|
Showing 1 - 25 of
2679 matches in All Departments
|
The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R797
R512
Discovery Miles 5 120
Save R285 (36%)
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
|
Hawaiian Legends
William Hyde Rice; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R349
R294
Discovery Miles 2 940
Save R55 (16%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
|
Sodom and Gomorrah
Marcel Proust; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R541
R367
Discovery Miles 3 670
Save R174 (32%)
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
|
Early Autumn
Louis Bromfield; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R717
R601
Discovery Miles 6 010
Save R116 (16%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
While trying to sleep, a young boy is startled by the North Wind,
who chooses to bring him along as she travels throughout the night.
The duo embark on eye-opening adventures that teach the child
valuable life lessons. Diamond is a young boy who comes from a poor
family. Despite his homelife, he maintains his innocence and
chooses to embrace joy. One night when he's struggling to sleep, he
encounters the sweeping presence of the North Wind. She enjoys the
child's company and allows him to join her on her travels. During
their journey, Diamond discovers the positive and negative effects
of her presence. He realizes she can be a source of support but
also do great harm. In At the Back of the North Wind, George
MacDonald explores spiritual and moral conflict. It's infused with
Christian themes including an allegory for Jesus Christ. The story
addresses a complex topic using a simple narrative and stunning
visuals. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of At the Back of the North Wind is both
modern and readable.
|
The Haunted Woman (Hardcover)
David Lindsay; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R392
R334
Discovery Miles 3 340
Save R58 (15%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
The Haunted Woman (1922) is a fantasy novel by David Lindsay.
Following the commercial failure of his critically acclaimed novel
A Voyage to Arcturus (1920), Lindsay hoped to achieve financial
stability with a more conventional tale of suspense and the occult.
Although he once more failed to reach a popular audience, Lindsay
produced a powerful story of alternate worlds, the burden of
convention, and the nature of human desire. "Never self-conscious,
never embarrassed, always quiet and rather ennuye, she fascinated
by the very strength of her silence, which, it was abundantly
clear, had nothing in common with stupidity. She had already
declined three offers of marriage, before Marshall had appeared on
her horizon." Isbel Loment has always cherished her independence,
never consenting to tie her fate to that of a man, especially not
for love. Now engaged to successful underwriter Marshall Stokes,
she finds herself nearing the end of the rootless lifestyle she has
led since the age of sixteen, when the death of her father left her
a ward of an eccentric aunt. While on vacation at an ancient estate
in the hills of Sussex, Isbel discovers a mysterious staircase
leading to three identical doors. Choosing one, she is transported
to a mirror world where, though the details are lost upon leaving,
she seems to be encountering her host Henry Judge. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of David Lindsay's The Haunted Woman is a classic of
British literature reimagined for modern readers.
|
Anna Karenina (Hardcover)
Leo Tolstoy; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R1,091
R912
Discovery Miles 9 120
Save R179 (16%)
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
"One of the greatest love stories in world literature."-Vladimir
Nabokov "Anna Karenina is a perfect work of art. This novel
contains a humane message that has not yet been heeded in Europe
and that is much needed by the people of the western world."-Fyodor
Dostoevsky "The truth is we are not to take Anna Karenina as a work
of art; we are to take it as a piece of life."-Matthew Arnold
Although love and infidelity are a major themes of Leo Tolstoy's
epic Russian novel Anna Karenina (1877), there is a startling scope
of philosophical and theological insight within the pages of this
monumental work. The pinnacle of the realist novel, the commonplace
lives and frustrations of the characters within Anna Karenina are
woven together in parallel subtexts that ask difficult questions.
The story of the extramarital affair between Anna Karenina and the
young bachelor Count Vronsky is at the center of this complex work
of literature. When Anna's husband discovers the infidelity of his
wife, his primary concern is not the well-being of his marriage,
but his own self-image. The downward spiral of Anna's illicit
behavior is paralleled with the story of Kitty and Konstantin
Levin, who is a wealthy agriculturalist but somewhat socially
clumsy figure. Levin and Kitty's love is unblemished, yet his
struggles with faith and his unrelenting philosophical questioning
paint a profound portrait of internal anguish. This classic novel
examines the depth of the human soul against the backdrop of
19th-century Russia as no other work of literature has done. With
an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Anna Karenina is both modern and readable.
In 1857 Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods
near Walden Pond where he lived as a recluse from society for just
over two years. In his time of self-prescribed isolation, Thoreau
recorded his daily routine and reflections in an effort to get away
from the noise brought about by a mainstream society. His work
became one of the most influential American literary works of all
time. Thoreau's daily journal entries became the foundation for one
of the most well-known works of Transcendental philosophy to this
day. Published as one title, Walden is a quasi-memoir and
naturalist manifesto that has withstood the test of time. The work
continues to inspire generations to switch it up, unplug, and
revert to the higher calling of nature.
