Short stories
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Short stories
Paperback. The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam", "The Man With the Scar" and "The Vessel of Wrath". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428848
- ISBN
- 9780099428848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.84
€ 14.99
€ 10.84
Paperback. A collection of stories including "Rain" and "The Three Fat Women of Antibes". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287391
- ISBN
- 9780099287391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.99
€ 16.99
€ 12.99
paperback. A collection of short stories such as "Rain", "The Letter", "The Vessel of Wrath" and "The Alien Corn". Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749397579
- ISBN
- 9780749397579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
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Paperback. When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. This title collects stories that are rooted in author's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289708
- ISBN
- 9780099289708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
hardcover. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 50. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 848
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152760
- ISBN
- 9781857152760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.00
€ 21.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. A collection of short stories born of the author's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282846
- ISBN
- 9780099282846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289609
- ISBN
- 9780099289609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781616961879
- ISBN
- 9781616961879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
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€ 6.23
Paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446869
- ISBN
- 9780140446869
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.35
€ 16.99
€ 14.35
Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183459
- ISBN
- 9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.47
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€ 15.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241302484
- ISBN
- 9780241302484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
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€ 10.82
Paperback. The 15 stories in this volume include the only collection of short fiction Woolf published in her lifetime, the eight stories published as Monday and Tuesday, together with seven later stories. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199554997
- ISBN
- 9780199554997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. Rich in fictional delights, this complete collection of Woolf's shorter fiction ranges from 1906 until the month before she committed suicide in 1941. It offers a valuable insight into the writer's development, demonstrating her evolving characterizations, narrative methods and themes. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099442165
- ISBN
- 9780099442165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
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€ 10.81
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Canongate Classics
- Number of pages
- 568
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862417840
- ISBN
- 9780862417840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.19
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€ 14.19
Paperback. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811218603
- ISBN
- 9780811218603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Ten witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old alike Num Pages: 144 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753807743
- ISBN
- 9780753807743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
Hardback. "In collaboration with Katha"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Merrill, Christi A. Series: Katha Books. Num Pages: 196 pages, 11 b&w illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5193 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823234035
- ISBN
- 9780823234035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.95
€ 95.95
Paperback. Includes the story of a group of Bania merchants who engage in battle to the death with a group of nomadic Banjaras over a misplaced fleck of straw. Translator(s): Merrill, Christi A. Series: Katha Books. Num Pages: 196 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5193 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823234011
- ISBN
- 9780823234011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.93
€ 38.93
Hardback. "In collaboration with Katha"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Merrill, Christi A. Series: Katha Books. Num Pages: 196 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5193 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823234004
- ISBN
- 9780823234004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.95
€ 95.95
Paperback. A collection of short stories by Russia's new writers. Editor(s): Pelevin, Viktor. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- FABER & FABER
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571200184
- ISBN
- 9780571200184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.57
€ 13.99
€ 10.57