A Different Drummer by William Melvin Kelley
$23.00 AUD
Category: Classics
In 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley's debut novel A Different Drummer earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William Faulkner. Fifty-five years later, author and journalist Kathryn Schulz happened upon the novel serendipitously and was inspired to write the New Yorker article 'The ...Show more
The Complete Fables by AESOP
$17.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
'Many people are not in the least disturbed at the harm that befalls them, provided they can see their enemies' downfall first' In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quic ...Show more
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
$20.00 AUD
Category: Classics
Since it was first published in 1954, William Golding's classic debut novel has remained a stark allegory of civilization, survival, and human nature. As dystopian stories like Hunger Games and Battle Royale surge in popularity, this haunting tale of a group of young boys stranded on a desert island sti ...Show more
The Divine Comedy 1 - Hell by Dante Alighieri
$17.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: The Divine Comedy
Guided by the poet Virgil, the author plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned, who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to come in his l ...Show more
Monkey by Wu Ch'eng-En
$20.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Pocket Penguins
'"After all," he said, "you're only a monkey spirit. How can you delude yourself into supposing that you can seize the Jade Emperor's throne?"' Featuring the adventures of the irrepressible, cloud-riding trickster Monkey and his band of unruly disciples, this centuries-old Chinese fantasy blends beauty ...Show more
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
$33.00 AUD
Category: Classics
In 1914 Paul B umer and his classmates are marched to the local recruiting office by a sentimentally patriotic form-master. On a calm October day in 1918, only a few weeks before the Armistice, Paul will be the last of them to be killed. In All Quiet on the Western Front he tells their story. A few year ...Show more
The Sagas of the Icelanders by Jane Smilely, Jane Smilely
$33.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
A collection of stories, which depicts the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America.
Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake
$24.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford Paperbacks
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell was created early in Blake's series of illuminated books, each of which was presented by him as an attractive work of art made entirely by his own hand. Written principally in prose, The Marriage represents Blake's first full-scale attempt to present his philosophic messa ...Show more
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
$15.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Austen Ser.
Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a man who is promised to another woman. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the epitome of sensibili ...Show more
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
$15.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Austen Ser.
Pride and PrejudiceBy Jane AustenElizabeth Bennet is Austen's most liberated and unambiguously appealing heroine, and Pride and Prejudice has remained over most of the past two centuries Austen's most popular novel. The story turns on the marriage prospects of the five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet: ...Show more
Emma (Vintage Classics Austen Series) by Jane Austen
$15.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Austen Ser.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW MOTIONThe Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans- Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion.' ...Show more
The Haunted House and Other Stories by Virginia Woolf
$20.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Rich in fictional delights, this complete collection of Woolf's shorter fiction ranges from 1906 until the month before she committed suicide in 1941. It offers a valuable insight into the writer's development, demonstrating her evolving characterizations, narrative methods and themes.