Tolstoy as Man and Artist with an Essay on Dostoevsky (1901) is a
work of literary criticism by Dmitriy Merezhkovsky. Having turned
from his work in poetry to a new, spiritually charged interest in
fiction, Merezhkovsky sought to develop his theory of the Third
Testament, an apocalyptic vision of Christianity's fulfillment in
twentieth century humanity. In this collection of essays on Tolstoy
and Dostoevsky, Merezhkovsky explores the spiritual dimensions of
the written word by examining the interconnection of being and
writing for two of Russian literature's most iconic writers. For
Dmitriy Merezhkovsky, an author who always wrote with philosophical
and spiritual purpose, the figure of the artist as a human being is
a powerful tool for understanding the quality and focus of that
artist's work. Leo Tolstoy, author of such classics as War and
Peace and Anna Karenina, developed a reputation as an ascetic,
deeply spiritual man who envisioned his art as an extension of his
political and religious beliefs. Dostoevsky, while perhaps more
interested in the psychological aspects of human life, pursued a
similar path in such novels as The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and
Punishment. In Merezhkovsky's view, these writers came to embody in
their lives and works the particularly Russian conflict between
truths both human and divine. Tolstoy as Man and Artist with an
Essay on Dostoevsky is an invaluable text both for its analysis of
its subjects and for its illumination of the philosophical concepts
explored by Merezhkovsky throughout his storied career. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Dmitriy Merezhkovsky's Tolstoy as Man and Artist
with an Essay on Dostoevsky is a classic work of Russian literature
reimagined for modern readers.
|
The Limit (Hardcover)
Ada Leverson; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R399
R334
Discovery Miles 3 340
Save R65 (16%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
The Limit (1911) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having established
herself as a journalist and short story writer, Leverson published
her debut novel in 1907 to moderate acclaim. Entertaining and
effortlessly witty, Leverson's prose paints a stunning portrait of
the Edwardian era, a time when hope and relative peace proved
prosperous for many. Often compared to her close friend Oscar
Wilde, Leverson, a pioneering Jewish woman, remains a unique and
refreshing voice in English literature. Marriage, friends, a
home-Romer and Valentia seem to have everything they could ever
want. Under the surface, however, jealousy and doubt threaten the
love they have spent years nurturing. While Valentia spends more
and more of her time with her cousin Harry de Freyne, a handsome
artist, Romer does his best to ground himself in trust and
devotion. Meanwhile, Valentia's sister Daphne resists the advances
of the wealthy aristocrat Van Buren. Miss Luscombe, one of the
couple's many eccentric friends, is an impoverished young actress
who falls for a mysterious tattooed man. As each of these
characters navigates the needs and desires of themselves and those
around them, Leverson never loses sight of their humanity, for all
its beauty and flaws. The Limit is a humorous tale of romance and
desire from Ada Leverson, an underappreciated novelist of the
Edwardian era. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Ada Leverson's The Limit is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
|
The Poison Tree (Hardcover)
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R373
R313
Discovery Miles 3 130
Save R60 (16%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
The Poison Tree (1873) is a novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
Originally serialized in Bangadarshan, a popular literary magazine
founded by Chatterjee in 1872 and later edited by Rabindranath
Tagore, The Poison Tree is a story that engages with the subject of
widow remarriage. "The river flowed smoothly on-leaped, danced,
cried out, restless, unending, playful. On shore, herdsmen were
grazing their oxen-one sitting under a tree singing, another
smoking, some fighting, others eating. Inland, husbandmen were
driving the plough, beating the oxen, lavishing abuse upon them, in
which the owner shared." With his wife's blessing, Nagendra sets
out on a journey by boat down the river. When a sudden storm forces
him to leave his boat for safety, he comes across the ruined home
of Kundanandini, a young widow caring for her father in his final
days. When the old man dies, Kundanandini begs him to take her to
Calcutta. As he begins to fall for the beautiful woman, he
struggles with the demands of family, religion, and tradition,
knowing that love wields power over them all. Tragic and timeless,
The Poison Tree is a brilliant romance from a legendary figure in
Bengali literature. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Bankim Chandra
Chatterjee's The Poison Tree is a classic of Bengali literature and
utopian science fiction reimagined for modern readers.
|
Krishna Kanta's Will (Hardcover)
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R373
R313
Discovery Miles 3 130
Save R60 (16%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
Krishna Kanta's Will (1878) is a novel by Bankim Chandra
Chatterjee. Recognized as a pioneering work of Bengali literature
with universal romantic themes, Krishna Kanta's Will is a story
that engages with the subjects of widow remarriage, land ownership,
and heredity in Hindu culture. "If Krishna Kanta had ever desired
to cheat his brother's son, and appropriate the entire property,
there was now no obstacle in his way. But he had no such evil
intention. He placed Gobind Lal with his own family, and treated
him in all respects like his own sons; he determined to draw up a
will bequeathing to Gobind Lal the half-share justly belonging to
Ram Kanta Rai." Raised in a loving home, orphan Gobind Lal hopes to
carry on his father's legacy while honoring his uncle, who could
have cut him out of the will entirely. Married to the beautiful
Bhramar, he seems to have a life of fortune ahead of him.
Meanwhile, Krishna Kanta's sons, outraged at their father's
generosity, hatch a plan to switch the will with one they have
written, employing the seductive widow Rohini to do their dirty
work. Tragic and timeless, Krishna Kanta's Will is a brilliant
romance from a legendary figure in Bengali literature. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Krishna Kanta's Will is
a classic of Bengali literature and utopian science fiction
reimagined for modern readers.
|
|