Selected Short Stories
By: Virginia Woolf
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
'Why, if one wants to compare life to anything, one must liken it to being blown through the Tube a…
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1. Gooseberries and other stories
By: Anton Chekhov , Constance Garnett
3.76
Format: None pages, ebook
"Oh, good God," he kept saying with great relish. "Good God..." 'Gooseberries' is accompanied h… read more
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"The Lie which elates us is dearer than a thousand sober truths"-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths."-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
"Человеку нужно не три аршина земли, не усадьба, а весь земной шар, вся природа, где на просторе он мог бы проявить все свойства и особенности своего свободного духа."-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
"Country life has its advantages,' he used to say. 'You sit on the veranda drinking tea and your ducklings swim on the pond, and everything smells good. . . and there are gooseberries."-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories
2. Oh What a Lovely War
By: Joan Littlewood , None , Charles Chilton , Gerry Raffles
3.61
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
This pioneering work is a theatrical chronicle of the First World War, told through the songs and d… read more
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- fiction
- british literature
3. The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
By: Muriel Spark
3.65
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Like the May of Teck Club itself—"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"—i… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- literature
- 20th century
- fiction
"it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls."-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
"- 'Poise is perfect balance, an equanimity of body and mind, complete composure whatever the social scene. Elegant dress, immaculate grooming, and perfect deportment all contribute to the attainment …"-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
4. The Watsons
By: Jane Austen , John Coates
3.51
Format: 314 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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- classics
- fiction
- british literature
"Emma; but you must think him agreeable. Can you lay your hand on your heart, and say you do not? - Indeed I can, Both Hands; and spread to their widest extent."-Jane Austen, The Watsons
5. The Driver's Seat
By: John Lanchester , Muriel Spark
3.61
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0141188340 Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking.… read more
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- british literature
- 20th century
- fiction
- modern classics
"Sonra bu kumaş leke de tutmaz "diyor tezgahtar kız."-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat
"It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up."-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat
6. The Garden Party and Other Stories
By: Katherine Mansfield , Lorna Sage
3.97
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Written during the final stages of her illness, "The Garden Party and Other Stories" is full of a s… read more
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- female authors
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- short stories
- fiction
- 20th century
7. El Decamerón 1
By: Giovanni Boccaccio , Esther Benítez Eiroa
3.83
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
8. Mother Courage and Her Children
By: David Hare , Bertolt Brecht
3.78
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her … read more
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- fiction
9. The Fall of Icarus
By: Ovid , Mary M. Innes
4.18
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
'Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards . . .' Enduring m… read more
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10. All Passion Spent
By: Vita Sackville-West , Victoria Glendinning
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
In 1860, as a young girl of 17, Lady Slane nurtures a secret, burning ambition--to become an artist… read more
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11. Lady Susan
By: Jane Austen , Robert William Chapman
3.65
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marria… read more
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- classics
- fiction
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"I have not yet tranquillised myself enough to see Frederica."-Jane Austen, Lady Susan
"I shall ever despise the man who can be gratified by the passion which he never wished to inspire, nor solicited the avowal of."-Jane Austen, Lady Susan
"How little the general report of any one ought to be credited, since no character, however upright, can escape the malevolence of slander."-Jane Austen, Lady Susan
"...though I always imagined from her increasing friendship for us since her husband's death that we should, at some future period, be obliged to receive her."-Jane Austen, Lady Susan
12. Three Tales
By: Gustave Flaubert , Geoffrey Wall , Roger Whitehouse
4.03
Format: 325 pages,
First published in 1877, these three stories are dominated by questions of doubt, love, loneliness,… read more
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13. A Terrible Beauty Is Born
By: W.B. Yeats
4.20
Format: 172 pages,
'But I, being poor, have only my dreams; / I have spread my dreams under your feet...' By turns joy… read more
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14. Água Viva
By: Clarice Lispector , Benjamin Moser , Stefan Tobler
4.29
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Lispector at her most philosophically radical. A meditation on the nature of life and time, Água Vi… read more
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- classics
- 20th century
- fiction
"I always give names to things"-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"I'm not a synonym—I'm a proper noun."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"Suddenly I was crying. It was already love."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"To write you I first cover myself with perfume."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
15. Sanditon
By: Jane Austen
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in 19th-century England, this gripping novel satirizes the pretentiousness and duplicity in rel… read more
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16. Dark Tales
By: Shirley Jackson
3.93
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
The perfect read for Hallowe'en, this new hardback volume of Jackson's finest stories reveals the q… read more
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17. I Remain in Darkness
By: Annie Ernaux
3.99
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Written in journal form, Annie Ernaux's account of … read more
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- classics
"Where are the eyes of my childhood, those fearful eyes she had thirty years ago, the eyes that made me?"-Annie Ernaux, I Remain in Darkness
"As I bend forward to check the safety catch of my mother's wheelchair, she leans over and kisses my hair. How can I survive that kiss, such love, my mother, my mother."-Annie Ernaux, I Remain in Darkness
18. The Vigilante
By: John Steinbeck
3.50
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
'Everything was dead, everything unreal; the dark mob was made up of stiff lay-figures' One of A… read more
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19. Oil
By: Ella Hickson
3.80
Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition
The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The Age of Oil.The Stone Age didn't end for want of stones. What do y… read more
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20. Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England
By: Nino Strachey
3.59
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An “illuminating” ( Daily Mail , London) exploration of the second generation of the iconic Bloomsb… read more
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21. Selected Short Stories
By: Virginia Woolf
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
'Why, if one wants to compare life to anything, one must liken it to being blown through the Tube a… read more
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