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Clan-Albin: A National Tale - by Christian Isobel Johnstone (Hardcover): Juliet Shields Clan-Albin: A National Tale - by Christian Isobel Johnstone (Hardcover)
Juliet Shields
R6,916 Discovery Miles 69 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Christian Isobel Johnstone's Clan-Albin: A National Tale was published in 1815, less than a year after Walter Scott's Waverley; or 'tis Sixty Years Since enthralled readers and initiated a craze for Scottish novels. Both as a novelist and as editor of Tait's Edinburgh Magazine from 1834 to 1846, Johnstone was a powerful figure in Romantic Edinburgh's literary scene. But her works and her reputation have long been overshadowed by Scott's. In Clan-Albin, Johnstone engages with themes on British imperial expansion, metropolitan England's economic and political relationships with the Celtic peripheries, and the role of women in public life. This rare novel, alongside extensive editorial commentary, will be of much interest to students of British Literature.

The Scarlet Letter (Paperback): Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
Nathaniel Hawthorne 1
R160 R128 Discovery Miles 1 280 Save R32 (20%) In Stock

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, The Scarlet Letter is here presented with an extensive section on Hawthorne's life and works. Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter as a punishment for her sin. While her vengeful husband embarks on a quest to discover the identity of her lover, she is left to face the consequences of her infidelity and find a place for herself and her illegitimate child in the hostile environment of seventeenth-century Puritan Boston. Nathaniel Hawthorne's tense narrative astonished readers with its unparalleled psychological depth when it first appeared, and the novel now stands as one of America's literary landmarks.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

Animal Farm - The dystopian classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey (Paperback, 2 Ed): George Orwell Animal Farm - The dystopian classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey (Paperback, 2 Ed)
George Orwell 3
R274 R144 Discovery Miles 1 440 Save R130 (47%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts' collection, discover Orwell's classic dystopian masterpiece beautifully reimagined by renowned street artist Shepard Fairey 'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerges. . . First published in 1945, Animal Farm - the history of a revolution that went wrong - is George Orwell's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power. 'Remains our great satire of the darker face of modern history' Malcolm Bradbury 'A prophet who thought the unthinkable and spoke the unspeakable, even when it offended conventional thought' Daily Express 'As valid today as it was fifty years ago' Ralph Steadman COMPLETE THE TRIO WITH SHEPARD FAIREY'S NEW-LOOK 1984 AND DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON.

Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover): Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
Jane Austen
R360 R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Save R64 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tales of the Samurai (Hardcover): A. B. Mitford Tales of the Samurai (Hardcover)
A. B. Mitford
R485 R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Save R129 (27%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Thrilling Japanese stories of vampires, ghosts and renegade samurai. Step back through the mists of time to ancient Japan, where wandering samurai seek revenge for the death of their master, the red-eyed spectres of an executed man and his wife haunt a palace, and wild animals have great power over men. This collection of classic folktales, which range from adventures to mysteries and ghost stories, is beautifully illustrated with lavish art that evokes this magical time and place. Tales of the Samurai includes these legendary stories: The Forty-Seven Ronin The Vampire cat of Nabeshima Kazuma's Revenge The Prince and the Badger The Ghost of Sakura

Antidote to Venom (Paperback): Freeman Wills Crofts Antidote to Venom (Paperback)
Freeman Wills Crofts 1
R281 R230 Discovery Miles 2 300 Save R51 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Mr Wills Crofts is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle' - Times Literary Supplement 'He always manages to give us something that really keeps us guessing' - Daily Mirror George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As Surridge's debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunning enough to turn his dreams into reality - and could he commit the most devious murder in pursuit of his goals? This ingenious crime novel, with its unusual 'inverted' structure and sympathetic portrait of a man on the edge, is one of the greatest works by this highly respected author. The elaborate means of murder devised by Crofts's characters is perhaps unsurpassed in English crime fiction for its ostentatious intricacy.

