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Northanger Abbey (Hardcover): Jane Austen Northanger Abbey (Hardcover)
Jane Austen 1
R278 R228 Discovery Miles 2 280 Save R50 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the various characters whom she meets there, and tracks her growing understanding of the world about her.

Wuthering Heights (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Emily Bronte; Edited by John Bugg
R224 R185 Discovery Miles 1 850 Save R39 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'You said I killed you - haunt me, then!' Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also one of the most potent revenge narratives. The intense and unbreakable bond between the fiery Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff has startled and fascinated readers since its first publication in 1847. Of uncertain parentage and ethnicity, Heathcliff comes to Wuthering Heights as a child when Catherine's father finds him wandering alone through the slave-trading port of Liverpool. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff and Catherine find refuge in each other when the household falls into the hands of Catherine's dissolute older brother. Their bond deepens as they escape together from the violence and stern religion of their home to the Yorkshire moors. But the story of Catherine and Heathcliff's attachment transforms from intimacy to strife when Catherine marries the refined Edgar Linton. The ensuing story of violence and thwarted passion is one of the most powerful tales of the gothic tradition, a literary mode from which Emily Bronte wrings all of its terrifying potential. A regional novel with a global reach, a work of sensational effects with a startling ethical core, Wuthering Heights is both a romantic melodrama and wrenching study of the difficulty of escaping from the legacies of violence. This edition reproduces the authoritative Clarendon text, with revised and expanded notes and a selection from the poems of Emily Bronte.

The Ghost Slayers - Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection (Paperback): Mike Ashley The Ghost Slayers - Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection (Paperback)
Mike Ashley
R311 R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Occult or psychic detective tales have been chilling readers for almost as long as there have been ghost stories. This beguiling subgenre follows specialists in occult lore - often with years of arcane training - investigating strange supernatural occurrences and pitting their wits against the bizarre and inexplicable. With tales featuring the most prominent psychic detectives such as William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki, the Ghost Finder and Algernon Blackwood's Dr. Silence, this new collection also includes rare and never-before-reprinted cases investigated by the likes of Flaxman Low, Cosmo Thor, Aylmer Vance and Mesmer Milann.

Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom - Words on Love, Life, Society and Literature (Paperback): Andrea Kirk Assaf Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom - Words on Love, Life, Society and Literature (Paperback)
Andrea Kirk Assaf
R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size quotes of inspiration and wisdom from one of the greatest females writers in the English language. Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated female writers in history, best known for her novels about love, life, friendship and faith, all set upon the backdrop of English Georgian society. Here, in one concise volume, are over 300 quotes from her famous works - from Pride and Prejudice to Emma - and from her personal letters. With each chapter focussing on a different theme - from Love & Longing to Female Strength - this gorgeous gift book is the perfect compilation of witty, moving, and thought-provoking words from one of the best-loved writers of the 19th century. A perfect addition to this 'Little Book' series, Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom follows on from, C.S. Lewis's Little Book of Wisdom and Shakespeare's Little Book of Wisdom.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Paperback): L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Paperback)
L. Frank Baum
R81 R72 Discovery Miles 720 Save R9 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. '"Come along, Toto," she said. "We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again."' Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves stranded in the fantastical Land of Oz. As instructed by the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins, Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road to try and find her way to the Emerald City and the Wizard of Oz, who can help her get home. With her companions the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy experiences an adventure full of friendship, magic and danger. A much-loved children's classic, The Wizard of Oz continues to delight readers young and old with its enchanting tale of witches, flying monkeys and silver shoes.

Yorkshire: A Literary Landscape (Paperback): David Stuart Davies Yorkshire: A Literary Landscape (Paperback)
David Stuart Davies
R280 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R61 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A gorgeous book to dip into and savour the rich literary heritage of Yorkshire, Britain's largest county. Yorkshire is renowned for its landscapes: the magical wilderness of the moors and the dales, its cities built on industry and mining, and its varied coastline. All these places, as well as its people, have been portrayed and dramatized in literature through the centuries; by poets from Andrew Marvell to Simon Armitage, by novelists such as Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Bram Stoker, and of course the Brontes, all of whom are represented here. Then there are novelists such as David Storey and Barry Hines, who wrote about working-class lives in the mining towns in the 1950s and 60s. And finally some favourite characters to enjoy, such as James Herriot and the Yorkshire Shepherdess. Yorkshire: A Literary Landscape is edited by David Stuart Davies.

