The People on Privilege Hill
By: Jane Gardam
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Jane Gardam's delightful short stories range from the Lake District to Dorset; from Wimbledon, wher…
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1. A Countess Below Stairs
By: Eva Ibbotson
3.91
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
After the Russian revolution turns her world topsy-turvy, Anna, a young Russian Countess, has no ch… read more
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- fiction
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"A countess, eh?"-Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs
"What the devil are you doing here?"-Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs
"A faint terror lest she begin to curtsy took hold of Rupert."-Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs
"When you’re sad, Little Star, go out of doors. It’s always better underneath the open sky."-Eva Ibbotson, A Countess Below Stairs
2. True North
By: Jim Harrison
4.32
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
True North is the story of a family torn apart and a man engaged in profound reckoning with the dam… read more
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- literature
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3. A Star Called Henry
By: Roddy Doyle
4.11
Format: 96 pages,
Born at the beginning of the twentieth century, Henry Smart lives through the evolution of modern I… read more
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- fiction
4. The Book of Forgotten Authors
By: Christopher Fowler
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
Absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder. It makes people think you're dead. So begins Christophe… read more
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- literature
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6. The Corner That Held Them
By: Sylvia Townsend Warner
3.94
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here In memory of the wife who had once … read more
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- literature
- fiction
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"And here am I, she thought, fixed in the religious life like a candle on a spike. I consume, I burn away, always lighting the same corner, always beleaguered by the same shadows; and in the end I sha…"-Sylvia Townsend Warner, The Corner That Held Them
7. Blaming
By: Elizabeth Taylor , Jonathan Keates
3.76
Format: 6 pages, Paperback
A finely nuanced exploration of responsibility, snobbery and culture clash from one of the twentiet… read more
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9. The Bachelors
By: Muriel Spark
4.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
First found contentedly chatting in their London clubs and shopping at Fortnum's, the cozy bachelor… read more
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10. The People on Privilege Hill
By: Jane Gardam
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Jane Gardam's delightful short stories range from the Lake District to Dorset; from Wimbledon, wher… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- british literature
- literature
- short stories
- fiction
- 21st century
11. Treasures of Time
By: Penelope Lively
4.06
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
Treasures of Time is the twelfth novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively, a spellbindi… read more
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12. A Snow Garden and Other Stories
By: Rachel Joyce
4.31
Format: 517 pages, Hardcover
Seven stories to span the Christmas holidays: A Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. … read more
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13. Aiding and Abetting
By: Muriel Spark
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Aiding and Abetting, the doyenne of literary satire has written a wickedly amusing and subversiv… read more
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14. Selected Stories
By: Alice Munro
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Spanning almost thirty years and settings that range from big cities to small towns and farmsteads … read more
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15. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
By: Alice Munro
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In the her tenth collection (the title story of which is the basis for the new film Hateship Lovesh… read more
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16. The Hearing Trumpet
By: Leonora Carrington , Pablo Weisz Carrington
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Leonora Carrington, the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter is also a writer of extraordi… read more
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17. Bark: Stories
By: Lorrie Moore
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
These eight masterly stories reveal Lorrie Moore at her most mature and in a perfect configuration … read more
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19. Airs Above the Ground
By: Mary Stewart
3.06
Format: 405 pages, Paperback
Lovely Vanessa March, two years married and very much in love, did not think it was a strange for h… read more
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20. The Road to Lichfield
By: Penelope Lively
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In The Road to Lichfield, Penelope Lively explores the nature of history and memory as it is embodi… read more
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21. This Is Happiness
By: Niall Williams
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
About This Is Happiness The most enchanting novel you'll read this year, from the acclaimed author… read more
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"Nobody who's lived an anyway decent amount of life remembers everything."-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It seems to me the true and individual nature of a human being's eyes defy description, or at least my capabilities. They're not like anything else, or anyone else's, and may be the most perfect proo…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"When you've been raised inside a religion, it's not a small thing to step outside it. Even if you no longer believe in it, you can feel its absence. There's a spirit-would to a Sunday. You can patch …"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
"It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your hea…"-Niall Williams, This Is Happiness