It Walks by Night - A Paris Mystery (Paperback): John Dickson-Carr It Walks by Night - A Paris Mystery (Paperback)
John Dickson-Carr; Introduction by Martin Edwards 1
R277 R226 Discovery Miles 2 260 Save R51 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

We are thrilled to welcome John Dickson Carr into the Crime Classics series with his first novel, a brooding locked room mystery in the gathering dusk of the French capital. In the smoke-wreathed gloom of a Parisian salon, Inspector Bencolin has summoned his allies to discuss a peculiar case. A would-be murderer, imprisoned for his attempt to kill his wife, has escaped and is known to have visited a plastic surgeon. His whereabouts remain a mystery, though with his former wife poised to marry another, Bencolin predicts his return. Sure enough, the Inspector's worst suspicions are realized when the beheaded body of the new suitor is discovered in a locked room of the salon, with no apparent exit. Bencolin sets off into the Parisian night to unravel the dumbfounding mystery and track down the sadistic killer.

Wuthering Heights (Paperback): Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
Emily Bronte; Edited by Deborah Lutz
R260 Discovery Miles 2 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

About Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights: "It is as if [Bronte] could tear up all that we know human beings by, and fill these unrecognisable transparencies with such a gust of life that they transcend reality. Hers, then, is the rarest of all powers. She could free life from its dependence on facts; with a few touches indicate the spirit of a face so that it needs no body; by speaking of the moor make the wind blow and the thunder roar." -Virginia Woolf

Wuthering Heights (Hardcover): Emily Broente Wuthering Heights (Hardcover)
Emily Broente
R351 R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Save R57 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Sign of the Four (Paperback): Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of the Four (Paperback)
Arthur Conan Doyle
R80 R71 Discovery Miles 710 Save R9 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world...' In London, 1888, the razor-sharp detective skills of Sherlock Holmes are to be put to the test. Mary Morstan reports two seemingly unconnected and inexplicable events: the disappearance of her father, a British Indian Army Captain, and the arrival of pearls by post from an unknown sender. Driven on by its complexity, Holmes and Watson slowly begin to unravel an intricate web of exotic treasure, secret pacts and mysterious deaths. One of only four novels featuring Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Watson, 'The Sign of the Four' will delight those who have been captivated by Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories.

Ethan Frome (Hardcover): Edith Wharton Ethan Frome (Hardcover)
Edith Wharton
R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear (Collector's Edition) (Hardcover): Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear (Collector's Edition) (Hardcover)
Arthur Conan Doyle
R286 R236 Discovery Miles 2 360 Save R50 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair. The Valley of Fear is a dark, powerful tale, which provides the great detective with a most perplexing case and opens with a vile murder: "Lying across his chest was a most curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawn off in front of the triggers. It was clear that it had been fired at close range, and that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head almost to pieces". Sherlock Holmes' arch enemy, the criminal genius Professor Moriarty, is back! But the solution to the riddle, found after many surprising twists and high dramas, lies far away, half across the world in a location known as 'The Valley of Fear'. This is Conan Doyle's last Holmes novel and in the opinion of many of his fans, it is the best!

Deep Waters (Paperback): Martin Edwards Deep Waters (Paperback)
Martin Edwards 1
R285 R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Save R50 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

From picturesque canals to the swirling currents of the ocean, a world of secrets lies buried beneath the surface of the water. Dubious vessels crawl along riverbeds, while the murky depths conceal more than one gruesome murder. The stories in this collection will dredge up delight in crime fiction fans, as watery graves claim unintended dwellers and disembodied whispers penetrate the sleeping quarters of a ship's captain. How might a thief plot their escape from a floating crime scene? And what is to follow when murder victims, lost to the ocean floor, inevitably resurface? This British Library anthology uncovers the best mysteries set below the surface, including stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, William Hope Hodgson and R. Austin Freeman.

