Short stories
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Short stories
Paperback. Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing skill in a range of literary styles. The stories include: "The Canterville Ghost", "The Model Millionaire" and "The Happy Prince". Editor(s): Small, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439693
- ISBN
- 9780141439693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853261237
- ISBN
- 9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 222 x 7. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486419251
- ISBN
- 9780486419251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.41
€ 5.41
Paperback. Wilde's short fiction includes such masterpieces as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', as well as the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H.' and 'Poems in Prose'. This edition shows how they continue to the enthral and challenge the reader. Editor(s): Sloan, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780199535064
- ISBN
- 9780199535064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.34
€ 10.99
€ 8.34
Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003066
- ISBN
- 9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In the human zoo it's hard to tell who has the keys to the cage. Series: Zoo (Novel). Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421525877
- ISBN
- 9781421525877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.42
€ 15.99
€ 14.42
paperback. A humorous look at golf by the acclaimed author of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091745752
- ISBN
- 9780091745752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.73
€ 24.99
€ 17.73
Hardcover. Includes stories that reflect author's own happy schooldays at Dulwich College but they also do a good deal more. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591797
- ISBN
- 9781841591797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
hardcover. Set at Rudge Hall, home to the obese miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by 'Chimp Twist, along with his cohorts 'Soapy' and 'Dolly' Molloy. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 307
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591490
- ISBN
- 9781841591490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 13.12
€ 15.00
€ 13.12
Hardcover. Newly married to novelist Rosie M. Banks, Bingo bucks the current trend by being extremely happy, although he does tend to lose his shirt on various horses. This collection of wonderfully funny stories features a cast of outrageous characters. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591063
- ISBN
- 9781841591063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 13.12
€ 15.00
€ 13.12
Hardcover. Presents a collection of stories in which familiar characters and places are reintroduced in unfamiliar circumstances. This volume includes longest and shorter fictions. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591148
- ISBN
- 9781841591148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 13.13
€ 15.00
€ 13.13
CD-Audio. AUDIOBOOK Volume 1 of The Inimitable Jeeves also follows the trials and tribulations of one of the more idiotic of Bertie's chums, Bingo Little, who has a tendency to fall in love.. frequently and disastrously! BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Canongate CSA Audio
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781906147372
- ISBN
- 9781906147372
CD
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.03
€ 19.99
€ 14.03
Paperback. * Reissued to coincide with her new book 'Feisty and wise stories about sex and the wild..touching and clever and as gripping as good gossip' - Nicolette Jones, SUNDAY TIMES Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- …
- SKU
- KSS0003516
- ISBN
- 9781853817311
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of eight short stories, which help students gain deeper insights into French literature and life. Editor(s): Lyon, Pamela. Series: Parallel Text. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140023855
- ISBN
- 9780140023855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. A translation of a 1927 short-story collection that was the first work of Hindi fiction to focus on male same-sex relations; its publication sparked India s first public debates about homosexuality. Translator(s): Vanita, Ruth. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 2BMH; 5SG; DSBH; DSK; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343820
- ISBN
- 9780822343820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
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€ 26.80
Paperback. These stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village, a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world at once universal, funny and compelling. The villagers' lives intersect, as lives do in a small place, and they all know each other's secrets - all the little infamies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099433521
- ISBN
- 9780099433521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Food can bring together families, communities, and cultures. This fascinating subject has brought together a unique collection of fiction - including flash fiction, essay, short stories, and "stoku" (amalgam of short story and haiku) from an international line-up of authors. Editor(s): Chiew, Elaine. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 194 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Cooked Up: Food Fiction from Around the World
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780262147
- ISBN
- 9781780262147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.01
€ 17.99
€ 17.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616960032
- ISBN
- 9781616960032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.42
€ 17.42
Paperback. A selection of fiction and nonfiction traces the path of the Singularity, an era when advances in technology will totally transform human reality. Editor(s): Kelly, James Patrick; Kessel, John. Num Pages: 432 pages, illus. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616960704
- ISBN
- 9781616960704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.86
€ 17.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616962180
- ISBN
- 9781616962180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.99
€ 16.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. A collection of dark, satiric sketches that upset conventional notions of female character, revealing the devastating power of these once familiar creatures. "The Dancer", "The Female Novelist", and "The Prude" end up destroying themselves and the men around them. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393323375
- ISBN
- 9780393323375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.91
€ 16.99
€ 14.91
Paperback. The stories collected in this anthology are among Highsmith's most mature, psychologically penetrating works. The warm familiarities of middle-class life become the eerie setting for Highsmith's portrayals of violence, secrecy and madness. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393324563
- ISBN
- 9780393324563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.66
€ 17.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. These five stories and two novellas introduce us to characters whose obsessions occupy the borderlands between fantasy and reality. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897231050
- ISBN
- 9781897231050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.50
€ 24.99
€ 21.50
Paperback. From a farmer's romance and his skin condition to one man's culinary relationship with Bruce Lee, Mondo Desperado and its blackly comic series of stories will make you howl with laughter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447259619
- ISBN
- 9781447259619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.04
€ 11.99
€ 10.04