Neuromancer - The Best of the SF Masterworks (Paperback): William Gibson Neuromancer - The Best of the SF Masterworks (Paperback)
William Gibson
R309 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler, former hack and 'console cowboy' who crashed and burned. His nerves were damaged and thus cut off from the digital matrix, he slouches through life. Until he meets Molly, an augmented 'razorgirl', who offers him a deal on behalf of a shadowy man called Armitage. His nerves repaired and matrix access restored, in exchange for a single job. But it's not so simple - unless he completes the job, sacs of poison will explode inside him and cripple him again. And the job? That might be impossible. The first novel to win the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer has become a seminal part of SF history, coining the term 'cyberspace' and lighting a fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. Part thriller, part warning, it is one of the 20th century's most potent visions of the future. 'A ground-breaking success' - Empire 'Gibson is better than almost anybody at noticing what's genuinely interesting about the world' - Ned Beauman 'Neuromancer is a book of exquisitely observed detail' - Eileen Gunn Welcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction

Animal Farm (Paperback): George Orwell Animal Farm (Paperback)
George Orwell
R210 R168 Discovery Miles 1 680 Save R42 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others' The animals at Manor Farm have had enough of Farmer Jones - he's drunk, reckless and cares little for their welfare. When the boar, Old Major, shares his revolutionary plans, the animals are convinced they can thrive on their own once the despot Jones is overthrown. But as the pigs vie for power, they begin to bear an uncanny resemblance to the tyrants they have overthrown... George Orwell's renowned fable became an instant success on publication after the Second World War. The novel has continued to captivate readers of all ages, and has secured Orwell's position as one of the great writers of the twentieth century.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Hardcover): Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Hardcover)
Arthur Conan Doyle
R284 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Save R50 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Having firmly established the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was retained by The Strand Magazine to contribute a series of twelve short stories, which began with 'A Scandal in Bohemia' in 1891 and were published monthly for the next year. The stories, in which the master sleuth receives a stream of clients presenting him with baffling and bizarre mysteries in his consulting room at 221B Baker Street, were instantly popular and by the time of the publication of the final story, 'The Copper Beeches', they had become the mainstay of the magazine. They included such classic tales as 'The Five Orange Pips' and 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band', and were gathered together in a collection known as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, representing some of the finest detective stories ever written.

The Fellowship Of The Ring - The Lord Of The Rings: Book 1 (Paperback, TV tie-in edition): J. R. R. Tolkien The Fellowship Of The Ring - The Lord Of The Rings: Book 1 (Paperback, TV tie-in edition)
J. R. R. Tolkien
R148 R128 Discovery Miles 1 280 Save R20 (14%) Ships in 10 - 20 working days

Begin your journey into Middle-earth.

A new legend begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the new prequel series to J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Now is the time to get your hands on the original trilogy again, starting with The Fellowship Of The Ring.

In a quiet village in the Shire, young Frodo is about to receive a gift that will change his life forever. Thought lost centuries ago, it is the One Ring, an object of terrifying power once used by the Dark Lord to enslave Middle-earth. Now darkness is rising, and Frodo must travel deep into the Dark Lord’s realm, to the one place the Ring can be destroyed: Mount Doom.

The journey will test Frodo’s courage, his friendships and his heart. Because the ring corrupts all who bear it – can Frodo destroy it, or will it destroy him?

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback): Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
Oscar Wilde
R215 R182 Discovery Miles 1 820 Save R33 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.' When Basil Hallward paints the portrait of young, handsome Dorian Gray, he falls prey to his dazzling beauty. Afraid that his youth and looks will waste away, Dorian expresses a wish that his portrait, and not he, will age and fade over time. His wish is granted, and over the ensuing years, Dorian indulges in every kind of vice and pleasure, never ageing nor disfiguring. Only his portrait, hidden to the world, bears the marks of his actions, and as his soul grows ever more wasted and corrupted, devastating consequences lie in wait. The Picture of Dorian Gray is an exploration of the purpose of art, the superficial nature of youth and beauty, and the conflict between morality and intemperance. First published in its complete, uncensored form in 1891, it is Oscar Wilde's only novel.

