Short stories
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Short stories
Paperback. During the performances of fashionable operas, the musicians tell tales, read stories and exchange gossip to relieve the tedium of the bad music they are paid to perform. We are privy to 25 entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers. Editor(s): Barzun, Jacques. Translator(s): Barzun, Jacques. Num Pages: 404 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: AV; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043746
- ISBN
- 9780226043746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.98
€ 42.99
€ 32.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411418
- ISBN
- 9781572411418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.17
€ 33.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. Translator(s): Vennawitz, Leila; Vennewitz, L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714509389
- ISBN
- 9780714509389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.14
€ 11.14
Paperback. Brings together eight short stories by the intense 19th-century German author. Translator(s): Luke, D.; Reeves, N. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443592
- ISBN
- 9780140443592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this attractive collection of translated stories evokes the many transformations the city has undergone. Including both well-known and new writers, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love Berlin. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Marven, Lyn. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199559381
- ISBN
- 9780199559381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.11
€ 15.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199689118
- ISBN
- 9780199689118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.08
€ 15.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471153808
- ISBN
- 9781471153808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.78
€ 11.99
€ 9.78
Hardback. A collection of dark, funny short stories: Miranda July channelling Beyonce.. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 282 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338. Fine clean copy in good dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0003736
- ISBN
- 9781471153792
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- bluechrome Publishing United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906061678
- ISBN
- 9781906061678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.92
€ 14.99
€ 13.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447299394
- ISBN
- 9781447299394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.44
€ 13.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Welcome to motherhood - a land of aching fatigue, constant self-sacrifice and thankless servitude, a land of bottomless devotion, small hands and feet like warm pink roses, and velvet kisses. This book offers a collection of short stories dealing with motherhood such as: Dear George, Hey Yeah Right Get a Life and Constitutional. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 83.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872731
- ISBN
- 9781784872731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.68
€ 7.99
€ 7.68
Paperback. This second collection of short stories by the author of the prize-winning "Four Bare Legs in a Bed", recently nominated as one of Granta magazine's Best Young British Novelists, continues to explore ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749395452
- ISBN
- 9780749395452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's uniquely imaginative and sensuous voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. By the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749391621
- ISBN
- 9780749391621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. 29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary writers, Helon Habila. Editor(s): Habila, Helon. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847083333
- ISBN
- 9781847083333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.19
€ 23.19
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787927
- ISBN
- 9781564787927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.01
€ 19.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Lustig, T. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536177
- ISBN
- 9780199536177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.94
€ 9.99
€ 8.94
Paperback. A unique edition of James's two complementary tales, 'Daisy Miller' and 'An International Episode', in which the young American girl irrupts into European society. This edition includes introduction and notes by Adrian Poole, and an Appendix on stage and screen versions of 'Daisy Miller'. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199639885
- ISBN
- 9780199639885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.94
€ 9.99
€ 8.94
Paperback. Presents the story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as "troubled artistic consciousness." Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397580
- ISBN
- 9780141397580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.46
€ 5.46
Paperback. As well as 'The Aspern Papers', this selection includes 'The Death of the Lion', 'The Figure in the Carpet', and 'The Birthplace'. All four stories concern the figure of the artist and the cult of celebrity. This new edition includes extracts from James's Prefaces and Notebooks that shed light on the genesis of the stories. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199639878
- ISBN
- 9780199639878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.77
€ 10.99
€ 9.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Horne, Philip; Boyt, Susie. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141389752
- ISBN
- 9780141389752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Hardcover. A title that takes us from A private Life of 1892 to Henry James' last story, A Round of Visits, published in 1910. It includes: The Death of the Lion, The Altar of the Dead, The Figure in the Carpet, The Turn of the Screw, In the Cage, The Beast in the Jungle and more. Num Pages: 1168 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 48. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 1168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857157864
- ISBN
- 9781857157864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.06
€ 32.99
€ 22.06
Hardcover. Covers the period from 1866 to 1891, the years in which Henry James was evolving and perfecting his art as a storyteller. This title includes: Daisy Miller, The Aspern Papers, The Siege of London and the Lesson of the Mast, and many other tales in which james established his favourite characters and situations. Num Pages: 1280 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Edition
- SKU
- V9781857157857
- ISBN
- 9781857157857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 21.98
€ 32.99
€ 21.98
Paperback. Nine of James's most important tales, including (new to the second edition) "In the Cage," a tale that engages James's complicated attitudes toward gender, class, and the rise of information technology. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393977103
- ISBN
- 9780393977103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.14
€ 18.99
€ 17.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300900
- ISBN
- 9781896300900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46