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This book examines the opinions and influences, idiosyncrasies and personalities of writers as diverse as Shakespeare and Kingsley Amis, Cervantes and Milan Kundera. Professor Miller discusses and defends the profession...
The Story And Its Writer: An Introduction To Short Fiction
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Science Fiction Bargain Book Box
Science Fiction Bargain Book Box Eighteen books, and not one of them set on the same version of the future. Inside: the complete StarCraft Dark Templar trilogy, all three volumes...
Great British Writers: An Illustrated Companion To The Lives And Works Of The Most Celebrated English Language Novelists
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Author: VariousBinding: HardbackPublished: Golden Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the lives and literary contributions of England's...
Passions Of The Mind: Selected Writings
A selection reflecting the varied enthusiasms of A.S. Byatt, this work sweeps from the Romantics and Victorians to modern British writers, from the art of Van Gogh to the poems...
Short Fiction Of The Masters
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark collection in the tradition of literary education, Short Fiction of the Masters gathers some of the...
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books
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North of Capricorn: An Anthology of Prose
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis anthology features a collection of prose from various authors, showcasing a diverse range of voices and styles. It explores...
Great Australian Writers
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Author: Various.Binding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner's name written in FEP, binding detaching from cover. Great...
What Henry James Knew: And Other Essays on Writers
21 essays on classic writers are included in this book. Essays on Henry James, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, Saul Bellow, Edith Wharton, J.M. Coetzee, Primo Levi, Italo Calvino,...
Cream Of The Crime: The 15Th Mystery Writers Of America Anthology
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingWhen the most brilliant minds in crime fiction gather under one cover, the result is nothing short of...
America's Literary Legends: The Lives and Burial Places of 50 Great
'America's Literary Legends' is a concise, yet truly distinctive and comprehensive review of 50 authors and poets who shaped American literature from the 1600s through the mid-twentieth century. Fully grounded...
My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories from Chekhov to
A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. No other aspect of the human experience...
Passions of the Mind: Selected Writings
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501 Great Writers: A Comprehensive Guide to the Giants of Literature
From the creators of the acclaimed 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die comes this enthralling, in-depth guide to 501 outstanding novelists, poets, playwrights, philosophers and essayists from around...
Cyclopaedia Of English Literature; A Historical, Critical And Biographical, Of British Authors, From The Earliest To The Present Times. (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: Robert ChambersBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, 1844Condition:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Rare first edition in...
20 Volumes from the Penny Poets Series -
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Author: VariousBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Masterpiece Library Review of Reviews, London, 1895Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markings20 Volumes from the Penny Poets Series - 2: Marmion:...
Talking to Strangers
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Talking to Strangers is a freshly curated collection of prose, spanning fifty years of work and including famous as well as never-before-published early writings, from Man Booker Prize-finalist Paul Auster....
Great British Writers
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. From the fog-laden streets of Victorian London to the windswept moors of...
The Oxford Dictionary Of Quotations
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A-Z of Great Writers
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Great Explorations: Australian Anthology
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Jan Bassett Format: Hardback...
Distant Danger: The 1988 Mystery Writers of America Anthology
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The A-Z of Great Writers
This guide to the world of great writers is a classic text for everyone interested in literature through the ages. Each of the 389 writers featured has a fully illu...
Occasional Poets: An Anthology
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Who's Who Of Australian Children's Writers
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA comprehensive reference work, Who's Who of Australian Children's Writers presents an authoritative compendium...
A Selection From Scrutiny: Volume I
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Author: F. R. LeavisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge at the University Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis collection presents a rigorous examination of...
Who's Who In Twentieth Century Literature
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFor anyone seeking to navigate the vast and often daunting landscape of modern letters, Who's Who in Twentieth...
One for D'road: An Anthology
A collection of short stories and poems by members of Scribes Writers. Covering a range of topics this engaging collection brings to life the lives and histories of both the...
The Realists: Portraits Of Eight Novelists
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Author: C. P. SnowBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsC.P. Snow's The Realists presents a compelling collection of literary essays, offering incisive portraits of...
Art of the Story: Anthology of Short Fiction
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Ten Novels And Their Authors
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A World Of Great Stories
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Author: Hiram Haydn And John CournosBinding: HardbackPublished: Avenel Books, New York, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: foxing on top of blockA literary anthology, A World Of Great Stories...
The Armchair Traveller Bargain Book Box (15 Books)
Two things to flag before this one goes live: Great Britain — Michelin Green Guide has no author listed, worth checking the copy. More importantly, this box has the same...
The Penguin Companion To Literature 4: Classical And Byzantine, Oriental And African
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. This ambitious reference anthology presents a sweeping survey of world literature spanning...
Writers' Journeys That Shaped Our World: In the Footsteps of the
Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. Some truly remarkable works of...
The Writer In The Modern World: 20Th Century Prose
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. What does it mean to be a writer in an age of upheaval, war, and radical transformation? The Writer in the Modern World: 20th Century Prose...
In Conversation: Encounters with 39 Great Writers
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The Best of A. A. Gill
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Fighting Words: Writers Lambast Other Writers--from Aristotle to Anne Rice
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The Lost Voices of World War I: An International Anthology of Writers,
This anthology looks at a broad, international cross-section of literary talent cut short by the 1914-18 War and is published to coincide with the Armistice Festival on the 70th anniversary...