners', completed when Joyce was only 25, the author produced a definitive group portrait. The book is rooted in an accurate apprehension of the detail of Dublin life. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 265 pages, 60 lithographs. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946640850
ISBN
9780946640850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. This new edition, thoughtfully introduced, extensively annotated and featuring a reading list and Hogg chronology, presents Altrive Tales as a major achievement by one of Scotland's finest storytellers. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620876
ISBN
9780748620876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.33

Paperback. Some of James Hogg's best stories appeared in The Shepherd's Calendar, a work of the 1820s in which he sets out to re-create on paper the manner and the content of the traditional oral storytelling of Ettrick Forest. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663163
ISBN
9780748663163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.33

Hardback. A collection of thirteen tales and anecdotes, published for the first time as Hogg intended, and capturing the flavour of Border story-telling. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604746
ISBN
9780748604746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.33
€ 119.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FJM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040345
ISBN
9780268040345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.26

Paperback. Includes twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over the last two hundred years that provide a multi-faceted portrait of a country, a people and the literature produced by this most exuberant of nations. Editor(s): Cochrane, James. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952849
ISBN
9780241952849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

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