Gone with the Wind (Paperback): Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind (Paperback)
Margaret Mitchell
R260 R208 Discovery Miles 2 080 Save R52 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The pampered daughter of a wealthy Georgian plantation owner of Irish descent, sixteen-year-old Scarlett O'Hara soon realizes that young men can't resist her charms, despite her forthright manners and her refusal to embrace her mother's ladylike ways. Her romantic intrigues lead her to an early marriage, but when the war between the Union and the Southern States breaks out and she is left a young widow, Scarlett's life is turned upside down, and she finds herself embroiled, together with the world surrounding her, in a long struggle for survival. Both a coming-of-age tale and a historical epic, Gone with the Wind is regarded as one of the great American novels, and is perhaps one of the most popular stories in the Western canon. Famously inspiring the iconic 1939 Oscar-winning film starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett and Clark Gable as the rakish but cynical Rhett Butler, it is Margaret Mitchell's only published novel, and a living testament to the irrepressible resilience of the American spirit.

Lord of the Flies (Paperback): William Golding Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
William Golding 1
R292 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Save R42 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
American Ghost Stories (Paperback, New edition): Brett Riley American Ghost Stories (Paperback, New edition)
Brett Riley; Edited by Jk Jackson
R215 R176 Discovery Miles 1 760 Save R39 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Settling in for a night of spine-chilling entertainment? Here's a gripping collection of classic American ghost tales by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe ('The Mask of the Red Death'), Francis Bret Harte ('A Ghost of the Sierras'), Edith Wharton ('All Souls'), Mark Twain ('A Ghost Story'), Harriet Beecher Stowe ('The Ghost in the Mill'), O. Henry ('The Ghost of a Chance'), H.P. Lovecraft ('The Outsider') and many more. FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

The Franchise Affair (Hardcover): Josephine Tey The Franchise Affair (Hardcover)
Josephine Tey; Introduction by David Stuart Davies
R280 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R61 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days
To the Lighthouse (Paperback): Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
Virginia Woolf
R83 R75 Discovery Miles 750 Save R8 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Every summer, the Ramsays visit their summer home on the beautiful Isle of Skye, surrounded by the excitement and chatter of family and friends, mirroring Virginia Woolf's own joyful holidays of her youth. But as time passes, and in its wake the First World War, the transience of life becomes ever more apparent through the vignette of the thoughts and observations of the novel's disparate cast. A landmark of high modernism and the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels, To the Lighthouse explores themes of loss, class structure and the question of perception, in a hauntingly beautiful memorial to the lost but not forgotten. Chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.

The Return Of The King - The Lord Of The Rings: Book 3 (Paperback, TV tie-in edition): J. R. R. Tolkien The Return Of The King - The Lord Of The Rings: Book 3 (Paperback, TV tie-in edition)
J. R. R. Tolkien
R233 R145 Discovery Miles 1 450 Save R88 (38%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Begin your journey into Middle-earth.

A new legend begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the new prequel series to J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Now is the time to get your hands on the original trilogy again, ending with The Return Of The King.

The Dark Lord has risen, and as he unleashes hordes of Orcs to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into his realm in Mordor. To defeat Sauron, the One Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening.

The Ring corrupts all who bear it and Frodo's time is running out. Will Sam and Frodo succeed, or will the Dark Lord rule Middle-earth once more?

Gray's Anatomy (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition) (Hardcover): Henry Gray Gray's Anatomy (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition) (Hardcover)
Henry Gray; Illustrated by H. V. Carter
R1,294 R1,038 Discovery Miles 10 380 Save R256 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Incredible Crime - A Cambridge Mystery (Paperback): Lois Austen-Leigh The Incredible Crime - A Cambridge Mystery (Paperback)
Lois Austen-Leigh 1
R305 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Save R57 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Prince's College, Cambridge, is a peaceful and scholarly community, enlivened by Prudence Pinsent, the Master's daughter. Spirited, beautiful, and thoroughly unconventional, Prudence is a remarkable young woman. One fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her cousin Lord Wellende for a few days' hunting. On the way Prudence encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard - who is pursuing a quarry of his own. Studde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge. It falls to Prudence to unravel the identity of the smugglers - who may be forced to kill, to protect their secret.

