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Spellbinding, original, Salamander careens through a world of ideas and stories in which the transforming power of books, the thirst for knowledge, and the pursuit of immortality become erotic. It...

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Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy's Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit...

In August of 1988, heavy black smoke engulfed an Oregon highway, causing a massive 23-car pileup that claimed the lives of novelist William Wharton's 36-year-old daughter, her husband, and their...

Considered by many to be her masterpiece, Edith Wharton's second full-length work is a scathing yet personal examination of the exploits and follies of the modern upper class. As she...

Set against the opulent yet suffocating backdrop of 1870s New York high society, an elite lawyer finds his carefully constructed future completely unraveled by a forbidden attraction. Newland Archer is...

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Edith Wharton's acclaimed novel of love, duty, and half-known truths in Gilded Age New York society, with a foreword by bestselling author Elif Batuman Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young...

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The book titled The House of Mirth by the author Edith Wharton. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Thomas P. M. BarnettBinding: HardbackPublished: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2005Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ex-library with stamps on spine and inside...

Penguin Classics relaunch. In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 'It was characteristic of her that she always...

Here are the intimate letters of Edith Wharton--the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize--detailing her work, her family, her friendship with Henry James, and her passion for the American...

Author: Thomas Harding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A New York Times Critics' Pick for 2023 Born into a Jewish family in Vienna in 1919, George Weidenfeld fled to...

The book titled Last Lovers by the author William Wharton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of Restoration passion and feminine literary defiance stands Anne Wharton — niece of the Earl of Rochester, poet, and one of the...

'I love virtually all of Edith Wharton, but this one's my favourite' Lionel Shriver 'Wharton's dazzling skills as a stylist, creator of character, ironical observer and unveiler of passionate, thwarted...

Author, Thomas Frost Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 192 A drug addict and debaucher of women, Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton, indulged in all the vices and libertinism...

Author: George Mac Donald, Ll.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd, 1893Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sunned...

Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous, and in a moving...

Author: Thomas HardyBinding: HardbackPublished: GUILD PUBLISHING LONDON, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis poignant Victorian novel chronicles the dramatic downfall of Michael Henchard, a man whose impulsive youthful act casts...

Author: R.W. Ketton-CremerBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography chronicles the life and literary contributions of the celebrated 18th-century poet,...

Author: Thomas HardyBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThomas Hardy's The Life And Death Of The Mayor Of Casterbridge: A Story Of A Man Of Character chronicles the...

One of American fiction's finest and most intense narratives, Ethan Frome tells a story of ill-starred lovers and their tragic destinies. The Penguin English Library Edition of Ethan Frome by...

Set against the frozen waste of a harsh New England winter, Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome is a tale of despair, forbidden emotions, and sexual tensions, published with an introduction and...

Penguin Classics relaunch When country-girl Grace Melbury returns home from her middle-class school she feels she has risen above her suitor, the simple woodsman Giles Winterborne. Though marriage had been...

Over the course of one year, Thomas Gardner records his runs. Fifty-two entries, none exceeding a paragraph. Each run is simultaneously captured in its precise moment and opened up to...

The book titled Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends by the author Christopher Awdry. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography chronicles the enigmatic life of...

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Author: Fred Kaplan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 672 As he did for Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams, award-winning biographer Fred Kaplan offers a fresh, illuminating look at the...

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Author: Tom PocockBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear and minor damage on edges of...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodAgainst the brooding, untamed expanse of Egdon Heath — a landscape so vivid it becomes a character unto...

Sue Bridehead, his last heroine, is an extaordinarily complex woman - an English Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina. Jude Fawley, the stonemason excluded not by his wits but by poverty...

A critical biography of one of the most respected and beloved labour leaders of late-19th century Britain - Thomas Burt (1837-1922). Based on a conciliatory approach to labour-management relations, burt...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. One of the most extraordinary collaborations in...