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V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) - VSP as he was affectionately known - was the greatest British short-story writer of the twentieth century, and one of its liveliest and most humane...

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Author: V.S. Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 In unfailingly elegant prose, V. S. Pritchett provides a timeless distillation of the city of London and the London experience. He...

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Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFew critics write with the authority of a practitioner, but V. S. Pritchett — celebrated short story writer, novelist, and...

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The Lady from Guatemala (1997) is a collection of short stories by renowned British writer V.S. Pritchett. It features, often, humorous, character-driven literary fiction exploring human nature, class, and the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. Very good copy. Few writers of the twentieth century captured the textures of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA celebrated work of literary memoir, Midnight Oil chronicles the formative years of V.S. Pritchett's life as a...

Author: V.S. PritchettBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, New York, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Remainder markA collection of masterful short fiction, On The Edge Of The Cliff presents...

Edition: 4th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of literary travel writing, The Spanish Temper presents V. S. Pritchett's deeply personal and keenly observed...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingSpain is a land of proud contradictions, scorching plains, and a people whose spirit has survived centuries of conquest, faith, and civil...

Pritchett's ninetieth birthday will coincide with the publication of this amazing collection of new stories and will be a major literary celebration.

Gore Vidal called him the century's "greatest English-language critic". Anthony Burgess hailed him as "our best literary critic". Now, at last, all of Pritchett's best literary essays are collected here...

Author: V. S. Pritchett; Photographs By Evelyn HoferBinding: HardbackPublisher: Chatto & Windus and William Heinemann Ltd, 1962Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...

Author: V.S. PritchettBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto and Windus, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsV.S. Pritchett's The Gentle Barbarian: The Life And Work Of Turgenev presents a compelling...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Selected Tales gathers...

First published to huge acclaim during the war it describes, Very Ordinary Seaman relates - with humanity, humour and the authority of experience - lower-deck life in the British navy,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew chess openings demand as much strategic depth and tactical precision as the Sicilian Scheveningen, and Craig Pritchett's authoritative volume stands as one of...

Author: Georgia Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett knows a thing or two about anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her...

Author: Georgia Pritchett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett knows a thing or two about anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her...

Tobias Smollett's novels are funny, fast-moving, boisterous and coarse, the fictional equivalent of Hogarth's 'Rake's Progress' or a Rowlandson engraving. Indeed without doubt, Smollett is the most vigorous and entertaining...

Sir Terry Pratchett left us, far too early, in March 2015. To celebrate his life and works, we've given over the 2017 Discworld Diary - which will be a perennial...

Hundreds of years in the future, after the Something that Happened, the world is an alarmingly different place. Life is lived according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined...

'Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are embellished with the rich details of a...

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'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett They were sisters and they would last past the end of time. Sam and Elena dream...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett 'Wondrous ... a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live' Rumaan Alam They...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett They were sisters and they would last past the end of time. Sam and Elena dream...

'Intriguing, propulsive and profoundly disturbing, this is a fearless look into the dark heart of family politics from a naturally gifted storyteller'JONATHAN COETHE ROSENTHALS ARE NOT LIKE OTHER FAMILIESHannah and...

Choose from 15 amigurumi patterns to create adorable, crocheted versions of famous actors, music stars, and athletes to stitch, collect, and gift. Crochet Your Celebrity Crush is your guide to...

The 100 finest short stories ever written, collected in one gorgeous volume. Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of 100 of the...