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Using a variety of unpublished and little-known sources, Taylor paints a portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray as an endearing, exasperating and paradoxical individual. This biography sets out to redefine Thackeray...

No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class...

Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these...

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The new paperback series: Penguin English Library 'Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?' No one...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Chipped DJ with some loss. This classic of English literature, Vanity Fair, presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodIn the glittering, corrupt drawing rooms of Regency England, two women from Miss Pinkerton's Academy chart wildly...

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Author: William Makepeace ThackerayBinding: HardbackPublished: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1892Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor marks...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsStep into the whimsical, satirical world of Fireside Pantomimes with William Makepeace Thackeray's delightful Christmas book....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis insightful biography chronicles the complex life of a prominent Victorian literary figure, presenting a nuanced examination of his personal...

Becky Sharp is the most alluring yet ruthless heroine ever to climb the social ladder. From sordid bohemian beginnings she moves upwards through Regency society, betraying her husband, her friend...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThe historical essay collection The Four Georges chronicles the reigns of the four King Georges, offering...

Author: Ann MonsarratBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis insightful biography chronicles the complex life of a prominent Victorian literary figure, presenting a nuanced...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor wear to edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed; foxing along the book block. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact hardcover...

Secondhand Classic Literature Bargain Book Box SP2979 A handsome collection of canonical English and world literature in vintage paperback editions. Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens and Jane Austen anchor the Victorian...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat did it truly mean to be a woman in Victorian England — and what did marriage demand...

Author: Peter LoveseyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan., 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor chips and tears to DJ.The historical mystery The Detective Wore Silk...

Secondhand Literary Biography & Correspondence Bargain Book Box (15 Books) Covering the lives of influential novelists, poets, and critics, this fifteen-volume collection provides a detailed overview of literary history and...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre to this day entrances readers with its passionate portrayal of a woman struggling to make a life for herself in a cruel and indifferent world. As...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 'The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I...

The star of this box is hiding in plain sight: all seven volumes of Boris Ford's landmark Pelican Guide to English Literature, the series that shaped how English literature was...

Edition: First Edition. Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean text. A sprawling, exuberant work of Australian literary...

Author: Wilfrid BluntBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun damage to spine, fore-edge has some purple foxing and small...

This fun kit sure to tickle any Shakespeare lover's fancy. Includes: A replica of Yorick's skull mounted on a hand that lights up and recites several lines of one of...

The beloved Sergeant Cribb series by Peter Lovesey The year is 1884. London is being terrorised by a series of bomb blasts - even within Great Scotland Yard! Reluctantly, Sergeant...