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Short stories

Paperback. This collection brings together 20 short stories of the "fin-de-siecle" and includes such writers as George Egerton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Vernon Lee, Ada Leverson and Olive Schreiner. The stories range from the lyrical to the Gothic and frequently deal with the conflicts of women writers. Editor(s): Showalter, Elaine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853815904
ISBN
9781853815904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

paperback. With affectionate, irreverent and playful prose, the inability to communicate exactly what we mean dominates this bold new collection from one of Britain's unique and most original new writers. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Influx Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910312162
ISBN
9781910312162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Featuring 14 short stories, this collection examines the positive and degenerative influence of the creative spirit on both people's behavior and their relationships with others. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 127.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638256
ISBN
9781902638256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155042
ISBN
9781903155042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.92

Paperback. Features seventy-nine stories such as: love stories, ghost stories, stories of childhood, of English middle-class life in the twenties and thirties, and of London during the Blitz. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287735
ISBN
9780099287735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.67

Paperback. This representative selection includes five tales of very different kinds written in the 1850s and the longer Cousin Phillis. Immensely readable and sophisticated works of art, they show Gaskell's mastery of the genre, in an edition that celebrates her achievements in shorter fiction and the context in which they first appeared. Editor(s): Glen, Heather; Glen, Heather. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199239498
ISBN
9780199239498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. The stories in this collection combine realism and fantasy. The themes are familiar from Gaskell's novels, but their treatment is revealingly different, ranging from ghost stories and comic fantasy, to a realistic tale of 17th-century witch trials. Editor(s): Kranzler, Laura. Num Pages: 416 pages, notes, further reading. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437416
ISBN
9780140437416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Five tales of human weakness from the masterly pen of Elizabeth George Num Pages: 288 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 29. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340822401
ISBN
9780340822401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172872
ISBN
9781590172872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Heighway, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
362
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564787163
ISBN
9781564787163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.03

Hardcover. Editor(s): Heighway, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738. 362 pages. Spanning fifty years, this collection brings together stories from nineteen authors from the Republic of Georgia, offering a window onto a vibrant literary scene that has been largely inaccessible to English-language readers until now. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; DQ; FA; FYB. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 34. Weight: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564787514
ISBN
9781564787514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. From the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles - a collection of short stories. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447272434
ISBN
9781447272434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592976
ISBN
9780099592976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. The well-educated daughter of a minister, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1911) was introduced to writing at a young age, as both her mother and father were published writers. This book seeks to restore Phelps' reputation by bringing together a diverse collection from the entire body of her lifetime of work. Editor(s): Duquette, Elizabeth; Tevlin, Cheryl. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243972
ISBN
9780803243972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. A collection of short stories about the downside of civilization where the reader will encounter long marriages, the polite English countryside, missed opportunities and a child's view of the adult world. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002128
ISBN
9780860686125
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A retelling of 300 Jewish stories spanning 4,000 years and three continents. Drawing on biblical, talmudic, and hasidic tales, the author creates a classic_a map resource book for the brightest jewels in the vast treasure chest of Jewish lore. Six useful indexes, chronological table of contents, glossary, and bibliography. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FYB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 37. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Jason Aronson, Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568210384
ISBN
9781568210384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.43

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Tachyon Publications United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781892391452
ISBN
9781892391452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Amberjack Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780692487129
ISBN
9780692487129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.79

Paperback. A dazzling collection about how the familiar can suddenly turn strange, for readers of Lydia Davis, George Saunders, and Karen Russell. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350531
ISBN
9780393350531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. Translator(s): Thomas, Dominic. Series: Global African Voices. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556. .
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253026699
ISBN
9780253026699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.42

Hardcover. .
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276865
ISBN
9781908276865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.26

Paperback. After the West Virginia town of Grantville was unceremoniously hurled back through time to the 1630s, the seventeenth century would never be the same. Teenage capitalist girls have formed an investment group; and a linotype operator, whose profession was wiped out by computers, finds a new life in an old century. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 107 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Baen Books United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781439133118
ISBN
9781439133118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.09

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Baen Books United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439134221
ISBN
9781439134221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mosaic Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771610582
ISBN
9781771610582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.94

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