Family Matters (Paperback): Anthony Rolls Family Matters (Paperback)
Anthony Rolls 1
R277 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R50 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'The characters are quite extraordinarily living...A most original and grimly farcical situation' - Dorothy L. SayersRobert Arthur Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man. In middle age he retreats into a private world, hunting for Roman artefacts and devoting himself to bizarre mystical beliefs. Robert's wife, Bertha, feels that there are few things more dreadful than a husband who will persist in making a fool of himself in public. Their marriage consists of horrible quarrels, futile arguments, incessant bickering. Scarcely any friends will visit the Kewdinghams in their peaceful hometown Shufflecester. Everything is wrong - and with the entrance of John Harrigall, a bohemian bachelor from London who catches Bertha's eye, they take a turn for the worse. Soon deep passions and resentments shatter the calm facade of the Kewdinghams' lives. This richly characterised and elegantly written crime novel from 1933 is a true forgotten classic.

War and Peace (Paperback, New edition): Leo Tolstoy War and Peace (Paperback, New edition)
Leo Tolstoy; Introduction by Henry Claridge; Notes by Henry Claridge; Introduction by Olga Claridge; Notes by Olga Claridge; Translated by …
R166 R148 Discovery Miles 1 480 Save R18 (11%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoy's philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery. This translation is one which received Tolstoy's approval.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Including Through the Looking Glass (Paperback): Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Including Through the Looking Glass (Paperback)
Lewis Carroll
R145 R125 Discovery Miles 1 250 Save R20 (14%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This edition contains Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass. It is illustrated throughout by Sir John Tenniel, whose drawings for the books add so much to the enjoyment of them. Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen and the White Rabbit all make their appearances, and are now familiar figures in writing, conversation and idiom. So too are Carroll's delightful verses such as The Walrus and the Carpenter and the inspired jargon of that masterly Wordsworthian parody, The Jabberwocky.

Scarweather (Paperback): Anthony Rolls Scarweather (Paperback)
Anthony Rolls 1
R279 R228 Discovery Miles 2 280 Save R51 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'My friend Ellingham has persuaded me to reveal to the public the astounding features of the Reisby case. As a study in criminal aberration it is, he tells me, of particular interest, while in singularity of horror and in perversity of ingenious method it is probably unique.' 1913. John Farringdale, with his cousin Eric Foster, visits the famous archaeologist Tolgen Reisby. At Scarweather - Reisby's lonely house on the windswept northern coast of England - Eric is quickly attracted to Reisby's much younger wife, and matters soon take a dangerous turn. Fifteen years later, the final scene of the drama is enacted. This unorthodox novel from 1934 is by a gifted crime writer who, wrote Dorothy L. Sayers, 'handles his characters like a "real" novelist and the English language like a "real" writer - merits which are still, unhappily, rarer than they should be in the ranks of the murder specialists.'

Gate (Paperback): Damian Flanagan Gate (Paperback)
Damian Flanagan
R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

One of the central masterpieces of 20th-century Japanese literature, "The Gate" describes the everyday world of the humble clerk Sosuke and his wife Oyone, living in quiet obscurity in a house at the bottom of a cliff. Seemingly cursed with the inability to have children, the couple find themselves having to take responsibility for Sosuke's younger brother Koroku. Oyone's health begins to fail, and news that her estranged ex-husband will be visiting nearby finally promotes a sense of crisis in Sosuke and forces him temporarily to quit his life of quiet domesticity. Highly prized for the beauty of its description of the understated love between Sosuke and Oyone, the novel has nevertheless remained in many ways mysterious. An analysis of the novel by Damian Flanagan casts fresh insights into its complex symbolism and ideas, establishing "The Gate" as one of the most profound works of the modern age. Published in cooperation with the Japan Foundation and the Sasakawa Foundation, this novel is part of an international program to bring one of Japan's most popular author to a new international audience.

Verdict of Twelve (Paperback): Raymond Postgate Verdict of Twelve (Paperback)
Raymond Postgate 1
R277 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R50 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A woman is on trial for her life, accused of murder. The twelve members of the jury each carry their own secret burden of guilt and prejudice which could affect the outcome.In this extraordinary crime novel, we follow the trial through the eyes of the jurors as they hear the evidence and try to reach a unanimous verdict. Will they find the defendant guilty, or not guilty? And will the jurors' decision be the correct one?Since its first publication in 1940, Verdict of Twelve has been widely hailed as a classic of British crime writing. This edition offers a new generation of readers the chance to find out why so many leading commentators have admired the novel for so long.

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