At Freddie's
By: Penelope Fitzgerald
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
"Freddie's" is the familiar name of the Temple Stage School, which supplies London's West End theat…
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1. A Far Cry from Kensington
By: Muriel Spark
3.83
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
Set on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilari… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- humor
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- historical fiction
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"I offer this advice without fee; it is included in the price of this book."-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington
"It is not because we are rats that we tend to abandon people who are down, it is because we are embarrassed."-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington
"You can lie awake at night and think; the quality of insomnia depends entirely on what you decide to think of. Can you decide to think? - Yes, you can."-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington
"Milly's narrative skill was considerable... she brought a scene to life by a chance descriptive detail in the right place and by that graphic and right placing of words which most of the Irish excel …"-Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington
2. 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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"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)
3. The Hothouse by the East River
By: Muriel Spark
3.46
Format: 139 pages, Mass Market Paperback
He is standing in the middle of the room. She is sitting by the window, staring out over the East R… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- 20th century
- historical fiction
- fiction
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"This deadly body of mine can dance, too."-Muriel Spark, The Hothouse by the East River
"Being dead's a drug', he says, 'you'll get hooked on it."-Muriel Spark, The Hothouse by the East River
"Back in 1944 when people were normal and there was a world war on,' says Paul to his son, 'it was a serious thing to be a spy."-Muriel Spark, The Hothouse by the East River
4. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
By: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey
4.00
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Librarian Note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here On a rainy Sunday in Januar… read more
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"Abrió el libro, pero ninguna página parecía ser lo bastante potente para borrar la soledad que sentía."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"La catastrofe de la vejez residía en no atreverse a ir a cualquier parte, en resignarse a perder la libertad"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"If you don't praise people just sometimes a little early on they die of despair, or turn into Hitlers, you know?"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"...pensaba en el amor y en sus espantosas desigualdades. Siempre hay alguien que ofrece la mejilla y otro que la besa."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
5. Crampton Hodnet
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Here, Barbara Mary Crampton Pym sails off into a wickedly comedic farce, focusing on the unsuitable… read more
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- british literature
- humor
- 20th century
- historical fiction
- fiction
- novels
6. Jane and Prudence
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
If Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates seem an unlikely pair to be walking together at an Oxford reun… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- humor
- 20th century
- fiction
- novels
7. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
By: Winifred Watson
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly Englis… read more
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- historical fiction
- humor
- fiction
- british literature
8. The Sweet Dove Died
By: Barbara Pym
3.91
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter over a Victorian flower book brings together Humphrey, an antiques dealer, his n… read more
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- british literature
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- 20th century
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9. Golden Hill
By: Francis Spufford
4.03
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening in November, a hands… read more
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- literary fiction
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10. The Grand Babylon Hotel
By: Arnold Bennett , Frank Swinnerton
4.33
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
The Grand Babylon Hotel is an exclusive London establishment, and American millionaire Theodore Rac… read more
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- 20th century
- fiction
- british literature
11. The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicles, #1)
By: Elizabeth Jane Howard
3.83
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In 1937, the coming war is only a distant cloud on Britain's horizon. As the Cazalet households pre… read more
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- historical fiction
- 20th century
- fiction
- british literature
12. Falling in Love (Commissario Brunetti, #24)
By: Donna Leon
3.57
Format: None pages,
Donna Leon's Death at La Fenice, the first novel in her beloved Commissario Guido Brunetti series, … read more
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- fiction
13. Lionel Asbo: State of England
By: Martin Amis
3.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A savage, funny, and mysteriously poignant saga by a renowned author at the height of his powers. L… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- humor
- fiction
- novels
14. Daniel Deronda
By: George Eliot , Edmund White
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
George Eliot's final novel and her most ambitious work, Daniel Derondacontrasts the moral laxity of… read more
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- historical fiction
- fiction
- british literature
15. At Freddie's
By: Penelope Fitzgerald
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
"Freddie's" is the familiar name of the Temple Stage School, which supplies London's West End theat… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
- humor
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 20th century
- novels
16. A Month in the Country
By: J.L. Carr , Michael Holroyd
3.76
Format: None pages,
In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken ma… read more
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- literary fiction
- british literature
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- historical fiction
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18. Cold Comfort Farm
By: Roz Chast , Lynne Truss , Stella Gibbons
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 1933 Femina Vie Heureuse Prize, COLD COMFORT FARM is a wickedly funny portrait of Bri… read more
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19. Voyage in the Dark
By: Jean Rhys , Carole Angier
3.78
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
'It was as if a curtain had fallen, hiding everything I had ever known,' says Anna Morgan, eighteen… read more
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- british literature
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- historical fiction
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"Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes."-Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
"It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them?"-Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
"I was thinking it was funny I could giggle like that because in my heart I was always sad, with the same sort of hurt that the cold gave me in my chest."-Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
"But in the daytime it was all right. And when you'd had a drink you knew it was the best way to live in the world because anything might happen. I don't know how people live when they know exactly wh…"-Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
20. So Big
By: Edna Ferber
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Author Edna Ferber described the story of So Big as being about a "material man, son of his earth-g… read more
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"I want you to see all kinds,"-Edna Ferber, So Big
"Where are you going this hot day, Mis’ DeJong?"-Edna Ferber, So Big
"You just go until you come to a closed door. And you say "Open Sesame!" and there you are."-Edna Ferber, So Big
"About mistakes it's funny. You've got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs, they get mad."-Edna Ferber, So Big
21. The Debut
By: Anita Brookner
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
Since childhood Ruth Weiss has been escaping from life into books, and from the hothouse attentions… read more
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22. A Gate at the Stairs
By: Lorrie Moore
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A novel on the anxiety and disconnection of post-9/11 America, on the insidiousness of racism, the … read more
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23. The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1)
By: Lynne Reid Banks
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this bestselling classic novel which became a famous film, Jane Graham, alone and pregnant, retr… read more
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24. South Riding
By: Winifred Holtby , Marion Shaw , Shirley Williams
3.95
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Winifred Holtby's greatest novel was published posth… read more
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25. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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26. Absolutely and Forever
By: Rose Tremain
3.90
Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition
A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more
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27. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
By: Lucy Sante
3.70
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a st… read more
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"(Although it is extremely exciting to have tits.)"-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"I wanted to so badly to be a woman that I could not really understand anyone wanting anything else"-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"It appeared that transitioning did not involve piling on additional stuff; rather it was a process of removal, dismantling the carapace of maleness that had kept me in its grip for so long."-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"My secret poisoned my entire experience of life. There was never a moment when I didn't feel the acute shame of being me, even as I denied to myself that my secret had anything to do with it."-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
28. Agua y jabón
By: Marta D. Riezu
3.78
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Preguntaron a Cecil Beaton: ¿qué es la elegancia? Y respondió: agua y jabón. Que es lo mismo que de… read more
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"Hay un tipo de persona terca, libre y con empuje para apartarse del discurso ortodoxo de su gremio. Ni siquiera se da cuenta, no funciona a la contra, solo hace lo que le da la gana y cree en ello ci…"-Marta D. Riezu, Agua y jabón
29. Enlightenment
By: Sarah Perry
3.70
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more
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- historical fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- british literature
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
30. Telephone
By: Percival Everett
3.98
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Zach Wells is a perpetually dissatisfied geologist-slash-paleobiologist. Expert in a very narrow ar… read more
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