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The Best Short Stories of Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky; David Magarshack (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
After a brief military career, the illustrious Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky quickly turned to writing as a profession with the publication of his first novel, "Poor Folk," in 1846. This novel sparked a literary career that would eventually cement Dostoyevsky's reputation as one of the greatest nove ...Show more
The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library Ser.
These two classic novels featuring private eye Philip Marlowe made Raymond Chandler's name synonymous with America's hard-boiled school of crime fiction. The Big Sleep was an instant success when first published in 1939. It centers around a paralyzed California millionaire with two psychopathic daughter ...Show more
The City of God by Marcus Dods (Translator); Thomas Merton (Introduction by); St. St. Augustine
$42.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian philosophy, The City of God provides an insightful interpretation of the development of modern Western society and the origin of most Western thought. Contrasting earthly and heavenly cities--representing the omnipresent struggle between good and ...Show more
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
$8.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback)
"I see two husbands, or mine eyes deceive me."--"The Comedy of Errors" Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this raucous story of mistaken identity and family--along with more than a hundred pages of exclusive features, including - an original In ...Show more
The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson
$33.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
Presents the complete collection of Robert Louis Stevenson's short stories, including "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "The Beach of Falesaa.".
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett
$23.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
The story of an endearing, unlikely friendship set against the backdrop of a remote and beautiful Maine coastal town, The Country of the Pointed Firs is one of Sarah Orne Jewett's most loved works, and it quickly earned her a reputation as a talented writer upon its publication. Praised by Alice Brown f ...Show more
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
$16.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
This new edition combines Tolstoy's most famous short tale, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, with a less well known but equally brilliant gem, Master and Man, both newly translated by Ann Pasternak Slater. Both stories confront death and the process of dying: In Ivan Ilyich, a bureaucrat looks back over his li ...Show more
The Duel by CHEKHOV ANTON
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
About This Book"Hate you " Laevsky said quietly, breathing heavily. "I've hated you a long time " This new translation of the literary masterpiece-- which combines a beautiful romance with high suspense-- is here presented for the first time as a stand-alone volume.One of Chekhov's most important length ...Show more
The Gardener's Bed-book by Richardson Wright
$33.00 AUD
Category: Writing | Series: Modern Library Gardening S.
From the renowned editor of "House and Garden" magazine in the 1920s and 1930s comes an engaging and amusing collection of 365 short essays, one for each night of the year.
The Gardener's Year by Karel Capek
$33.00 AUD
Category: Writing | Series: Modern Library
A droll meditation on the passions and isiosyncracies fo gardeners by the notable dissident Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library
Set in medieval Paris, Victor Hugo s powerful historical romance "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" has resonated with succeeding generations ever since its publication in 1837. It tells the story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts afte ...Show more
The Lost Girl by LAWRENCE D H
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library
A classic Lawrentian tale of passionate love and ruined lives. Critic Lee Siegel argues in his Introduction that it's Lawrence's best novel and that readers today will at last understand why.This Modern Library version is ideal for reading groups. Alvina Houghton's tale of middle-class repression and he ...Show more