Watching the Accident Happen (Paperback): Richard Freeborn Watching the Accident Happen (Paperback)
Richard Freeborn
R286 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R28 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Wuthering Heights (Hardcover): Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights (Hardcover)
Emily Bronte
R462 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R84 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.

Anne of Green Gables (Paperback): L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (Paperback)
L.M. Montgomery
R200 Discovery Miles 2 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are looking to adopt a boy to help out on their farm - so when the orphanage delivers a red-haired eleven-year-old girl named Anne instead, they are determined to fix the mistake. However, as Anne's vibrant character and vivid imagination brighten up their home, the Cuthberts soon realise Anne must stay at Green Gables. The inimitable Anne Shirley is fanciful, talkative and dramatic, and this charming novel describing her joyful adventures, close friendships and school rivalries in the town of Avonlea is an enduring children's classic loved by millions. Complete your library with HarperCollins Children's Classics.

To Bed with Grand Music (Paperback): Marghanita Laski, Juliet Gardiner To Bed with Grand Music (Paperback)
Marghanita Laski, Juliet Gardiner
R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This 1946 novel, originally published under a pseudonym, is about sex in wartime. At the beginning, Deborah and her husband are in bed, saying goodbye to each other before he is posted overseas. They swear eternal loyalty. But Deborah is very soon bored by her life in the country with her young son and gets a job in London. She then acquires a lover, and when he is posted overseas another, and another - This is the fourth novel by Marghanita Laski to be published by Persephone Books. Juliet Gardiner writes in her Preface: 'The fascination of TO BED WITH GRAND MUSIC is its unusual recreation of one aspect of the Home Front in the Second World War. It is an exaggerated, near harlot's tale without doubt, but it has a wry authenticity and provides a refreshing counterpoint to all the usual wartime novels of sterling women making do and mending. The book's appeal lies in its portrayal of someone who signally failed the test of warA", and in its evocation of a fractured and transient society during the exigencies and contingencies of wartime.'

Jock of the Bushveld (Paperback, New Edition): Percy FitzPatrick Jock of the Bushveld (Paperback, New Edition)
Percy FitzPatrick
R250 R200 Discovery Miles 2 000 Save R50 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Jock of the Bushveld is the classic and much-loved story based on the true experiences of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and his Staffordshire bull terrier, Jock. The story begins in the 1880s, at the time of the South African gold rush, when a young Fitzpatrick worked as an ox-wagon transport rider in the old Transvaal. There he came across a man who was in the process of drowning a puppy, the runt of the litter. He saved the dog and the story of his ever-faithful and loving companion was born.

First published in 1907, Jock of the Bushveld has been reprinted many times since. Now, with a fresh and engaging cover, and in a new handy B-format, this timeless South African classic retains the charm of the original story along with the original illustrations by Edmund Caldwell.

It will no doubt continue to be enjoyed by children and adults alike.

High Wages (Paperback): Dorothy Whipple, Jane Brocket High Wages (Paperback)
Dorothy Whipple, Jane Brocket
R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This is the sixth title by Dorothy Whipple that Persephone Books has published. The first was Someone at a Distance in 1999, and since then there have been They Knew Mr Knight, The Priory, They Were Sisters and The Closed Door and Other Stories. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day may be Persephone's bestselling title but Dorothy Whipple is their bestselling author - the first print run for HIGH WAGES is 7000, such has been the advance interest. HIGH WAGES (1930) is about a girl who works in a draper's shop just before WW1 and then sets up her own dress shop. It is as readable, touching and interesting as all of Dorothy Whipple's books. The Preface is by Jane Brocket, who has a very popular website about the domestic arts. She writes: 'As well as being a marvellously engrossing and deeply caring novel, High Wages has tremendous historical value. And because of the author's light touch, her enjoyment of the subject matter and her desire to tell a good story rather than lecture the reader, the book chimes in with serious present-day discussions of our consumer culture, concepts of 'retail therapy', debates about women's clothing, and the question of whether intelligent, educated women should be interested in something as frivolous as fashion. This is a gem of a novel with a very special, endearing character and charm.'

