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The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
28.00 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
This is the definitive collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories, including 'The Lottery' - one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century, and an influence on writers such as Neil Gaiman and Stephen King. "Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written" ...Show more
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Clothbound Classic) by Thomas Hardy; Keith Wilson (Editor); Coralie Bickford-Smith (Illustrator)
37.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
At a country fair near Casterbridge in the fictional county of Wessex Michael Henchard, a 21-year-old hay-trusser, argues with his wife Susan. Drunk on rum-laced furmity he auctions her off, along with their baby daughter Elizabeth-Jane, to Richard Newson, a passing sailor, for five guineas. Sober the n ...Show more
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
24.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Presents three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
24.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
"When you looked down into the stone, you looked into a yellow deep that drew your eyes into it so that they saw nothing else." The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That ...Show more
The Mortgaged Heart by MCCULLERS CARSON
29.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
"The Mortgaged Heart" is an important collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide invaluable insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. The collection al ...Show more
The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guervara
26.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
An iconic bestseller- Che Guevara's account of his youthful adventures travelling around South America on his motorcycleAt the age of twenty-three, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado set out from their native Argentina to explore their continent, with only a single 1939 Norton motorcyc ...Show more
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux
28.00 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The "Old Patagonian Express" tells of Paul Theroux's train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, he depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan cit ...Show more
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
22.99 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'the Pearl of the World' he believes that his impoverished life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in the church and their son, Coyotito, will go to school. Obsessed by his dream, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (H/B) by Jay Rubin (Editor); Haruki Murakami (Introduction by)
65.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: A\Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable examples being written today. Curated by Jay Rubin (who has ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
11.99 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears th ...Show more
The Portable Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
29.95 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
"The Portable Poe" compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery, including "The Pit and the Pendulum,""The Fall of the House of Usher,""The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the world's first detective story. In addition, this v ...Show more
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
12.95 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. It i ...Show more