Selected Stories (Paperback): H. P Lovecraft Selected Stories (Paperback)
H. P Lovecraft
R86 R77 Discovery Miles 770 Save R9 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. "I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more." This selection of works showcases the best-known, most chilling stories of H. P. Lovecraft, including Dagon, The Call of Cthulhu, The Thing on the Doorstep and Herbert West - Reanimator. They feature such deadly horrors as terrifying sea-creatures, menaces from outer space, evil-worshipping cults and unexpected murder by familiar hands. There is no place so frightful that Lovecraft did not venture there, and these tales will leave the imagination reeling, yet dare you to turn the page...

Murder by Matchlight (Paperback): E.C.R. Lorac Murder by Matchlight (Paperback)
E.C.R. Lorac; Introduction by Martin Edwards 1
R277 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R50 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

London. 1945. The capital is shrouded in the darkness of the blackout, and mystery abounds in the parks after dusk. During a stroll through Regent's Park, Bruce Mallaig witnesses two men acting suspiciously around a footbridge. In a matter of moments, one of them has been murdered; Mallaig's view of the assailant but a brief glimpse of a ghastly face in the glow of a struck match. The murderer's noiseless approach and escape seems to defy all logic, and even the victim's identity is quickly thrown into uncertainty. Lorac's shrewd yet personable C.I.D. man MacDonald must set to work once again to unravel this near-impossible mystery.

Hard Times (Paperback): Charles Dickens Hard Times (Paperback)
Charles Dickens 1
R95 R76 Discovery Miles 760 Save R19 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage.' Set in fictitious Coketown, England during the Industrial Revolution of the 1850s, Dickens wished to expose the enormous gulf between the rich and poor through his writing. In Hard Times, the social and moral purpose of his work is at its most evident. Openly ironic and satirical in its tone, Dickens suggests a mechanization of society, where the wealthy are ruthless and uncharitable towards those less fortunate than themselves. Siblings Louisa and Tom Gradgrind are raised by their father, a harsh and pragmatic educator and his influence means that they go on to lead lives that are lacking in all areas. Louisa marries the arrogant and greedy Josiah Bounderby, ending in an unhappy pairing and the unfeeling and villainous Tom robs his own brother-in-law's bank. As their father watches their plight, he realises that his own principles may have led to their downfall.

The Body in the Dumb River - A Yorkshire Mystery (Paperback): George Bellairs The Body in the Dumb River - A Yorkshire Mystery (Paperback)
George Bellairs; Introduction by Martin Edwards 2
R274 R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Save R51 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'For the most part, the dead man received public sympathy. A decent, hardworking chap, with not an enemy anywhere. People were surprised that anybody should want to kill Jim.' But Jim has been drowned in the Dumb River, near Ely, miles from his Yorkshire home. His body, clearly dumped in the usually silent (`dumb') waterway, has been discovered before the killer intended - disturbed by a torrential flood. With critical urgency it's up to Superintendent Littlejohn of Scotland Yard to trace the mystery of the unassuming victim's murder to its source, leaving waves of scandal and sensation in his wake as the hidden, salacious dealings of Jim Teasdale begin to surface.

Giant's Bread (Paperback): Agatha Christie Giant's Bread (Paperback)
Agatha Christie
R284 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Save R69 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A spellbinding novel of romantic obsession. Vernon Deyre is a sensitive and brilliant musician, even a genius. But there is a high price to be paid for his talent, especially by his family and the two women in his life. His sheltered childhood in the home he loves has not prepared Vernon for the harsh reality of his adult years, and in order to write the great masterpiece of his life, he has to make a crucial decision with no time left to count the cost... Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

The Wizard of Oz: Bath Treasury of Children's Classics (Hardcover): L. Frank Baum The Wizard of Oz: Bath Treasury of Children's Classics (Hardcover)
L. Frank Baum
R370 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Save R155 (42%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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